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..……·THEADVENTURESFEVERYDAYGENIUSES·●●
IfYou'reSo
Smart,HowComeYouCantSpell
MissiSsippi
“Awonderfulbookseries..essentialforchildren.”
—Dr.CarolS.Dweck,
StanfordUniversityprofessorofpsychologyandworld-renownedauthorofMindset
WRITTENBY
BARBARAESHAM
ILLUSTRATEDBY
MIKEANDCARLGORDON
Ifyou'reSo
Smart,HowCome
YouCantSpell
MissiSsippi
WRITTENBY
BARBARAESHAM
ILLUSTRATEDBY
MIKEANDCARLG0RDON
MydadisthesmartestpersonIknow.
HeisoneofthebusiestcivilrightslawyersinChicago,andheworkshardtokeepjusticeinourcity.
Forthepastyear,mydadhasbeengettingreadyforabigcase.
Haveyoueverworkedonanythingforanentireyear?
I'mathirdgraderatWestoverElementarySchool.MynameisKatieandI'monlyeight,butI'vebeenworkingonsomethingtoo.
It'scalledobservation.It'sfunbecause—letmetellyou—I'veseensomestrangethings.
LikethetimeDavid,aboyinmyclass,couldn't
resistsqueezingthepuddingcupfromhislunchbox.
Hehadtoseehowmuchpressurethelidcouldtakebefore...well,youknow...
AndthetimemyLittlesisterinsistedthatourfamilychangehernametoEduardoaftershefinished
watchingtheCookingwithEduardoshowwithGrandma.
JustlastweekIsawMrs.Higginsdrivingthroughtown
withfourteenChihuahuasinhercar—andthosewerejusttheChihuahuasthatIcouldcountasshewaspassingus.
Asyoucansee,observationisaworthwhilepastime.
ButthestrangestthingthatIhaveeverobservedhappenedtonight,whileIwaspracticingformyspellingtest.
Iaskedmydadifhecouldhelpmewiththetoughestwordonmyspellinglist:Mississippi.Usuallymydadlovestohelpme,butthistimehesaid,“I'mnotsure.Goaskyourmom.”
“Howcanyou,Dad,oneofthesmartestpeopleIknow,notknowhowtospellMississippi?”Iaskedinastonishment.
“Well,Katie,Ineverhavebeenaverygoodspeller.Infact,Idon'tbelievethatIhaveeverspelledMississippicorrectly.
ActuallytherearealotofwordsI'veneverspelledcorrectly,"heanswered.
“ThatisthestrangestthingthatIhaveheard,Dad,evenstrangerthanEduardo!”Ireplied.“Howdidyoumakeitthroughthethirdgradeifyoucouldn'tspellMississippi?”
“Well,itwasn'teasy.Iwasoftenashamedofnotbeingabletospellthewordsonmyspellingtests.
Infact,someofmyclassmatesevenmadefunofme,"hesaid
withaserioussmile.
“Dad,doyoumeanthatyouwerekindofLikeMarkTwingle?Hesitsinfrontofmeandhecan'tspellanything!”
“IguessIwaslikeMarkTwingle,"hesaid.“It'stoughwhen you'rethekidintheclasswhoworksextrahardandstillhastrouble.Ihadtospendsomuchmoretimeonmyhomeworkthanmysisterspentonhers.IwouldstillcomehomewithaC-onmyspellingtest,andthatwasonagoodday.”
“Oooohhhhh,that'sterrible,”Ireplied.Itwasterrible—andalsoconfusing.Imean,mydadissmart.
“Learningtoreadwasjustasdifficult,”saidmydad.“Iwasthelastkidinmyclasstolearnhowtoread.SometimesIwouldhidemyheadwhenmyteacherwouldaskmetoreadtotheclass.”
“JustlikeMarkdoes!”Ishouted.
Howcouldthisbe?MydadwasjustlikeMarkTwingle?
Thisinformationdidnot
“Katie,wehavetalkedaboutdyslexiabefore,remember?Dyslexiaisawordusedtodescribethedifficultythat
somepeopleexperiencewithreadingandspelling,Llikeme,"hesaidafterlookingovermymathhomework.
“ButDad,howdoyoudoyourjob?Howcanyoubesosmartifyoucan'tspellorreadverywell?”Iasked.
“Katie,dyslexiadoesnotmeanapersonisn'tsmart.
Infact,someofthegreatestscientists,doctors,andinventorsstruggledwithsymptomsofdyslexia,"mydadsaidwithachuckle.
Now,I'veobservedmanystrangethings,butcoulditbetruethatMarkTwingleisthe
nextgreatmindofourtime?Isthispossible?
IwouldneedtodoalittleinvestigatingbeforeIwasconvinced.
⑥回
OnSaturday,Iaskedmymomtotakemetothepubliclibrary.
I'mawhizattheLibrary
anditdidn'ttakelongtofindabookaboutdyslexia.
ItincludedaListofpeoplethroughouthistorywhostruggledwithreadingorspelling.ButI'mconfused.
Nowthatweknowaboutdyslexia,whyisthisstilla
secret?Whyhasn'tanyoneevermentioneditinschool?
Likethisguy:Dr.JohnR.Skoyles.Heworksasaneuroscienceresearcher.
Oneofhisbookreportsistitled,
“TheAetioloyofAutism:NeuroembryologyandPrefrontalNeocerebellum.”Whoa!HeresearchesthingsIcan'tevenpronounce!Whereisthelibrarianwhenyouneedherthemost?
IguessI'Lllearnaboutthat
cooKINCinfifthgrade.
IturnedthepagetoreadaboutArcherJ.P.Martin,achemistwhowontheNobelPrizein1952.
FortunatelytheLibrarianwalkedby.
“Mrs.Meeks,canyouhelpmereadthis?Someofthewordsarealittlebig,”Iaskedquietly.
“Let'sseehere,”saidMrs.Meeks.
“ArcherMartin'sexperimentsincludethediscoveryofamethodfordetectingpyroelectricityby...
“...observingtheattractionofametalplateofcrystalsthathadbeenimmersedinliquidair.Katie,doyouneedthisinformationforabookreport?”sheaskedwithapuzzledlookonherface.
“No,no,Mrs.Meeks,Iamjustdoingalittlebitofinvestigating.”
LIQUID
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)(
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)7
Detectingpyroelectricityinliquidair?Isanyone
followingmeonthisone?
“Doyouwantmetokeepreading?”Mrs.Meeksasked.
“Ohyes,please,”Irepliedwithmymostpolitevoice.Ineededhelptogetthroughthisbook.
“HelenB.Tausigwasadoctorinthe1930s.Manywomenatthattimedidn'tevenhaveachancetogotocollege,butHelenTausigstudiedtobecomeapediatriccardiologist.Shehelpeddiscoveranewway
tohelpbabieswhowerebornwithheartproblems.ShewasthefirstwomantobecomeafullprofessoratJohnsHopkinsUniversityandshewaselectedpresidentoftheAmericanHeartAssociation.”
“Shewasreallysmart!”Isaid.
“Ihavetogohelpsomeotherchildrennow,Katie.
Doyouthinkyoucantakeitfromhere?”askedMrs.Meeks.
“Illgiveitatry,"Ireplied.“IfHelen
Tausighadtroublereadingandwriting
andshecouldbecomeapediatric
cardiologist,wellIguessIcantrytoreadthisbookonmyown.”
Let'ssee.WilliamJameswasa
psychologist—oneofthegreatestpsychologistsofalltime.
ItlooksLikehehadalotof
interestingthingstosay.Afewofthemarerighthere,inthisbook.
“Idon'tsingbecauseIamhappy,IamhappybecauseIsing.”
“Actasifwhatyoudomakesadifference.Itdoes.”
“Everygoodworthpossessingmustbepaidforinstrokesofdailyeffort.”
Hey!Mydadhasthisquoteframed!Hekeepsitonthewallfor
everyonetonotice...
O
“Doeverydayor
twosomethingfor
nootherreason
thanitsdifficulty.”
Thenamesofsomanyamazingpeopleareinthisbookanditwouldtakealongtimetoreadallofthem.
Iguessalotofpeoplewhohavetroublewithreadingandwriting,andmaybemathtoo,
goontoaccomplishgreatthings:writers,architects,scientists,entrepreneurs,actors,
artists,athletes,presidents,doctors,lawyers,inventors,collegeprofessors,teachers,andevenschoolprincipals.
Iwonderifmyteacher,Mrs.Peterson,knowSaboutdyslexiaandallthesegreatpeople.
Ihaveafeelingthatmostofthesegreat
peoplehadsomeonetohelpthemthroughthetoughtimes,whentheymighthavebeenfeelingfrustratedorsad.
Maybetheirparentswere
patientandsupportedthem.
Maybetheyhadateacherwhocouldseehowsmarttheywereanyway.
Maybetheclassmatesittingnext
tothemdidn'tmakethemfeel
Didmydadsaythistohimselfthroughthetoughtimes,whenhewastryinghisbesttolearntoreadandspell?
NowIknowwhymydadlikeswhatWilliamJameshadtosaysolongago.
“Doeverydayortwosomethingfornootherreasonthanitsdifficulty.”
Isthiswhatpeoplewhostrugglewithdyslexiatellthemselveseachdaybeforeschool?
muuM
Ican'twaittogotoschoolonMonday.
IthinkMarkTwingleneedstoknowhow
greathismindisandwhatincrediblethingshemightaccomplishoneday...
C
.0
Maybe,I'mjusttherightpersontotellhim.
TheEnd
Justthebeginning.
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AreY0Uan
EVERYDAyGENIUStoo?
Everydaygeniusesarecreative,STRONG,thoughtful,
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andsometimeslearnalittledifferentlyfromothers.
Andthat'swhatmakesthemsospecial!
InIfYou'reSoSmart,HowComeYouCantSpellMississippi?,
Katielearnsthatherdadhasdyslexia.Shehasahardtimeunderstandinghowsomeonesosmartandsuccessfulcanhavealearningdisability.Butherdad'sstoriesandKatie'sresearchprovethatalearningdisabilitydoesn'tmeanyoucan'tsucceed.
Butwhatisdyslexia?Dyslexiaisusuallydescribedasa
learningdisabilitythatisneurobiological.Thismeansthat
dyslexiahastodowithaperson'snervoussystem,whichincludesthebrain.Dyslexiaoftencausesdifficultywithspelling,recognizingwords,anddecodingtext.It'snotjustaboutreversingletters,asmanybelieve.
WesawinthisstorythatKatie'sdadstruggledwithspelling,buthisotheracademicabilitieswerestrong.Havingdys-lexiadidnotmeanhewasn'tsmart.
Haveyoueverstruggledtolearnsomething?Whathappened?
Everypersonwithdyslexiahashisorherownbestwaytohelpthem.Ifyouorsomeoneyouknowhasbeendiagnosedwithdyslexia,youmayhavetriedoneormoremodifications.
Hereareafewexamplesofmodificationspeoplehaveusedinclassrooms:
·
Listentoaudioversionsofyourbooksortext-
bookstogoalongwithyourreading
·
Coverupthetextonapagesoonlyonelineof
textisvisibleatatime
·
Uselarge-typetextbooksorhandoutsofwhat-
everisbeingreadinclass
Thereisnorightorwrongmethodbecauseeverypersonisuniqueandlearnsdifferently.Evenifyoudonothavedyslexia,tryusingoneofthesereadingaccommodations.Doyouseethewordsdifferently?Doyouremembertheinformationyou'rereadingdifferently?
Inthestory,Katie'sdadsayshewasteasedbyotherkidsforhavingdyslexia.Whataresomewaysyoucanhelpsomeonewhohasdyslexia?Ifyouorsomeoneyouknowhaseverstruggledwithreadingorreadingcomprehension,talkaboutitwithacaringadult.
Remember,it'sneverabadthingtobedifferent—embracingandlearningfromourdifferencesiswhatmakestheworldabetterplace!
EndorsementsandRevjewsfor
THEADVENTURES0FEVERYDAYGENIUSES
“Thisisawonderfulbookseries.Eachstoryshowschildrenthatsuccessisabouteffortanddetermination,thatproblemsneednotderailthem,andthatadultscanunderstandtheirworriesandstruggles.Myresearchdemonstratesthattheselessonsareessentialforchildren.”
—Dr.CarolS.Dweck,StanfordUniversity
professorofpsychology
CarolDweckistheauthorofMindset:TheNewPsychologyof
Success.HerscholarlybookSelf-Theories:TheirRoleinMotivation,
Personality,andDevelopmentwasnamedBookoftheYearbytheWorldEducationFellowship.Dr.DweckisoneoftheworldsleadingresearhersinthefieldofmotivationandistheVirginiaEatonProfessorofPsychologyatStanfordUniversity.
“IapplaudBarbaraEshamforfindingawaytoteachyoungchildrenhowtobemoremindful.Insodoing,shesetsthestagefortheirgreaterwell-beingasadults.”
—Dr.EllenLanger,HarvardUniversity
FOR
“OvertheyearsIhavewitnessedgreatadvancesinourunderstandingoflearningstyles.YetIhavebeenstruckwithhowlittleprogresswehavemadeintranslatingthisresearchintowordsandpracticesthatstudentsandtheirparentscanuse.ThebooksoftheAdventuresofEverydayGeniusesseriesarehonestbutpositive,helpfulwithoutpreaching,andtheyarereadablebutnottoosimplistic.Ihavenodoubtthesebookswilltouchtheheartsandmindsofmany,andhelpsomelostchildrenfindgoodinthemselves.”
—Dr.JeffreyGilger,PurdueUniversity,
CollegeofEducationProfessorandAssociateDeanforResearchandFacultyDevelopment
“Inrecentyearstherehasbeenagrowingawareness
amongeducators,researchers,andmembersofmanyprofessionsthatchallengesinreadingandspellingareoftenaccompaniedbyspecialabilitiesinareaslikecomplexpatternrecognitionandspatialreasoning.IfYouireSoSmart,How
ComeYouCantSpellMississippi?isafantasticwayofbringing
thisinformationtothemanysmartchildrenwhofindreadingandspellingespeciallydifficult—andespeciallytothosewhoarebeginningtodoubttheirownpotential.”
—Drs.Brock(M.D.,M.A.)andFernette(M.D.)Eide,learningexpertsandphysiciansconsultantstoawiderangeofparent,teacher,andclinicalprofessionalgroups
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….·THEADVENTURESFEVERYDAYGENIUSES……
AbouttheAuthorAbouttheIllustrators
AuthorBarbaraEshamwasoneofthosekidswhocouldn'tresistperformingapressuretestonapuddingcup.Shehasalwaysbeena“freeassociation”thinker,findinglifefarmoreinterestingwhileinastateofabstractthought.BarbaralivesontheEastCoastwithherthreedaughters.Together,inPiagetianfashion,theyhaveexploredtheideasandtheoriesbehindthedefinitionsofintelligence,creativity,learning,and
success.Barbresearchesandwritesfromherhomeoffice,inthesparetimeavailablebetweencarpoolshomework,andbedtime.
wodwidecopetons,dingtohiintetatonal
createsthelineillstrations,andthecolorsappliedby
Carlusingagraphicstabletandcomputer.Carlhasa
degreeingraphicartandcurrentlylivesinCapeTown,
SouthAfricawithhiswifeandkids.
CopyrightO2013byBarbaraEsham
CoverandinternaldesignO2018bySourcebooks,Inc.
TextbyBarbaraEsham
IllustrationsbyMikeandCarlGordon
SourcebooksandthecolophonareregisteredtrademarksofSourcebooks,Inc.
Thecharactersandeventsportrayedinthisbookarefictitiousandareusedfictitiously.Anysimilaritytorealpersons,
livingordead,ispurelycoincidentalandnotintendedbytheauthor.
ThestorytextwassetinOpenDyslexic,afontspecificallydesignedforreadabilitywithdyslexia.
ThebackmatterwassetinAdobeGaramondPro.
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PublishedbyLittlePicklePress,animprintofSourcebooksJabberwockyPO.Box4410,Naperville,Illinois60567-4410
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DateofProduction:February2018
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