Emily's Writings
May 2008: Emily is beginning to read and write.  The current approach,
at least for kindergarteners, is to use "your very best guess" when spelling.  
Here are some examples from Emily's archives:

2007, December - Emily's first (readable) note to Dad 2008, May - Note 1 2008, May - Note 2 2008, May - Note 3 2008, June - Note 4 2009, January Note 2009 Favorite Things List 2010, January - Snow 2010 April Poem 2010 Favorite/Not Favorite Things 2011 - Favorite Animals 2011 - The Beautiful Swan