I think that “our” Spelling routine is beginning to fall in place.  I apologize for any confusion the approach to Spelling has had.  For clarification, I’m not approaching Spelling this year in the traditional way.  I will be focusing on the sound-spelling patterns of words.  Therefore:

• There is not a list of words to study from.  However,
• a list of spelling words that the sound-spelling patterns follow is provided to students at the top of their “homework” spelling pages
• students can study the pattern from those words.  Usually the second day of the homework/work sheet page has a spell sort activity that helps in learning the patterns
• students are usually provided time in class to complete the spelling homework assigned.
• the end of the week test will be on 6 to 10 words that follow the spelling-pattern.  It may include some words from the list and other words that are spelled similarly.  The dictation sentence will be comprised of words the students are expected to know how to spell.  If it includes a word that is not a sight word, they will not be penalized for a misspelling.

Next Week in the Classroom . . .

Spelling – 😉 Spelling Pattern “Final e”

Math – Chapter 1 Test on Tuesday! We will begin Chapter 2, Represent and Interpret Data.  Monday’s night homework will be reviewing Chapter 1 concepts using the even numbers.

Reading – We are finishing our Wonders Unit 1, Week 1.

Grammar – We are practicing the four types of sentences:  Statements, Questions, Commands, and Exclamations

Writing – Adding details and Friendly Letter

Upcoming dates:

August 20^th, Tuesday:     Chapter 1 Math Test

August 16^th, Friday:         Crazy Hair Day; Minimum Day; Track Off

 

September 16^th, Monday:  Track on 🙂

September 18^th, Wednesday:  Watch DOGs Kick-off

September 20^th, Friday:  Jr. Duck Stamp Presentation in our classroom