Week of April 8-12, 2013

In the Kindergarten Groups we will be going over the word family -op.  Words to practice reading and spelling are: cop, hop, mop, pop, top.  

In the First Grade groups we will start Unit 10 which focuses on 5 word blends.  Words to practice reading and spelling are: stamp, stump, shrimp, trunk, trust, grump, twist, blimp, shrink. 

In the Second Grade groups we will wrap up Unit 12, which concentrates on the sounds of /oy/ and /oi/.  Words to practice reading and spelling are: pointer, toys, noisy, destroy, spoiled, tinfoil, enjoyment, joined.

Week of March 25-29, 2013

In the 2nd grade groups we will begin Unit 12, the sounds of /oi./-spelled with oi and oy.  We will briefly touch on this concept this week since Spring Break is around the corner!  Words to practice reading and spelling are: coil, boy, boil, toys, foiled, coin.

In the 1st grade groups we will wrap up Unit 9 on closed syllables and beginning and final blends.  Our assessment will be on Wednesday 3/27/13.  Words to practice reading and spelling are: munch, plugs, rocks, brings, gold, clubs, puffs, test.  

In the Kindergarten groups we will go over the word family -og.  Words to practice reading and spelling are: dog, fog, hog, jog, log, bog.

Thursday 3/28 is Field Day! Hope the weather will be wonderful.  
Friday 3/29 is a Teacher In-Service Day: No School for Students

Spring Break is Monday 4/1-Friday 4/5!  Students will return on Monday 4/8/13!

In the Kindergarten groups we will be going over the word family -in.  Please practice reading and spelling words that end in -in.  Examples are: bin, fin, pin, tin, win, chin, shin.

In the 1st grade groups we will begin Unit 9 which concentrates on closed syllables.  Those are words that have a (one) short vowel in the middle or the beginning of the word.  Examples for students to practice reading and spelling are: brush, melt, at, end, act, frog, up, yuck, plugs, lunch, drill.

Int he 2nd grade groups we will wrap up Unit 11, long e vowel teams (ea, ee, ey).  This week we will concentrate on double syllables.  Examples for the students to practice reading and spelling are: donkey, hockey, sneakers, chimney, peacock, thirteen, beehive. Our assessment on Unit 11 will be on Friday 3/22/13. 

Have a wonderful weekend!  Enjoy the beautiful weather!

Week of March 11-15, 2013

In the Kindergarten groups we will be going over the word family -it.  Practice reading and spelling words with-it.  Examples are: bit, fit, hit, kit, lit, pit, sit.

In the First Grade groups we will be finishing up Unit 8 (blends and digraph blends).  Our assessment will be on Thursday 3/14/13, since students have a field trip on Friday 3/15.  Examples to practice reading and spelling are: pinch, frogs, blocks, vest, brag, chunks.

In the 2nd Grade groups we will start Unit 11 which concentrates on long e (ea, ee, ey).  Examples to practice reading and spelling are: key, meat, sweep, eat, jeep.

In the Kindergarten groups we will be going over the -ip word family.  Words to practice reading and spelling are: dip, hip, lip, nip, rip, sip, tip.  We will also have an assessment on Friday 3/8/13 on simple CVC words, middle vowel sounds and word segmentation. 

In the First Grade groups we will continue reviewing blends, but add a twist to it-digraph blends.  Words to practice reading and spelling are: lunch, shrug, shred, ranch, crash, clock, chomp.

In the Second Grade groups we will continue learning about long a (ay/ay), but add double syllables to our reading and spelling.  Words to practice reading and spelling are: daisy, mermaid, raindrops, subway, crayon. The assessment on long a (Unit 10) will be on Friday 3/8/13.