Friday, April 26, 2013

Week of April 29-May 3, 2013

In the Kindergarten groups we will be going over the word family-ub.  Practice reading and spelling words such as cub, flub, hub, nub, rub, sub, tub.  We also started reviewing sentence structure this past Friday, so practice that with your kids.  Practice reading and writing sentence.  Some examples are: The cat sat on the mat.  A dog is on a log.

In the first grade groups we will start Unit 11, which concentrates on 2 syllable words.  Words to practice spelling and reading are: catfish, bathtub, pumpkin, upset, sunset.  Our trick words (sight words) for this week are: people, Mrs., Mr.

In the second grade groups we will start Unit 14, which concentrates on ou and ow.  Words to practice spelling and reading are: brown, trout, outside, cloudy, couch, power, boy-scout. Our trick words (sight words) for this week are: Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday. 

Friday, April 19, 2013

Week of April 22-26, 2013

In the Kindergarten Groups we will be going over the word family -ug.  Words to practice reading and spelling are: bug, dug, hug, jug, lug, mug, pug, rug, tug.  

In the First Grade Groups we will wrap up Unit 10 (blends), and concentrate on the suffix -s. Words to practice reading and spelling are: drinks, blimps, blinks, slumps, plants, stings.  Don't forget to practice reading and spelling our trick words (sight words): called, down, many, before, how, each.

In the Second Grade Groups we will wrap up Unit 13 (long o: oa,oe, ow, o-e) and concentrate on double syllable words.  Words to practice reading and spelling are: explode, window, below, toaster, roadblock, snowstorm, charcoal.  Don't forget to practice reading and spelling our trick words (sight words): Monday, Tuesday, cousin, lose, dance, beautiful.


Tuesday, April 23, 2013 is an early release day, so students will be released from school at 11: 30 am!

Friday, April 12, 2013

Week of April 15-19, 2013

In the Kindergarten Groups we will be going over the word family -ot.  Words to practice spelling and reading are: cot, dot, hot, lot, not, pot, tot, shot.  On Friday, 4/19/13, we will have an assessment on CVC words learned so far (reading and spelling), along with identifying the middle vowel sound in the CVC word.

In the First Grade Groups we will continue Unit 10, that concentrates on blends.  Words to practice reading and spelling are: twist, grump, blimp, crust, slump, blink.  

In the Second Grade Groups we will start Unit 13, words with long o, spelled with oa, oe, and ow.  Words to practice reading and spelling are: boat, foam, low, doe, flow, grow, load, thrown, loaf, coast, mow.