Homework: Monday, September 12th

Word Sort (if they did not finish it in clas)

Reading Log

Spelling: Week of September 12th

For spelling this week, the kids are working on short a and long a words.  The spelling test will be on Friday, and the kids will be tested on if they know the spelling pattern. 

The words are:  mad, make, fast, hand, what, snap, last, page, came, grass, face, base, rake, ask, same, made, sack

Homework: Thursday, September 8th

Spelling:
The kids need to finish their "word hunt" that they started in class.  They need to find "sh, wh, th, ch," words that are NOT their spelling words in reading.  All the rows should be filled (9 each).  They also need to take a practice spelling test on the back.

Reading:
100 minutes by next Wednesday

Homework: Wednesday, September 7th

Tonight's homework is "Rainbow Write":

How to do:
1) sort the words
2) copy the sort on paper in pencil
3) trace over all the words in one color
4) trace over all the words in another color



We also have reading (100 minutes by next Wednesday).

Spelling: August 5-9

Spelling

I have changed spelling a bit this week.  I was so eager to get the kids to into their differentiated groups however some students are not practicing their words correctly.  Therefore this week I will have all the kids have the same easier words so that they can learn the procedures for spelling.  After the kids have properly learned what to do then I will more them back into their designated groups.

The purpose of the spelling sorts is for the kids to learn spelling patterns and rules, NOT memorization of words.  Therefore they need to sort their words and pay attention to the patterns every time the do spelling practice.  For spelling test, I will chose half the words from the spelling list and half not on the list.  This way I am testing to see if the students truly understands and can apply the spelling pattern. This may take some getting used to, that's why we will spend a couple weeks learning this new way of learning spelling.

So our spelling list this week is paying attention to blends sh, wh, th, ch,:  

ship, chat, when, this, whip, shed, than, chip, chin, shin, that, them, wham, then, thin, chill, check, whiz, shell, shack, shall, chick, chap, thick

Tuesday:  The kids will learn the sort and think of other words with this pattern, as well as rule-breakers (oddballs).

Wednesday: The kids will "rainbow write" and as a group find as many words as they can that fit the pattern.

Thursday: The kids will do a "word hunt" and find words with this pattern in their reading.  For homework they need to do a practice spelling test.

Friday: we will take the test and I will choose 8 spelling words and 8 other words.  We will correct the test in class so the kids know how they do.

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