Today the students' first spelling list was sent home. An explanation of our spelling program was included in the blue packet that you received at Open House or the first day of school. Students will only be bringing home a list of 6 or 8 words. (This week they have 10 as it is the first week). These words fit into some type of common spelling pattern. (This week, we are focusing on short a sounds, and long a sounds using the a Consonant silent e pattern). The words are to be used as a comparison of sounds. On Friday, they will be taking the spelling test. To see if they have applied the pattern, I will be testing on 14 words. The additional words come from the sorts that we will be doing in school all week. Students will have opportunities everyday to work with these words and learn their spelling patterns. Please practice not only the words that are sent home, but also the patterns that they involve. Some ideas are to hunt for the pattern in a magazine or newspaper, or give your child additional words to spell that fit the pattern as practice.
Starting next week, I will divide the students into groups based on their developmental spelling level. We may have up to 5 different spelling lists in the class at one time- it just depends on what each student needs.
Enjoy your first week of spelling!
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