Spelling Words Week of 9/29

Hi Parents!

       Welcome to our first week of spelling words. Your children took a pre-test today with words from our Houghton-Mifflin curriculum. If your child scored 11/12 or 12/12 words correctly, they will be practicing the advanced spelling list, "list A", for this week. If your child scored 10/12 or less, they will continue to practice the words from the curriculum, "list B,"  to strengthen their understanding for the test on Friday. This week's words focus on short "a" and short "i" vowel sounds. Each week, your child will receive 12 regular spelling words plus five bonus words. Two bonus words are standard, but I like to call the additional 3 words "super challenge words." They are simply a challenge and I realize they may be difficult at times. I do like them to practice all 17 words in their home learning, but most importantly, your child should learn their 12 words for the week before completely prior to focusing on challenge words.  I give one bonus point for each correct challenge word for a total of 5 points. If a child misses a regular word, but gets a challenge word correct they still only get 1 pt. additional, and the correct challenge word will NOT replace the missed word from the regular list.

Spelling Home Learning for the week is as follows:

Monday: ABC Order
Tuesday: Spelling Sentences
Wednesday: Pyramids
Thursday: Spellingcity.com to practice for Friday's test

Spelling List A
apple
rabbit
patch
glad
plant
mask
trap
milk
drip
slid
twins

*scratch
*picnic
*hungry
*dairy
*balanced


Spelling List B
bag
win
is
am
his
has
ran
if
dig
sat
was
will

*scratch
*picnic
*hungry
*dairy
*balanced


Also, I did assess all students on the Words Their Way Inventory that I mentioned in last week's word press. I am in the process of scoring each test and will introduce word sorts for each child's needs once I have them leveled correctly. This may take some time so bear with me as I get this program established in our classroom.

As always, please feel free to contact me with any questions. Happy spelling!

Ms. Walker