Spelling Words January 21

The red group is working on identifying, sorting, and sounding out words beginning with the letters T, G, N, P this week.

This week the rest of the students will continue to work on short and long a sounds.

Blue group: bag, snail, pail, grapes, plate, grass, chain, game

Green & Yellow groups: play, clay, stand, slave, tray, may, gray, gain
The Yellow group will also choose 4 words to add to their list. 
The spelling rules we have been focusing on in the Green & Yellow groups are:
- short a sound: CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) as in 'stand'
- long a sound: CVVC as in 'gain', CVCe as in 'brave', and CVV as in 'tray'.

While these rules have been a bit tricky for these two groups initially, we are so impressed with how hard our students have worked to start to figure them out. As we continue to explore vowel sounds and rules in future weeks, the hope is that students will see patterns and be able to apply these rules more readily in their reading and writing.

Thank you for your support at home!