Spelling Words: March 04-15

For the rest of this week and into next week, students will be practicing the following spelling rules and begin applying them to their reading and writing:

Red group: 'at' family words (hat, bat, cat, sat, etc.) - this week
'an' family words (fan, man, can, etc.) - next week



Other groups: CVC short e, CVVC long e (ee) and long e (ea)

For example:
bell, elk, web (short e)
feet, cheese, green (long e, ee)
mean, speak, seal (long e ea)

You may notice your child has difficulty sounding out CVVC words while reading together. A helpful rule for students is "When two vowels go walking, the first vowel does the talking". This reminds students that in most cases the second vowel can be ignored because the first one takes over and makes a long sound. Of course, exceptions exist (think "bread"), and many words sound the same but look different (i.e. bean and been). In class we have been having discussions about how English is a tricky language and has a lot of words that break the rules. Sometimes all we can do to learn these things is practice!

Thank you for all you do at home to support your child's learning,
Ms. Betty & Mrs. Harvey