Just to clarify, the 12 spelling words are those listed under "spelling patterns and associated words". The high frequency and story words are words that we practice in class and are not tested.
Below are the skills
and vocabulary we will be working on for the next 5 days. You can support your child’s literacy skills
by reviewing, discussing, and practicing the skills and concepts below:
Big
Idea/Big Question
(This is the theme of our
unit in class.)
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Question
of the Week
(This is the theme/question
for this week’s instruction in class.)
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Exploration: What can we learn from exploring new places
and things?
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What can we learn by
exploring the desert?
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Phonics
Skills
(These are the letters and
sounds we are learning in class.)
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Spelling
Patterns and associated Words
(These patterns connect to
our phonics skills we are learning this week.)
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Base
Words and Endings –s, -ed, -ing
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Base
Words and Endings –s, -ed, -ing
dropped dropping
excited exciting hugged
hugging lifted lifting
smiled smiling talked
talking
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High
Frequency Words
(These reading words should
be practiced and memorized.)
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Story
Words
(These reading words are
words from this week’s main selection.)
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animals early
eyes full warm
water
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cactus climate
coyote desert harsh
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Oral
Vocabulary
(Try using these words in
your conversations at home.)
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Handwriting
Practice
(Students can practice the
writing of these letters in manuscript this week.)
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arid dunes
extinct forbidding haven
landform ledge precipitation
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Ff, Bb, Ll
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