Spelling Words

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.)	Question of the Week (This is the theme/question for this week’s instruction in class.)
Our Changing World:  How do things change?  How do they stay the same?	How can familiar things help us with changes?
Phonics Skills (These are the letters and sounds we are learning in class.)	Spelling Patterns and associated Words (These patterns connect to our phonics skills we are learning this week.)
Syllables:  Consonant + le	Syllables:  Consonant + le able   ankle   apple   bubble   bugle   bundle   cable   giggle   purple   sparkle   tickle   title
High Frequency Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
ago   family   father   mother   warm	clearing   crashed   perfect   pond   spilling   splashing   traveled
Oral Vocabulary (Try using these words in your conversations at home.)	Handwriting Practice (Students can practice the writing of these letters in manuscript this week.)
concentration   frown   homeland   patient   preserve   represent   tough   valuable	Letter Formation