Spelling Review

This week’s spelling test will be a review of the previous 5 weeks of spelling. If your student has mastered these spelling patterns, they shouldn’t have any problems at all with the words. Please review these spelling words with your child. The test will be Friday and can be any 15 words from this list.

Week 1
Final Syllable -le

• 1. ankle
• 2. title
• 3. apple
• 4. cable
• 5. purple
• 6. able
• 7. bugle
• 8. bundle
• 9. bubble
• 10. giggle
• 11. sparkle
• 12. tickle

Week 2
Dipthong oo, u

• 1. cook
• 2. stood
• 3. full
• 4. wood
• 5. July
• 6. shook
• 7. push
• 8. pull
• 9. brook
• 10. book
• 11. hood
• 12. put

Week 3
Diagraph ou, ow, oy, oi

• 1. around
• 2. out
• 3. gown
• 4. sound
• 5. flower
• 6. howl
• 7. toy
• 8. noise
• 9. royal
• 10. moist
• 11. coil
• 12. cow

Week 4
Syllable Pattern cv/vc and v/cv

• 1. downstairs
• 2. football
• 3. cowboy
• 4. houseboat
• 5. railroad
• 6. rainbow
• 7. boyhood
• 8. oatmeal
• 9. soybean
• 10. roadway
• 11. outplay
• 12. daydream

Week 5
Dipthong oo, ue, ew, ui

• 1. too
• 2. new
• 3. fruit
• 4. blue
• 5. true
• 6. fool
• 7. suit
• 8. spoon
• 9. clue
• 10. juice
• 11. drew
• 12. flew

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 do changes in the weather affect us?
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.)
Vowels oo, ue, ew, ui	Vowels oo, ue, ew, ui: blue   clue   drew   flew   fool   fruit   juice   new   spoon   suit   too   true
Spiral Review Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
around   enough   many   thought   took	awaken   cliffs   mountain   prize   rainbow   suffer   volcano
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.)
breeze   condition   funnel   predict   sparkle   swirl   terrifying   whip	Letter Size

Math Topic 10

We will begin topic 10 in math starting tomorrow (2/17). Please take a moment to check your child's test score for topic 9 at www.pearsonsuccessnet.com. Depending on their score there may be practice pages to complete at home for additional practice. Thank you for your support!

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?	Why are some changes difficult?
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.)
Syllable Patterns: VCV (vowel consonant vowel – donate, moment) VCCV (vowel consonant consonant      vowel – boathouse, follow)	boyhood   cowboy   daydream   downstairs   football   houseboat   oatmeal   outplay    railroad   roadway   soybean
Spiral Review Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
friend   love   move   pretty   school	balance   canyons   coral   rattle   slivers   sway   whisper
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.)
accent   adjust   foreign   forlorn   landmark   quiver   tease   unexpected	Word Spacing

In Case You Missed It. . .

Here is the note that went home yesterday about Valentine's Day:

Dear Parents,

         With Valentine’s Day approaching next week I wanted to get a class list out to you. Below you will find the first names of the children in our class. If you choose to send valentines to pass out, please make sure that there is one for every student! This is not mandatory but definitely something fun that they have been talking about and looking forward to. Please have your child write out the name of whom the Valentine is to; this will expedite passing them out as well as help them with their handwriting practice!

 We will be having a class party on the Friday before Valentine’s Day, the last hour of school, which is when we will pass everything out. Prior to Valentine’s Day I have paper bags that I will let them decorate so they do not need to worry about making a box or anything at home. If they would like to make something at home to keep their Valentine’s in and bring it to school on Friday the 13th that is fine also. Thank you!

-Mrs. Thompson

Corbin Amy Eliza Elizabeth Stephen Eva Neala George Luke Abby Violet Aspen Gib Zyler Teddy Evan Josh Tristan Jaxon Cassius Elpitha Erik Baste Sebastian Kimberlyn Adem Kalie

Spelling Words and Math

It was great to see so many of you at conferences this week! We will be finishing topic 9 in math this week and take the test on subtraction with regrouping on Friday. Have a nice long weekend!

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?	What changes occur under the ground?
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.)
Vowel Diphthongs: /ou/ spelled ou and ow; /oi/ spelled oi and oy	Vowel Diphthongs: /ou/ spelled ou and ow; /oi/ spelled oi and oy around   coil   cow   flower   gown   howl   moist   noise   out   pound   royal   toy
High Frequency Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
bear   build   couldn’t   father   love   mother   straight	grains   materials   particles   seeps   substances   texture
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.)
blizzard   discovery   fine   incredible   landscape   molten   transform   underneath	Letter Spacing