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