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