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