Spelling

Due to an unusual week the spelling test and reading test will be on Wednesday. There is no school for students on Friday so homework will be due on Thursday. If you have any questions please let me know!

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.)
Traditions:  Are traditions and celebrations important in our lives?	What can we learn about cowboy traditions?
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.)
Suffixes:  -ness (awareness), -less (careless), -able (agreeable), -ible (horrible)	Suffixes:  -ness, -less careless   darkness   fearless   fitness   goodness   helpless   kindness   sadness   sickness   thankless   useless   weakness
High-Frequency Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
alone   buy   half   many   their   youngest	campfire   cattle   cowboy   galloped    herd   railroad   trails
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.)
buckaroo   climate    drover   lariat   legend   livestock   occupation   rawhide	Letter Slant