WORDS OF THE WEEK
SEach week we will have 5-10 words we will focus on. By the end of the week, students should be able to recognize and read and write these words easily. We will be focusing on these weekly words as well as reviewing previous focus words during our Word Work time each day. I will send home new words each week in each child's planner. Our words of the week will be sent home beginning the last week of September. The majority of words come from the Dolch & Fry word lists. These are lists of high frequency words that are most used in writing and important to know instantly by sight.
Ways to help support your child at home:
1. Go on a "word hunt" look for these words in books you are reading together.
2. Type out the words on a computer/iPad/phone.
3. Use magnetic letters to create the words.
4. Print the words using different colours (we call this rainbow writing in class).
5. Write words using one colour for consonants and another for vowels.
6. Draw the words out in sand or salt (students can use the tips of their fingers or the tip of a pencil or pen).
7. Use playdough, wikisticks or pipecleaners to form the letters of each word.
Here is a website with many other ideas for practicing spelling:
http://www.momto2poshlildivas.com/2012/10/75-fun-ways-to-practice-and-learn.html
January 16
Group 1:
cats
pigs
beds
bugs
tops
Group 2:
candy
went
sent
take
like
puppy
time
didn't
by
my
Challenge:
community
tennis
January 10
ten
hat
hot
sand
hand
send
pick
end
bath
fast
last
both
must
just
black
challenge:
movement
graphing
January 2:
Group 1:
top
stop
men
fix
fox
Group 2:
place
make
making
help
here
want
nice
to
two
into
December 12:
No spelling this week
December 5:
Group 1:
pet
get
let
fed
red
some
come
home
fun
funny
run
running
ran
us
use
Challenge:
snowflake
Merry Christmas
November 28:
Group One:
not
on
dog
got
the
Group Two:
the
that
them
day
may
made
was
of
if
a
Bonus:
December
here
Week of November 21:
Group One:
his
dig
pat
sun
put
Group Two:
no
go
going
most
kind
find
gave
so
do
doing
Bonus:
mapping
learning
Week of October 31:
Group One:
up
us
run
fun
to
Group two:
add
ask
came
name
ride
bone
save
kite
cute
mine
Bonus:
reptile
lifecycle
Week of October 24:
Group 1:
as
had
sit
six
ran
Group 2:
up
it
him
I
for
or
four
we
man
men
Bonus:
Halloween
haunted house
Week of October 17:
Group 1:
can
pan
man
cat
sat
Group 2:
his
is
an
and
can
all
call
land
hand
small
Bonus:
detail
information
Week of October 10 -
Group 1:
in
is
it
big
did
Group 2:
as
has
fox
box
mix
egg
jam
pet
nap
big
Challenge:
October
animal