Word Study - Mixed Review

For our Word Study words this week, we are doing our first round of Mixed Review. 

Your child picked 10 words from their Words to Learn list to be their study words this week.  These are words that were previously misspelled on Unit Tests.  If they are successful with the words on the test this Friday, they will get to be crossed of their Words to Learn list!  

In the haste of a half day - I forgot to send your child home with the list today.  Tomorrow, their list will be coming home. 

This does mean that there will be no new Unit on Spelling City - but the previous lessons are still there for practicing! 

Word Study - Unit 4

Long a patterns 

Regular List

sway

drain

trade

jail 

frame

paint

stray

snail

neigh

great*

Challenge List 

freight

neighbor

crayon

great* 

hooray

dismay

complain

rainbow

concentrate

educate

*rule breaker

Commonly Misspelled Words

- to be updated tomorrow - 

On this past weeks test - I was amazed that our students did so much better on the New Pattern Words, as opposed to the words that they knew, were expecting, and were allowed to study.  As a teacher, this confuses me!  

We talked about this unit being especially tricky because you need to study the words and patterns to know which form of "long a" you're going to use.  Please, please find the time to study these words this week!

Word Study

It was suggested that I post the Word Study Spelling lists on our blog -- next week, I promise it will be posted!  Remember, the pretest score determines if your child will be doing the Regular or Challenge list. 

 

Click here for the detailed information of our Word Study program.

Communication Folders vs. Planner Binders

What is the difference between these two lovely things you may ask? Lots! Let's set some rules and expectations for each. 

Communication Folders

1.  These come home in your child's backpack once a week - every Monday. 

2.  Any super important notes that I need you to fill out, sign, and return will be in this folder.  Please use the folder to get them back to me. 

3.  If you requested paper newsletters, these will come home once or twice a month in this folder.  If you did not request paper newsletters - have no fear.  For the newsletter, I will only be copying/pasting directly from this blog onto a word document. 

4.  Weekly homework will come home in this folder, along with your child's weekly Word Study list.

5.  Please have the homework completed and returned to school by Friday morning.

Planner Binders

1.  The Binder you purchased for your child is meant to hold their daily planner.  These are to live inside your child's backpack.  

2.  Daily homework and special events will be written in their planner. 

3. Please check your child's planner every evening, and initial the parent box.  This gets your child a stamp - and getting a stamp every day of the week earns your child a ticket.  (more on that in another post)

4.  Other papers that I get from the office will come home in this binder.  

5.  Again - please help your child be responsible to return their planner to school with them - everyday! 

Have some questions on this?  Click on "comments"  just below and I'll happily reply!