Week of October 30

Assessments are done, and we are back to a normal routine this week. The following skills will be taught:

1st Grade-We will work on the short e sound (pen, hen, met). Red words will be why, some, make, and animal.

2nd Grade-We will focus on v. Red words will be air, car, told, pretty, and pictures.

Upper grades-We will finish our ending blends lesson (-nd, -sk, -sp, -mp, and -nch). Red words are by, buy, bye (these three need to be reviewed for one more week), show, and sister.

Have a great week!

Week of October 23

Students will work on the following next week:

First Grade: Students will be given individual progress assessments. There will not be a new skill taught. There will be a red word test on all of the words learned so far. Students need to know how to read and spell them. We will have the test on Monday, October 23.

Second Grade: Students will be given individual progress assessments. There will not be a new skill taught. 

Upper level RtI groups: There  is a red word test on Monday, October 23, on all of the words students have learned so far. Students should know how to read and spell the words. We will learn how to read words with ending blends next week (ct, ft, lt, nt, xt, pt, st, lp, lk, lf, ld). Red words for this week are page, don't, bye, by, buy, and against. 

Have a great week!

Week of October 16

Here are important dates and happenings in the RTI classes for next week:

1st Grade will work on the letter F and its sound. The red words for October 16-20 are many, good, and friend. Keep practicing all the red words that are sent home. Students will need to be able to spell and read all the red words that have been given to them up to this point for their test that will be on Monday, October 23.

2nd Grade will work on the letter y and its sound. There will not be any new red words this week for second grade since they are taking a unit test in Language Arts. Students should still be studying their red words, and they will have to be able to spell and read them for their test that will be given next week. The spelling test for the red words will be on Wednesday, October 18, and the reading portion will be given on Thursday, October 19.

My two upper level groups will work on s and w blends (sc, sk, sm, sp, squ, dw, sw, tw) and breaking words into syllables. New red words for October 16-20 are around, rough, each, door, sure, and these. Students will have a spelling and reading test on these words on October 23. 

Have a great week!

Week of October 10

Since we have a short week next week, students will bring home their red words Friday, October 6. I will be out of the building on October 13; therefore, we will have our weekly test on Thursday, October 12. This is only for this week. Weekly tests will go back to being on Fridays beginning the week of October 16.

Students will work on the following skills next week:

1st Grade: words with the /r/ sound, sight words here,all, and does

2nd Grade: words with wh (white, where, why, when, whale), site words through, only,hear, were, and learn

Upper level Orton-Gillingham groups: breaking words into syllables then spelling each syllable, beginning l blends (sl, pl, gl, cl, bl), sight words will be a review of tough, caught, though, and watch

We will always work on reading comprehension and fluency each week.

Have a great week!