Week of April 30

We will work on the following skills next week:

1st grade: reading and spelling words with beginning blends

2nd grade: reading and spelling words with ph (elephant, phone, etc.) and -ck (pick, rock, block, etc.)

Upper levels: reading words with aw and a (awful, squawk, bald, water, etc.)

Have a great week!

Week of April 23

We will work on the following skills this week:

1st grade: reading and spelling words with beginning l blends (bl, pl, sl, etc.)

2nd grade: reading and spelling words with long vowels that include silent e at the end (bake, make, etc.)

Upper levels: reading and spelling words with -ge and -dge

Have a great week!

Week of April 16

We will work on the following skills next week:

1st grade: reading and spelling words with beginning r blends (br, cr, pr, etc.)

2nd grade: reading and writing words with -ed (jumped, spelled, lasted)

Upper levels: reading and spelling words with soft c and g (gentle, cent)

Have a great week!

Weeks of March 26 and April 4/5

We will work on the following concepts this week and next:

1st grade: read and spell words with open and closed syllables (jumbo, lotus, etc.)

2nd grade: read words with vowel units ang, ing, ong, ung, ank, ink, onk, unk

Upper levels: read and spell words with oo (bloom, groom, etc.)

Have a great break!