Your child is learning to spell words with the prefixes “pre-”, “mid-”, “over-”, and “out-”: prepaid, midnight, overflow, outdoors, outline, overgrown, prefix, Midwest, pretest, midpoint, outgoing, overtime, overdue, outside, outfield.
Your child is learning to spell words with “er”, “ir”, “or”, and “ear”: third, early, world, certain, dirty, herself, earth, word, perfect, verb, nerve, worm, thirsty, workout, earn.
Here are the spelling words for the week of January 30:
wolves
knives
feet
men
children
women
sheep
heroes
scarves
mice
geese
cuffs
elves
banjos
halves
Your child is learning to spell words with wr, kn, mb, and gn: thumb, gnaw, written, know, climb, design, wrist, crumb, assign, wrench, knot, wrinkle, lamb, knob, knit.
Because of the snow day and Martin Luther King Day, we will continue studying last week’s words. Our spelling test will be on Wednesday.
Your child is learning to spell words with the suffixes -ly, -ful, -ness, and -less: beautiful, safely, kindness, finally, spotless, worthless, illness, helpful, daily, suddenly, wireless, quietly, fairness, cheerful, painful.
The spelling words this week have the consonant sounds /j/ and /k/: clock, large, page, mark, kitten, judge, crack, edge, pocket, brake, change, ridge, jacket, badge, orange.
Have a happy holiday. See you January 2!
For spelling we will review some basic sight words. Our Christmas party is Thursday at 2:15. Parents are invited to attend.
The spelling words this week have prefixes: unhappy, recall, disappear, unload, mistake, misspell, dislike, replace, mislead, disagree, rewrite, unroll, unknown, dishonest, react.