Spelling List for Week of March 8th

This week we will focus on the -oa and -ow patterns for the long o sound. The challenge list is recommended for students who spelled 10 or more of the words correctly on the pretest Monday. Please decide together what list is best for your child this week.

Spelling List:
boat
road
show
snow
yellow
loaf
coat
soap
blow
pillow
once
wild

Challenge List:
shadow
pillow
swallow
raincoat
roadside
approach
tomorrow
marshmallow
splinter
straight
through
strength

Reading Corner

For the past few weeks, we have been focusing on the comprehension strategy of making mental images or visualizing. We learned about how all students are artists while we read. We are constantly creating visual artistic representations of what we read in our minds. Our mental images are different because our schema are different.

This gave us a great chance to revisit how we make connections with a text based on our prior knowledge and experiences. We have LOTS of experiences to share!

This month we will shift our focus to the comprehension strategy of inferring starting with how readers are able to determine the meanings of unknown words by using their schema, paying attention to textual and picture clues, rereading and engaging in conversations with others.

Spelling Lists for the week of February 1st

Spelling List:
ask
asked
plan
planned
help
helped
jog
jogged
call
called
again
soon

Challenge List:
omitted
omitting
occurred
occurring
starred
starring
target
charming
starter
charcoal
sparkle
darkness

Spooky Mummies from our fall party!

Making Scarecrows with our buddies!

We had a great time meeting our third grade buddies!

Conference scheduling

Thanks for returning your conference request forms. We are scheduling conferences this week and will send the confirmations home with Thursday folders this week. If you have a conflict, please give us a call and we'll reschedule. Thanks!