10/23 Unit 1 Test - Study Guide sent home today. The students will be asked
to spell some sounds as well as spell ten words using the rules from Unit 1.
The students will be given two dictation sentences using words spelled with
the rules we have learned. Also, the students will be asked to:
****Box Glued Sounds AND
****Mark Closed Syllable Exceptions
Refer to last week's worksheet for extra practice.
10/18 Review Glued Sound: all
all – ball - /ol/
Review Glued Sounds: am an
am – ham - /am/
an – fan - /an/
Eight Other Glued Sounds: ang ing ong ung
ank ink onk unk
ang – fang - /ang/ ank – bank - /ank/
ing - ring - /ing/ ink – pink - /ink/
ong – song - /ong/ onk – honk - /onk/
ung – lung - /ung/ unk – junk - /unk/
10/2 We have introduced and/or reviewed a new spelling rule. There are two
spellings for the /ch/ sound. If the letter before the /ch/ sound is a
vowel, the /ch/ sound is spelled -tch- (for example - catch). If the letter
before the /ch/ sound is a consonant, the /ch/ sound is spelled with -ch-
(for example - pinch).
We will continue to reinforce the these rules throughout each unit.
9/30 The students have learned the spelling rule - FLOSS. The rule is that
if a one syllable word with a short vowel sound ends in an l , s, or f --
then the letters f , l , or s are doubled.
9/20 We have introduced/reviewed blends. Two or three letters that are
blended together such as: bl, tr, fl.
9/13 We will begin our Fundations program by reviewing vowel and consonant
sounds. We have introduced/reviewed digraph sounds. Digraphs are two
letters
that make one sound - such as ch, sh, th, wh, and ck.
An interesting rule that the students were taught is that the spelling of
the /k/ sound is only spelled -ck- at the end of a word or end of a
syllable!
Stay tuned!
Wilson Fundations is a phonological/phonemic awareness, phonics and spelling
program for the general education classroom. Fundations is based upon the
Wilson Reading System® principles and serves as a prevention program to help
reduce reading and spelling failure. Fundations provides the research-
validated strategies that complement installed programs to meet federal
standards and serve the needs of all children.
We will include a 30-minute block three times in a six day cycle. Fundations
lessons focus on carefully sequenced skills that include print knowledge,
alphabet awareness, phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, decoding,
vocabulary, fluency, and spelling. Critical thinking, speaking and listening
skills are practiced during shared classroom activities.
