The weekly words are introduced on Monday. Your child will write them in his/her weekly word book as well as in the agenda. There are usually 5-7 words, as well as a couple of bonus words which relate to what we are doing in other subject areas (i.e. Math/Science/Social Studies). Please review the words with your child throughout the week. We will be doing this throughout the week in class, but any reinforcement at home is a big help!
There will be a spelling test each Friday :-).
Here are some ways to 'play' with the words at home:
*Use the words in a sentence, either orally or written
*If you have magnetic letters at home you can build the words using the magnets
*Point out the words in the everyday environment
*Flash cards for review
*Play go fish with the words using home made flash cards
*Write the words with sidewalk chalk
*Spell the words using a whiteboard, chalkboard, magnadoodle, etc..
*Cheer the words, clap each letter, sing the words, count the syllables using claps etc..
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Week |
Grade 1 | Grade 2 | Bonus Words |
| Sept. 10 | and, of, the, a, to | sit, many, call, pull, read, cold | school, pencil |
| Sept. 17 | went, sat, in, it, is | best, first, sleep, because, tell | pattern, attribute |
| Sept. 24 | all, we, can, his, are | always, both, fast, before, buy | community, globe |
| Oct.1 | an, did, he, she, that | does, found, five, green, off | number, October |
| Oct. 8 |
am, by, had, one, or |
around, been, don’t, gave, goes | library, park |
| Oct. 15 | go, like, my, two, us | right, sing, their, made, or | farm, pumpkin |
| Oct. 22 | these, those, very, us, upon | Halloween, witch | |
| Oct. 29 | use, wash, why, work, which | scary, ghost | |
| Nov. 5 | your, would, write, wish, it's | poppy, soldier | |
| Nov. 12 | game, great, told, who, what | graph, data | |
| Nov. 19 | saw, see, should, could, trip | add, subtract | |
| Nov. 26 | after, next, try, put, family | animal, habitat | |
| Dec. 3 | came, same, mane, frame, shame | Advent, waiting | |
| Dec. 10 | here, near, clear, ear, dear | Jesus, birthday | |
| Dec. 17 | Break Week--No Words This Week | ||
| Jan. 7 | line, fine, mine, time, shine | January, Winter | |
| Jan. 14 | oval, over, stove, old, open, | snow, toboggan | |
| Jan. 21 | use, uniform, unicorn, cute, cube | solid, liquid | |
| Jan.28 | about, add, any, ago, apple | shape, communion | |
| Feb. 4 | away, back, being, blue, black | dissolve, absorb | |
| Feb. 11 | bike, bird, boat, bring, brother | Valentine, Heart | |
| Feb. 18 |
cake, call, candy, change child |
Lent, prayer | |
| Feb. 25 |
city, clean, club, coat, coming |
country, Canada | |
| March 4 | cry, cup, cut, deep, doing | Toronto, Ontario | |
| March 18 |
door, down, dress drive, drop |
Easter, Spring | |
| March 25 | each, egg, fall, fast, father | flower, bunny | |
| April 1 |
feed, feel, feet, fell find |
April, showers | |
| April 8 |
flag, floor, fly, food foot |
climate, weather | |
| April 15 | four, fox, from, full, funny | air, water | |
| April 22 | goat, gone, girl, give, glad | wind, blowing | |
| April 29 | grade, grass, grow, going, gold | May, soil | |
| May 6 | adding, jumping, running, hopping, doing | evaporate, precipitation | |
| May 13 | letter, mother, father, dinner, after | condensation, cycle | |
| May 20 | miss, bell, will, hill, fill | simple, machine | |
| May 27 | cakes, hats, dogs, rules, teachers | plural, June | |
| June 3 | can't, don't, I'm, didn't, he's | likely, unlikely | |
| June 10 | I've, she's, we've, wouldn't, couldn't | Summer, certain | |
| June 17 | buy, by, one, won, eye, I | see, sea | |