Dear Parents:
Your child will be bringing home
a collection of spelling words weekly that have been introduced in class. Each night of the week your child is
expected to do a different activity to ensure that these words and the spelling
patterns they represent are mastered.
These activities have been modeled and practiced in school, so your
child can teach you how to do them.
Monday: Remind your
child to sort the words into
categories like the ones we did in school. Your child should read each word aloud during this
activity. Ask your child to
explain to you whey the words are sorted in a particular way- what does the
sort reveal about spelling? Ask
your child to sort them a second time as fast as possible. You may want to time them.
Tuesday: Do a blind
sort with your child. Lay down a word from each category as a
head and then read the rest of the words aloud. Your child must indicate where the word goes without seeing
it. Lay it down and let your child
move it if he or she is wrong.
Repeat if your child makes more than one error.
Wednesday: Assist your
child in doing a word hunt, looking
for words in a book they have already read that have the same sound, pattern or
both. Try to find two or three for
each category.
Thursday: Do a writing
sort to prepare for the Friday
test. As you call out the words in
a random order your child should write them in the categories. Call out any words your child misspells
a second or even a third time.
Thank you for your support. Together we can help you child make
valuable progress!
Sincerely,
Mr. Krupa
