New words are assigned each Monday. A parent letter is sent home with the words to be studied. There are generally 4 - 6 new words belonging to a word family, with two review words from the previous week, and two vocabulary words from the week's reading story. The final test is taken on Friday.
We practice the words in various ways each week:
We practice the words in various ways each week:
- writing the words three times for handwriting
- writing the words on white boards
- using reading rods
- using letter tiles
- computer games
- spelling packets