A copy of your child's word study words came home on Monday in the homework folder. We will work with these words in class all week during our reading time. Feel free to use the copy at home to cut apart and have your child practice sorting the words into categories, as well as spelling them out to you.
The features at the top of the list can also be used for activities with your child. For example: your child has short a and long a as the two features for the week. As well as studying the words on the page, you could have your child tell you other words that have the short a/long a sounds. A word hunt is when you use printed text, such as a book or magazine, to find words that match a feature. Another fun activity is to have your child find or draw pictures that match the feature (for example: apple=short a, lake=long a).
Each Friday, your child will be assessed using this same list of words. You will see two grades on the test: a sort grade (how well your child sorted the words into the proper category), and a spelling grade (how many words were spelled correctly). Only 10 words from the list will be assessed each week.
If you have any questions on Word Study, please feel free to contact me! :)
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