Making Words

We are making words! Every week, we learn a different word family, or spelling pattern. We use letter cards and put them together in different ways to make different words.

Here is the -og word family. Look for these cards to come home this week and practice making words at home. Some will have pictures...

Some might not have pictures. Some words are challenging, like words that have consonant blends (i.e. cl). Some might be good vocabulary words (we talked a lot this week about what a clog is!)

Please keep these cards in a safe place and practice making and reading words often with your kids!

We Love Lilly!

And Julius and Chrysanthemum and Chester and Wilson and Wemberly and Owen...

We have been reading all the "Mouse" books by Kevin Henkes. These books are great examples of how we can add details to our writing. They are also great examples of problems and solutions. If you get a chance, check some out from the library. The kids love the characters. If you want to work on comprehension skills:

• Compare/Contrast 2 or more characters from the books.
• Compare the plots from 2 or more books.
• Have your child relate one of the books to his/her own life... "Has that ever happened to you?"
• Ask your child if he/she would have handled the problem the same way.
  

For more information on Kevin henkes and his books, visit his website (there are no "games," but lots of fun printable activities!)-

Kevin Henkes' Web Page

Learning to Read...

We are reading... a lot!
The kids are really enjoying reading. I think we're creating lifelong readers!




Here's a few things we do in Reading Workshop when our work is done.

We write books...
We play games...

and we do puzzles!