Mrs. Hogate's homeroom will have Word Study on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Mr. Wiscount's homeroom will have Word Study on Wednesday and Friday mornings. We will operate on a three day rotation as follows: Day 1 Open sort (students explore spelling patterns and sort the words into categories based on similarities within the words) Closed sort (students will sort the words based upon the spelling patterns revealed by the teacher) Students will write their sorted lists in their spelling notebooks. These notebooks will stay in school. They will take their word cards home to study.
Day 2 The students will review their spelling words either as a whole class, or with a partner. Day 3 The students will be assessed on selected words from their lists. Not all words will be assessed each week. There will also be a sentence dictation portion of the assessment. For this part, the students will be expected to correctly spell words with the current and previous spelling patterns, and will be held accountable for correct capitalization and punctuation. HOMEWORK
The students are expected to study their words each evening. Some students prefer to study alone. Others study best with a family member or a friend. How your child studies his or her spelling words is up to you and him/her. Please refer to the Word Work Activities hand out that came home for study ideas. After Day 1, the students are assigned a "Word Find" that is due on Day 2. This just means that they must FIND WORDS within text that fit the spelling patterns. One word is required per pattern. Please have your child write the "Word Find" words on the blank cards in the spelling word bag. The words will be added to their spelling notebooks in class. Hogate's Homeroom's Spelling Patterns (as of 2/26)suffix meanings -ful, -ly, -y (students will be expected to apply spelling patterns based upon the patterns learned in previous suffix lists) -ful -ly -y Students should be able to EXPLAIN why each word uses its spelling pattern. We have discussed in class on several occasions. HOMEWORK DUE : Add ONE word to each list Wiscount's Homeroom's Spelling patterns
spelling patterns for the -er (comparative) and -est (superlative) suffixes to adjectives Add -er or -est CC -er or CC-est -r or -st change y to i -er or -est blacker/blackest sadder/saddest closer/closest funnier/funniest bolder/boldest bigger/biggest braver/bravest prettier/prettiest cleaner/cleanest colder/coldest louder/loudest newer/newest quicker/quickest Students should be able to EXPLAIN why each word uses its spelling pattern. We have discussed in class on several occasions. HOMEWORK: ADD ONE word to each PATTERN by WEDNESDAY (2/27) | 
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