1A - Miss Bennett

• Upcoming assessments and events on the calendar below. 
• We are a tree nut and peanut-free school, so please be mindful when bringing in snacks and lunches.
• Please only bring in ONE snack each day.
• Transportation changes must be made by sending in a note in your child's take home folder. Any last minute transportation changes that come up during the school day should be made by filling out the online transportation change form on the the school website or by calling the office.
• PLEASE MAKE SURE STUDENTS PUT THEIR NAME ON THEIR HOMEWORK:)
• Please continue to review trick words each night 
• Read the decodable book we send home in the beginning of the week each night to practice new trick words and sounds

For the next two weeks, I will teach the concept of a closed syllable. A closed syllable ends in a consonant and only has one vowel. The vowel in a closed syllable is short, as in the word “math” or “cat.” The recognition of this word structure will be key as we continue with the program.

To mark a closed syllable, your child has learned to scoop or underline the word, put a c under the scoop to indicate “closed,” and a breve ( ˘ ) over the vowel to indicate it is short. Please refer to the closed syllable cheat sheet I sent home for help with marking and examples. 

Even though all the words have been closed syllables, every once in a while ask, “Is this word a closed syllable?” and, “Why?”

I will also teach these vowel teams using the Vowel Teams poster: ai, ay, ee, ea, ey, oi, and oy. Vowel teams are introduced for reference when students are reading throughout the day. These sounds will be learned in more depth for both reading and spelling in Level 2. In the meantime, we will practice the sounds during our Drill Sounds/Warm Up activity in class.

We are also practicing tapping out words, identifying vowel sounds, and improving handwriting with correct letter formation. You can help at home by having your child:

• Read and mark words with digraphs, bonus letters, suffixes, blends, and glued sounds in their weekly books.

• Circle trick words

• Practice spelling simple CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words and words with digraphs (like ship, bath, chop, duck, etc.), bonus letters (like puff, buss, off, fill, chill, Bess, etc.), glued sounds (sing, bank, ball, ham, fan, etc.), and blends (like plug, munch, lunch, shrug, drop, etc.)

• Say the sound each letter, digraph, glued sound, or blend makes.

Homework should be completed and returned each day. 

Monday- Fundations Sheet & Math Sheet

Tuesday- Fundations Sheet & Math Sheet

Wednesday- Fundations Sheet & Math Sheet

Thursday- Fundations Sheet & Math Sheet