Tuesday, September 13, 2016

This Week's Spelling List

      Unit 1-Week 2                                               

This week we are reading “What About Me?” by Ed Young. Below, you will find some vocabulary words we will focus on in this story.  It would be helpful if you reinforce the meaning of these words at home with your child.  Also, on this newsletter you will find our spelling words for the week.  Please practice these words at home as well.  Students are expected to practice the first 15, 20, or all 25 of the words.   Be sure to refer to the spelling rule described below.  Please listen to your child read the spelling words aloud. 

Vocabulary Words:  carpenter, carpetmaker, knowledge, marketplace, merchant, plenty, straying, thread

Spelling Rule:   PLURALS   -S,  -ES
Add -s to most words: plants.  Add -es to words that end in chsh, or ssinches.  Change y to and add es to most words that end with y:  pennies

                                                                                                                                      CHALLENGE WORDS
 1. pennies
     2.  inches
     3.  plants
     4.  families
     5.  bodies
     6.  glasses
     7.  wishes
     8.  pockets
     9.  lists
   10. copies
  
    11.  parties
    12.  bunches
    13.  crashes
    14.  supplies
    15.  pencils
16.  accidents
        17.  libraries
        18.  mysteries
        19.  carpenters
        20.  merchants
            EXTRA CHALLENGE
21.dictionaries  
22. sunglassess   
         23. wristwatches
         24. replenishes
         25. symphonies



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