Unit 3: People and Nature
Week 3
This week we are reading “Night Letters” by Palmyra LoMonaco. We will focus on some vocabulary words in this story. It would be helpful if you will 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: blade, flutter, fireflies, patch, dew, budding, notepad
Spelling Rule: CONSONANT SOUNDS: /J/ AND /K/
The sound /j/ can be spelled ge and dge; large and edge.
The sound /k/ can be spelled ck and k; clock, mark.
There are different ways to spell the same sound.
1. clock
2. large
3. page
4. mark
5. kitten
6. judge
7. crack
8. edge
9. pocket
10. brake
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11. change
12. ridge
13. jacket
14. badge
15. orange
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EXTRA CHALLENGE WORDS
16. freckles
17. advantage
18. pledge
19. Kentucky
20. kingdom
EXTRA CHALLENGE
21. limerick
22. disadvantage
23. pilgrimage
24. counterclockwise
25. acknowledge
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