This Week's Spelling List

Unit 3: People and Nature                             

Week 1                                                                                                              

            

This week we are reading “The Gardener” by Sarah Stewart.  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:  recognizing, humor, doze, bulbs, sprouting, blooming, beauty, showers

Spelling Rule: CONTRACTIONS                 

Two words are combined and written as one, and an

apostrophe (‘) takes the place of letters that are left out. 

1.   let’s      2.   he’d      3.   you’ll      4.   can’t      5.   I’d      6.   you’d      7.   haven’t      8.   hasn’t      9.   she’d    10.  they’ll

11.   when’s        12.   we’d    13.   they’d    14.   wasn’t 15.   didn’t

                                                                                                                                               EXTRA CHALLENGE WORDS

16.  should’ve       17.  would’ve       18.  could’ve        19.  needn’t        20.  you’ve               EXTRA CHALLENGE   21.   isn’t                  22.   where’d        23.   they’re      *24.   their      *25.   there          *Does not follow the spelling pattern