Word Study

We will begin our word study this week. Our work will stress the word study aspect more than the memorization of random spelling words. We will focus on one specific word family per week. Students will be given ten list words each week. With this approach, students are working with words to really gain an understanding of the assigned word family in hopes that they will really retain that knowledge and be able to apply it to unknown words in the future. We will also review "no excuse" words, or words they should already know. There will be a word study test weekly to see if we should move on to another word family or review the current. While there will be occasional word work homework, most of our word study will be in the classroom and reinforced during centers. Please contact me with any questions.