Author: chadwickbaldwin

A Canadian teacher in China

Home Review Sept. 15th

Good Afternoon Parents.

Today in English Class we started with a Long vowel, Short Vowel Review

We introduced the new words

We continued with a short writing about a cat. Through this we reviewed Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives. We introduced Adverbs as well.

In Units of Inquiry we had 3 things happening.

  • Tidying the classroom
  • our Group Projects
  • Titan Group reading with me.

The class is currently broken into Reading Teams based upon Ability Levels

Titans Team includes:

  • Kaiyi
  • Kane

They read

I can also be found on Raz-Kids.

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There is new work for you there

Spelling Words, Week 5

We continued to use the Study Steps to Learn a Word.

  1. Say the word loud. Does it sound like a word you know?
  2. Look at the word. Look at how the word is formed. Is there any familiar parts?
  3. Spell the word. Say the letters to yourself. How does each letter sound in this word?
  4. Write the word. Check that each letter is clear and easy to recognize. If not try again.

In Week 5 we reviewed short vowel words and compared them to long vowel sound words.

the words are:

1. has

2. win

3. spot

4. best

5. mud

6. same

7. broke

8. rule

9. clean

10. sleep

11. kite

Spelling Words, Week 4

We continued to use the Study Steps to Learn a Word.

  1. Say the word loud. Does it sound like a word you know?
  2. Look at the word. Look at how the word is formed. Is there any familiar parts?
  3. Spell the word. Say the letters to yourself. How does each letter sound in this word?
  4. Write the word. Check that each letter is clear and easy to recognize. If not try again.

In Week 3 we reviewed the magic e and how it changes vowel sounds to long vowels.

the words are:

  1. see
  2. please
  3. need
  4. deal
  5. sleep
  6. mean
  7. green
  8. clean
  9. keep
  10. eat

Spelling Words, Week 3

We continued to use the Study Steps to Learn a Word.

  1. Say the word loud. Does it sound like a word you know?
  2. Look at the word. Look at how the word is formed. Is there any familiar parts?
  3. Spell the word. Say the letters to yourself. How does each letter sound in this word?
  4. Write the word. Check that each letter is clear and easy to recognize. If not try again.

In Week 3 we reviewed the magic e and how it changes vowel sounds to long vowels.

the words are:

  1. Same
  2. Kite
  3. Home
  4. Plate
  5. Ride
  6. Rope
  7. Race
  8. Rule
  9. Broke
  10. Tune

Spelling Words, Week 2

We continued to use the Study Steps to Learn a Word.

  1. Say the word loud. Does it sound like a word you know?
  2. Look at the word. Look at how the word is formed. Is there any familiar parts?
  3. Spell the word. Say the letters to yourself. How does each letter sound in this word?
  4. Write the word. Check that each letter is clear and easy to recognize. If not try again.

In Week 2 we reviewed the short e, short u and short o vowel sounds.

We aslo reviewed the concept of vowels.

the words are:

  1. not
  2. best
  3. run
  4. bed
  5. spot
  6. get
  7. mud
  8. ten
  9. duck
  10. winjob

Spelling Words, Week 1

Before we learned how to spell, the students were given a spelling notebook. We also learned and practiced the Study Steps to Learn a Word.

  1. Say the word loud. Does it sound like a word you know?
  2. Look at the word. Look at how the word is formed. Is there any familiar parts?
  3. Spell the word. Say the letters to yourself. How does each letter sound in this word?
  4. Write the word. Check that each letter is clear and easy to recognize. If not try again.

In Week 1 we reviewed the short a and short i vowel sounds.

the words are:

  1. flag
  2. fin
  3. ran
  4. has
  5. fill
  6. sat
  7. list
  8. sit
  9. bag
  10. win.

10th Kingdom

In order to continue our Fractured Fairy Tales Unit, We will be watching The 10th Kingdom. There are 5 episodes in this miniseries. Over the next 2 weeks, we will watch all of them.

At this point in the year, I know students will be in and out of school for various family events. They may also be pulled out of class to get help with other things. To help with this, I am posting the links to the episodes below. You can watch them with your family at home.