Spelling

The children are working on drawing pictures and explaining what is going on.  When you child brings home their work, please ask them to read it to you.  Remember that they are working on spelling the words themselves.  The spelling may not be correct but it is grade level appropriate.  

Right now, most of the students are at the following appropriate levels:

SEMIPHONETIC SPELLING:

• Constants begin to represent words and are related to the sounds of the words
• TIMGTAK -- Today I am going to the park
• Beginning and ending consonant sounds may be included
• bg -- bug,   bd -- bed
• One or two sounds may be correct in a word.

PHONETIC SPELLING:

• Children spell words as they sound
• sokar -- soccer

Example of children's writings: