Welcome to the Room 5 Hive!

This week we will be focusing on the following sounds, spelling patterns, and word types...

1.   long /e/ spelled e, ea, ,and ee

2.  the /oo/ sound spelled oo as in hook and book.

3.  a review of short vowel sounds

4.  the /j/ sound spelled _dge as in bridge and fudge

5.  compound words

We will also be discussing common and proper nouns. 

This week we will be focusing on the following sounds, spelling patterns, and word types...

1.  the /ow/ sound spelled ow and ou_ as in crown and house

2.  words that end in le as in little and castle

3.  contractions

4.  compound words

5.  multisyllable words

6.  short vowels

7.  words that end in mb

8.  short e words that have the spelling ea

We will also be learning about pronouns.

This week we will be focusing on the following sounds, spelling patterns, and word types...

1.  words with /sh/

2.  words that end in -ed and -ing and the corresponding rules. For example, when there is a short vowel immediately before the last letter of the root word, the last syllable must be doubled before adding ing or ed...dropping and dropped.

3.  compound words

4.  the /k/ sound spelled k and ck

5.  words with the long /a/ sound spelled a, a_e, ai_, and _ay...the blank constitutes a consonant

We will also be learning about action verbs. I teach the students the "verb test":  place  ing and/or ed after the word and, if it makes sense, it's a verb. This doesn't always work, but it helps. ;)

This week we will be focusing on the following sounds, spelling patterns, and word types...

1.  long /e/ spelled e, ea, ee, _y, _ie_, and e_e

2.  words with ed and ing

3.  consonant blends st and nd

We will also be learning about possessive nouns, i.e. Sara's friends are coming over for dinner. Students often learn about possessive nouns and then proceed to place an apostrophe before every 's' they see...something to look out for. :)

This week we will be focusing on the following sounds, spelling patterns, and word types...

1.  words with r-controlled vowels (ar, er, ir, and ur)

2.  plurals:  story -stories, leaf - leaves, book - books

3.  long /i/ words spelled i, i_e, igh, _y, and _ie

We will also be reviewing common nouns, proper nouns, pronouns, action verbs, and possessive nouns.