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Spelling

At this point, students have learned one way to write every sound in English except for the very rare /zh/ as in treasure. They also know a number of spelling alternatives for both vowel and consonant sounds. 

Spelling achievement will generally trail reading achievement, First, students need to be introduced to the spelling alternatives and learn to decode them while reading. Then, after many exposures to the spellings in written words, students will begin to write the correct spelling independently. Some students move fairly rapidly from seeing spelling alternatives to print. Others take longer to master conventional spelling. It is not unusual for this to take a long time and it is not surprising given the complicated nature of the sounds-spelling correspondence system of the English language.  

While mastery is developing, plausible spelling in work is acceptable, however correcting during revisions is also encouraged, particularly when the word is made up of spellings we have already learned in the classroom.
Here is our spelling list for this week! Please help to remind your child to practice their words each night for a short period. We will test on Friday!