Today, students were planting trees and shrubs on the school property with the help from the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority and our learning buddies! Thanks to Mr. Glover and his class for leading this initiative with getting the donation of the trees and organizing the opportunity for everyone to lead to this school property beautification process! Students are thrilled to be part of this and know their hard work will lead to great things for the school for years to come!
Phonics Lessons - April 13-17
This week's focus has been learning about more long vowel teams. Vowel teams are two or more letters that work together to make one vowel sound.
Lesson 87: ie, igh - long /i/
We have already learned that the letter I can spell the long /i/ in silent (or super hero) e words like in kite. We have also learned that I spells long /i/ in open syllable words like in tiger. We have also learned that Y can spill the long /i/ sound at the end of one syllable words like fly.ie - The vowel team ie spells long /i/ and comes at the end of a word like in pie and tie.
igh - The vowel team igh also spells the long /i/ and usually comes in the middle of a word like in light and might. It can also come at the end of a word like in high and sigh.
In this week's text called, The Right Job, students are looking for all the words that have the long /i/ sound based on the ie or igh spelling patterns to highlight (the whole word that has that spelling pattern). Be careful for spelling patterns that are included in the story that just include any letter i in the word - we are specifically looking for the ie and igh making the long /i/ sound. Students are also asked to illustrate the story to demonstrate their understanding of the text.
Lesson 88: Review Long Vowel Teams
Heart (Irregular) Words of the Week
We welcomed Ms. Garrett today to share with us about the concepts of liquids and solids with relation to dairy products. We had so much fun talking about dairy products and even participated in a cool experiment where we took cream (a liquid) and turned it into butter (a solid) with some hard work! We even got to sample our results! Ms. Garrett was so great about answering all our questions about her dairy cows and all the dairy products! What a great, hands on learning experience! Thanks for coming, Ms. Garrett!
Phonics Lessons - April 7-10
This week's focus has been learning about more long vowel teams. Vowel teams are two or more letters that work together to make one vowel sound.
Lesson 85: ee, ea, ey - long /e/
We have already learned that the letter E can spell the long /e/ in silent (or super hero) e words like in theme. We have also learned that E spells long /a/ in open syllable words like in begin.ee - The vowel team ee spells long /e/ and it usually comes in the middle of a word like in need and feet. But ee can also come at the end of a word like in see and tree. Also, ee sometimes comes at the beginning of the word like in eel.
ea - The vowel team ea also spells the long /e/ and usually comes in the middle of a word like in mean and team. It can sometimes come at the beginning of a word like in eat and each and also can come at the end of a word like tea and flea.
ey - The vowel team ey also spells the long /e/ and only comes at the end of a two-syllable word like in money and turkey.
In this week's text called, Deep in the Green Forest, students are looking for all the words that have the long /e/ sound based on the ee, ea or ey spelling patterns to highlight (the whole word that has that spelling pattern). Be careful for spelling patterns that are included in the story that just include any letter e in the word - we are specifically looking for the ee. ea and ey making the long /e/ sound. Students are also asked to illustrate the story to demonstrate their understanding of the text.
Lesson 86: oa, ow, oe - long /o/
We have already learned that the letter O can spell the long /o/ in silent (or super hero) e words like in bone. We have also learned that O spells long /o/ in open syllable words like in cozy.
oa - The vowel team oa spells long /o/ and it usually comes in the middle of a word like in boat and road. But oa sometimes comes at the beginning of a word like in oat and oak.
ow - The vowel team ow also spells the long /o/ and usually comes at the end of a word like show and grow. OW can also come in the middle of a word like in bowl and flown.
oe - The vowel team oe also spells the long /o/ and comes at the end of a word like toe.
In this week's text called, A Trip to the Coast, students are looking for all the words that have the long /o/ sound based on the oa, ow or oe spelling patterns to highlight (the whole word that has that spelling pattern). Be careful for spelling patterns that are included in the story that just include any letter o in the word - we are specifically looking for the oa, ow and oe making the long /o/ sound. Students are also asked to illustrate the story to demonstrate their understanding of the text.
Heart (Irregular) Words of the Week
Today we were very fortunate to have a surprise pizza party from donations that we had planned back in December! But here we are getting to enjoy them now and oh boy, were students happy with their surprise lunch. Thank you to our wonderful community to put the smiles on these kiddos faces with a little pizza and milk!!
