Newsletter for week of March 12 Reading/Writing: This week I will be assessing students for report cards.  The last day of the 9 weeks is Friday, March 16.  We will practice our new spelling words, write in our March journal, and play sight word Bingo.  This week we will have our spelling test on Thursday. 
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Newsletter for week of February 20 Reading/Writing: This week we will begin studying letter clusters. We will then focus on reading, writing, and spelling words that contain ong, or, sh, ch, er/ir/ur, th, ing, ow, and ar.    We will read stories from our Phonetic Storybook Reader 7 (sight words).  We will make sentences, review sight
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Newsletter for week of February 13 Reading/Writing: This week we will review words that contain short a, e, i, o, and u. We will then focus on reading, writing, and spelling words that contain short vowels.    We will read stories from our Phonetic Storybook Reader 6 (mixed vowels).  We will write in our journals, learn
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Newsletter for week of February 6 Reading/Writing: This week we will review words that contain short u.  We will then focus on reading, writing, and spelling words that contain short u.    We will read stories from our Phonetic Storybook Reader 5 (short u) and 6 (mixed vowels).  We will write in our journals, learn a
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Newsletter for week of January 23 Reading/Writing: This week we will review words that contain short o.  We will then focus on reading, writing, and spelling words that contain short a, e, i, and o.    We will read stories from our Phonetic Storybook Reader 4 (short o).  We will write in our journals, learn a
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Newsletter for week of January 9 Reading/Writing: This week I will be assessing students’ reading and writing skills for report cards.  In addition, we will focus on reading, writing, and spelling words that contain short i.    We will read stories from our Phonetic Storybook Reader 3 (short i).  In addition, we will focus on reading
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Sorry I forgot to post this last week! Newsletter for week of January 2 Reading/Writing: This week we will review words that contain short a/e.  We will then focus on reading, writing, and spelling words that contain short i.    We will read stories from our Phonetic Storybook Reader 2 and 3 (short e/i).  We will
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Newsletter for week of December 12 Reading/Writing: This week we will continue to focus on reading, writing, and spelling words that contain short e.  We will read stories from our Phonetic Storybook Reader 2.  We will write in our journals, practice correctly writing our first and last name, and focus on mastering previously introduced sight
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Newsletter for week of December 5 Reading/Writing: This week we will continue to focus on reading, writing, and spelling words that contain short e.  We will read stories from our Phonetic Storybook Reader 2.  We will write in our journals, practice correctly writing our first and last name, and focus on mastering previously introduced sight
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Newsletter for week of November 28 Reading/Writing: This week we will continue to focus on reading, writing, and spelling words that contain short e.  We will read stories from our Phonetic Storybook Reader 2.  We will write in our journals, practice correctly writing our first and last name, and learn to recognize and write the
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