The focus this week is on long a sound being made by the "ai" or "ay" combination.

A List
1. day
2. pay
3. play
4. sail
5. pail
6. say
7. right
8. high
9. learn
10. join

B List
1. Monday
2. Tuesday
3. Wednesday
4. Thursday
5. Friday
6. Saturday
7. Sunday
8. raise
9. right
10. paint

The focus this week is on long o with a silent e.

A List
1. bone
2. cone
3. code
4. rode
5. rose
6. those
7. my
8. try
9. again
10. blue

B List
1. close
2. throne
3. stone
4. grove
5. drove
6. home
7. phone
8. hope
9. boy
10. girl

This week we are working on the long i sound.

A List
1. my
2. fly
3. by
4. why
5. sky
6. try
7. out
8. now
9. any
10. eight

B List
1. pie
2. cry
3. die
4. high
5. spied
6. cried
7. fries
8. tried
9. found
10. grouchy

Because of the short week, we will not have a spelling list. The students will be working on the first grade priority spelling list.

Please wear your reading shirts on Monday!

There will be no spelling list next week. We will be working on the first grade priority list.

The 'sh' digraph is the focus of this week's spelling list.
A digraph is when two letters blend together to make a new sound.

A List
1. ship
2. shop
3. shot
4. wish
5. dish
6. dash
7. for
8. more
9. be
10. try

B List
1. shark
2. share
3. short
4. wash
5. wash
6. brush
7. squish
8. crash
9. made
10. may

Just wanted to let you know that our class news letter did not make it into our Friday Folders today.

Please remember to wear your reading shirt on Monday!
Have a great weekend!
Miss Jensen

The focus this week is on the "or" sound. Each word has the vowel controlled r.

A List
1. or
2. for
3. corn
5. cork
6. more
7. hang
8. ring
9. two
10. from

B List
1. order
2. score
3. floor
4. bored
5. ignore
6. store
7. nothing
8. home
9. now
10. last

The focus this week is on "ing" and "ang" .

A List
1. sing
2. sang
3. hang
4. rang
5. ring
6. bring
7. bus
8. must
9. your
10. when

B List
1. something
2. sprang
3. swing
4. wrong
5. anything
6. bring
7. finger
8. again
9. then
10. next

The focus this week is on the short u sound.

A List
1. us
2. bus
3. bug
4. rug
5. mog
6. must
7. with
8. then
9. she
10. use

B List
1. lucky
2. stuck
3. thud
4. buddy
5. stuff
6. ladybug
7. yuck
8. thumb
9. use
10. find

The focus this week is on the 'th' blend.

#8 A List
1. then
2. them
3. this
4. that
5. path
6. with
7. men
8. set
9. was
10. said

#8 B List
1. they
2. these
3. those
4. thing
5. both
6. math
7. teeth
8. are
9. came
10. come

No homework tonight! I hope to see you at the Wild Wild Willowdale Dance.

We will be going to Pooley's on October 5th. The field trip letter will come home tomorrow. We had to wait for approval for the trip.

THANK YOU! to Jodi Putler who tie dyed our kid of Character shirts. They will be sent home tomorrow. Students should wear them on Wednesday, October 10th for our Kid of Character kick off.

The phonics focus this week is on the variant vowel /o/ a. This is an alternate sound for the letter a such as in the word all.

A List
1. all
2. call
3. fall
4. wall
5. ball
6. tsll
7. on
8. not
9.so
10.of

B List
1. small
2. football
3. mall
4. stall
5. pinball
6. stomp
7. chop
8. came
9. day
10. day

We work on the Think About It and the Problem Solving sections together in class. Please discuss these questions with your child. He or she should be able to explain the problems to you.
Thank you!
Miss Jensen