Word Study in Grade 4/5

Dear Parents, 

We have started weekly word study in grade 4/5. Students in grade 4 will be given 12 new words and students in grade 5 will be given 15 new words. Students will write them in their agendas at the beginning of each week.  The words will all contain a common sound or spelling pattern (i.e. short and long vowel sounds, combined vowel sounds, word ending patterns such as ‘ing’ or ‘ed’, etc.). By examining the spelling patterns in the words we aim to build word knowledge that can be applied to both decoding skills when reading and spelling when writing. Students should familiarize themselves with their words at home (i.e. have a family member test them orally on their word list, independently practice writing them out as a list, orally use the words correctly in a sentence, etc.). There will be a word study quiz each Friday. 

Mrs. Stratford