Spelling words for the week of March 29-April 2:

rocky

foolish

rainy

childhood

selfish

treatment

movement

neighborhood

childish

parenthood

crunchy

bumpy

payment

sleepy

shipment

All of these words have suffixes. Please help your child identify the root word and also the suffix that follows each word. Happy studying.

Spelling words for the week of March 22nd - 26th

These words have the u sound spelled by -ew, -oo, and -u. Help your child distinguish between the different spellings in each word. Happy studying!

few

school

true

goose

fruit

cookie

cushion

noodle

bookmark

balloon

suit

chew

glue

Tuesday

bushel

challenge words

bamboo

mildew

soothe

barefoot

renewal

Vocabulary:

crown

liberty

models

symbol

tablet

torch

unforgettable

unveiled

measurement meyhem

Last week we worked on measurement. We quickly outgrew our room and had to stretch out into the hall. It's amazing what things they found to use as measuring devices. You should have seen them at carpet when we were comparing everyone's findings. I love my kiddos!

Spelling words for the week of March 15 - 19

Vocabulary words:

bakery

dough

mixture

ingredients

batch

boils

braided

knead

The vowel sound in ball can be spelled augh, ough, al, and ou. Help your child make a connection to these words through the common sound.

Spelling words:

thought

fought

bought

taught

caught

walk

cough

talk

daughter

ought

sought

brought

trough

chalk

stalk

bonus:

sidewalk

distraught

afterthought

overwrought

beanstalk

homework

Please make sure your child completes their homework. We are running into a problem with students not turning in their homework on time. Also, I may have 30% signing their reading log signed daily. Students MUST read every night to be successful in school. Here is a break down of homework for our class. I hope this helps you in keeping track with their work and assignments.

Monday: homework (usually math and english), guided reading

Tuesday: homework (usually math and english), guided reading

Wednesday: guided reading

Thursday: homework (usually math and english), guided reading

Friday: guided reading

Saturday and Sunday: I would love for my students to read over the weekend at least once.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at frittsb1@k12tn.net or call me at 423.494.9065.

long time no blog

Sorry for the lack of communication via blogspot but I was under the impression that no one was using blogspot. As I asked around, I quickly found out that it is serving its purpose so get ready, here comes the blogs.

bench marks

I'd like to take a minute to brag on my kids. We made so much progress on our second 9 weeks benchmark test. We've worked really hard so please make an effort to tell them congratulations and give them a big hug for their efforts.