Monday, October 11, 2010

Phonetic Spelling

Our Writer's Workshop focus has us using phonetic spelling to stretch our words and record the sounds we hear. We have been generating lists of our favorite sports, foods, animals, colors, and games. These special lists will help the children with small moment story ideas as we move into our next unit of writing.
This week we are focusing on letter "a" and the -at family of words that can be built by adding an initial consonant. We will learn to read and spell words like bat, rat, and that.
Today's performance of This Land is Your Land was a proud moment for all. The children did a wonderful job.