WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Phonics Spelling
Patterns
The weekly phonics pattern(s) &
sample words are listed below.
Find other words with your child.
Week 4 (October 5-9)
Short o (pop, top, hot)
ABC order
 Week 5 (October 12-16)
Blends with r & s
(grip, trick, slip, slid)
Possessives
 Week 6 (October 19-23)
Short e, spelled ea,
(get, fed, read)
Inflectional ending –ed
(landed, lasted, acted)
Practice writing complete sentences with
spelling words. Write a story about a weekend
trip or memory. Fold pieces of paper to make
your own mini books.
SKILLS
- Use complete sentences.
- Begin each sentence with a capital letter.
- Stretch words out to spell them as best you can.
- Focus on turning one small moment in your
narrative writing into a whole story.
MATH PATTERNS
Unit 2 focuses on 2D shapes and their
relationships.
- Identify characteristics of shapes
- Compose and decompose shapes
- Unit 3 focuses on using story problems to
add and subtract with higher numbers.
Count forwards and backwards
- Compare quantities of larger numbers
- Compose &decompose numbers to find combinations
of each number (Ex: knowing 4 is 1+3, 2+2, 3+1. 4+0)
 Week 7 (October 26-30)
Short u (gum, hut, mud)
Compound Words
VOCABULARY
Practice using these words in writing & in
conversations with people. Write a sentence
with each word.
Oct. 5-9
Oct. 12-16
Oct. 19-23
Oct. 26-30
quarrel
rumble
tremble
peaceful
rescue
crabby
stomp
wonder
arrive
admire
hope
squint
miserable
possession
humorous
beam