Word Wall Words

Term 2 Homework

Weekly Word Families

April 8-12
"ain" family

April 15-19
"ash" family

April 22-26
"ake" family

April 29 - May 3
"ing" family

May 6-10
"og" family

May 13-17
"oat" family

May 20-24
"ide" family

May 27-31
"ight" family

June 3-7
"est" family

June 10-14
"ick" family

June 17-21
"op" family

June 24-28
REVIEW ALL FAMILIES

Term 2 Spelling Homework

In term 1, students learned many high frequency words. This helped to support our learning in class about a variety of spelling strategies (e.g., ‘stretching the word out’, using the Word Wall and words around the room, using our personal dictionaries). In term 2 we will learn more about word structure and word families to help further improve our spelling.

Instead of receiving 5 new words to practice each week, students will learn a new word family. This will help students to learn about common letter patterns, word structure, and how to spell new words using words with which we are familiar. They will record the new word family in their agendas each Monday. Please complete the daily activities in the Word Wall Notebook. To help families teach their children about time management, we will be checking the homework each Monday. This will give your child enough time to complete all of the activities based on your family’s schedule (e.g., skating lessons on Wednesday nights leave little time for homework). 

Activity	Example
Monday At school: copy the new word family into your agenda. At home: brainstorm as many words as you can think of that are part of the word family.
Tuesday Choose five of the words and write them each three times.
Wednesday Choose a book (a leveled home reading book, picture book, chapter book, etc.) and find words from the word family. Record the sentences in your Word Wall Notebook. OR  Choose 5 words from the word family. Write a juicy (descriptive, ‘wowy’, etc.) sentence using each word.
Thursday Choose 5 words from the word family and write them ‘like a pyramid’.
Friday Complete any activities that were not finished during the week.

Term 1 Homework

Sept. 10-14

I
am
the
to
on

Sept. 17-21

do
he
has
him
us

Sept. 24-28

like
is
and
are
up

Oct. 1-5

went
she
for
her
as

Oct. 8-12

me
look
we
here
was

Oct. 15-19

played
with
school
want
at

Oct. 22-26

can
friend
come
you
saw

Oct. 29 - Nov. 2

our
they
them
what
who

Nov. 5 - 9

see
my
go
in
said


Nov. 12-16

have
were
this
be
it


Nov. 19-23

or
of
by
then
now


Nov. 26-30

had
people
not
many
but


Dec. 3-7

some
made
so
over
all


Dec. 10-14

night
nice
that
favourite
won


Dec. 17-21

when
other
new
into
knew

Jan. 7-11

it's

I'm

won't

can't

didn't


Jan. 14-17

those

find

more

use

an

Jan. 21-25

your

there

they're

their

little

Jan. 28 - Feb. 1

very

if

could

about

how

Feb. 4-8

know

no

where

will

from

get