During the month of February, we will be preparing for the school-wide spelling bee which takes place at the end of the month.  I have sent a Scripps National spelling bee packet home with each child. I will not be posting weekly spelling lists until after the school-wide spelling bee.   Instead of the usual spelling tests on Thursdays, we will now be doing practice spelling bees using the Scripps words.  For those in spelling group A and B, I will be using the 1st-grade list.  For group C, I will be using the 2nd-grade list.  For group D and P, I will be using 3rd-grade words and above.  Our top 3 spellers will go on to compete in the lower-elementary spelling bee on February 26th.  Please help your child practice the words at home.

Week of January 21st:

Monday–No school.

Wednesday–2nd graders’ projects are due.

Thursday–1st graders’ projects are due.

There will be no spelling words next week, due to a short week and our focus on projects.

Thank you and have a wonderful weekend!

List A/B: hill, fell, bell, doll, pill, grill, windmill

List C: farm, carpet, market, garden, harp, starfish, park, bark

List D: base, din, discard, dome, gallon, instrument, luxury, mallet, skill, slight

List P: apparent, ban, concentrate, concern, consider, contrast, fragile, menace, pounce, prompt, recent, symbol, talon, trophy, widespread

January 18– 3rd graders will be presenting their projects to the class.  Their projects will be displayed for the entire school on January 22.

January 23– 2nd graders will be presenting their projects to the class.  Their projects will be displayed for the entire school on January 24.

January 24–1st graders will be presenting their projects to the class.  Their projects will be displayed for the entire school on January 25.

List A/B: grass, glass, dress, class, kiss, moss, cross

List C: baby, tulip, microscope, relax, robot, crocodile, tomato, violin, volcano

List D: adult, clump, curious, gratitude, herd, newcomer, plain, stalk, tusk, wealthy

List P: afford, boast, chord, exceptional, fortunate, fringe, humble, meadow, melancholy, obstinate, plead, plunge, relent, submit, trudge