This is a fun weekly spelling class with some serious learning!  

By mastering spelling rules and patterns, students can expect to see:
✨ Improved Reading Comprehension
✨ Confident Writing Skills
✨ Expanded Vocabulary

With consistent repetition and practice, this class ensures that spelling becomes second nature, leading to impressive leaps in reading levels over time—some students have jumped 2-3 levels in just one year!

Every week, we will:
✨ learn 10 new words centered around special sound/spelling rules
✨ practice dividing the words into syllables for easier learning
✨ define words and talk about their respective parts of speech
✨ play interactive learning games to reinforce the learning

As a bonus, I provide weekly lists, definitions, and (optional) activities for extra practice at home, ensuring continuous improvement and mastery.

New students can join any week and long attending students get to know one another and have fun playing the different games every week. Repetition and practice over time makes the rules "stick". 

FALL 2024 (subject to change):
week of Sept 2:  (no Monday class) open/closed syllable
week of Sept 9: digraph ch/ sh
week of Sept 16: digraph ph/ th/ wh
week of Sept 23: c/k
week of Sept 30: floss rule

week of Oct 7: schwa vowel sound
week of Oct 14: schwa vowel sound (2)
week of Oct 21: double consonants (rabbit rule)
week of Oct 28: beginning R blends

week of Nov 4: beginning L blends
week of Nov 11: beginning S blends
week of Nov 18: 3 letter beginning blends
NO CLASS week of Nov 25

week of Dec 2: final t blends 
week of Dec 9: final l blend (-lt)
NO CLASS weeks of Dec 16, Dec 23, or Dec 30

2024:
week of Jan 6: other ending blends (nd, nch, mp)
week of Jan 13:  (No Monday class) -ng/-nk
week of Jan 20: y as a vowel /e/
week of Jan 27: y as a vowel /i/

week of Feb 3: 1-1-1 rule -ck
week of Feb 10: 1-1-1 -tch /ch/
week of Feb 17: 1-1-1 dge /j/
week of Feb 24: Magic E syllable

week of March 3: other Silent E uses
week of March 10: Gentle Cindy (soft g)
NO CLASS week of March 17 (my spring break!)
week of March 24:  Gentle Cindy 2 (soft c)
week of March 31: suffix -ed

week of April 7: suffix -s/-es
week of April 14: Vowel Team ea/ee
week of April 21: Vowel Team ai/ay
week of April 28: Vowel Team oa/oe

week of May 5: Vowel Team review (mixed)
week of May 12: suffix -ing
week of May 19: TBD
week of May 26:  (no Monday class) TBD