video/spelling

Hello Everyone,

I have noticed that the video I posted doesn't seem to play.  I will work on it when I am back at school this week and see if I can export it to a different format and reload.  So sorry; it's such a great video so I would love to share it with you all.

I did have a home request for spelling words.  We are currently reviewing word wall high frequency words (we worked with most of them fairly regularly in grade 1); I am encouraging the students to read them off of the wall, try their memory recall and work on their sounding out strategies, so I did not post them, but I will put them below on this post in case any of the children are wanting to review.

Our goal is to take spelling challenges, and receive new spelling words, each Tuesday so I will aim to post the words on Tuesdays as well.  We should be starting with our new grade 2 words shortly.

Enjoy a beautiful Sunday,

Mrs. McArthur

be
but
big
by
before
been
back

because

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