Reading+2nd

=Reading =

__We are currently working on:__
//The long e sound spelled ei Ex. receive, neither, either

Draw pictures of things that have names that include these vowel teams.// //Look in the newspaper, magazines, books, and other items around the house and see if you can find some of these words. Also, go on a phonics hunt around your house to see if your child can find items with names using the vowel teams.// __Previously learned phonics skills:__ //The long e sound spelled ie and ey Ex. key, piece, money, thief Also the f sound spelled lf, ph, and gh Ex. calf, phone, graph, cough, laugh//

The long a sound spelled ei and eigh Ex. eight, neighbor, weigh

The 'o' sound spelled "aw", "au", "ough", "al", and "a" Ex. awful, sauce, cough, wall, water

the "eer" sound spelled "eer", "ere", "ear". Ex. hear, deer, sphere

the [u] sound spelled "oo", "ou", "ew". Ex. spoon, group, chew

the r-controlled vowel "ar" Ex. star, barn, farm, chart

- ce, - ge, and - se endings on words Ex. ra__ce__, ca__ge__, hou__se__, spi__ce__, hu__ge__, chee__se__

r-controlled vowels "er", "ir", and "ur" Ex. fev__er__, b__ir__d, p__ur__se, n__er__vous, b__ir__thday, b__ur__n

Long i spelled with "i", "ie", "y", and "igh" Ex. mind, idea, pie, tie, by, cry, high, bright

Long a spelled with "a", "ai", or "ay" Ex. table, bagel, paid, stain, gray, maybe

Long e spelled with "e" or "y" Ex. lucky, windy, happy, me, he, she

Vowel teams "ee" and "ea" Ex. team, beet, seat, keep, meet, meat, sweet, bee, sea,

Magic e words Ex. made, hope, cape, kite, cute, bake

words beginning with ch - chain, cheese, choke, chin sh - shoe, short, shape, share, sharp, shell wh - who, whale, white, wheel th - three, thorn, thumb, thick, thin

short vowel sounds. Ex. = c__a__t, b__e__d, f__i__sh, t__o__p, c__u__p