Monthly spelling has now been sent home in your child's homework books.  We hope this is helpful when it comes to busy lives. This week we are focusing on words that have the short a sound: CAN HAD HAS THAN THAT Students will learn some tricks to help them with the short a sounds: 1.  When a word or syllable has only one vowel and it comes at the beginning of a word, that vowel makes a sound that is called "short"  ex.  apple, ant, ask   2.  When a word or syllable has only one vowel and it is between two consonants, the vowel makes a sound that is called "short" ex. sat, nap, can