Spelling Words (test on Friday) hop, mop, chop, pop, shop We are working on the op word family this week.  Please look under our web links for some fun interactive op family games.  These words also have the short o sound.    Short o Students will learn some tricks to help them with the short o 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.  off, on, ostrich   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. mop, got, dog OCTAPUS (this picture cue helps them to remember the short o)                      Guided Reading Students will be bringing home guided reading books once or twice a week.  These books are to be read and returned the following day.  **Guided reading is a strategy that helps students become good readers. The teacher provides support for small groups of readers as they learn to use various reading strategies (context clues, letter and sound relationships, word structure, and so forth).