Our focus the last 2 weeks in spelling has been on building our knowledge of glued sounds. A glued sound is one in which the letters carry their own sounds but are difficult to separate - hence they're 'stuck together.' When students tap these words that include a glued sound, they keep either 2 or 3 fingers together and say the sound with 1 tap. For example to tap the word, hang, students tap /h/ (1 tap) then /ang/ (1 tap - 3 fingers). INQUIRE with your child how to do this with the word -thing. Last week, our focus was on -ing, -ang, -ung, -ong, sounds, while this next week we will be looking at -ink, -ank, -unk, -onk glued sounds. Previously, the students were introduced to the -am and -an sounds as well as -all.
