Everyday the students engage in word study activities. They always start by sorting their target words for the week, thinking about spelling patterns and applying their knowledge to read, write, and use the words. On Wednesdays students choose 5 of their words to use in sentences. At the beginning of the year the sentences were very simple. But now, after a couple of months writing sentences and examining Mentor Sentences the students’ writing is starting to BLOOM!

Here are 3 examples of this week’s sentence writing: