Our Concept Story: We classify ew as a Red Spelling. It is a “last walker.” Both eu and ew have the two sounds of Long U. This is the best spelling for this sound (/oo/ or /yoo/) is ew. We approximate this as the sound of Long U.

Here is the list of words your child should practice reading and spelling all week for the dictation test that will be given on Friday:

Word List

new

few

drew

grew

threw

flew

renew

blew

chew

dew

T.R.I.C.K.y Word

knew

Challenge Words (These words are optional for all students unless circled then they are required.)

reduce

reuse

recycle