How to Help Your Child Master This Spelling Pattern

List 14: Spelling Pattern: hard and soft c: Dear Parents, /k/, /s/

In our next Spelling Word Study, we are working with hard and soft c patterns.

At home, help your child practice the hard and soft c PATTERNS, not just the words on the list. The pattern list below includes words with hard and soft c patterns. However, the goal of spelling is to learn patterns and apply that learning into his/her writing; not to memorize the following words for a test.

Word pattern: hard and soft c spelled: c

How to help your child master this spelling pattern: *Discuss and review nightly how the hard and soft c sound is made through the above patterns. *When reading together, point out words with hard and soft c patterns. *Make lists of words that have hard and soft c patterns. *Give him/her sentences to write that include words with the hard and soft c patterns. *Highlight words with the hard and soft c patterns in the newspaper or a magazine.

Hard and Soft c Word Wall Words Pattern Words to Study Words to Study 1. night 1. circle 2. picture 2. central 3. being 3. century 4. study 4. cyclist 5. second 5. cereal 6. correct 7. contest 8. custom 9. collect 10.college

Thank you for helping your child work toward becoming a better speller! ~The 3rd Grade Teachers