Spelling Skills
Spelling Skills for each week will be listed below.
Skill for the week of Aug. 21-25, 2023: Short and Long e: Patterns for Long E include ee (keep), ie (believe), ea (beast), and e Consonant e (complete)
Skill for the week of Aug. 28-Sept. 1, 2023: Short i and Long i: Patterns for Long I include: i Consonant e (surprise), igh (fright), i (grind), and short i (skill)
NO TEST THE WEEK OF SEPT. 4TH DUE TO THE SHORT WEEK!
Skill for the week of Sept. 11-15, 2023: Short o and Long o words include o Consonant e (remote, globe), oa (oatmeal, boast) -ow (fellow, known)
Skill for the week of Sept. 18-22, 2023: Homophones (minor/miner, herd/heard, heel/heal, weight/wait)
Skill for the week of Sept. 25-Sept. 29, 2023: Vowel Sounds (u) bunch, trunk (yoo) argue, refuse (oo) tune, stew
Skill for the week of Oct. 2-6, 2023: oo and oo (two different sounds and spellings-- tricky!) Examples: bloom, put
Skill for the week of Oct. 9-13, 2023: (TEST ON OCT. 12-No school on 13th): -ou, -al, -aw (spelled as "ou" in proud) or -au (such as pause)
Skill for the week of Oct. 16-20, 2023: Vowel +r sounds (-ar (pronounced air or ear) -ar, -are, -eer, -ear
NO SPELLING TEST THE WEEK OF OCT. 23-27, 2023
NO SPELLING TEST THE WEEK OF OCT. 30-NOV. 3, 2023
Skill for the week of Nov. 6-10, 2023: More vowel + /r/ sounds: spelled (ur, or, ir, ear, our) learn, return, board, sport
Skill for the week of Nov. 13-17, 2023: Homophones (Examples: berry, bury, steal, steel) *This spelling list was sent home on Friday so students can study the meanings of the homophones to understand the difference between each.
NO SPELLING TEST THE WEEK OF NOV. 20-24, 2023
Skill for the week of Nov. 27-Dec. 1, 2023: Words with -ed and -ing endings
Skill for the week of Dec. 4-8, 2023: Final long e (-ey, -y, ie) Examples: turkey, injury, movie
Skill for the week of Dec. 11-15, 2023: Changing final "y" to "i" Examples: tiniest, countries, busier
NO SPELLING TEST THE WEEK OF DEC. 18-21, 2023
Skill for the week of Jan. 8-12, 2024: Words with/k/, /ng/, and /kw/ Examples: risky, ache, slingshot, and question
Same list for Jan. 15-19, 2024 as the previous week (due to snow days)
Skill for the week of Jan. 22-26, 2024: Words with Final /j/ and /s/ Examples: misjudge, baggage, science, since
Skill for the week of Jan. 29-Feb. 2, 2024: Prefixes re-, un-, and dis- (replace, uncover, displease)
Skill for the week of Feb. 5-9, 2024: Suffixes: -ful, -less, -ness, -ment (graceful, endless, eagerness, appointment)
Skill for the week of Feb. 12-16, 2024: Words with VCCV (vowel, consonant, consonant, vowel) Pattern (Example: pepper, million)
Skill for the week of Feb. 19-23, 2024: VCV (vowel, consonant, vowel)
NO TEST THE WEEK OF FEB. 26-MARCH 1
Skill for the week of March 4-8, 2024: Words with VCCV Syllable Division Pattern (Example: dentist, corner)
Skill for the week of March 11-15, 2024: More words with VCCV Syllable Division Pattern
Skill for the week of March18-22, 2024: Words with VCCCV Syllable Division Pattern (Example: hun/dred)
March 25-29: Spring Break
Skill for the week of April 1-5, 2024: Words with VV Syllable Division Pattern (Example: cre/ate, vid/e/o)
Skill for the week of April 8-12, 2024: Words with Final Schwa and /r/ Sound (Example: banner, mirror, polar)
Skill for the week of April 15-19, 2024: Words with Final Stable Syllabes (Example: barrel, signal, article)
NO SPELLING TEST the week of April 22-25, 2024
NO SPELLING TEST the week of April 29-May 3, 2024
Students will not have any more spelling tests the rest of the year!
Please disregard the following. They will be updated as we progress through the year.
Skill for the week of May 1-5: Three syllable words (hospital, remember, president)
Skill for the week of May 8-12: Words with Silent Consonants
NO SPELLING TEST THE WEEK OF MAY 15-19