Spelling Lists

1. crept

2. crunch

3. sounds

4. dusk

5. refund

6. colder

7. skunk

8. unfold

9. risk

10. milk

11. halt

12. different

13. protesting

14. twister

15. independent

16. absent

17. stretch

18. printing

19. blended

20. product

21. carton

22. heart

23. sports

24. artist

25. spare

26. dirty

27. shore

28. curb

29. fair

30. sherbet

31. boards

32. fearless

33. journal

34. cheerfully

35. garbage

36. organ

37. error

38. sparks

39. harbor

40. perfume

41. thunder

42. farther

43. reaches

44. chicken

45. wheat

46. thursday

47. foolish

48. gather

49. brother

50. awhile

51. chimney

52. sharply

53. leash

54. bother

55. shipment

56. feathers

57. charge

58. shovel

59. whiskers

60. crush

61. photo

62. graphs

63. laughs

64. cough

65. trophy

66. roughly

67. enough

68. alphabet

69. shelf

70. after

71. stiff

72. elephants

73. giraffe

74. geography

75. nephew

76. phase

77. orphan

78. dolphin

79. phony

80. autograph 

81. ghost

82. thumb

83. known

84. often

85. folks

86. west

87. halfway

88. listen

89. knuckle

90. comb

91. wrecks

92. flight

93. honest

94. island

95. Wednesdays

96. numb

97. wrench

98. crumb

99. soften

100. answer 

List 9: Consonant digraphs are two consonants together that make a completely new sound.  They can be anywhere in a word.

sh as in sharply, foolish

wh as in whiskers, wheat

ch as in chicken, reaches

The consonant digraph th has two different sounds.

th as in thunder th as in bother

1. thunder

2. farther

3. reaches

4. chicken

5. wheat

6. Thursday

7. foolish

8. gather

9. brother

10. awhile

11. chimney

12. sharply

13. leash

14. bother

15. shipment

16. feathers

17. charge

18. shovel

19. whiskers

20. crush

List 8: When the letter r comes after a vowel or vowels, it sometimes changes the vowel sound.  Say each pair of words. Notice how the r changes the sound that the vowel or vowels make.

heat-heart (ar sound)

spot-sports (or sound)

cub-curb (ur sound)

1. carton

2. heart

3. sports

4. artist

5. spare

6. dirty

7. shore

8. curb

9. fair

10. sherbet

11. boards

12. fearless

13. journal

14. cheerfully

15. garbage

16. organ

17. error

18. sparks

19. harbor

20. perfume

List 7: Remember that when two or more consonants come together in a word, their sounds may blend together.  In a consonant blend, you hear each letter.  A blend may be found anywhere in a word.

sk in risk cr and pt in crept

ld in colder sk and nk in skunk

lk  in milk tw and tw in twister

1. crept

2. crunch

3. sounds

4. dusk

5. refund

6. colder

7. skunk

8. unfold

9. risk

10. milk

11. halt

12. different

13. protesting

14. twister

15. independent

16. absent

17. stretch

18. printing

19. blended

20. product

1. banner

2. hundred

3. fame

4. later

5. seven

6. hammer

7. twelve

8. barrel

9. dollar

10. letters

11. silent

12. wild

13. until

14. swift

15. bottles

16. pineapple

17. film

18. gallon

19. traffic

20. eleven

21. hands

22. dentist

23. lifted

24. crack

25. bumps

26. practice

27. solid

28. clasp

29. sticks

30. spent

31. locked

32. adopt

33. judge

34. contest

35. stand

36. shrimp

37. stamp

38. trust

39. fender

40. pencil

41. these

42. deny

43. rules

44. safety

45. locate

46. crime

47. stove

48. scale

49. costume

50. arrive

51. opened

52. musical

53. equal

54. idea

55. tight

56. clover

57. rodent

58. tuba

59. cubes

60. pride

61. edge

62. common

63. circle

64. cactus

65. gifts

66. gentle

67. stage

68. strange

69. corner

70. graceful

71. center

72. baggage

73. category

74. gerbil

75. cement

76. prices

77. force

78. celery

79. decide

80. energy

81. gloves

82. speed

83. skill

84. screens

85. protect

86. front

87. craft

88. brains

89. scared

90. proper

91. trace

92. dream

93. straight

94. splinter

95. screech

96. spaces

97. stuff

98. greedy

99. sprinkle

100. strict

List 5: A consonant blend is two or more consonants that come together in a word. Their sounds blend together, but each sound is heard. Listen to the sounds of these consonant blends: gl as in gloves

dr as in dream

str as in straight

scr as in screens

• Gloves

• Speed

• Skill

• Screens

• Protect

• Front

• Craft

• Brains

• Scared

• Proper

• Trace

• Dream

• Straight

• Splinter

• Screech

• Spaces

• Stuff

• Greedy

• Sprinkle

• Strict

For this week, have your students categorize these words into; hard "g", soft "g", hard "c", and soft "c" sounds

• Edge

• Common

• Circle

• Cactus

• Gifts

• Gentle

• Stage

• Strange

• Corner

• Graceful

• Center

• Baggage

• Category

• Gerbil

• Cement

• Prices

• Force

• Celery

• Decide

• Energy

• Opened

• Musical

• Equal

• Idea

• Tight

• Clover

• Rodent

• Tuba

• Cubes

• Pride

List 2: The letters a, e, i, o, and u are vowels. If a word or syllable has one vowel and it comes at the beginning or between two consonants  it usually stands for the short-vowel sound. Study these examples.

a in stand e in spent

i in sticks o in locked

u in judge

1. hands

2. dentist

3. lifted

4. crack

5. bumps

6. practice

7. solid

8. clasp

9. sticks

10. spent

11. locked

12. adopt

13. judge

14. contest

15. stand

16. shrimp

17. stamp

18. trust

19. fender

20. pencil

List 1: Consonants are all the letters of the alphabet except a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y. In most words, you can hear the sounds of several consonants. Listen for the w, l, and d  sounds in wild. Sometimes a consonant in a word is doubled, but you hear it only once as in banner and dollar.

1. banner

2. hundred

3. fame

4. later

5. seven

6. hammer

7. twelve

8. barrel

9. dollar

10. letters

11. silent

12. wild

13. until

14. swift

15. bottles

16. pineapple

17. film

18. gallon

19. traffic

20. eleven

List 11: Some words contain silent letters.  We don’t hear the sounds of those letters when we say the words.  Study the silent letters in the following words.

known wrist folks often

honest halfway flight thumb

Be careful when you spell words like these.  Now, study the silent letters in the remaining list words.

1. ghost

2. thumb

3. known

4. often

5. folks

6. west

7. halfway

8. listen

9. knuckle

10. comb

11. wrecks

12. flight

13. honest

14. island

15. Wednesday

16. numb

17. wrench

18. crumb

19. soften

20. answer

Lesson 13: You can add ed, er, or ing to some words without changing the spelling of the base word.  Study these examples:

clean + ed = cleaned

wish + ing = wishing

learn + er = learner

sing + er = singer

Finish the unchanged base word in each list word.

1. watching

2. checking

3. finishing

4. learner

5. bending

6. cleaned

7. sorted

8. missed

9. singer

10. guessed

11. teacher

12. walker

13. remembered

14. following

15. tossed

16. turning

17. wishing

18. landing

19. leading

20. catcher

Lesson 14: When a word ends in silent e, the e is usually dropped before adding an ending or suffix that begins with a vowel.

trade + ed = traded

move + er = mover

surprise + ing = surprising

1. coming

2. loved

3. raking

4. served

5. proved

6. sharing

7. traded

8. mover

9. saved

10. giving

11. rider

12. dancer

13. promised

14. surprising

15. bouncing

16. writing

17. sliced

18. reduced

19. pictured

20. comparing

List 15: When a short-vowel word ends in a single consonant, the consonant, the consonant is usually doubled before adding an ending that begins with a vowel.

hum + ing = humming

In words with two or more syllables, the final consonant is usually doubled if the last syllable has a short vowel followed by a single consonant:

outfit + ed = outfitted

1. beginning

2. humming

3. dropped

4. sitting

5. slipping

6. joggers

7. grabbing

8. bobbing

9. tripped

10. padded

11. skimming

12. scrubbing

13. winners

14. outfitted

15. wrapped

16. clapping

17. dragging

18. chatting

19. quitter

20. trimmer

List 16: When a word ends in y preceded by a consonant, change the y to i before adding an ending, unless adding the ending ing.

worry + es = worries

dry + ing + = drying

copy + ed = copied

fry + ing = frying

1. tries

2. carried

3. worries

4. buying

5. dissatisfied

6. relying

7. denies

8. copied

9. emptied

10. hurrying

11. cries

12. buries

13. multiplied

14. replies

15. supplied

16. drying

17. petrified

18. frying

19. applied

20. scurrying

1. watching

2. checking

3. finishing

4. learner

5. bending

6. cleaned

7. sorted

8. missed

9. singer

10. guessed

11. teacher

12. walker

13. remembered

14. following

15. tossed

16. turning

17. wishing

18. landing

19. leading

20. catcher 

21. coming

22. loved

23. raking

24. served

25. proved

26. sharing

27. traded

28. mover

29. saved

30. giving

31. rider

32. dancer

33. promised

34. surprising

35. bouncing

36. writing

37. sliced

38. reduced

39. pictured

40. comparing 

41. beginning

42. humming

43. dropped

44. sitting

45. slipping

46. joggers

47. grabbing

48. bobbing

49. tripped

50. padded

51. skimming

52. scrubbing

53. winners

54. outfitted

55. wrapped

56. clapping

57. dragging

58. chatting

59. quitter

60. trimmer 

61. tries

62. carried

63. worries

64. buying

65. dissatisfied

66. relying

67. denies

68. copied

69. emptied

70. hurrying

71. cries

72. buries

73. multiplied

74. replies

75. supplied

76. drying

77. petrified

78. frying

79. applied

80. scurrying

81. angrier

82. angriest

83. happier

84. happiest

85. easier

86. easiest

87. earlier

88. earliest

89. funnier

90. funniest

91. prettier

92. prettiest

93. lonelier

94. loneliest

95. heavier

96. heaviest

97. fancier

98. fanciest

99. juicer

100. juiciest

List 19: In vowel pairs, two vowels come together to make one long vowel sound.  The second vowel is silent.

• ee and ea as in fleet and reason

• oa and oe as in loaned and hoed

• ue as in clues

In vowel digraphs, two vowels come together to make a vowel sound that can be long or short.

• ea as in measure

1. between

2. eastern

3. breeze

4. clues

5. hoed

6. meaning

7. tiptoes

8. reason

9. treating

10. roasted

11. freedom

12. loaned

13. approach

14. measure

15. glued

16. instead

17. eagle

18. boasted

19. fleet

20. meadow

List 20: The letters ie and ei can be vowel pairs or digraphs.  They are vowel pairs in pies and seize. They are vowel digraphs in brief and sleigh.  Use this rhyme to spell words with ie and ei:

I before E

except after C

or when sounded as A

as in neighbors and weigh

1. dried

2. fields

3. brief

4. relief

5. shriek

6. weigh

7. believe

8. sleigh

9. receive

10. eighteen

11. seize

12. neighbors

13. receipt

14. amplifies

15. chiefly

16. freighter

17. deceive

18. perceive

19. pies

20. diet

List 21: Be careful when spelling words with the /o/ sound that you hear in fault and dawn.  The vowel digraphs au and aw make the /o/ sound, and they sound alike.

1. claws

2. fault

3. causing

4. dawn

5. straw

6. drawings

7. launch

8. sauce

9. jaw

10. haunt

11. yawn

12. fawns

13. awkward

14. gnaw

15. audience

16. scrawl

17. fraud

18. gaunt

19. restaurant

20. shawl

List 22: The vowel pairs ai and ay make the /a/ sound you hear in waist and fray.  Diphthongs are different from vowel pairs in that the two vowels blend together to make one sound.  The diphthongs oi and oy make the /oi/ sound you hear in voices and employ.

1. voices

2. sprain

3. noises

4. disloyal

5. employ

6. waist

7. destroyed

8. fray

9. broiling

10. swaying

11. displays

12. praised

13. disappoint

14. railroad

15. royalty

16. appointed

17. crayon

18. boiling

19. soybean

20. spoiled

List 23: The diphthongs ou and ow can make the /ou/ sound, as in without and towns.

The letters ow can also be a vowel pair making the /o/ sound, as in hollow. 

The letters ou can make the /o/ sound in although, the /o/ sound in thought, or the /u/ sound, as in southern.

1. hours

2. sparrows

3. towns

4. powerful

5. amount

6. without

7. allows

8. shower

9. brought

10. sought

11. hollow

12. swallowed

13. southern

14. thousand

15. thought

16. trouble

17. bouquet

18. although

19. mountain

20. chowder

1. between

2. eastern

3. breeze

4. clues

5. hoed

6. meaning

7. tiptoes

8. reason

9. treating

10. roasted

11. freedom

12. loaned

13. approach

14. measure

15. glued

16. instead

17. eagle

18. boasted

19. fleet

20. meadow

21. dried

22. fields

23. brief

24. relief

25. shriek

26. weigh

27. believe

28. sleigh

29. receive

30. eighteen

31. seize

32. neighbors

33. receipt

34. amplifies

35. chiefly

36. freighter

37. deceive

38. perceive

39. pies

40. diet

41. claws

42. fault

43. causing

44. dawn

45. straw

46. drawings

47. launch

48. sauce

49. jaw

50. haunt

51. yawn

52. fawns

53. awkward

54. gnaw

55. audience

56. scrawl

57. fraud

58. gaunt

59. restaurant

60. shawl

61. voices

62. sprain

63. noises

64. disloyal

65. employ

66. waist

67. destroyed

68. fray

69. broiling

70. swaying

71. displays

72. praised

73. disappoint

74. railroad

75. royalty

76. appointed

77. crayon

78. boiling

79. soybean

80. spoiled

81. hours

82. sparrows

83. towns

84. powerful

85. amount

86. without

87. allows

88. shower

89. brought

90. sought

91. hollow

92. swallowed

93. southern

94. thousand

95. thought

96. trouble

97. bouquet

98. although

99. mountain

100. chowder

List 25: You make most singular words plural by adding just s to the singular form.

shoe + s = shoes

If a singular word ends in x, ss, sh, or ch, you usually add es to make it mean more than one.

fox + es = foxes

1. axes

2. chains

3. bosses

4. shoes

5. kisses

6. waxes

7. foxes

8. splashes

9. ashes

10. crashes

11. matches

12. sandwiches

13. toothbrushes

14. eyelashes

15. sashes

16. ditches

17. flashes

18. churches

19. paces

20. clashes

List 26: If a word ends in y preceded by a vowel add  s to make it plural.

holiday + s = holidays

If a word ends in y preceded by a consonant, change y to i and add es.

copy + es = copies 

1. holidays

2. partiers

3. stories

4. flies

5. birthdays

6. copies

7. duties

8. ladies

9. countries

10. valleys

11. groceries

12. hobbies

13. libraries

14. highways

15. batteries

16. injuries

17. cherries

18. melodies

19. surveys

20. communities

List 27:  Most words end in f/fe change the f/fe to v and add es to male plurals.

calf - calves knife - knives

A few words ending in f just add s.

chief - chiefs hoof - hoofs

Words ending in o add s or es.

buffalo - buffaloes

Irregular plurals change their spelling or stay the same.

mouse - mice sheep - sheep

1. teeth

2. mice

3. women

4. knives

5. leaves

6. halves

7. loaves

8. lives

9. calves

10. moose

11. sheep

12. oxen

13. yourselves

14. geese

15. chiefs

16. buffaloes

17. handkerchiefs

18. scarves

19. hoofs

20. bison

List 28: Use an apostrophe to show where letters have been left out in a contraction.

she will - she’ll

how is - how’s

Use an apostrophe and s to show singular ownership

the bike of my uncle - my uncle’s bike

1. she’ll

2. wouldn’t

3. they’ll

4. how’s

5. let’s

6. where;s

7. we’re

8. desert’s

9. person’s

10. sister’s

11. bicycle’s

12. Arizona’s

13. child’s

14. aunt’s

15. cousin’s

16. Florida’s

17. uncle’s

18. doctor’s

19. hasn’t

20. season’s

List 29:  From the possessive of a plural ending in s by adding just an apostrophe, as in armies - armies’.  If the plural does not end in s, form its possessive by adding an apostrophe and s, as in men - men’s.

1. passengers’

2. armies’

3. families’

4. thieves’

5. ranches’

6. benches’

7. umpires’

8. airlines’

9. dresses’

10. hostesses’

11. banjos’

12. pianos’

13. men’s

14. children’s

15. bodies’

16. daisies’

17. televisions’

18. members’

19. governments’

20. businesses’

1. axes

2. chains

3. bosses

4. shoes

5. kisses

6. waxes

7. foxes

8. splashes

9. ashes

10. crashes

11. matches

12. sandwiches

13. toothbrushes

14. eyelashes

15. sashes

16. ditches

17. flashes

18. churches

19. paces

20. clashes

21. holidays

22. partiers

23. stories

24. flies

25. birthdays

26. copies

27. duties

28. ladies

29. countries

30. valleys

31. groceries

32. hobbies

33. libraries

34. highways

35. batteries

36. injuries

37. cherries

38. melodies

39. surveys

40. communities

41. teeth

42. mice

43. women

44. knives

45. leaves

46. halves

47. loaves

48. lives

49. calves

50. moose

51. sheep

52. oxen

53. yourselves

54. geese

55. chiefs

56. buffaloes

57. handkerchiefs

58. scarves

59. hoofs

60. bison

61. she’ll

62. wouldn’t

63. they’ll

64. how’s

65. let’s

66. where;s

67. we’re

68. desert’s

69. person’s

70. sister’s

71. bicycle’s

72. Arizona’s

73. child’s

74. aunt’s

75. cousin’s

76. Florida’s

77. uncle’s

78. doctor’s

79. hasn’t

80. season’s

81. passengers’

82. armies’

83. families’

84. thieves’

85. ranches’

86. benches’

87. umpires’

88. airlines’

89. dresses’

90. hostesses’

91. banjos’

92. pianos’

93. men’s

94. children’s

95. bodies’

96. daisies’

97. televisions’

98. members’

99. governments’

100. businesses’

List 31:  A prefix is a word part that is added to the beginning of a root or base word to make a new word.  Every prefix has a meaning, and it changes the meaning of the root or base word.

pre = before, as in preview

re = again, or back, as in refills

im  and  non = not, as in imperfect

con = with or together, as in construct

1. nonsense

2. prepaid

3. control

4. returned

5. impractical

6. nonstop

7. conduct

8. preview

9. report

10. imperfect

11. nonprofit

12. refills

13. construct

14. immovable

15. precaution

16. predict

17. convince

18. impersonal

19. impure

20. reaction

List 32:  Each prefix below has a meaning, and it changes the meaning of the base word or root that it is added to.

ex = out of or from, as in express

de = down or away from, as in defend

dis and un = not or the opposite of, as in unclear

ad = to, at, or toward, as in advice

1. express

2. design

3. unknown

4. admit

5. unclear

6. explore

7. disagree

8. defend

9. unreal

10. adventure

11. unwise

12. disclose

13. advice

14. excuse

15. disinterested

16. dishonest

17. unprepared

18. unpleasant

19. advance

20. adverb

List 33:  A compound word is made up of two or more words joined together to make a new word.

A sidewalk is a place to walk near the side of the road.

Study the list words to find the words that make up each compound word.

1. northwest

2. outdoors

3. everybody

4. teaspoon

5. waterfall

6. downtown

7. schoolhouse

8. southeast

9. supermarket

10. therefore

11. homework

12. sidewalk

13. breakfast

14. outstanding

15. overcoat

16. typewriter

17. horseshoes

18. toothache

19. aircraft

20. knapsack

List 34: A synonym is a word that means the same as another word.  The word long is a synonym for lengthy.

An antonym is a word that means the opposite or almost the opposite of another word.  The word  brief is an antonym for lengthy.

1. difficult

2. tender

3. lengthy

4. sturdy

5. expensive

6. repaired

7. enormous

8. journey

9. weary

10. tense

11. cautious

12. sorrow

13. vague

14. ancient

15. courage

16. drowsy

17. disbelief

18. current

19. descend

20. rapidly

List 35:  Homonyms are a word that sound the same, but have different meanings and spellings.

heel - the back of the foot

heal - to make someone well

The meaning of a sentence helps you know which homonym to use.

1. tale

2. tail

3. heel

4. heal

5. peace

6. piece

7. plain

8. plane

9. there

10. their

11. sense

12. scents

13. which

14. witch

15. whose

16. who’s

17. break

18. brake

19. hair

20. hare

1. nonsense

2. prepaid

3. control

4. returned

5. impractical

6. nonstop

7. conduct

8. preview

9. report

10. imperfect

11. nonprofit

12. refills

13. construct

14. immovable

15. precaution

16. predict

17. convince

18. impersonal

19. impure

20. reaction

21. express

22. design

23. unknown

24. admit

25. unclear

26. explore

27. disagree

28. defend

29. unreal

30. adventure

31. unwise

32. disclose

33. advice

34. excuse

35. disinterested

36. dishonest

37. unprepared

38. unpleasant

39. advance

40. adverb

41. northwest

42. outdoors

43. everybody

44. teaspoon

45. waterfall

46. downtown

47. schoolhouse

48. southeast

49. supermarket

50. therefore

51. homework

52. sidewalk

53. breakfast

54. outstanding

55. overcoat

56. typewriter

57. horseshoes

58. toothache

59. aircraft

60. knapsack

61. difficult

62. tender

63. lengthy

64. sturdy

65. expensive

66. repaired

67. enormous

68. journey

69. weary

70. tense

71. cautious

72. sorrow

73. vague

74. ancient

75. courage

76. drowsy

77. disbelief

78. current

79. descend

80. rapidly

81. tale

82. tail

83. heel

84. heal

85. peace

86. piece

87. plain

88. plane

89. there

90. their

91. sense

92. scents

93. which

94. witch

95. whose

96. who’s

97. break

98. brake

99. hair

100. hare

50 States List (In alphabetical order)

1. Alabama

2. Alaska

3. Arizona

4. Arkansas

5. California

6. Colorado

7. Connecticut

8. Delaware

9. Florida

10. Georgia

11. Hawaii

12. Idaho

13. Illinois

14. Indiana

15. Iowa

16. Kansas

17. Kentucky

18. Louisiana

19. Maine

20. Maryland

21. Massachusetts

22. Michigan

23. Minnesota

24. Mississippi

25. Missouri

26. Montana

27. Nebraska

28. Nevada

29. New Hampshire

30. New Jersey

31. New Mexico

32. New York

33. North Carolina

34. North Dakota

35. Ohio

36. Oklahoma

37. Oregon

38. Pennsylvania

39. Rhode Island

40. South Carolina

41. South Dakota

42. Tennessee

43. Texas

44. Utah

45. Vermont

46. Virginia

47. Washington

48. West Virginia

49. Wisconsin

50. Wyoming