A spelling assessment is completed at the start of the school year to determine your child's group placement. For the first month, there will be lots of review of basic spelling and sound/symbol correspondence. The lists and groups will be adjusted as time moves on, if required. Please remember, spelling is not just about memorizing the words for a test at the end of the week. Children must be able to use the words independently in their day-to-day written work. Spelling lists will be written by your child in his/her planner on Wednesday unless otherwise directed via Monday email.  Tests will be on the following Tuesday with new lists going home each Wednesday. Please look for these lists in your child’s planner.  You can also find the weekly lists below.

Word Families...

List #1

bat, cat, fat, rat, sat, flat

List #2

can, man, pan, fan, ran, plan

List #3

map, tap, lap, zap, rap, clap

List #4

mad, lad, pad, sad, bad, glad

List #5

ham, jam, yam, bam, Pam, slam

List #6

pig, jig, wig, fig, big, dig

List #7

sip, hip, lip, nip, dip, ship

List #8

bed, fed, red, Ed, sled, fled

List #9

pet, wet, let, met, jet, bet

List #10

hen, men, pen, den, Ben, then

List #11

dog, hog, log, fog, bog, blog

List #12

hop, mop, top, pop, stop, shop

Group A...

Unit #1

an, at, and, am, a, apple

Unit #2

in, is, it, big, did, win

Unit #3

can, pan, man, cat, sat, ran

Unit #4

as, had, sit, six, ran, add

Unit #5

up, us, run, fun, to, bun

Unit #6

pup, bus, but, tub, I, sub

Unit #7

his, dig, pat, sun, put, splat

Unit #8

not, on, dog, got, the, winter

Group B...

Unit #1

on, not, but, at, had, in, did, get, red, hot, egg, apple

Unit #2

as, has, fox, box, mix, egg, jam, pet, nap, big, fire, safety

Unit #3

his, is, an, and, can, all, call, land, hand, small, pumpkin, Halloween

Unit #4

up, it, him, I, for, or, four, we, man, men, peace, friendship

Unit #5

add, ask, came, name, ride, bone, save, kite, cute, mine, love, because

Unit #6

be, see, got, she, sheep, shop, queen, been, he, bee, salmon, dorsal fin

Unit #7

no, go, going, most, kind, find, gave, so, do, doing, sleeping, dreaming

Unit #8

the, that, them, day, may, made, was, of, if, a, winter, New Year

Unit #9

some, come, home, fun, funny, run, running, ran, us, use, Gentoo Penguin, King Penguin

Unit #10

place, make, making, help, here, want, nice, to, two, into, create, investigate

Unit #11

send, pick, end, both, fast, last, must, just, bath, black, Antarctic, Australia

Unit #12

candy, went, sent, take, like, puppy, time, didn't, by, my, feathers, underwater

Unit #13

less, tell, well, will, still, off, letter, little, silly, happy, cuddle, snuggle

Unit #14

boat, coat, float, long, along, belong, paw, fawn, tall, wall, complain, friendship

Unit #15

way, away, today, chain, wait, chase, play, played, rain, paint, stray, hooray

Unit #16

too, good, book, shook, school, when, what, took, who, soon, butterfly, larva

Unit #17

now, down, how, out, shout, about, our, house, slow, show

Unit #18

her, girl, turn, hurt, first, were, card, part, start, are, community, helpers

Unit #19

more, store, stand, star, blew, flew, new, stone, sting, ring, monarch, thorax

Unit #20

have, give, love, from, live, friend, much, such, old, told, Monarch, thorax

Unit #21

you, your, yes, yell, drop, line, side, dress, draw, saw, pupa, larva, abdomen

Group C...

Unit #1

said, ask, stand, catch, eight, afraid, away, always, playing, waved, takes, than, great, they, prey, Autumn, attribute

Unit #2

next, left, help, please, believe, many, very, been, seen, she, between, three, easy, sea, leave, thankful, Thanksgiving

Unit #3

pitch, drink, swim, life, while, I, my, light, buy, eye, which, find, why, kind, try, Halloween, frightened

Unit #4

rocket, pocket, hold, told, often, grown, throne,so, sew, most, almost, both, coach, open, also, Veteran, Flanders Field

Unit #5

under, such, much, young, touch, use, your, you, unit, cute, few, new, fuel, human, music, paricles, helium

Unit #6

save, give, have, live, move, above, alive, alike, to, two, too, know, do, blew, blue, pectoral fin, caudal fin

Unit #7

missed, willing, balloon, spelling, pretty, still, off, added, letter, different, pattern, middle, Mississippi, zipper, carry, brilliant, successfully

Unit #8

swimming, swam, getting, coming, came, having, doing, ended, happened, happening, started, started, joked, received, smiled, smiling, poinsettia, Emmanuel

Unit #9

way, these, niece, might, show, sloat, brain, mean, close, tried, cube, uniform, stayed, price, usually, Emperor Penguin, Antarctica

Unit #10

children, search, teacher, reached, think, together, with, where, everywhere, short, push, finish, sure, who, whole, champion, shadow

Unit #11

into, today, without, something,become, upon, myself, everybody, everyone, maybe, outside, basketball, homework, skateboard, earthquake, tuxedo, Macaroni Penguin

Unit #12

awful, called, falling, mall, small, straw, drawing, strongest, longer, song, along, bought, brought, rough, tough, tobogganing, colonies

Unit #13

lady, ladies, surprise, surprises, toys, shoes, shy, cry, cried, studied, story, only, finally, study, family, geniuses, canaries

Unit #14

looked, good, brook, football, cookie, stood, full, put, food, school, truth, room, true, chew, due, Canadians, complain

Unit #15

pointing, oily, boy, voice, oyster, voyage, loyal, joined, coin, choice, poison, destroy, enjoy, choose, chocolate, appointment, ointment

Unit #16

don't, didn't, I'll, I'm, it's, let's, you're, we're, doesn't, o'clock, won't, wouldn't, its, can't, that's, apostrophe, contraction

Unit #17

follow, below, own, grown, town, ground, around, found, about, house, group, would, should, country, cousin, fledgling, raptor

Unit #18

April, babies, over, hello, even, we, silent, tiny, menu, future, dear, raise, white, used, those, amaryllis, metamorphosis

Unit #19

disagree, again, given, other, money, problem, does, of, some, laid, change, tired, read, nice, lower, unusual, lemonade

Unit #20

city, cereal, face, could, guess, huge, age, danger, goose, gone, coast, clean, guard, giant, carton, larvae, exoskeleton

Unit #21

word, work, world, were, first, girl, turned, learn, bird, fire, here, nurse, jury, stirred, wear, meticulous, chrysalis

Group D...

Unit #1

bridge, gravity, hungry, eclipse, secret, applaud, laundry, trouble, attract, twilight, between, describe, snowflake, freedom, slimy, glance, burglar, switch, sneak, publish

Unit #2

attach, where, sandwich, change, watch, singer, slippery, spring, gather, these, thread, athlete, worth, thirsty, whisper, whistle, awhile, nowhere, thankful, scratch

Unit #3

fact, began, clasp, rapid, able, later, space, stranger, grade, display, main, explain, freight.neighbour, weigh, vein, April, ankle, aphid, reindeer

Unit #4

then, else, edge, when, tenth, empty, sketch, spelling, easy, eager, sneakers, mean, fifteen, receive, piece, believe, people, squeeze, piece, peaceful

Unit #5

since, which, inch, string, picnic, shrimp, little, mind, wild, decide, why, skyscraper, buy, right, lightning, write, cypress, bicycle, title, tricycle

Unit #6

strong, wrong, copy, cloth, problem, bottom, whole, explode, control, shown, bowl, October, smoky, coach, throat, toast, doughnut, foe, cockroach, bungalow

Unit #7

blush, crutch, crunch, grumpy, much, umpire, uncle, none, does, fuel, cute, cubicle, human, future, usual, uniform, used, beautiful, numeral, Avenue

Unit #8

follow, matter, summer, million, dollar, scissors, cattle, address, office, suppertime, blizzard, penny, wrapper, wallet, occurrence, village, collide, battle, swimmer, preferred

Unit #9

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, January, February, July, August, September, November, month, year, holiday, autumn, season, calendar, second, minute, afterwards, periodically

Unit #10

across, alone, among, brother, again, front, banana, appear, compass, pedal, given, heaven, mountain, ocean, cousin, purchase, often, colour, duplicate, circumstance

Unit #11

didn't, that's, they're, you're, couldn't, haven't, o'clock, we're, isn't, I'm, it's, who's, they'd, could've, they've, you'll, don't, aren't, contraction, apostrophe

Unit #12

anyone, however, everything, himself, birthday, herself, somewhere, afternoon, chalkboard, daydream, downstairs, grandparents, breakfast, outfield, scarecrow, nobody, dragonfly, keyboard, blackberries, aboveboard

Unit #13

lived, living, rattled, rattling, studied, studying, traveled, traveling, changed, changing, appeared, appearing, raced, racing, hoped, hoping, wrapped, wrapping, caffeine, protein

Unit #14

cleaner, cleanest, bigger, biggest, earlier, earliest, quicker, quickest, busier, busiest, rougher, roughest, heavier, heaviest, happier, happiest, lazier, laziest, empower, request

Unit #15

early, earth, search, service, wonder, surface, curly, shirt, thirty, doctor, sailor, shower, bakery, another, barber, collar, worse, world, astounding, fountain

Unit #16

leaf, leaves, wolf, wolves, potato, potatoes, roof, roofs, family, families, library, libraries, journey, journeys, hero, heroes, ditch, ditches, classes, watches

Unit #17

also, bought, cough, almost, false, officer, soft, stalk, halt, faucet, saucer, caution, lawyer, awesome, stall, crawl, awful, because

Unit #18

cinder, circle, cardinal, cereal, cycle, concert, dancer, celebrate, twice, dangerous, strange, ledge, damage, geography, gentle, signal, regular, sugar, cylinder, circumference

Unit #19

shoes, clues, wound, junior, truth, duty, news, through, few, who, schoolroom, whose, conclusion, June, shampoo, cruel, choose, ruin, drought, knowledge

Unit #20

voice, oyster, voyage, annoy, choice, avoid, appoint, enjoy, moisture, noise, drown, amount, fountain, crowded, southwest, thousand, flour, pronounce, appointment

Unit #21

enough, tougher, fifty, pharmacy, alphabet, nephew, trophy, paragraph, telephone, photograph, giraffe, forest, figure, refrigerator, draft, phrase, traffic, chief, biographical