We will start each Monday, or Tuesday if there is a holiday, with a weekly (non-graded) spelling pre-test.
Spelling words should be studied throughout the week in preparation for the graded spelling test on Friday.
Week 35: We will be having a spelling pretest on Monday and a graded spelling test on Friday. These spelling words contain prefixes and suffixes.
1. unchanged
2. unnamed
3. restate
4. reverse
5. infrequent
6. invisible
7. prepaid
8. displease
9. action
10. establishment
11. oversized
12. prejudge
13. interstate
14. intersect
15. deflate
16. semiweekly
17. happily
18. kindness
19. finally
20. fearful
Week 33: Here are the spelling words that will be given to students;
Prefixes:
1. discourage 2. disappoint 3. disbelief 4. distrust 5. disloyal 6. misplace 7. mislabel 8. mislead 9. misstep 10. misnumber 11. nonfat 12. nonfiction 13. nonsense 14. nonstop 15. unable 16. unplug 17. uncertain 18. uncomfortable 19. uncover 20. unclean
Suffixes:
1. wireless 2. sunny 3. furry 4. really 5. hairy 6. barely 7. tasteless 8. handful 9. lifeless 10. fitness 11. Hopefully 12. happiness 13. fullness 14. sorrowful 15. gently 16. sickness 17. joyfully 18. aimless 19. breathless 20. certainly
Week 32: Students will receive credit for the words that they spell correctly.
Words with /en/ sound:
1. shaken 2. sunken 3. eleven 4. woven 5. widen 6. ridden 7. proven 8. often 9. robin 10. cousin 11. raisin 12. muffin 13. penguin 14. button 15. reason 16. cotton 17. wagon 18. dragon 19. common 20. skeleton.
Homophones:
1. root 2. route 3. tail 4. tale 5. wade 6. weighed 7. prince 8. prints 9. doe 10. dough 11. moose 12. mousse 13. we’ve 14. weave 15. who’s 16. whose 17. bolder 18. boulder 19. patience 20. patients
Week 30: We will have a spelling pretest on Monday and a graded spelling test on Friday. All spelling words for the week have a consonant + le syllable.
1. pebble
2. humble
3. double
4. gamble
5. trouble
6. uncle
7. needle
8. fiddle
9. cuddle
10. cradle
11. jungle
12. single
13. marble
14. ramble
15. tackle
16. ankle
17. freckle
18. buckle
19. hustle
20. tangle
Week 29: We will have a spelling pretest on Monday and a graded spelling test on Friday. The spelling words for this week all contain r-controlled vowel syllables.
1. grocer
2. pepper
3. barber
4. grader
5. polar
6. tanker
7. singer
8. enter
9. odor
10. collar
11. zipper
12. powder
13. danger
14. cheddar
15. popular
16. harbor
17. anchor
18. elevator
19. daughter
20. victor
Week 28: We will have a spelling pretest on Monday and a graded spelling test on Friday. The spelling words for this week all contain vowel teams.
1. brain
2. staircase
3. domain
4. praise
5. trainer
6. oatmeal
7. beneath
8. repeat
9. reveal
10. increase
11. sneak
12. boast
13. afloat
14. croak
15. compound
16. discount
17. speed
18. sleeve
19. sheep
20. baboon
Week 27: We will have a spelling pretest on Monday and a graded spelling test on Friday. All spelling words for the week contain a open syllable sound.
1. famous
2. radar
3. razor
4. vacancy
5. beside
6. beyond
7. defend
8. delay
9. demand
10. prevent
11. secret
12. veto
13. bison
14. diver
15. cider
16. silence
17. clover
18. spoken
19. stolen
20. tulip
Week 26: We will have a spelling pretest on Monday and a graded spelling test on Friday. All spelling words for the week contain a closed syllable sound.
1. blanket
2. blossom
3. dipper
4. distant
5. foggy
6. fossil
7. member
8. nodded
9. planner
10. plastic
11. rumbles
12. slender
13. summer
14. swallow
15. tablet
16. thriller
17. traffic
18. welcome
19. willow
20. witness
Week 24: ELA: Students will have a spelling pretest on Monday and a graded spelling test on Friday. All spelling words will have a variant vowel /o/.
1. caught
2. laws
3. drawn
4. strawberry
5. straw
6. awe
7. shawl
8. alter
9. halt
10. talking
11. walker
12. chalk
13. stalk
14. small
15. caller
16. squall
17. cough
18. fought
19. thought
20. false
Week 23: Students will have a spelling pretest on Tuesday and a graded spelling test on Friday. Spelling words will have diphthongs /oi/, /ou/, or /ow/.
1. noises
2. voices
3. rejoice
4. annoy
5. destroy
6. voyage
7. mound
8. south
9. pound
10. hound
11. pouch
12. thousand
13. wound
14. grouch
15. cowboy
16. gown
17. frown
18. howling
19. flower
20. tower
Week 22: Students will have a spelling pretest on Monday and a graded spelling test on Friday. This week's spelling words all contain various 'O' sounds.
1. mood
2. stoop
3. zoom
4. crew
5. stew
6. ruler
7. produce
8. issue
9. tutor
10. truth
11. bruised
12. juicy
13. suits
14. group
15. you’ll
16. huge
17. crook
18. wool
19. used
20. should
Week 20: Students will have a spelling pretest on Monday and a graded spelling test on Friday. The spelling words all contain “inflectional endings: y to i”
1. funnier
2. families
3. pennies
4. worried
5. replied
6. varied
7. marries
8. carries
9. easily
10. silliest
11. jumpier
12. emptier
13. merrier
14. applied
15. cozily
16. sorriest
17. prettily
18. lazier
19. happiest
20. dizziest
Week 19: We will have a spelling pretest on Monday and a graded spelling test on Friday. This week's words all have inflectional endings (-ed/-ing).
1. tasted
2. ripping
3. forced
4. flipping
5. tapped
6. flipped
7. scared
8. flagged
9. ripped
10. skipped
11. tapping
12. saved
13. skipping
14. scaring
15. flagging
16. discussed
17. saving
18. tasting
19. forcing
20. discussing
WEEK 18: We will have a spelling pre-test on Monday and a graded spelling test on Friday. The spelling words for this week all are compound words.
1. fishbowl
2. lookout
3. yardstick
4. desktop
5. campfire
6. overhead
7. waterproof
8. grandparent
9. railroad
10. snowstorm
11. loudspeaker
12. bookcase
13. bedroom
14. blindfold
15. newborn
16. bedspread
17. yourself
18. overdo
19. clothesline
20. undertake
Week 17: We will have a spelling pretest on Monday and graded spelling test on Friday. This week's words all contain plurals.
1. clams
2. mints
3. props
4. arches
5. dresses
6. parents
7. caves
8. glasses
9. hobbies
10. engines
11. couches
12. arrows
13. enemies
14. babies
15. ranches
16. patches
17. mistakes
18. supplies
19. mosses
20. armies
WEEK 16: We will have a spelling pretest on Monday (12/9) and a graded spelling test on Friday (12/13). The spelling words for this week have a soft 'c' or 'g' sound.
1. center
2. once
3. scene
4. spice
5. circus
6. cement
7. police
8. certain
9. ounce
10. glance
11. germs
12. bridge
13. badge
14. strange
15. orange
16. ginger
17. wedge
18. arrange
19. sponge
20. village
WEEK 15: Students will have a spelling pretest on Monday and a graded spelling test on Friday. This week's spelling words all contain silent letters.
1. wrinkle
2. wriggle
3. wrapper
4. wrench
5. answer
6. knead
7. knives
8. known
9. kneel
10. knew
11. plumber
12. combs
13. thumbs
14. lambs
15. condemn
16. resign
17. doubtful
18. hour
19. honest
20. honor
WEEK 13: Students will have a spelling pretest on Monday and a graded spelling test on Friday. The spelling words will have r-controlled vowels er, ir, ur.
1. herb
2. person
3. sternly
4. serpent
5. worse
6. pearl
7. dirty
8. birth
9. shirt
10. twirl
11. swirl
12. purse
13. curl
14. curve
15. curb
16. hurl
17. turkey
18. turnip
19. purpose
20. blurred
WEEK 11: Students will have a spelling pretest on Monday and a graded spelling test on Thursday. The spelling words for this week contain suffixes.
1. sickly
2. hardly
3. quickly
4. slowly
5. carefully
6. wonderful
7. beautiful
8. graceful
9. spoonful
10. darkness
11. shapeless
12. ageless
13. illness
14. goodness
15. spotless
16. painless
17. weakness
18. darkest
19. clearest
20. thoughtful
WEEK 10: Students will have a spelling pretest on Monday and a graded spelling test on Thursday. All of the spelling words for this week have r-controlled vowels.
1. dart
2. guard
3. award
4. backyard
5. argue
6. spark
7. target
8. smart
9. charge
10. carpet
11. warp
12. door
13. fort
14. morning
15. stork
16. cord
17. worn
18. stormy
19. core
20. bore
WEEK 9: We will have a spelling pretest on Monday and a graded spelling test on Friday. All of the words for this week include 3-letter blends.
1. shred
2. shriek
3. shrimp
4. shrink
5. script
6. screw
7. screech
8. straighten
9. straps
10. strand
11. sprout
12. sprawl
13. sprang
14. splashing
15. splotch
16. thrill
17. throb
18. throat
19. thrift
20. through
WEEK 8: We will have a spelling pretest on Monday and a graded spelling test on Friday. All of the words for this week include digraphs.
1. thirty
2. width
3. northern
4. fifth
5. choose
6. touch
7. chef
8. chance
9. pitcher
10. kitchen
11. sketched
12. ketchup
13. snatch
14. stretching
15. rush
16. whine
17. whirl
18. bring
19. graph
20. photo
WEEK 7: We will have a spelling pretest on Monday and a graded spelling test on Friday. All of the words for this week will have prefixes.
1. unblock
2. unborn
3. unchain
4. unload
5. unlock
6. recall
7. relearn
8. resell
9. rewash
10. rewind
11. imperfect
12. indirect
13. incorrect
14. illegal
15. overact
16. overheat
17. subway
18. premix
19. preplan
20. supersize
WEEK 5: We will have a spelling pretest on Monday and a graded spelling test on Friday. All the words for this week will have a long 'o' sound.
1. bolt
2. mold
3. toll
4. shadow
5. flow
6. mows
7. lower
8. blown
9. quote
10. mole
11. stone
12. stove
13. chose
14. sole
15. stole
16. goal
17. groan
18. load
19. roasting
20. woe
WEEK 4: We will have a spelling pretest on Monday and a graded spelling test on Friday. All the spelling words for next week have a long "i" sound.
1. climb
2. minding
3. pies
4. die
5. height
6. sigh
7. fright
8. slight
9. drive
10. file
11. kite
12. prime
13. pride
14. slice
15. twice
16. wipe
17. pry
18. sly
19. shy
20. spy
WEEK 3: We will have a spelling pretest on Monday and a graded spelling test on Friday. The spelling words will have a long 'e' sound.
1. evening
2. zebra
3. breathe
4. league
5. squeaky
6. healer
7. sleek
8. indeed
9. reef
10. deed
11. speech
12. wheeze
13. concrete
14. scheme
15. belief
16. chief
17. honey
18. donkey
19. family
20. weary
WEEK 2: We will have a spelling pretest on Tuesday and a graded spelling test on Friday. The spelling words all have a long 'a' sound.
1. major
2. clay
3. stray
4. today
5. bail
6. rail
7. drain
8. faint
9. claim
10. pale
11. face
12. graze
13. cane
14. slate
15. ache
16. flame
17. steak
18. break
19. eight
20. they
WEEK 1: We will have a spelling pretest on Monday (8/26) and a graded spelling test on Friday (8/30). This week's spelling words include short vowels.
1. flat
2. cash
3. band
4. bell
5. left
6. shelf
7. wealth
8. grim
9. mill
10. hint
11. plot
12. dock
13. blot
14. odd
15. sum
16. plum
17. bluff
18. crunch
19. build
20. gym