Spelling

There is a spelling list for each story which coincides with the weekly reading stories.  A pre-test will be given at the beginning of the week followed by a posttest at the end of the week.  If a student gets 100% on the pre-test, no posttest will be needed.   

Spelling/Vocabulary List 

Week of March 18-21  




Week of March 25-28






Week of April 1-5


22.  Imply:  to express or suggest something indirectly

23.  Interpret:  to explain the meaning in your own words

24.  Justify:  to argue in support of something

25.  List:  to write a series of names or numbers in a row

26.  Paraphrase:  to restate the meaning in your own words

27.  Point out:  to show an exact detail or meaning

28.  Prove:  to show correctness by using fact

29.  Respond:  to give an answer



Week of April 8-12


30.  Review:  to re-examine the main points of something

31.  Show:  to give information

32.  State:  to express in words

33.  Summarize:  to pull together the main point

34.  Support:  to provide evidence

35.  Tell:  to say or make known in words

36.  Trace:  to list chronologically






Unit 1


"Old Yeller"

Adding -ed and -ing

1. answered

2. answering

3. traveled

4. traveling

5. chopped

6. chopping

7. qualified

8. qualifying

9. panicked

10. panicking

11. interfered

12. interfering

13. omitted

14. omitting

15. magnified

16. magnifying

17. patrolled

18. patrolling

19. skied

20. skiing


Words With Short Vowels

"Mother Fletcher's Gift"

1. damage

2. gentle

3. injury

4. palace

5. cottage

6. honesty

7. mustard

8. legend

9. clumsy

10. message

11. modify

12. ruffle

13. glimpse

14. strict

15. dungeon

16. fender

17. fantastic

18. dignity

19. property

20. cannon


Vowel Sounds with r

"Viva New Jersey"

1. porch

2. margin

3. ignore

4. corridor

5. servant

6. worth

7. concern

8. ornament

9. shore

10. purchase

11. attorney

12. artistic

13. disturb

14. kernel

15. barge

16. particle

17. market

18. perhaps

19. detergent

20. nervous


Difficult Spellings

"Saving the Rain Forests"

1. fierce

2. preserve

3. briefcase

4. preferable

5. weird

6. soldier

7. retrieve

8. rectangle

9. piece

10. model

11. deceit

12. bushel

13. perceive

14. multiple

15. perception

16. pinnacle

17. perfume

18. fuel

19. vegetable

20. preliminary


Plural or Possessive

"Hachiko"

1. country's

2. countries'

3. countries

4. its

5. ours

6. theirs

7. hers

8. library's

9. libraries'

10. libraries

11. niece's

12. nieces'

13. nieces

14. crow's

15. crows

16. witness's

17. witnesses'

18. witnesses

19. secretary's

20. secretaries'


Unit 2

Multisyllabic Words

"The Universe"

1. possibility

2. linear

3. ridiculous

4. artificial

5. calculator

6. competitive

7. curiosity

8. organization

9. individual

10. encyclopedia

11. peony

12. tarantula

13. correspondent

14. cauliflower

15. optimistic

16. enthusiastic

17. sophisticated

18. satisfactory

19. irritable

20. simultaneously


Latin Roots

"Emperor's Silent Army"

1. suspend

2. numeral

3. pendulum

4. conservatory

5. pendant

6. reserve

7. deduction

8. appendix

9. conductor

10. numerous

11. novelty

12. impending

13. novel

14. preserve

15. numerator

16. induct

17. productive

18. pending

19. reservoir

20. innovative


Final Syllable Patterns

" Stones, Bones, & Petroglyphs"

1. ancestor

2. escalator

3. appetizer

4. outspoken

5. hospital

6. encounter

7. identical

8. durable

9. grumble

10. shoulder

11. abandon

12. lengthen

13. sponsor

14. skeleton

15. governor

16. cinnamon

17. superior

18. forbidden

19. endeavor

20. interior


Schwa

"Good-bye to the Moon"

1. different

2. opinion

3. instance

4. ingredients

5. sentence

6. material

7. communicate

8. invitation

9. American

10. complete

11. hesitate

12. discipline

13. brilliant

14. jewelry

15. elementary

16. lasagna

17. substitute

18. dramatic

19. vitamin

20. desperate


Suffixes -ian, -ant, -ent, -ist

"Egypt"

1. musician

2. tenant

3. vegetarian

4. participant

5. politician

6. student

7. soloist

8. occupant

9. novelist

10. specialist

11. custodian

12. scientist

13. resident

14. motorist

15. descendant

16. historian

17. comedian

18. merchant

19. patient

20. chemist


Unit 3

Unusual Spellings

"Hatchet"

1.  crescent

2.  language

3.  vehicle

4.  exhibit

5.  examine

6.  Michigan

7.  parachute

8.  unique

9.  conquer

10. rhyme

11. penguin

12. exertion

13. exotic

14. brochure

15. symptom

16.  antique

17.  exhausted

18.  heirloom

19.  rhinoceros

20.  bureau 


Multisyllabic Words

"When Marian Sang"

1.  international

2.  prehistoric

3.  untrustworthy

4.  constellation

5.  honorary

6.  disagreement

7.  preparation

8.  Philadelphia

9.  promotional

10. constitution

11. unbreakable

12. biodegradable

13. coordination

14. compassionate

15. impossibility

16. entirely

17. executive

18. companionship

19. unthinkable

20. predicament


Using just enough letters

"Learning to Swim"

1.  nuclear

2.  helicopter

3.  anxious

4.  appreciate

5.  plastic

6.  familiar

7.  athletic

8.  escape

9.  apologize

10.  Washington

11.  pastime

12.  exquisite

13.  lantern

14.  fulfill

15.  souvenir

16.  tragedy

17.  sherbet

18.  algebra

19.  icicles

20.  escort


Compound Words

"Juan Verdades"

1.  field trip

2.  someone

3.  snowflakes

4.  polka dot

5.  roller coaster

6.  solar system

7.  thunderstorm

8.  leftovers

9.  cell phone

10.  whitewash

11.  lightning rod

12.  myself

13.  life jacket

14.  bulldozer

15.  masterpiece

16.  area code

17.  cliffhanger

18.  hour hand

19.  wheelchair

20.  rain forest


Homophones

"Morning Traffic"

1.  heel

2.  heal

3.  symbol

4.  cymbal

5.  herd

6.  heard

7.  patients

8.  patience

9.  capitol

10.  capital

11.  straight

12.  strait

13.  aisle

14.  isle

15.  stationery

16.  stationary

17.  sheer

18.  shear

19.  bread

20.  bred


Unit 4

"Into the Ice"

1.  hydrant

2.  chronic

3.  archive

4.  synonym

5.  antonym

6.  democracy

7.  hydrogen

8.  aristocrat

9.  dehydrated

10. chronicle

11. hydroplane

12. chronology

13. archaic

14. homonym

15. synchronize

16. hydraulic

17. archaeology

18. anarchy

19. hydroelectric

20. bureaucracy


"The Chimpanzees I Love"

1.  discontent

2.  decline

3.  outward

4.  dispatch

5.  unwavering

6.  destruction

7.  disintegrate

8.  outstanding

9.  uncommon

10. outburst

11. outrageous

12. defensive

13. unappetizing

14. disillusioned

15. disarray

16. unconscious

17. outskirts

18. unfasten

19. disenchanted

20. decompose


"Black Frontiers"

1.  precious

2.  commercial

3.  especially

4.  ancient

5.  gracious

6.  position

7.  question

8.  suggestion

9.  friction

10. lotion

11. potion

12. digestion

13. artificial

14. glacier

15. cautious

16. efficient

17. sensational

18. vicious

19. official

20. ration


"Deep Sea Danger"

Related Words

1.  poem

2.  poetic

3.  direct

4.  direction

5.  origin

6.  original

7.  combine

8.  combination

9.  repeat

10. repetition

11.  critic

12.  criticize

13.  history

14.  historic

15.  academy

16.  academic

17.  inspire

18.  inspiration

19.  depart

20.  departure


"Inventing the Future"

1.  electricity

2.  equality

3.  society

4.  specialty

5.  celebrity

6.  recognition

7.  description

8.  reduction

9.  tradition

10. loyalty

11. security

12. clarity

13. popularity

14. certainty

15. cruelty

16. subscription

17. reputation

18. intention

19. deception

20. penalty


Unit 5


"View From Saturday"

1.  activate

2.  negative

3.  friendship

4.  objective

5.  representative

6.  attractive

7.  creative

8.  membership

9.  partnership

10.compassionate

11.fortunate

12.considerate

13.secretive

14.scholarship

15.restrictive

16.affectionate

17.cooperative

18.originate

19.township

20.relationship


"Harvesting Hope"

1.  ivory

2.  cocoa

3.  lilac

4.  gorilla

5.  pretzel

6.  safari

7.  kayak

8.  crocodile

9.  fiesta

10. dandelion

11. monsoon

12. slalom

13. amateur

14. boutique

15. suede

16. poncho

17. hammock

18. bungalow

19. sequin

20. burrito


"The River That Went to the Sky"

1.  old-fashioned

2.  daydream

3.  summertime

4.  follow-up

5.  knee-deep

6.  foothills

7.  nevertheless

8.  self-control

9.  themselves

10. baby-sit

11. make-believe

12. sunburn

13. bloodhound

14. fine-tune

15. great-grandmother

16. roller-skating

17. folklore

18. empty-handed

19. self-esteem

20. runner-up


"Gold"

1.  mileage

2.  moisture

3.  heroism

4.  storage

5.  passage

6.  organism

7.  journalism

8.  failure

9.  mixture

10. postage

11. luggage

12. departure

13. patriotism

14. optimism

15. acreage

16. percentage

17. enclosure

18. voltage

19. temperature

20. mannerism


"Greensburg Goes Green"

1.  bisect

2.  triangle

3.  universal

4. semicircle

5. biceps

6.  bilingual

7.  tricycle

8.  university

9.  semifinal

10. uniform

11. bifocals

12. reunion

13. unison

14. semicolon

15. unicorn

16. semiprivate

17. triplicate

18. semisweet

19. semiannual

20. biplane



Unit 6 


"Don Quixote and the Windmills"

1.  bakery

2.  scenery

3.  vocabulary

4.  temporary

5.  surgery

6.  inventory

7.  directory

8.  imaginary

9.  discovery

10. pottery

11. machinery

12. nursery

13. voluntary

14. honorary

15. satisfactory

16. introductory

17. advisory

18. bribery

19. secondary

20. bravery


"Ancient Greece"

1.  alternate

2.  alternative

3.  office

4.  official

5.  economy

6.  economics

7.  normal

8.  normality

9.  restore

10. restoration

11. indicate

12. indicative

13. gene

14. genetic

15. excel

16. excellence

17. adapt

18. adaptation

19. crime

20. criminal


"The All-American Slurp"

1. proceed

2.  precede

3.  advise

4.  advice

5.  formerly

6.  formally

7.  further

8.  farther

9.  personal

10.personnel

11.immigrate

12.emigrate

13. college

14. collage

15. descent

16. dissent

17. persecution

18. prosecution

19. envelope

20. envelop 


"The Aztec News"

1.  memorize

2.  advertise

3.  service

4.  realize

5.  justice

6.  exercise

7.  recognize

8.  organize

9.  civilize

10. apprentice

11. supervise

12. sacrifice

13. sympathize

14. enterprise

15. minimize

16. cowardice

17. improvise

18. paradise

19. vocalize

20. compromise


"Where Opportunity Awaits"

1.  vision

2.  suspect

3.  visible

4.  donate

5.  spectator

6.  visor

7.  current

8.  excursion

9.  revise

10. pardon

11. prospective

12. provision

13. supervisor

14. inspector

15. spectacle

16. concur

17. recur

18. visitor

19. donor

20. donation 














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