Spelling

Expectations for Spelling Weeks:

• Spelling weeks will be every other week. The first spelling week will start the week of Aug. 25th. Words are given and assessed within the same week. 

• A paper slip with the words (20 words) will be given to the students on Monday. The words will also be posted on this page along with the due dates for that lesson.

• Choice Boards: Students are to complete three choices from their "Spelling Menu" by that Thursday. Students cannot double-up on the choices meaning there should be three sets of the words written out on the assignment. This is a 15-point assignment.

• Spelling Tests: Students will be assessed on the spelling of the words from that week's lesson. There is also a handwriting component to every spelling test that will be taken as a grade for Handwriting. 

  • • • Print side: assessed on the spelling of the words

      • Cursive side: assessed on their attempt to convey their understanding of cursive writing conventions.

• Spelling Tests are worth 20 points.

Spelling words and Lesson due dates are found below

Lesson 1 Words - Short Vowels: 

Gravity, comic, breath, direct, numb, frantic, bundle, wobble, solid, hymn, swift, energy, blister, promise, shovel, feather, stingy, crush, grasp, weather

Choice Board due: Thurs. (8/28)

Spelling test: Fri. (8/29)

Lesson 2 Words - Long a and Long e:

awake, praise, braces, waist, remain, feast, disease, thief, beneath, sway, stray, repeat, ashamed, sheepish, training, greet, display, sleeve, release, niece

Choice board due: Thurs. 9/11

Spelling Test: Fri. 9/12

Lesson 3 Words - Long i and Long o

sign, strike, dough, slight, control, groan, mighty, height, define, silent, reply, stroll, excite, odor, brighten, thrown, compose, apply, spider, approach

Choice Board due: Thurs. (9/25)

Spelling Test: Fri. (9/26)

Lesson 4 Words - Vowel Sounds /oo/ and /yoo/

glue, bruise, lose, jewel, avenue, flute, stew, view, execute, include, youth, choose, confuse, route, assume, accuse, loose, cruise, cartoon, souvenir

Choice Board due: Thurs. (10/9)

Spelling Test: Fri. (10/10)

Lesson 5 Words - Vowel sounds /ou/, /o/, /oi/

ounce, avoid, scowl, pounce, royal, sprawl, basketball, naughty, poison, coward, launch, moist, destroy, August, awkward, loyal, haunt, sauce, auction, encounter

Choice board due: Thurs. (10/17)

Spelling Test: Thurs. (10/17)

Lesson 10 Spelling Words - Final Schwa + /r/ sounds

cellar, mayor, major, pillar, lunar, flavor, anger, popular, border, proper, cougar, senator, tractor, calendar, elevator, chapter, passenger, thunder, quarter, bitter

Choice board due: Thurs. (2/13)

Spelling Test: Fri. (2/14)

Lesson 11 Spelling Words - vccv pattern

bargain, journey, pattern, arrive, object, suppose, shoulder, permit, sorrow, tunnel, subject, custom, suggest, perhaps, lawyer, timber, common, publish, burden, scissors

Choice Board due: Thurs. (2/27)

Spelling Test: Fri. (2/28)

Lesson 12 Spelling Words - VCV Pattern

human, credit, modern, select, prefer, exact, basic, nation, cousin, menu, award, vivid, robot, item, novel, behave, evil, panic, police, deserve

Choice Board Due: Thurs.  (3/20)

Spelling Test: Fri. (3/21)

Lesson 13 Spelling Words - VCCCV Pattern

conflict, simply, employ, artic, orphan, burglar, anchor, mischief, partner, instant, laundry, merchant, childhood, complain, complex, laughter, improve, purchase, tremble

Choice Board due: Thurs. (4/10)

*Alternate Assignment*: Fri. (4/11) (Students WILL NOT need to study the words beforehand.)

Lesson 15 Spelling Words - Final Schwa + /L/ Sounds

Formal, angle, struggle, global, whistle, normal, channel, stumble, label, needle, local, quarrel, puzzle, angel, bicycle, article, legal, pupil, level, fossil

Choice Board due: Thurs. 4/25

Spelling Test: Fri. 4/26

Lesson  16 Spelling Words - Words with -ed or -ing

scrubbed, carpeting, skimmed, whipped, ordered, listening, wandered, chatting, quizzed, totaled, stunned, gathering, shrugged, suffering, answered, knitting, beginning, bothering, scanned, upsetting

Choice board due: Thurs. 5/9

Spelling Test: Fri. 5/10 

Lesson 17 Spelling Words - More Words with -ed or -ing

tiring, whispered, performing, damaged, united, borrowed, losing, resulting, remarked, expected, freezing, decided, related, practicing, amusing, delivered, amazing, attending, supported, repeated

Choice Board due: Thurs. 2/2

Spelling Test: Fri. 2/3 

Lesson 18 Spelling Words - Changing Final y to i 

duties, ferries, dirtier, enemies, victories, earlier, sunnier, scariest, iciest, horrified, loveliest, terrified, trophies, greediest, memories, denied, abilities, cozier, drowsier, strategies

Choice board: Thurs. 2/9

Spelling Test: Fri. 2/10

Lesson 19 Spelling Words - ful, ly, ness, ment

lately, steadily, cloudiness, forgetful, appointment, settlement, closeness, delightful, forgiveness, effortless, watchful, calmly noisily, harmless, plentiful, countless, government, tardiness, enjoyment, agreement

Choice Board: Thurs. 2/16

Spelling Test: Fri. 2/17 

Lesson 20 Spelling Words - Words from Other Languages

salsa, mattress, tycoon, burrito, tomato, bandanna, poncho, dungarees, lasso, patio, siesta, cargo, vanilla, tsunami, iguana, plaza, caravan, hammock, pajamas, gallant

Choice Board: Thurs. 3/2

Spelling Test: Fri. 3/3

Lesson 21 Spelling Words - Final /n/ or /en/, /cher/, /zher/

nature, mixture, texture, fountain, certain, pleasure, curtain, furniture, future, captain, creature, measure, villain, departure, treasure, feature, mountain, surgeon, gesture, adventure

Choice Board: Thurs. 3/9

Spelling Test: Fri. 3/10

Lesson 22 Spelling Words - Final /ij/, /iv/, /is/

storage, courage, image, postage, olive, native, creative, cowardice, service, passage, average, adjective, relative, voyage, justice, village, cabbage, knowledge, detective, language

Choice Board: Thurs. 3/30

Spelling Test: Fri. 3/31

Lesson 23 - Unstressed Syllables

entry, wisdom, neglect, spinach, limit, dozen, patrol, adopt, talent, impress, kitchen, frighten, disturb, respond, forbid, surround, entire, fortress, pirate, challenge

Choice Board: Thurs. 4/20

Spelling Test:  Thurs. 4/20