Weekly Spelling

April 27th

Spelling Skill: y as a vowel

1. try 6. puppy

2. jelly 7. study

3. tiny 8. gym

4. candy 9. where ®

5. cry 10. there ®

BONUS WORDS: Southborough, Massachusetts

® = red word

April 13th

Spelling Skill: sufffixes adding -ed & -ing to magic e words

1. sliding 6. baked

2. closing 7. taped

3. hoping 8. poked

4. chasing 9. skated

5. riding 10. scraped

BONUS WORDS: Spell your last name, write your street address

® = red word

April 6th

Spelling Skill: sufffixes -ed & -ing

1. slipping 6. spotted

2. clapping 7. skipped

3. shutting 8. grabbed

4. winning 9. robbed

5. cutting 10. flapped

BONUS WORDS: November, December, month, year

® = red word

March 29th

Spelling Skill: Open syllable words end with a vowel and the vowel says its own name.

1. me 6. banjo

2. hi 7. jumbo

3. she 8. very ®

4. he 9. once ®

5. bingo 10. whose ®

BONUS WORDS: June, July, August, September, October

® = red word

FEBRUARY 2nd

Spelling Skill: Final Consonant Blends- 2 consonants at the end of the word are called final blends

1. milk 7. went

2. help 8. kept

3. drift 9. two ®

4. desk 10. do ®

5. jump 11. many ®

6. crisp 12. any ®

® = red word

FEBRUARY 9th

Spelling Skill: /ch/ spelled /tch/ and s vs es

1. match 6. boxes

2. pitch 7. witch

3. hatch 8. latch

4. stitch 9. glasses

5. dishes . 10. socks

® = red word

February 16th

Spelling Skill: Magic Final e Syllable

1. home 6. skate

2. chase 7. tube

3. slide 8. ripe

4. rope 9. from ®

5. cute 10. here ®

® = red word

January 5Th

Spelling Skill: Short u

1. shrub 6. duck

2. truck 7. Ms. (R)

3. much 8. Mr. (R)

4. bush 9. Mrs. (R)

5. bus 10. Miss (R)

(R) = red word

December 22nd

No spelling this week!

December 15th

Spelling Skill: S-Blends

Two consonants are blended together to make one sound. This week, the words are blended with the letter s. Two of our words are blended with the letter w (dw, tw).

1. scat 6. squid

2. speck 7. sniff

3. swing 8. stem

4. smash 9. dwell

5. skill 10. twig

December 8th

Spelling Skill: R-Blends

Two consonants are blended together to make one sound. This week, the words are all blended with the letter r.

1. bring 6. fresh

2. shrink 7. grab

3. thrill 8. drank

4. crib 9. trick

5. press 10. your (R)

(R) = red word

December 1st

Spelling Skill: L-Blends

Two consonants are blended together to make one sound. This week, the words are all blended with the letter l.

1. black 6. slip

2. flag 7. bless

3. class 8. clap

4. plan 9. glad

5. sled 10. they (R)

(R) = red word

November 24th

No spelling this week.

Enjoy your Thanksgiving!

NOVEMBER 17th

Spelling Skill: Short vowel e

The following are all short e words. Short e sounds like the e in /ed/.

The students also will learn a phrase to help remember the red words this week. Reciting "Oh, you lucky duck" helps to remember the spelling pattern o-u-l-d.

1. get 6. shed

2. check 7. bed

3. chess 8. could (R)

4. when 9. would (R)

5. then 10. should (R)

(R) = red word

November 9th

Spelling Skill: sh, th

The following are called H-Brothers. They are two letters but make one sound.

1. thing 6. with

2. shop 7. bath

3. dish 8. think

4. that 9. thank

5. ship 10. thick

November 3rd

Spelling Skill: ch, wh

The following are called H-Brothers. There are 2 letters but they only make one sound.

1. chin 6. which

2. inch 7. chill

3. chat 8. rich

4. whip 9. put (R)

5. whiz 10. are (R)

(R) = red word

October 27th

Spelling Skill: -ng, -nk

The following are called sliding sounds. -ang, ank, ing, ink, ong, onk

1. wing 6. ring

2. long 7. sank

3. bank 8. honk

4. rink 9. bang

5. song 10. what (R)

(R) = red word

October 20th

Spelling Skill: Skills Review -ss, -ll, -ck endings, qu-, red words

1. quack 6. doll

2. back 7. fill

3. lock 8. was (R)

4. kick 9. said (R)

5. bass 10. have (R)

(R) = red word

October 13th

Spelling Skill: Double Final Consonants: When a one syllable word ends in /-f/, /-l/, /-s/, or /-z/, double the final consonant: -ff, -ll, -ss, -zz (ff, ll, ss, zz don't like to be lonely)

Ex. mis miss

1. miss 6. hill

2. will 7. fizz

3. pass 8. quill

4. off 9. kiss

5. jazz 10. you (R)

(R) = red word

October 6th

Spelling Skill: Short vowel a, i, o, -ck

1. rock 6. sack

2. job 7. dock

3. log 8. box

4. rap 9. lip

5. pick 10. was (R)

(R) = red word