All handwriting pages for the week will be assigned on Monday and will be due on Friday. The students will be given time in class to work on handwriting but may need to complete it for homework as well.
Each spelling unit list will be posted to the website and newsletter every Friday for the upcoming week. Students will be assigned 4-5 pages of spelling homework a week but will also be given time in class to work on this homework daily. Most spelling test will be on Friday.
Unit 1: short vowel sounds Unit 19: final -le, -en
Unit 2: vowel - consonant -e Unit 20: schwa + r: er, ar
Unit 3: long a Unit 21: suffixes: -er, -est
Unit 4: long e Unit 22: homophones
Unit 5: long i Unit 23: syllable division patterns
Unit 6: Review (no test) Unit 24: Review (no test)
Unit 7: long o Unit 25: irregular plurals
Unit 8: vowel sounds yoo, oo Unit 26: prefixes: dis-, im-, in-, non-, un-
Unit 9: vowel diphthongs: oi, oy, ou, ow Unit 27: suffix: -er
Unit 10: sounds or, o Unit 28: suffixes: -ful, -less
Unit 11: controlled vowels: ir, ur Unit 29: suffixes: -ness, -ment
Unit 12: Review (no test) Unit 30: Review (no test)
Unit 13: controlled vowels: ar Unit 31: consonant sounds: sh, zh
Unit 14: more letters than sounds Unit 32: possessives
Unit 15: silent consonants Unit 33: adding suffixes
Unit 16: complex consonants: qu, squ Unit 34: compounds
Unit 17: complex consonants: soft g Unit 35: around the world
Unit 18: Review (no test) Unit 36: Review (no test)
Homework: 10 points
Handwriting: 5 points
Tests: 20 points