Spelling

Unit 1: short vowels a, e, i, o, u; syllables; closed syllables, syllable division vccv; multi-meaning words

Spelling Words: felt, drop, grump, camp, drink, upset, napkin, insult, contest, until

Vocabulary Words: stump, chest, stamp, brush, trip

Challenge Words: bear, log

Unit 2: schwa; consonant digraphs th, th, sh, ch, wh, ph; syllable division vcccv

Spelling Words: win, when, think, which, shock, gallon, hundred, pumpkin, distant, dolphin

Vocabulary Words: blush, gasp, shrug, grasp, stretch

Challenge Words: hectic, accomplish

Unit 3: spelling o /u/; suffixes -s, -es

Spelling Words: months, across, nothing, lunches, front, flosses, along, tons, among, crushes

Vocabulary Words: exist, extinct, fossils, cause, effect

Challenge Words: hunch, evidence

Unit 4: long vowels a, e, i, o, u; suffix: -ly; open syllables; syllable division vcv

Spelling Words: even, talent, legally, honest, finally, equally, product, panic, focus, totally

Vocabulary Words: locally, frequently, profit, model, slogan

Challenge Words: original, timid

Unit 5: multi-meaning words; magic e syllable a_e, i_e, e_e

Spelling Words: state, life, wave, delete, polite, fade, escape, alive, alike, complete

Vocabulary Words: theme, describe, concrete, locate, revise

Challenge Words: demonstrate, strive

Unit 6: magic e: o_e, u_e; drop e rule; suffix -ed; prefix in- (in)

Spelling Words: stove, close, closed, hole, whole, clothes, rude, invited, impress, excused

Vocabulary Words: included, inhale, inspired, inflate, infer

Challenge Words: increase, inquire

Unit 7: soft c, soft g; drop e rule; suffix: -ing, -ic

Spelling Words: age, cage, face, place, placing, race, racing, decide, space, magic

Vocabulary Words: volcanic, gigantic, tragic, toxic, frantic

Challenge Words: scientific, historic

Unit 8: vowel team: ee, ea; magic e: e_e; previs mis- (wrong)

Spelling Words: compete, scene, feeling, teeth, sunscreen, leave, please, misreading, mistreat, reason

Vocabulary Words: mistake, misplaced, misbehaving, mischief, mislead

Challenge Words: misdirect, conceal

Unit 9: vowel teams: ai, ay; prefix un- (not)

Spelling Words: plain, plane, painting, Sunday, afraid, delay, chain, maybe, explained, trail

Vocabulary Words: unsafe, unequal, uneasy, unfair, unwilling

Challenge Words: democracy, citizen

Unit 10: consonant doubling 1-1-1 rule; suffixes -ed, -ing

Spelling Words: grinned, peeking, winked, gripped, slogging, sloping, beginning, gulped, stunning, spotted

Vocabulary Words: gazing, skimming, brimming, moping, snagged

Challenge Words: surface, scheming

Unit 11: vowel teams: igh, oa, ow; homophones

Spelling Words: write, right, bright, coast, goal, shadows, midnight, unknown, glow, slight

Vocabulary Words: coal, design, boasted, hollow, narrow

Challenge Words: experiment, results

Unit 13: spelling y /e/ and y /i/; changing y to i; suffix -y

Spelling Words: city, cities, study, studied, studying, copy, copied, reply, replying, replied

Vocabulary Words: chilly, blustery, cheery, fluffy, cozy

Challenge Words: migrate, forecast

Unit 14: vowel teams: ou, ow

Spelling Words: frown, mouth, crowd, sound, aloud, bounce, grouchy, crown, allowed, ground

Vocabulary Words: doubt, willpower, announced, comedy, improvise

Challenge Words: accompany, composed

Unit 15: spelling /aw/ au, aw, augh, ough

Spelling Words: bought, caught, because, fault, thought, sauce, awesome, awful, taught, brought

Vocabulary Words: wealthy, audience, recipe, success, launched

Challenge Words: generous, literacy

Unit 16: r-controlled syllables ar, or, ore

Spelling Words: parking, large, before, sports, charge, morning, chore, apartment, chart, organize

Vocabulary Words: council, category, landmark, citizen, mayor

Challenge Words: architect, coordinate

Unit 17: r-controlled er; suffix -er, -or

Spelling Words: actor, walker, biker, banker, doctor, sailor, plumber, teacher, elevator, computer

Vocabulary Words: counselor, career, soldier, pioneer, engineer

Challenge Words: ancestor, narrator

Unit 18: spelling with ur, ir, er, ear

Spelling Words: stirred, early, disturb, answer, heard, earth, learned, different, survive, purpose

Vocabulary Words: predator, horizontal, vertical, currently, average

Challenge Words: circulate, social

Unit 19: spelling with air, are, ear; prefix dis- (not or away from); root tract

Spelling Words: airplane, beware, clear, repair, disappear, compare, share, beard, disrepair, appear

Vocabulary Words: distract, retract, extract, attract, subtract

Challenge Words: traction, despair

Unit 21: suffix -tion; prefix in- (not)

Spelling Words: addition, subtraction, question, action, fiction, location, caution, condition, attention, completion

Vocabulary Words: incomplete, impatient, illegal, independent, immature

Challenge Words: infinite, illusion

Unit 22: prefixes pre- (before), re- (again)

Spelling Words: preschool, remember, rebuild, prevent, rewrite, retell, replace, prefix, preview, predict

Vocabulary Words: prevention, prediction, recover, respond, prepare

Challenge Words: catastrophe, impact

Unit 24: spelling with ie /e/; ei /e/; ei and eigh /a/; root spect (see)

Spelling Words: brief, ceiling, eighth, receive, neighbor, niece, believe, weigh, relieved, receipt

Vocabulary Words: inspect, suspect, expect, spectator, respectful

Challenge Words: spectacular, speculate

Unit 25: consonant -le syllable; suffix -able, -ible

Spelling Words: able, possible, gentle, tackle. movable, people, lovable, flexible, title, muscle

Vocabulary Words: adaptable, responsibility, manageable, predictable, possibilities

Challenge Words: capability, accessible

Unit 27: prefix non- (not); suffix -ous

Spelling Words: nonfiction, serious, nervous, dangerous, poisonous, enormous, nonsense, nonliving, tremendous, delicious

Vocabulary Words: nonpoisonous, suspicious, thrive, anxious, generous

Challenge Words: curious, tenacious

Unit 28: prefix en-, em- (put into); suffixes -ment, -ness

Spelling Words: excitement, amazement, loudness, enlarge, fitness, instrument, embraced, employed, alertness, encircled

Vocabulary Words: fondness, engaged, announcement, encouragement, achievement

Challenge Words: emulate, vastness

Week 1: Students need to know the definition of each word. The grades will swtich to ELA instead of Writing since this is not a spelling quiz, but is vocabulary for End of Grade testing. A packet will be sent home each week to study for each vocabulary quiz.

difference, setting, addend, summary, menu, sum, quotient, recipe, biography, product, autobiography, plot

Week 2: Students need to know the definition of each word. The grades will swtich to ELA instead of Writing since this is not a spelling quiz, but is vocabulary for End of Grade testing. A packet will be sent home each week to study for each vocabulary quiz.

factor, dividend, divisor, numerator, denominator, article, selection, bold print, italics, captions, describe, analyze

Week 3: Students need to know the definition of each word. The grades will swtich to ELA instead of Writing since this is not a spelling quiz, but is vocabulary for End of Grade testing. A packet will be sent home each week to study for each vocabulary quiz.

title, subheading, digit, equivalent, fact family, perimeter, diagram, compare, footnote, contrast, heading, area

Week 4: Students need to know the definition of each word. The grades will swtich to ELA instead of Writing since this is not a spelling quiz, but is vocabulary for End of Grade testing. A packet will be sent home each week to study for each vocabulary quiz.

scale, rhythm, speaker, symbols, stanza, frequency table, key, outcome, rhyme, verse, influence, determined

Week 5: Students need to know the definition of each word. The grades will swtich to ELA instead of Writing since this is not a spelling quiz, but is vocabulary for End of Grade testing. A packet will be sent home each week to study for each vocabulary quiz.

estimate, round, mixed number, predict, equations, utensils, ingredients, materials, knead, whisk, characteristics, confident

Week 6: Students need to know the definition of each word. The grades will swtich to ELA instead of Writing since this is not a spelling quiz, but is vocabulary for End of Grade testing. A packet will be sent home each week to study for each vocabulary quiz.

variable, relate, value, conclude, expression, support, evaluate, connection, justify, mood, tone, cause and effect