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What are Word Nerds?
Word Nerds is the study of the spelling, vocabulary, and semantics of words. Increasing a students vocabulary will improve reading comprehension and will lead to more creative word choices when writing. The words will become more meaningful as students learn examples and non-examples for each word.
Tic Tac Toe Activities: See the document at the bottom of the page for fun ways to practice your spelling words.
Unit 6,1 VVCCe Words (Test Date: Friday, April 24th)
VVCCe Words: pounce, ounce, lounge, bounce, flounce, trounce, pronounce, breathe, seethe, teethe, wreathe
sheathe, scrounge, grunge, expunge, smoothie, sponge, plunge
Bonus:
Unit 5,1 VCCC Words (Test Date: Friday, March 6th)
VCCC Words: blight, bright, catch, clutch, crunch, drench, flight, flings, glitch, light, match, might, night, scratch, sight, springs, stench, strings, switch, thatch, things, tight, watch, wrench
Bonus: antagonist, sculpting
Unit 4.3 Vocabulary Building (Unit 1 Week 3-4) (Test Date: Friday, February 13th)
Vocabulary: previous, frequent, assumption, annual, indicate, flexible, recent, peculiar, mob, contemplate
Curriculum Words: prime, furthest, treaty, thinnest, Canada, exploration, interview, superlative, comparative, composite
Bonus: proclamation, assimilate
Unit 4.2 Vocabulary Building (Unit 1 Week 1-2) (Test Date: Friday, January 30th)
We are starting a new form of word nerds. Students will need to know the following for each vocabulary word: spelling, definition, used in a sentence, synonyms, and antonyms. We will study these in class.
Vocabulary: temporary, capable, proceed, eager, generous, gradually, typical, sole, ascend, descend
Students will also need to know how to spell the curriculum words. These are words we are using in our day-to-day learning.
Curriculum Words: plural, factor, product, arrays, equal, Okamura, possessive, multiplier, identity, syllable
Bonus: colonialism, commutative property
Unit 4,1 VVCe Words (Test Date: Thursday, January 15th)
VVCe Words: beetle, breathe, change, clothe, dodge, expense, fence, fudge, hedge, ledge, loathe, pledge, pounce, preserve, prince, reserve, sense, smudge, soothe, wedge
Bonus: biographies, multiplication
Unit 3.2 VVCe and Curriculum Words (Test Date: Friday, December 19th)
VVCe (long o words): moose, goose, loose, google, bamboozle
Curriculum Words: tenths, hundredths, decimal, static, electricity, magnet, attract, repel, instructions, ingredients
Bonus: algorithm, inertia
Unit 3.1 VVCe and Curriculum Words (Test Date: Friday, December 5th)
VVCe (long e words): weave, leave, grease, fleece, sneeze, sleeve, breeze, squeeze, please
Curriculum Words: materials, method, greater than, forces, procedural, title
Bonus: chronological, gravitational
Unit 2.2 VVCC and Curriculum Words (Test Date: Friday, November 21st)
VVCC (ee/ie words): beach, breach, screech, shield, field, each, peach, friend, mischief, hygiene
Curriculum Words: sequence, abstract, proper, organic, compost
Bonus: biodegradable, onomatopoeia
Unit 2.1 VVCC and Curriculum Words (Test Date: Friday, November 7th)
VVCC (oo/uh words): booth, smooth, through, crouch, touch, enough, young, could, should, though
Curriculum Words: waste, cause, effect, comic, decomposition
Bonus: declarative, interrogative
Unit 1.1 Number Words (Test Date: TBD)
ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty-one, thirty-two, forty-three, fifty-four, sixty-five, seventy-six, eighty-seven, ninety-eight, Mr. Russ, Mr. Okamura, ???? the WolfDog, Northcott Prairie
Bonus: ninety-one billion, eight hundred seventy-two million, six hundred fifty-three thousand, four hundred forty-four
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