spelling words
Week of June 13--This week students will bring home their pretest, their posttest, and an explanation of the progress they made this year in spelling.
Week of June 6: This week students will take the spelling posttest. They may study from these lists below if they wish. The posttest will show the progress they made in spelling this year.
Week of May 30:
Section R
giant
gigantic
hurry
hurried
hurrying
know
knowledge
lawyer
paragraph
patient
patience
piano
pianos
pianist
pickle
pickles
prisoner
release
resign
reveal
sleeve
soldier
summary
sword
tomato
tomatoes
Section W
muscle
muscular
narrow
nature
natural
naturally
naturalist
nonsense
observe
observation
observatory
occur
occurred
occurrence
opposite
opposition
phrase
practice
process
product
productive
production
resource
resources
resourceful
Week of May 23:
Section R
beyond
break
broke
broken
cocoa
collar
compare
comparison
control
controlled
debts
disaster
eager
enemy
example
excite
exciting
excitement
fierce
fly
flies
flew
forgot
forgotten
guide
Section W
equal
equality
equivalent
everyone
everywhere
exclaimed
exclamation
experiment
experimental
expression
factors
fatigue
foreign
foreigners
frequent
frequency
gradual
gradually
isthmus
level
library
model
moment
mosquito
routes
Week of May 16:
Section R
article
serve
service
injure
injury
effect
distribute
general
tomorrow
consider
again
against
complete
search
treasure
popular
Christ
Christmas
interest
advice
advise
America
American
bargain
beneath
Section W
anxious
anxiety
average
bicycle
bouquet
calendar
century
centuries
climate
composed
composition
consequence
corner
cotton
count
countless
depend
depends
dependent
diagram
disease
element
elementary
empty
environment
Week of May 9:
Section R
prepare
vessel
busy
prefer
preference
illustrate
illustration
differ
different
provide
provision
according
already
attention
education
direct
director
purpose
common
diamond
together
convention
increase
manner
feature
Section W
organize
organization
emergency
appreciate
appreciative
sincere
sincerely
athlete
athletic
extreme
practical
proceed
cordial
cordially
character
separate
February
active
activity
activities
actual
actually
angle
angular
antique
Week of May 2:
Section Q
umbrella
weapon
Section R
lose
loose
combine
combination
avenue
neighbor
weigh
weight
wear
entertain
salary
visit
visitor
publication
machine
toward
success
drown
adopt
secure
honor
promise
wreck
Section V (24 words)
recognize
recognition
records
records
repeated
repetition
required
sacrifice
sense
sensible
shoulder
situation
slightly
solemn
spirit
spiritual
steady
steadily
temperature
thousand
tie
tying
wise
wisdom
Week of April 25:
Section Q
dangerous
debt
dry
dried
exhaust
exercise
explosion
grammar
Indian
journey
journal
courage
lay
laid
pack
package
physical
praise
properly
searched
smooth
thirteen
throat
touch
towel
Section V
magnificent
main
mineral
method
modern
mystery
mysterious
occasion
ordinary
ordinarily
personality
physically
planet
plenty
plentiful
powerful
prairie
prepared
prevent
protect
protective
protection
quart
quarter
relieve
Week of April 18:
Section Q
although
prompt
attempt
who
whose
state
statement
perhaps
they
their
imprison
writ
written
arrange
ankle
appear
brace
bracelet
breath
breathe
calm
circus
consented
continue
continued
Section V
function
functional
furniture
future
gathering
heavy
heavier
heavily
hundred
image
imagine
inches
independent
individual
influence
innocent
instance
instrument
instrumental
leisure
license
liquid
locate
located
location
Week of April 11:
Section Q
who
whom
arrest
half
halves
calf
calves
self
themselves
special
present
present
act
action
just
justice
gentle
gentleman
enclose
await
suppose
wonderful
forward
backward
toward
Section V
capital
capitol
cereal
choice
choose
chose
chosen
coarse
columns
correct
current
desire
desirable
divide
division
draw
drew
drawn
equip
equipped
equipment
extreme
extremely
fear
fearful
bonus word: course
bonus word: currant
Week of April 4:
Section Q
relate
relative
progress
progress
entire
preside
president
fame
famous
serve
estate
remember
either
effort
due
dew
include
allow
position
ledge
claim
primary
result
appoint
information
Section V
principal
principle
testimony
discuss
discussion
arrange
arrangement
refer
reference
evidence
experience
session
secretary
association
career
high
height
apparent
ascending
basic
basically
bough
bow
bow
campaign
Week of March 21: There are no new spelling words for this week. We will have a quiz later in the week to demonstrate competency applying rule 24. Rule 24 is When a word ends consonant and y, change the y to i when adding an ending that begins with anything except i. Words we could use to demonstrate mastery of this rule include early, earlier, baby, babies, city, cities, citizen, carry, carried, carrying, vary, various, valley, valleys, play, played, plays, day, days.
Week of March 14:
Section Q
sometimes
engage
final
terrible
surprise
period
addition
employ
property
select
connect
connection
firm
region
religion
convict
private
command
debate
crowd
factory
publish
represent
term
section
Section U
ignore
ignorant
ignorance
indicate
indication
interfere
interference
leader
leadership
message
messenger
music
musician
pigeon
plane
plain
problems
rehearse
rehearsal
remove
removed
removal
siege
valley
vegetable
Week of March 7
Section P
grief
guard
guilty
hungry
language
laugh
laughter
line
lining
ocean
nephew
nineteen
notice
noticed
passengers
remained
retreating
style
subtract
tailor
thumb
trial
voyage
whisper
wrong
Section U
central
ceremony
concealed
delicious
describe
described
disappear
drop
dropped
elegant
emperor
establish
established
establishment
excel
excellent
gather
generally
grateful
heir
inherit
hoarse
icicle
identify
identified
Week of February 29
Section P
reply
sail
sale
city
cities
know
known
several
desire
nearly
to
two
too
animal
basin
breeze
button
cabbage
careful
cough
cousin
dollars
excuse
excuse
island
Section U
respect
respectful
respectfully
unfortunate
major
majority
elaborate
elaborate
city
citizen
necessary
necessity
divide
achieve
achieves
acquire
ancient
anyone
apiece
approaches
attack
attorney
balance
calculate
calculation
Week of February 22
Section P
husband
amount
human
view
clerk
though
o'clock
support
do
does
regard
escape
since
which
long
length
strong
strength
destroy
newspaper
daughter
naughty
caught
taught
answer
Section U
scene
scenery
scissors
science
descend
descent
ascend
ascent
develop
envelop
envelope
circle
circumstance
circumference
issue
tissue
material
suggest
mere
senate
senator
senatorial
receive
agree
agreement
Week of February 8 and February 15: We will learn these words as well as practice rule 24: When a word ends consonant and y, change the y to i when adding an ending that begins with anything except i.
Section P
repair
trouble
troubling
entrance
important
importance
carry
carried
loss
fortune
empire
mayor
wait
degree
prison
engine
guest
guess
department
obtain
family
favor
Mrs.
Mr.
Miss
Section U
mean
meant
early
earliest
distinguish
consideration
colony
colonies
colonial
sure
assure
relief
occupy
probable
probably
foreign
expense
response
responsible
apply
application
difficult
difficulty
final
finally
Week of February 1: We will not have the usual lists or the spelling test this week. Instead, we will use the lists from the Spelling Bee website to practice. I have sent those lists home twice. Any student who wants another copy can get one from me on Monday. We will practice having a spelling bee in class and have the class Spelling Bee this week as well. The school Spelling Bee will be Friday, February 5. Here is a link to the spelling lists for all grade levels: http://smpschool.org/documents/2015/11/all%20grades%20word%20list.pdf
Week of January 25
Section O
shine
shining
sweeps
sweeping
thief
waist
waste
waiting
weary
write
writer
writing
spend
enjoy
awe
awful
usual
complaint
auto
vacation
beauty
beautiful
flight
travel
rapid
Section T
mass
massive
medal
metal
ninety
realize
reign
severe
slip
slipped
sneeze
stationary
stationery
stomach
straight
succeed
television
tough
whistle
whistling
wholesome
wreath
wrestle
wrestling
banana
Week of January 19
Section O
curtain
declare
declared
distant
distance
explain
floated
ghost
holy
holiday
knee
lemon
lie
lying
nails
needle
nobody
oar
palace
penny
regular
repeats
sailor
sentence
surface
Section T
electric
electrical
electrician
electricity
err
error
exact
exceptions
favor
favorite
favorable
fought
fuel
genuine
growth
handful
hardly
hymn
investigation
involve
involved
lily
lilies
entered
medicine
Week of January 11:
Section O
during
police
until
true
truly
hole
whole
address
request
raise
August
struck
get
getting
don't
Thursday
Saturday
admission
canoe
captain
caution
cautious
cellar
covered
creature
Section T
anger
angry
angrily
approve
approval
available
avoid
biscuits
bottle
bottom
bruise
bruised
change
changeable
chapter
chimney
choir
compete
deceive
determine
determined
determination
discover
discovery
discoveries
Week of January 4:
Section O
duty
intend
company
quit
quite
quiet
none
know
knew
remain
direct
direction
appear
liberty
enough
fact
board
September
station
attend
public
music
picnic
friend
friends
Section T
decide
decision
political
nation
national
recent
busy
business
refer
minute (sixty seconds)
minute (really small)
ought
absent
absence
confer
conference
Wednesday
real
really
celebration
folk
folks
ache
aches
amusement
Week of December 14:
Section O
navy
four
fourth
fourteen
forty
population
proper
judge
weather
whether
worth
contain
figure
sudden
instead
throw
threw
personal
everything
rate
chief
perfect
second
slide
farther
Section T
circle
circular
argue
argument
volume
organize
summon
office
officer
official
victim
estimate
accident
invite
invitation
accept
impossible
concern
automobile
associate
association
very
vary
various
Week of December 7:
Section N
social
steal
strange
trophy
voice
voices
(group continues to Section O) [Note to my faithful Spelling City editor: just list these under section N. Next week we will call it section O.]
ate
eight
afraid
uncle
rather
comfort
elect
election
aboard
jail
shed
refuse
district
restrain
royal
object
objection
pleasure
measure
treasure
Section S:
saucer
secret
similar
sleigh
social
society
solution
source
speech
steak
successful
tails
tales
tear
tear
telephone
throughout
traffic
unit
unite
United States
value
valuable
wore
worn
Week of November 30:
Section N
tax
number
October
reason
fifth
bake
baking
bowl
cheap
cheerful
chicken
drive
driving
echo
echoes
fairy
knock
leather
linen
mixture
nation
pause
peace
permission
rough
Section S
grocery
group
health
listen
listened
nickel
niece
northern
southern
eastern
western
poem
poet
poetic
poetry
potato
potatoes
pressure
product
produce
purchase
purchased
quarrel
radio
recess
----
Week of November 16:
Section N
study
himself
matter
use
thought
person
or
nor
January
mean
vote
court
copy
act
be
been
yesterday
among
quest
question
doctor
size
December
dozen
there
Section S
ability
appearance
atmosphere
atmospheric
autumn
canvas
ceiling
celery
salary
college
community
communities
create
created
creative
creation
concert
decide
decided
design
dictionary
elephant
everybody
frighten
frightened
Week of November 9:
Section N
expect
need
thus
woman
women
young
fair
fare
dollar
evening
plan
broke
feel
sure
sugar
least
sorry
press
God
god
teacher
November
subject
April
history
Section S
further
serious
doubt
condition
govern
government
opinion
onion
union
companion
million
behavior
believe
system
possible
possibly
piece
peace
certain
certainly
witness
investigate
before
therefore
pleasant
Week of November 2:
Section N
except
capture
else
bridge
offer
suffer
center
front
run
running
rule
carry
chain
death
learn
wonder
pair
pear
pare
check
prove
hear
heard
inspect
itself
Section S
often
motion
theater
improve
improvement
cent
century
total
mention
arrive
supply
assist
difference
examine
examination
particular
affair
course
coarse
neither
local
marry
marriage
carry
carriage
Week of October 26:
Section M
freeze
gentle
grow
holes
hotel
iron
live
living
monkey
myself
noise
pencil
pie
pull
so
sow
sew
steam
thread
thunder
try
tried
vein
ant
aunt
Section R
guide
hurry
hurried
hurrying
lawyer
paragraph
patient
patience
piano
pianos
pianist
pickle
pickles
prisoner
release
resign
reveal
sleeve
soldier
sum
summary
sword
tomato
tomatoes
article
Week of October 19--no spelling because of Iowa Testing
Week of October 12:
Section M
change
changing
few
please
pleasant
pitch
pitcher
picture
money
ready
omit
anyway
eight
breakfast
chance
climb
coffee
color
contains
day
daily
eagle
fancy
fly
forest
Section R
break
broke
broken
compare
comparison
control
controlled
debts
disaster
eager
enemy
example
excite
exciting
excitement
fierce
fly
flies
flew
forgot
forgotten
giant
gigantic
know
knowledge
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Week of October 5
Section M
took
again
inform
both
heart
month
child
children
build
built
understand
follow
charge
member
case
while
also
return
office
great
Miss
miss
who
die
died
Section R
injure
injury
effect
distribute
general
tomorrow
consider
again
against
complete
search
treasure
popular
Christ
Christmas
interest
advice
advise
America
American
bargain
beneath
beyond
cocoa
collar
Week of September 28
Green group (We will transition to calling this group section M.)
pay
paid
railroad
unable
ticket
account
driven
real
recover
mountain
speak
past
might
contract
deal
all
almost
bring
brought
less
event
off
of
true
truth
Purple Group (We will transition to calling this group section R.)
busy
prefer
preference
illustrate
illustration
differ
difference
provide
provision
according
already
attention
education
direct
director
purpose
common
diamond
together
convention
increase
manner
feature
serve
service
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Week of September 21
Students were divided into two groups based on the spelling placement test. Please feel free to discuss with me any concerns about your child's placement.
green group
trust
extra
dress
beside
teach
happen
begun
collect
file
provide
sight
stood
fix
fixed
born
go
goes
hold
drill
army
pretty
stole
income
bought
enter
purple group
lose
loose
combine
combination
avenue
neighbor
weigh
weigh
wear
entertain
salary
visit
visitor
publication
machine
toward
success
drown
adopt
secure
honor
promise
wreck
prepare
vessel