Spelling Words for the Week of 

October 13th - October 24th

Phonics Skill Focus: Words with Long a Patterns ai, ay, 

and a-consonant-silent e

1.  age

2.  ate

3.  bake

4.  cape

5.  date

6.  name

7.  snake

8.  brain

9.  trail

10.  chain

11.  bay

12.  hay

13.  tray

14.  pray

15.  pain

16.  rain                                                                                              

Animals Building Homes Vocabulary Words 

for the Week of October 13-24

1. shaped- to give a certain form or shape to

Example sentence: I shaped the playdough into a ball.

2. branches- a part that grows out from a trunk of a tree

3. pond- a small body of water in the shape of a lake or pool; a small lake

      Example sentence: Ducks enjoy swimming in a pond.                       

4. beaks- a bill, or the hard mouth parts of a bird 

       Example sentence: The baby birds opened their beaks to get food from their mom.     

5. deepest- located far below the surface or far from an opening

  Example sentence: Some fish can live in the deepest part of the ocean where there is no light. 

6. break- to separate into pieces or tear apart

        Example sentence: He tried to break the Hershey bar into equal parts.

7. hang- to be attached at the upper end 

Example sentence: We like to hang ornaments on the branches of our Christmas tree.

8. winding- to move along with twists and turns 

      Example sentence: My stomach felt funny after driving on the winding road.