The spelling lists usually have a theme associated with them.  This theme is listed at the top of each section.  They do not correspond to a particular reading story, as they are phonics-based in nature. 

A pretest is taken on Mondays, and the final test is taken on Fridays.  If we have a short week of only 4 days, I still try to keep to this schedule.  If we have a short week of only 3 days, I do not have a test on Friday.  We continue with the same words the following week and have a test on the Friday of the following week. 

Vocabulary

We have a new reading series this year.  It is organized in such a way that the same vocabulary words are used for several short stories with the same theme.  Because of this, the vocabulary tests do not follow a Monday-to-Friday schedule.  It may be 6 or 7 days before we have a vocabulary quiz.  Therefore, a quiz may be scheduled for a Wednesday or a Thursday.  

• Please know that a student will always have at least a full 5 school days to study for their vocabulary test

• They will write the date of the vocabulary test in their assignment notebook.

• Students should be able to use the word in a sentence.

• Students should know the part of speech of each vocabulary word, as it is used in the sentence provided. 

  • Noun, Verb, Adjective, or Adverb

Below is a list of the vocabulary words that we will be using.  They are listed with the short stories that accompany them in the textbook.