Spelling Words Quarter 1

Please note these lists are subject to change prior to the beginning of each week. 


Week 1 - short vowels VCCV
Spelling Words

happen
lettuce
basket
winter
sister
monster
supper
subject
lesson
spelling
napkin
collar
traffic
suggest
puppet

  
Challenge Words

skillet
picnic
planet
system
pumpkin



Week 2 - plurals -s, -es


Spelling Words-

pennies
inches
plants
families
bodies
glasses
wishes
pockets
lists
copies
parties
bunches
crashes
supplies
pencils



Challenge Words

accidents
libraries
mysteries
carpenters
merchants



Week 3 - Adding -ed, -ing,-er, and -est

Spelling Words

using
getting
easiest
swimming
heavier
greatest
pleased
emptied
leaving
worried
strangest
freezing
funniest
angrier
shopped


Challenge Words

included
occurred
supplying
scarier
happiest


Week 4 - Long a is sometimes spelled ai and ay: Long e is sometimes spelled ee and ea: Long o is sometimes spelled  oa and ow. 


Spelling Words

clean
agree
teeth
dream
grain
coach
display
window
shadow
cheese
peach
braid
Sunday
float
thrown

Challenge Words

entertain
complain
bleachers
willow
wheat

Week 5 - September Word Wall Words
(see link on main page)


Week 6 - vowel sound in out can be spelled ou and ow
                 vowel sound in toy can be spelled oi and oy 


Spelling Words

proud
shower
hour
amount
voyage
choice
avoid
thousand
prowl
employ
bounce
poison
annoy
appoint
broil


Challenge Words

however
mountain
coward
turmoil
chowder

Week 7 - When the vowel sound in the first syllable is long, divide the word after the vowel: pi/ lot.  When the vowel sound in the first syllable is short , divide the word after the consonant  fin/ish


Spelling Words

finish
pilot
even
wagon
music
silent
rapid
female
lemon
pupil
focus
robot
tulip
camel
salad


Challenge Words

resident
spinach
climate
tradition
innocent


Week 8 - word endings in -le
handle
trouble
simple
people
middle
table
little
gentle
poodle
pickle
noodle
saddle
juggle
uncle
riddle

Challenge Words

example
throttle
obstacle
miracle

muscle

Week 9 - compound words


Spelling Words

sunglasses
football
homework
haircut
popcorn
railroad
snowstorm
earring
scarecrow
blueberry
butterflies
lawnmower
campground
sandbox
toothbrush


Challenge Words

thumbtack
earthquake
scrapbook
courthouse
whirlpool

No comments:

Post a Comment