Students' spelling homework will be completed in their spelling notebooks.
Students will choose four activities from their spelling menus (found in their notebooks) to complete between the time they receive the words on Day 1 and test day on Day 5. Each activity is worth 25 points, for a total of 100 points.
List Words:
Week 1: VCCV, VCV Words
1. distance
2. method
3. anger
4. problem
5. butter
6. petals
7. enjoy
8. perhaps
9. figure
10. channel
11. admire
12. comedy
13. husband
14. tissue
15. mustard
16. shuttle
17. advance
18. drummer
19. regular
20. denim
Week 2: Long Vowel VCV
1. fever
2. broken
3. climate
4. hotel
5. basic
6. vocal
7. native
8. silent
9. labor
10. spider
11. label
12. icon
13. agent
14. motive
15. vital
16. acorn
17. item
18. aroma
19. legal
20. solo
Week 3: Long Vowel Digraphs
1. coast
2. feast
3. speech
4. wheat
5. Spain
6. paint
7. arrow
8. needle
9. charcoal
10. praise
11. faint
12. maintain
13. crease
14. groan
15. breeze
16. willow
17. appeal
18. bowling
19. complain
20. sneeze
Week 4: Words with Added -ed and -ing Endings
1. supplied
2. supplying
3. denied
4. denying
5. decided
6. deciding
7. included
8. including
9. admitted
10. admitting
11. occurred
12. occurring
13. qualified
14. qualifying
15. identified
16. identifying
17. delayed
18. delaying
19. satisfied
20. satisfying
Week 5: Contractions
1. they’re
2. you’ve
3. weren’t
4. needn’t
5. there’d
6. they’ve
7. mustn’t
8. what’ll
9. doesn’t
10. hadn’t
11. could’ve
12. would’ve
13. should’ve
14. might’ve
15. wouldn’t
16. who’ve
17. shouldn’t
18. who’d
19. this’ll
20. couldn’t
Week 6: Words with the Digraphs th, ph, sh, and ch
1. shovel
2. southern
3. northern
4. chapter
5. hyphen
6. chosen
7. establish
8. although
9. challenge
10. approach
11. astonish
12. python
13. shatter
14. ethnic
15. shiver
16. pharmacy
17. charity
18. china
19. attach
20. ostrich
Week 7: Irregular Plurals
1. staffs
2. ourselves
3. pants
4. scissors
5. loaves
6. volcanoes
7. chiefs
8. buffaloes
9. flamingos
10. beliefs
11. echoes
12. shelves
13. quizzes
14. sheriffs
15. dominoes
16. thieves
17. measles
18. avocados
19. chefs
20. pianos
Week 8: Vowel Sounds with 'r'
1. snore
2. tornado
3. spare
4. appear
5. career
6. square
7. report
8. prepare
9. pioneer
10. chair
11. beware
12. smear
13. repair
14. sword
15. ignore
16. order
17. engineer
18. resort
19. volunteer
20. declare
Week 9: Words with Final Syllables, -en, -an, -el, -le, -il
1. example
2. level
3. human
4. quarrel
5. scramble
6. evil
7. oxygen
8. wooden
9. double
10. travel
11. cancel
12. chuckle
13. fossil
14. toboggan
15. veteran
16. chisel
17. suburban
18. single
19. sudden
20. beagle
Week 10: Words with Final Syllables, -ar, -or, -er
1. danger
2. wander
3. tractor
4. dollar
5. harbor
6. eager
7. eraser
8. surrender
9. solar
10. sticker
11. locker
12. helicopter
13. pillar
14. refrigerator
15. caterpillar
16. rumor
17. glimmer
18. linger
19. sensor
20. alligator
Week 11: Words with the Schwa Sound
1. jewel
2. kingdom
3. gasoline
4. factory
5. garage
6. tropical
7. pajamas
8. estimate
9. tomorrow
10. humidity
11. Chicago
12. bulletin
13. carnival
14. illustrate
15. elegant
16. census
17. terrific
18. celebrate
19. operate
20. celery
Week 12: Compound Words
1. jewel
2. kingdom
3. gasoline
4. factory
5. garage
6. tropical
7. pajamas
8. estimate
9. tomorrow
10. humidity
11. Chicago
12. bulletin
13. carnival
14. illustrate
15. elegant
16. census
17. terrific
18. celebrate
19. operate
20. celery
Week 13: Words with the Consonant /j/, /ks/, /sk/, and /s/
1. excuse
2. scene
3. muscle
4. explore
5. pledge
6. journal
7. science
8. schedule
9. gigantic
10. scheme
11. Japan
12. excellent
13. exclaim
14. fascinate
15. ginger
16. scholar
17. scent
18. dodge
19. smudge
20. schooner
Week 14: Words with One Consonant or Two
1. address
2. college
3. mirror
4. recess
5. committee
6. collect
7. Mississippi
8. immediate
9. command
10. appreciate
11. announce
12. possess
13. Tennessee
14. gallop
15. opponent
16. barricade
17. broccoli
18. accomplish
19. allowance
20. zucchini
Week 15: Words with Prefixes un-, de-, or dis-
1. uncover
2. defrost
3. uncomfortable
4. discourage
5. disadvantage
6. unfortunate
7. unfamiliar
8. disability
9. discomfort
10. deodorant
11. unemployed
12. deflate
13. disbelief
14. unpredictable
15. disapprove
16. disappoint
17. unpleasant
18. dehydrated
19. disqualify
20. undecided
Week 16: Words from Other Cultures
1. khaki
2. hula
3. banana
4. ballet
5. waltz
6. tomato
7. vanilla
8. canyon
9. yogurt
10. banquet
11. macaroni
12. polka
13. cobra
14. koala
15. barbecue
16. safari
17. buffet
18. stampede
19. karate
20. kiosk
Week 17: Prefixes over-, under-, sub-, super-, out-
1. overlook
2. underline
3. subway
4. subset
5. supermarket
6. outlet
7. underground
8. overboard
9. undercurrent
10. superstar
11. overtime
12. supersonic
13. submarine
14. undercover
15. overcast
16. outfield
17. output
18. supernatural
19. subdivision
20. subhead
Week 18: Homophones
1. cent
2. sent
3. scent
4. threw
5. through
6. weather
7. whether
8. their
9. there
10. they’re
11. chili
12. chilly
13. tide
14. tied
15. pale
16. pail
17. aloud
18. allowed
19. course
20. coarse
Week 19: Suffixes -ible, -able
1. sensible
2. washable
3. available
4. agreeable
5. fashionable
6. valuable
7. flexible
8. reasonable
9. favorable
10. breakable
11. convertible
12. forgettable
13. laughable
14. sociable
15. allowable
16. divisible
17. hospitable
18. reversible
19. responsible
20. tolerable
Week 20: Science Words
1. geology
2. thermometer
3. astronaut
4. atmosphere
5. biology
5. thermal
7. disaster
8. meteorology
9. technology
10. hemisphere
11. zoology
12. sociology
13. biosphere
14. thermos
15. asterisk
16. thermostat
17. astronomy
18. spherical
19. ecology
20. mythology
Week 1: VCCV, VCV Words
1. distance
2. method
3. anger
4. problem
5. butter
6. petals
7. enjoy
8. perhaps
9. figure
10. channel
11. admire
12. comedy
13. husband
14. tissue
15. mustard
16. shuttle
17. advance
18. drummer
19. regular
20. denim
Week 2: Long Vowel VCV
1. fever
2. broken
3. climate
4. hotel
5. basic
6. vocal
7. native
8. silent
9. labor
10. spider
11. label
12. icon
13. agent
14. motive
15. vital
16. acorn
17. item
18. aroma
19. legal
20. solo
Week 3: Long Vowel Digraphs
1. coast
2. feast
3. speech
4. wheat
5. Spain
6. paint
7. arrow
8. needle
9. charcoal
10. praise
11. faint
12. maintain
13. crease
14. groan
15. breeze
16. willow
17. appeal
18. bowling
19. complain
20. sneeze
Week 4: Words with Added -ed and -ing Endings
1. supplied
2. supplying
3. denied
4. denying
5. decided
6. deciding
7. included
8. including
9. admitted
10. admitting
11. occurred
12. occurring
13. qualified
14. qualifying
15. identified
16. identifying
17. delayed
18. delaying
19. satisfied
20. satisfying
Week 5: Contractions
1. they’re
2. you’ve
3. weren’t
4. needn’t
5. there’d
6. they’ve
7. mustn’t
8. what’ll
9. doesn’t
10. hadn’t
11. could’ve
12. would’ve
13. should’ve
14. might’ve
15. wouldn’t
16. who’ve
17. shouldn’t
18. who’d
19. this’ll
20. couldn’t
Week 6: Words with the Digraphs th, ph, sh, and ch
1. shovel
2. southern
3. northern
4. chapter
5. hyphen
6. chosen
7. establish
8. although
9. challenge
10. approach
11. astonish
12. python
13. shatter
14. ethnic
15. shiver
16. pharmacy
17. charity
18. china
19. attach
20. ostrich
Week 7: Irregular Plurals
1. staffs
2. ourselves
3. pants
4. scissors
5. loaves
6. volcanoes
7. chiefs
8. buffaloes
9. flamingos
10. beliefs
11. echoes
12. shelves
13. quizzes
14. sheriffs
15. dominoes
16. thieves
17. measles
18. avocados
19. chefs
20. pianos
Week 8: Vowel Sounds with 'r'
1. snore
2. tornado
3. spare
4. appear
5. career
6. square
7. report
8. prepare
9. pioneer
10. chair
11. beware
12. smear
13. repair
14. sword
15. ignore
16. order
17. engineer
18. resort
19. volunteer
20. declare
Week 9: Words with Final Syllables, -en, -an, -el, -le, -il
1. example
2. level
3. human
4. quarrel
5. scramble
6. evil
7. oxygen
8. wooden
9. double
10. travel
11. cancel
12. chuckle
13. fossil
14. toboggan
15. veteran
16. chisel
17. suburban
18. single
19. sudden
20. beagle
Week 10: Words with Final Syllables, -ar, -or, -er
1. danger
2. wander
3. tractor
4. dollar
5. harbor
6. eager
7. eraser
8. surrender
9. solar
10. sticker
11. locker
12. helicopter
13. pillar
14. refrigerator
15. caterpillar
16. rumor
17. glimmer
18. linger
19. sensor
20. alligator
Week 11: Words with the Schwa Sound
1. jewel
2. kingdom
3. gasoline
4. factory
5. garage
6. tropical
7. pajamas
8. estimate
9. tomorrow
10. humidity
11. Chicago
12. bulletin
13. carnival
14. illustrate
15. elegant
16. census
17. terrific
18. celebrate
19. operate
20. celery
Week 12: Compound Words
1. jewel
2. kingdom
3. gasoline
4. factory
5. garage
6. tropical
7. pajamas
8. estimate
9. tomorrow
10. humidity
11. Chicago
12. bulletin
13. carnival
14. illustrate
15. elegant
16. census
17. terrific
18. celebrate
19. operate
20. celery
Week 13: Words with the Consonant /j/, /ks/, /sk/, and /s/
1. excuse
2. scene
3. muscle
4. explore
5. pledge
6. journal
7. science
8. schedule
9. gigantic
10. scheme
11. Japan
12. excellent
13. exclaim
14. fascinate
15. ginger
16. scholar
17. scent
18. dodge
19. smudge
20. schooner
Week 14: Words with One Consonant or Two
1. address
2. college
3. mirror
4. recess
5. committee
6. collect
7. Mississippi
8. immediate
9. command
10. appreciate
11. announce
12. possess
13. Tennessee
14. gallop
15. opponent
16. barricade
17. broccoli
18. accomplish
19. allowance
20. zucchini
Week 15: Words with Prefixes un-, de-, or dis-
1. uncover
2. defrost
3. uncomfortable
4. discourage
5. disadvantage
6. unfortunate
7. unfamiliar
8. disability
9. discomfort
10. deodorant
11. unemployed
12. deflate
13. disbelief
14. unpredictable
15. disapprove
16. disappoint
17. unpleasant
18. dehydrated
19. disqualify
20. undecided
Week 16: Words from Other Cultures
1. khaki
2. hula
3. banana
4. ballet
5. waltz
6. tomato
7. vanilla
8. canyon
9. yogurt
10. banquet
11. macaroni
12. polka
13. cobra
14. koala
15. barbecue
16. safari
17. buffet
18. stampede
19. karate
20. kiosk
Week 17: Prefixes over-, under-, sub-, super-, out-
1. overlook
2. underline
3. subway
4. subset
5. supermarket
6. outlet
7. underground
8. overboard
9. undercurrent
10. superstar
11. overtime
12. supersonic
13. submarine
14. undercover
15. overcast
16. outfield
17. output
18. supernatural
19. subdivision
20. subhead
Week 18: Homophones
1. cent
2. sent
3. scent
4. threw
5. through
6. weather
7. whether
8. their
9. there
10. they’re
11. chili
12. chilly
13. tide
14. tied
15. pale
16. pail
17. aloud
18. allowed
19. course
20. coarse
Week 19: Suffixes -ible, -able
1. sensible
2. washable
3. available
4. agreeable
5. fashionable
6. valuable
7. flexible
8. reasonable
9. favorable
10. breakable
11. convertible
12. forgettable
13. laughable
14. sociable
15. allowable
16. divisible
17. hospitable
18. reversible
19. responsible
20. tolerable
Week 20: Science Words
1. geology
2. thermometer
3. astronaut
4. atmosphere
5. biology
5. thermal
7. disaster
8. meteorology
9. technology
10. hemisphere
11. zoology
12. sociology
13. biosphere
14. thermos
15. asterisk
16. thermostat
17. astronomy
18. spherical
19. ecology
20. mythology