Spelling and Homework
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Students will have 10 words from their own group. Their test will also include 5 additional words that are not directly studied, but will include words we worked with throughout the week that include the spelling rule.
Students will have 10 words from their own group. Their test will also include 5 additional words that are not directly studied, but will include words we worked with throughout the week that include the spelling rule.
May 13-17
BLUE GROUP - DR 36
(bene/mal/ante/post) 1. benefit 2. malfunction 3. antebellum 4. postpone 5. beneficial 6. malicious 7. anterior 8. postmortem 9. benediction 10. malevolent |
RED GROUP - SA 41
(gu/gue/g)1. guess 2. tongue 3. ladybug 4. guitar 5. fatigue 6. strong 7. guilty 8. vague 9. iceberg 10. guide |
GREEN GROUP - SA 6
(Words in past tense) 1. slept 2. threw 3. drew 4. bled 5. swept 6. froze 7. shone 8. slid 9. kept 10. said |
May 6-10
BLUE GROUP- DR 35
(duc/sec/flu/ver) 1. introduction 2. sequel 3. fluid 4. reverse 5. conductor 6. consecutive 7. fluent 8. conversation 9. reduce 10. fluctuate |
RED GROUP- SA 40
/s/ sound and /j/ sound 1. notice 2. recess 3. budget 4. bandage 5. sentence 6. princess 7. gadget 8. garbage 9. practice 10. courage |
GREEN Group- SA 7
adding s/ es 1. benches 2. horses 3. crashes 4. places 5. mixes 6. voices 7. ditches 8. classes 9. changes 10. peaches |
April 29-May 3
BLUE GROUP- DR REVIEW
Word Roots (ALL) (Instead of sort this week- Write a sentence with each word) 1. credible 2. monocle 3. bicycle 4. spectator 5. portable 6. factory 7. dictate 8. manicure 9. triathlon 10. reflector 11. audiotape 12. deformed 13. geothermal 14. centipede 15. progress 16. telephone 17. erupt 18. thermometer 19. headphones 20. injection |
RED GROUP- SA 39
Hard and soft C 1. cement 2. gentle 3. correct 4. gather 5. century 6. gymnast 7. college 8. gossip 9. cereal 10. giraffe |
GREEN GROUP- SA 4
Added endings 1. setting 2. hiking 3. reading 4. stopping 5. moving 6. talking 7. humming 8. having 9. going 10. taking |
April 22-25
BLUE group- DR 34
Word Roots (cred, script/scrib, man, fac) 1. credible 2. subscription 3. transcribe 4. manicure 5. factory 6. manufacture 7. incredible 8. maneuver 9. facsimile 10. prescribe |
RED group- SA 38
Beginning a/b/d 1. direct 2. among 3. believe 4. defend 5. against 6. away 7. debate 8. because 9. degree 10. beneath |
GREEN Group- SA 3
Added endings 1. using 2. eating 3. writing 4. dreaming 5. looking 6. closing 7. cleaning 8. moaning 9. skating 10. waving |
April 8-18
Blue Group DR 33
1. permit 2. reflector 3. injection 4. fracture 5. submission 6. deflect 7. transmit 8. reject 9. infraction 10. emissions |
RED Group SA 37
1. replied 2. decaying 3. enjoyed 4. studying 5. copied 6. hurried 7. obeying 8. carries 9. enjoys 10. studies |
GREEN Group SA 2
1. getting 2. asking 3. swimming 4. yelling 5. resting 6. running 7. sitting 8. standing 9. packing 10. passing |
March 25-28
BLUE Group DR REVIEW
1.television 2.microscope 3.telephone 4.photograph 5.autograph 6.geothermal 7.perimeter 8.geology 9.spectator 10.transport 11.deformed 12.unpredictable 13.audible 14.invisible 15.progress 16..erupt 17.extract 18.demote 19.microscope 20.thermometer |
RED Group REVIEW
1. title 2. angel 3. travel 4. April 5. metal 6. weather 7. tractor 8. sugar 9. teacher 10. creature 11. treasure 12. broken 13. dragon 14. mountain 15. muffin 16. jacket 17. credit 18. private 19. journey 20. movie |
GREEN Group REVIEW
1. eyes 2. inches 3. bushes 4. classes 5. prayed 6. waited 7. picked 8. pieces 9. dishes 10. lunches 11. glasses 12. rained 13. loaded 14. jumped 15. badges 16. riches 17. flashes 18. bosses 19. boxes 20. yelled |
March 18-22
BLUE Group- DR 32
Word Roots (gress, mote, tract, rupt) 1. attract 2. demote 3. aggressive 4. rupture 5. interrupt 6. distract 7. progress 8. emotion 9. extract 10. interrupt |
RED Group SA 36
Final long e/long i sound 1. eerie 2. deny 3. donkey 4. cookie 5. July 6. valley 7. story 8. money 9. movie 10. twenty |
GREEN Group SA 1
long and short vowel review 1. chief 2. wrap 3. smell 4. whine 5. fruit 6. twig 7. sharp 8. brave 9. phone 10. trust |
March 11-15
BLUE Group- DR 31
Word Roots (vis, aud, dict) 1. visible 2. dictator 3. audience 4. invisible 5. dictionary 6. audible 7. vision 8. audition 9. contradict 10. audiovisual |
RED Group- SA 35
Final /it/ sound 1. habit 2. target 3. private 4. quiet 5. limit 6. pirate 7. secret 8. climate 9. orbit 10. magnet |
GREEN Group WW46
-ed at the end 1. started 2. needed 3. missed 4. waited 5. prayed 6. walked 7. asked 8. melted 9. passed 10. dressed |
March 4-7
BLUE Group- DR 30
Word Roots- (form, port, spect) 1. transform 2. reporter 3. spectator 4. deformed 5. important 6. prospect 7. portfolio 8. spectacle 9. export 10. inspection |
Red Group SA 34
Final /in/ sound 1. bargain 2. cabin 3. cotton 4. broken 5. fountain 6. bacon 7. eleven 8. mission 9. napkin 10. captain |
Green Group WW 45
Plural nouns 1. places 2. boxes 3. lunches 4. bosses 5. inches 6. dresses 7. pages 8. bushes 9. eyes 10. glasses |
February 25-March 1
BLUE GROUP DR 29
Word Roods (therm, geo, tele, scope) 1. geography 2. thermal 3. telescope 4. thermometer 5. geology 6. periscope 7. barometer 8. biology 9. thermostat 10. geothermal |
RED group SA 33
Final /er/ ending 1. catcher 2. picture 3. measure 4. danger 5. failure 6. capture 7. pleasure 8. mixture 9. treasure 10. creature |
GREEN GROUP WW44
Contractions 1. should’ve 2. who’s 3. they’ll 4. aren’t 5. couldn’t 6. where’s 7. might’ve 8. you’ll 9. doesn’t 10. hasn’t |
February 19-22
BLUE Group DR 28
Prefixes (tele, phon, photo, graph) 1. television 2. phonics 3. photograph 4. graphics 5. telephone 6. headphones 7. photocopier 8. paragraph 9. symphony 10. autograph |
RED Group SA 32
Final /er/ sound 1. dancer 2. bigger 3. actor 4. sooner 5. beggar 6. smaller 7. burglar 8. brighter 9. traitor 10. smoother |
GREEN Group WW 43
Beginning a/be 1. around 2. between 3. across 4. begin 5. before 6. afraid 7. along 8. below 9. beside 10. ahead |
February 11-15
Blue Group DR 27
Prefixes (micro, mega, super, hyper) 1. microwave 2. megaphone 3. supermarket 4. hyperactive 5. microscope 6. megabyte 7. superhuman 8. hypersensitive 9. superpower 10. microbe |
RED Group SA 31
Final /er/ sound (er, or, ar) 1. spider 2. mother 3. color 4. dollar 5. weather 6. doctor 7. sugar 8. under 9. mirror 10. collar |
Green Group WW42
/ch/ sound (ch, tch, Cch) 1. catch 2. reach 3. lunch 4. coach 5. witch 6. bench 7. rich 8. switch 9. torch 10. beach |
February 4-8
Spelling Words
Blue Group (prefixes)
DR 26 1. quartet 2. pentagon 3. octagon 4. decimal 5. centimeter 6. quarter 7. octave 8. decade 9. century 10. percentage |
RED GROUP (le, el, il, al)
SA 30 1. cattle 2. model 3. until 4. final 5. couple 6. travel 7. pencil 8. journal 9. level 10. total |
Green Group (ge/dge/Cge)
WW 41 1. edge 2. age 3. large 4. bridge 5. huge 6. sponge 7. ledge 8. stage 9. charge 10. judge |
January 22-February 1
Spelling Words
Blue Group
DR 25 1. monopoly 2. uniform 3. bilingual 4. triangle 5. monotonous 6. universal 7. bifocals 8. triathlon 9. bisect 10. trilogy |
RED Group
SA29 1. title 2. little 3. simple 4. rifle 5. middle 6. single 7. table 8. bottle 9. handle 10. jungle |
GREEN Group
WW40 1. chance 2. move 3. please 4. freeze 5. prince 6. twelve 7. cheese 8. snooze 9. glance 10. glove |
January 14-17
Spelling Words
Blue Group
DR 17 (tion) 1. information 2. organization 3. application 4. addition 5. presentation 6. memorization 7. notification 8. edition 9. transportation 10. reservation |
RED Group
SA 28 (/er/ /eer/) 1. mercy 2. early 3. nearby 4. severe 5. sermon 6. earthquake 7. appear 8. sincere 9. kernel 10. rehearse |
Green Group
WW 39 (hard and soft c and g) 1. card 2. city 3. gave 4. giant 5. code 6. center 7. goose 8. germ 9. circle 10. guess |
January 7-11
Spelling Words
Blue Group
DR 16 (tion/sion) 1. illustration 2. creation 3. imitation 4. decoration 5. operation 6. explosion 7. erosion 8. comprehension 9. conclusion 10. expansion |
RED Group
SA27- (ur, ir, er) 1. purpose 2. thirsty 3. birdbath 4. perhaps 5. mermaid 6. certain 7. service 8. Thursday 9. thirty 10. sturdy |
Green Group
WW 38- (thr, shr, squ) 1. thrifty 2. shred 3. squash 4. three 5. shrink 6. squeeze 7. throw 8. shrimp 9. through 10. square |
December 17-January 4
Spelling Words
Blue Group- DR 15
(tion/cian) 1. invention 2. magician 3. adoption 4. musician 5. electrician 6. prevention 7. suggestion 8. clinician 9. digestion 10. insertion |
Red Group- SA 26
(war/wor/wa) 1. warmth 2. worker 3. watch 4. warning 5. worse 6. waffle 7. swarm 8. world 9. wander 10. quarter |
Green Group WW 37
(scr, spr, str) 1. screen 2. strong 3. spring 4. scram 5. strict 6. sprout 7. scratch 8. string 9. spray 10. scrape |
December 10-14
Spelling Words:
Blue Group- DR 14
(tion/sion) 1. collection 2. expression 3. protection 4. discussion 5. subtraction 6. impression 7. confession 8. connection 9. selection 10. construction |
Red Group- SA 25
(or/ore) 1. morning 2. before 3. order 4. perform 5. reward 6. stormy 7. ignore 8. explore 9. forty 10. forest |
Green Group WW 36
(kn, gn, wr) 1. knife 2. write 3. gnat 4. knit 5. wrist 6. gnome 7. knob 8. wreath 9. gnaw 10. kneel |
November 26-December 7 (2 weeks)
Spelling Words:
Blue Group- DR 13
1. frighten 2. capitalize 3. classify 4. sweeten 5. energize 6. simplify 7. lengthen 8. apologize 9. beautify 10. summarize |
Red Group- SA 24
1. garden 2. airplane 3. compare 4. marble 5. barely 6. aware 7. partner 8. careful 9. despair 10. harvest |
Green Group WW REVIEW
1. crawl 2. caught 3. chalk 4. growl 5. mouth 6. boy 7. spoil 8. rough 9. draw 10. drown |
November 13-20 (Test will be Tuesday, Nov. 20)
Spelling Words:
Blue Group- DR 12
1. delightful 2. dangerous 3. envious 4. successful 5. poisonous 6. glorious 7. beautiful 8. nervous 9. furious 10. humorous |
Red Group- SA 23
1. saucer 2. awful 3. also 4. August 5. awkward 6. although 7. sausage 8. gnawed 9. caution 10. awesome |
Green Group WW 35
1. out 2. how 3. cloud 4. down 5. mouth 6. clown 7. south 8. frown 9. found 10. brown |
November 5-9
Spelling Words:
Blue Group- DR11
1. fictional 2. burial 3. magnetic 4. comical 5. territorial 6. logical 7. musical 8. memorial 9. dramatic 10. industrial |
RED- SA22
1. voyage 2. about 3. drowsy 4. destroy 5. avoid 6. thousand 7. powder 8. poison 9. amount 10. moisture |
Green Group- WW34
1. watch 2. small 3. thought 4. walk 5. salt 6. bought 7. wand 8. talk 9. fought 10. almost |
October 29- November 2
No Letter :)
Spelling Words:
Spelling Words:
Blue Group- DR10
1. safety 2. specialty 3. royalty 4. activity 5. humidity 6. certainty 7. novelty 8. sensitivity 9. minority 10. festivity |
Long Vowel Review
1. complain 2. fifteen 3. explode 4. invite 5. advice 6. soapy 7. owner 8. refuse 9. Tuesday 10. highway |
Green Group- WW33
1. cross 2. paws 3. cause 4. draw 5. haul 6. frost 7. claw 8. pause 9. sauce 10. hawk |
October 22-26
No Letter :)
Spelling words:
Spelling words:
BLUE GROUP (DR9)
Suffixes (-ary, -ery, -ory) 1. imaginary 2. bravery 3. category 4. stationery 5. machinery 6. February 7. military 8. secretary 9. necessary 10. directory |
RED GROUP (SA21)
Long and short e patterns (ee, ea, e_e) 1. needle 2. feather 3. succeed 4. compete 5. repeat 6. people 7. fifteen 8. freedom 9. meaning 10. leather |
GREEN GROUP (WW32)
oo sounds 1. good 2. should 3. cool 4. soon 5. stool 6. hoop 7. wood 8. tool 9. crook 10. fool |
October 15-19
Letter to the teacher: Some students have to REDO their letter about what they want to be when they grow up. I gave it back to them if they have to redo it with notes about how to revise it. Please let me know if there are any questions.
Spelling Words:
Spelling Words:
BLUE GROUP (DR8)
Suffixes (-ment, -ness, -less) 1. fearlessness 2. replacement 3. thoughtless 4. dizziness 5. amusement 6. fruitless 7. politeness 8. punishment 9. hopeless 10. friendliness |
RED GROUP (SA20)
Long U (ew, oo, u_e, Oddball) 1. jewel 2. rooster 3. include 4. Tuesday 5. chewy 6. balloon 7. confuse 8. noodle 9. excuse 10. useful |
GREEN GROUP (WW31)
Long O/ Oy (o, oi, oy) 1. whole 2. point 3. boy 4. bowl 5. coin 6. noise 7. foil 8. loan 9. joy 10. choice |
October 8-12
Letter to the teacher: NONE
Spelling Words:
Spelling Words:
BLUE GROUP DR7
Suffixes (-er,-or, -ian, -ist) 1. speaker 2. creator 3. guardian 4. artist 5. specialist 6. Asian 7. survivor 8. terrorist 9. attacker 10 civilian |
RED GROUP SA19
Long O (oa, ow, o_e, o) 1. toaster 2. below 3. explode 4. hostess 5. bowling 6. soapy 7. suppose 8. poster 9. lower 10. soldier |
Green GROUP WW30
R controlled Vowels (ar/er/or) **Sort by sound, not spelling 1. jar 2. earn 3. thorn 4. search 5. horse 6. hard 7. score 8. warm 9. worst 10. sharp |
October 1-5
Letter to the teacher: What do you want to be when you grow up ? Include what degree or training you will need for this job. Where can you get this training? (Do some research.)
Spelling Words:
Spelling Words:
EVERYONE SA52
SUFFIXES 1. darkness 2. graceful 3. homeless 4. happiness 5. plentiful 6. penniless 7. weakness 8. colorful 9. hopeless 10. carelessness |
BLUE DR1-4 Review
PREFIXES 1. mistreat 2. inexpensive 3. unaware 4. disconnect 5. predict 6. forethought 7. postseason 8. aftertaste 9. exterior 10. defrost |
RED SA18
Long I patterns 1. frighten 2. driveway 3. beside 4. surprise 5. delight 6. advice 7. provide 8. lightning 9. ninety 10. slightly |
Green WW29
R controlled Vowels 1. turn 2. sure 3. curve 4. purse 5. church 6. hurt 7. pure 8. nurse 9. curl 10. burst |
September 18-21 *** No written response for reading this week.
Letter to the teacher: Describe an interesting place you have been in America.
Spelling Words:
Spelling Words:
EVERYONE SA50
SUFFIXES 1. sunny 2. quickly 3. happily 4. cloudy 5. quietly 6. chilly 7. easily 8. daily 9. angrily 10. roughly |
BLUE DR3
PREFIXES 11. replay 12. inflate 13. exhale 14. deflate 15. reclaim 16. exterior 17. inhabit 18. defrost 19. reappear 20. reconsider |
RED SA16-
Open/Closed Syllables 11. hoping 12. hopping 13. cleaned 14. joking 15. skipped 16. painted 17. skated 18. wrapped 19. shouting 20. nodded |
GREEN- WW27
R controlled Vowels 11. girl 12. fire 13. drier 14. skirt 15. wire 16. pliers 17. swirl 18. tire 19. crier 20. birth |
September 24-28
Letter to the teacher: Write a Thank you letter to Mrs. Burroughs or Mrs. Kabo.
Spelling Words:
Spelling Words:
EVERYONE SA51
SUFFIXES 1. braver 2. strongest 3. dirtier 4. closer 5. happiest 6. calmest 7. prettier 8. easiest 9. hotter 10. weakest |
BLUE DR4
PREFIXES 11. subway 12. companion 13. provider 14. endanger 15. submerge 16. combine 17. propel 18. enable 19. promote 20. entrust |
RED SA17
Long A patterns 11. rainbow 12. awake 13. crayon 14. painter 15. parade 16. today 17. payment 18. basement 19. explain 20. escape |
GREEN- WW28
R controlled Vowels 11. form 12. more 13. board 14. work 15. floor 16. fork 17. shore 18. soar 19. worm 20. door |
September 10-14 ***No written response for reading this week. There are only 2 math sheets instead of 3 because they are longer.
Letter to the teacher:
Spelling Words: Explain what you would like to learn about your new pen pal and what you would like to learn about the country of Guinea.
Spelling Words: Explain what you would like to learn about your new pen pal and what you would like to learn about the country of Guinea.
EVERYONE SA46
PREFIXES 1. dishonest 2. mistreat 3. disloyal 4. preschool 5. misbehave 6. preheat 7. discover 8. misspell 9. preview 10. disappear |
BLUE- DR2
PREFIXES 1. preseason 2. foresight 3. postwar 4. afternoon 5. prehistoric 6. forethought 7. posttest 8. afterthought 9. predict 10. foretell |
RED- SA15
Syllable Junctures 1. athlete 2. monster 3. trial 4. English 5. hundred 6. poem 7. pumpkin 8. kitchen 9. giant 10. mushroom |
WW26
R Controlled vowels 1. germ 2. year 3. cheer 4. earth 5. there 6. clerk 7. fear 8. learn 9. here 10. clear |
September 4-7 ***No written response for reading this week.
Letter to the teacher: What are you looking forward to learning about in science this year?
SPELLING WORDS:
SPELLING WORDS:
EVERYONE - SA45
PREFIXES
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BLUE- DR1
PREFIXES 11. misfortune 12. discourage 13. insincere 14. undress 15. inexpensive 16. infrequent 17. unfasten 18. misleading 19. discontinue 20. disrespect |
RED - SA14
VCV, VVCV 11. frozen 12. sneaker 13. peanut 14. second 15. pilot 16. minute 17. leader 18. reason 19. finish 20. music |
WW25
R controlled vowels 11. shark 12. pear 13. where 14. fair 15. square 16. sharp 17. start 18. heart 19. chair 20. stare |
August 27-31
***This week, students will only have math homework, letter to the teacher, and need to study for spelling.
Letter to teacher:
How will you use ROAR to be a role model as a fifth grader?
Spelling Words
1. Martyak 6. science
2. Autry 7. respect
3. Benjamin 8. library
4. Martin 9. cafeteria
5. Elementary 10. literacy
How will you use ROAR to be a role model as a fifth grader?
Spelling Words
1. Martyak 6. science
2. Autry 7. respect
3. Benjamin 8. library
4. Martin 9. cafeteria
5. Elementary 10. literacy