Sunday, October 5, 2014

Spelling test on 10/9 (Thursday)

The test will be on Thursday this week.  Next week, it'll go back to Wednesdays.  You will have a dictation sentence that contains one or more of the words.


Please observe the spelling patterns.  oi/ou/aw/au/ow/aw
  1. loiter
  2. outnumber
  3. poise
  4. hoist
  5. stout
  6. dawdle
  7. mouthful
  8. council
  9. wrought
  10. bawl
  11. fountain
  12. sprawls
  13. douse
  14. clause
  15. scour
  16. cautious
  17. turmoil
  18. scrawny
  19. foundations
  20. renowned
  21. buoyant
  22. turquoise
  23. surface
  24. rehearse
  25. squirm 



Monday, September 1, 2014

Spelling Test 9/10

These words have a similar sound, but are spelling differently.  The spelling patterns are:  ear, uir, er, ur, ear, ir, our, eer, oar, or, and ar.
  1. clearly
  2. earthworm
  3. squirrel
  4. verse
  5. surface
  6. lurk
  7. tearful
  8. western
  9. spurts
  10. lurch
  11. urban
  12. thirsty
  13. courage
  14. engineer
  15. jeer
  16. sneer
  17. dreary
  18. squirm
  19. swerve
  20. yearns
  21. smeared
  22. rehearse
  23. aboard
  24. portfolios
  25. scarce

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Spelling Test on 9/3


These spelling words follow the -ar, -aor, -are, -or, -oar, -our sounds.  The last five words come from our social studies text.
  1. heartfelt
  2. swear
  3. aboard
  4. awareness
  5. explore
  6. uproar
  7. scorned
  8. starch
  9. source
  10. barge
  11. escorts
  12. parched
  13. forcefully
  14. sparsely
  15. scarce
  16. coarse
  17. flared
  18. portfolios
  19. swords
  20. parcel
  21. custom
  22. hieroglyph
  23. pueblo
  24. tradition
  25. artifact

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Spelling test on 8/27

Spelling Test on Wednesday 8/27

  1. spruce
  2. reduce
  3. toucan
  4. chewy
  5. soothe
  6. bamboo
  7. accuse
  8. crooks
  9. statue
  10. woodpeckers
  11. deciduous
  12. handbook
  13. proved
  14. recruit
  15. raccoon
  16. plume
  17. hue
  18. viewpoint
  19. bruise
  20. union
  21. chronology
  22. civilization
  23. organize
  24. honor
  25. theory
The words above have the sound made by long u, double o, ie, ue.  Say the words outloud while you do your spelling homework.

The last 5 words are from your social studies chapter.

Sunday, August 17, 2014

Spelling Test on 8/20

Here are the words that will be test on Wednesday!

paste
wildcats
parade
spices
greedy
pleaded
succeed
heap
tornado
coach
theme
lifetime
crowing
growth
yolk
upbeat
claimed
prey
tow
grinding
decay
typing
tenth
stranded
laughing