Spelling Test: Wednesday, December 10, 2014

TWO MORE WORDS have been added:  ominous and grimace for a total of 27 words.

Here are the spelling words for the next test, which'll be on Wednesday, December 10.
The spelling pattern we are studying here is the ar/er/or/ sound.

1. binocular
2. gentler
3. scissors
4. founder
5. director
6. remainder
7. semester
8. laborer
9. commander
10. clamor
11. charter
12. pillar
13. splendor
14. peddler
15. professor
16. stagger
17. governor
18. vaporize
19. equator
20. soldier
21. refrigerator
22. scholarship
23. nocturnal
24. royal
25. incidental

Tip:  when you study for your test, find words that are similar and put them in groups.

Example 1:  binocular, pillar

Example 2: gentler, founder, remainder, semester, laborer, commander, charter, peddler, stagger, soldier, refrigerator.

You create the other lists….

Spelling Test Thursday, December 4, 2014

This week's spelling test will be on Thursday.  

Notice the ending patterns:  le and al  These two spellings sound the same, but don't get confused.

1. unstable
2. saddle
3. nocturnal
4. noble
5. chronicle
6. stumble
7. maternal
8. beetle
9. kettle
10. eagle
11. royal
12. cripple
13. hospital
14. illegally
15. label
16. fundamental
17. journalists
18. monumental
19. several
20. castle
21. incident
22. environment
23. encounter
24. southern

Spelling Test Wednesday, 11/19/14

Double consonants/vowel blends/aw/ou/aug/oug.  The spelling patterns will help you remember how the words is spelled.

footprint

fairground

although

allowance

appoint

laughter

bleachers

laundromat

encounter

bountiful

entertainment

flawlessly

lawyer

applause

faucet

caution

boundary

doubting

southern

roughness

grouchiness

distraught

dialect

pioneers

ruined

Thursday, November 13, 2014 Spelling Test

relevant
separate
license
rehearse
recent
utensil
vinyl
profile
bayonets
comet
vacant
punished
caverns
stamen
decent
tirade
biceps
panic
smoky
tyrant
fatigue
fugitive
canyon
cinder
culture

 

Spelling Test Wednesday 11/5

Sorry, these words are being posted late on the blog.  Most of you should have them from class.

The spelling pattern double consonants, /er/, and consonant digraphs.  Remember, use all of the words in your spelling homework.

swerving jogger cinder flattery muttered flickered whimper hollow clammy suspend culture stallion summon whinnied kennel canyon fragment gallop vulture pigment

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