Week 2

More Commonly Misspelled Words

1.   anyone

2.   are

3.   our

4.   before

5.   enough

6.   favorite

7.   first

8.   then

9.   than

10. goes

11. off

12. probably

13. really

14. their

15. two

16. wear

17. I'm

18. it's

19. who

20. thought 

Week 4

More Homophones

1.   pause

2.   paws

3.   allowed

4.   aloud

5.   chews

6.   choose

7.   root

8.   route

9.   bear

10. bare

11. hair

12. hare

13. bored

14. board

15. coarse

16. course

17. hoarse

18. horse

19. fur

20. fir

Week 1

Commonly Misspelled

Words

1.   because

2.   a lot

3.   friend

4.   science

5.   does

6.   again

7.   want

8.   fourth

9.   could

10. they're

(Just 10 words

this week!)

Week 5

Words with "ea"

1.   eager

2.   repeat

3.   meal

4.   feast

5.   least

6.   measles

7.   please

8.   pleasant

9.   lead

10. ahead

11. bread

12. instead

13. spread

14. steady

15. ready

16. already

17. feather

18. weather

19. breakfast

20. health      

Week 6

Words with "ou" or "ow"

1.   found

2.   sound

3.   round

4.   pound

5.   count

6.   amount

7.   account

8.   bounce

9.   pounce

10. owl

11. howl

12. frown

13. downtown

14. crowd

15. drowsy

16. towel

17. tower

18. shower

19. power

20. powder      

Remember that spelling tests are usually on Thursdays!

Good Luck!

Week 3

Homophones

1.   tail

2.   tale

3.   pain

4.   pane

5.   waist

6.   waste

7.   wait

8.   weight

9.   peace

10. piece

11. steal

12. steel

13. higher

14. hire

15. groan

16. grown

17. shone

18. shown

19. toad

20. towed 

Week 7

Words with ou and ough

1.   county

2.   country

3.   bought

4.   brought

5.   fought

6.   thought

7.   ought

8.   cough

9.   rough

10. tough

11. enough

12. double

13. trouble

14. dough

15. though

16. thorough

17. through

18. doubt

19. drought

20. throughout

Week 8

Words with kn and qu

1.   knee

2.   knot

3.   knock

4.   know

5.   knife

6.   knight

7.   knuckles

8.   quack

9.   quick

10. quit

11. quilt

12. quite

13. quiet

14. queen

15. quarter

16. question

17. square

18. squeeze

19. squeak

20. squirrel

Week 9

Words with the /z/ sound

1.   zoo

2.   zipper

3.   zero

4.   zebra

5.   lizard

6.   buzz

7.   fuzzy

8.   puzzle

9.   lazy

10. crazy

11. size

12. prize

13. surprise

14. wise

15. freeze

16. sneeze

17. cheese

18. tease

19. froze

20. chose

Here’s what a typical week might look like in spelling:

Monday

•Words and spelling “rules” are introduced.

•Students practice writing words in cursive.

•Homework:  Write each word 4 times in cursive due on Tuesday. (Misspelled words must be written correctly 10 times).

Tuesday

•A writing strategy or skill is introduced and practiced.

•Students use any 10 spelling words to compose 10 quality sentences that follow the criteria set in the lesson.  These sentences are usually due on Thursday.

•Students should review spelling words.

Wednesday

•A spelling game or practice activity is played.

•Students should review spelling words.

Thursday

•A 20 word spelling test is given with one, unannounced “bonus word.”

***The dates of spelling lessons may change***