Spelling Skills Week 30 (5/8-5/12)
No spelling due to STAAR Testing
No spelling due to STAAR Testing
Spelling Skills Week 29 (5/1-5/5)
This week's focus: Spell multisyllabic words.
1. multiply 12. example
2. imagination 13. melody
3. favorite 14. temperature
4. computer 15. understanding
5. citizenship 16. experiment
6. invisible 17. explanation
7. undercover 18. oxygen
8. enjoyment **19. interest
9. discussion
10. America
11. unusual
This week's focus: Spell multisyllabic words.
1. multiply 12. example
2. imagination 13. melody
3. favorite 14. temperature
4. computer 15. understanding
5. citizenship 16. experiment
6. invisible 17. explanation
7. undercover 18. oxygen
8. enjoyment **19. interest
9. discussion
10. America
11. unusual
Spelling Skills Week 28 (4/24-4/28)
No Spelling this week due to field trip/short week
No Spelling this week due to field trip/short week
Building Spelling Skills Week 27 (4/17-4/21)
This week's focus: Spell words with the prefixes dis-, un-, re- and mis-
1. disappear 12. rebuild
2. disagree 13. recall
3. dishonest 14. misbehave
4. unable 15. misuse
5. uncertain 16. misunderstand
6. unbeaten 17. misspell
7. uncomfortable
8. unkind
9. unknown
10. rewrite
11. review
This week's focus: Spell words with the prefixes dis-, un-, re- and mis-
1. disappear 12. rebuild
2. disagree 13. recall
3. dishonest 14. misbehave
4. unable 15. misuse
5. uncertain 16. misunderstand
6. unbeaten 17. misspell
7. uncomfortable
8. unkind
9. unknown
10. rewrite
11. review
Building Spelling Skills Week 27 (4/10-4/14)
This week's focus: Spell words with the suffixes -less, -ful and -ness. Spell words with the ending -ly.
1. hopeless 12. angrily
2. careless 13. swiftly
3. homeless 14. suddenly
4. tireless 15. darkness
5. hopeful 16. goodness
6. fearful 17. sadness
7. cheerful 18. kindness
8. careful
9. graceful
10. happily
11. friendly
This week's focus: Spell words with the suffixes -less, -ful and -ness. Spell words with the ending -ly.
1. hopeless 12. angrily
2. careless 13. swiftly
3. homeless 14. suddenly
4. tireless 15. darkness
5. hopeful 16. goodness
6. fearful 17. sadness
7. cheerful 18. kindness
8. careful
9. graceful
10. happily
11. friendly
Building Spelling Skills Week 26 (4/3-4/7)
This week's focus: Spell words with easily confused spelling.
1. quiet 12. picture
2. quite 13. loose
3. angel 14. lose
4. angle 15. aisle
5. already 16. isle
6. all ready 17. dairy
7. desert 18. diary
8. dessert *19. weight
9. weather
10. whether
11. pitcher
This week's focus: Spell words with easily confused spelling.
1. quiet 12. picture
2. quite 13. loose
3. angel 14. lose
4. angle 15. aisle
5. already 16. isle
6. all ready 17. dairy
7. desert 18. diary
8. dessert *19. weight
9. weather
10. whether
11. pitcher
Building Spelling Skills Week 25 (3/27-3/31)
This week's focus: homophones
1. herd 12. sealing
2. heard 13. shoot
3. clothes 14. chute
4. close 15. strait
5. hour 16. straight
6. our 17. medal
7. two 18. meddle
8. too
9. their
10. there
11. ceiling
This week's focus: homophones
1. herd 12. sealing
2. heard 13. shoot
3. clothes 14. chute
4. close 15. strait
5. hour 16. straight
6. our 17. medal
7. two 18. meddle
8. too
9. their
10. there
11. ceiling
Building Spelling Skills Week 24 (3/20-3/24)
This week's focus: Spell two and three syllable words
1. lazy 12. program
2. volcano 13. obey
3. flavor 14. puny
4. piano 15. prepare
5. recent 16. vacant
6. really 17. pulley
7. item 18. menu
8. pilot **19 adapt
9. triangle
10. climate
11. gigantic
This week's focus: Spell two and three syllable words
1. lazy 12. program
2. volcano 13. obey
3. flavor 14. puny
4. piano 15. prepare
5. recent 16. vacant
6. really 17. pulley
7. item 18. menu
8. pilot **19 adapt
9. triangle
10. climate
11. gigantic
Building Spelling Skills Week 23 (3/6-3/10)
This week's focus: Spell words with suffixes -ion, -tion, -sion, and -cian
1. action 12. educate
2. fiction 13. education
3. mission 14. music
4. divide 15. musician
5. division 16. magic
6. attend 17. magician
7. attention 18. physician
8. pollute **19. admission
9. pollution
10. express
11. expression
This week's focus: Spell words with suffixes -ion, -tion, -sion, and -cian
1. action 12. educate
2. fiction 13. education
3. mission 14. music
4. divide 15. musician
5. division 16. magic
6. attend 17. magician
7. attention 18. physician
8. pollute **19. admission
9. pollution
10. express
11. expression
Building Spelling Skills Week 22 (2/27-3/3)
This week's focus: Spell words with silent letters.
1. calf 12. fasten
2. walked 13. wrist
3. ghost 14. doubt
4. gnawed 15. knock
5. climber 16. answer
6. wreath 17. knelt
7. listen 18. sign
8. island **19. knead
9. scent
10. wrench
11. judge
This week's focus: Spell words with silent letters.
1. calf 12. fasten
2. walked 13. wrist
3. ghost 14. doubt
4. gnawed 15. knock
5. climber 16. answer
6. wreath 17. knelt
7. listen 18. sign
8. island **19. knead
9. scent
10. wrench
11. judge
Building Spelling Skills Week 21 (2/21-2/24)
This week's focus: Spell words with ight, ought, aught and au.
1. frighten 12. thought
2. flight 13. fought
3. brighter 14. caught
4. flashlight 15. daughter
5. mighty 16. taught
6. delight 17. naughty
7. tighten 18. fault
8. nightly **19. sought
9. sight
10. brought
11. ought
This week's focus: Spell words with ight, ought, aught and au.
1. frighten 12. thought
2. flight 13. fought
3. brighter 14. caught
4. flashlight 15. daughter
5. mighty 16. taught
6. delight 17. naughty
7. tighten 18. fault
8. nightly **19. sought
9. sight
10. brought
11. ought
Building Spelling Skills Week 20 (2/13-2/17)
This week's focus: Spell words with the /f/ sound spelled f, ff, ph and gh.
1. enough 12. refrigerator
2. tougher 13. draft
3. fifty 14. phrase
4. pharmacy 15. traffic
5. alphabet 16. chief
6. nephew
7. trophy
8. paragraph
9. giraffe
10. forest
11. figure
Building Spelling Skills Week 19 (2/6-2/11)
This week's focus: Spell words with the /oi/ and /ow/ sound spelled with io, oy, ow and ou.
1. voice 12. amount
2. oyster 13. fountain
3. voyage 14. crowded
4. annoy 15. southwest
5. choice 16. thousand
6. avoid 17. flour
7. appoint 18. pronounce
8. enjoy *19. flower
9. moisture
10. noise
11. drown
This week's focus: Spell words with the /oi/ and /ow/ sound spelled with io, oy, ow and ou.
1. voice 12. amount
2. oyster 13. fountain
3. voyage 14. crowded
4. annoy 15. southwest
5. choice 16. thousand
6. avoid 17. flour
7. appoint 18. pronounce
8. enjoy *19. flower
9. moisture
10. noise
11. drown
Building Spelling Skills Week 18 (1/29-2/3)
This week's focus: Spell words with /oo/ sound spelled ew, o, oe, oo, ou, ough, u, ue, and ui
1. shoes 12. whose
2. clues 13. conclusion
3. wound 14. June
4. junior 15. shampoo
5. truth 16. cruel
6. duty 17. choose
7. news 18. ruin
8. through
9. few
10. who
11. schoolroom
This week's focus: Spell words with /oo/ sound spelled ew, o, oe, oo, ou, ough, u, ue, and ui
1. shoes 12. whose
2. clues 13. conclusion
3. wound 14. June
4. junior 15. shampoo
5. truth 16. cruel
6. duty 17. choose
7. news 18. ruin
8. through
9. few
10. who
11. schoolroom
Building Spelling Skills Week 17 (1/23-1/27)
This week's focus: Spell words with the variant sounds of c and g
1. cinder 13. ledge
2. circle 14. damage
3. cardinal 15. geography
4. cereal 16. gentle
5. cycle 17. signal
6. concert 18. regular
7. dancer 19. sugar
8. celebrate
9. twice
10. dangerous
11. strange
This week's focus: Spell words with the variant sounds of c and g
1. cinder 13. ledge
2. circle 14. damage
3. cardinal 15. geography
4. cereal 16. gentle
5. cycle 17. signal
6. concert 18. regular
7. dancer 19. sugar
8. celebrate
9. twice
10. dangerous
11. strange
Building Spelling Skills Week 16 (1/16-1/20)
This week's focus: Spell words with the /aw/ sound spelled al, ough, o, au, and aw.
1. also 12. caution
2. bought 13. lawyer
3. cough 14. awesome
4. almost 15. stall
5. false 16. crawl
6. officer 17. awful
7. soft 18. because
8. stalk
9. halt
10. faucet
11. saucer
This week's focus: Spell words with the /aw/ sound spelled al, ough, o, au, and aw.
1. also 12. caution
2. bought 13. lawyer
3. cough 14. awesome
4. almost 15. stall
5. false 16. crawl
6. officer 17. awful
7. soft 18. because
8. stalk
9. halt
10. faucet
11. saucer
Building Spelling Skills Week 15 (1/9-1/13)
This week's focus: spell singular and plural forms of words.
1. leaf 12. libraries
2. leaves 13. journey
3. wolf 14. journeys
4. wolves 15. hero
5. potato 16. heroes
6. potatoes 17. ditch
7. roof 18. ditches
8. roofs ** 19. character
9. family
10. families
11. library
This week's focus: spell singular and plural forms of words.
1. leaf 12. libraries
2. leaves 13. journey
3. wolf 14. journeys
4. wolves 15. hero
5. potato 16. heroes
6. potatoes 17. ditch
7. roof 18. ditches
8. roofs ** 19. character
9. family
10. families
11. library
Building Spelling Skills Week 14 (12/5-12/9)
This week's focus: spell words with /ur/ sound spelled er, ir, ur, ear, or and ar
1. early 11. sailor
2. earth 12. shower
3. search 13. bakery
4. service 14. another
5. wonder 15. barber
6. surface 16. collar
7. curly 17. worse
8. shirt 18. world
9. thirty
10. doctor
This week's focus: spell words with /ur/ sound spelled er, ir, ur, ear, or and ar
1. early 11. sailor
2. earth 12. shower
3. search 13. bakery
4. service 14. another
5. wonder 15. barber
6. surface 16. collar
7. curly 17. worse
8. shirt 18. world
9. thirty
10. doctor
Building Spelling Skills Week 13 (12/5-12/9)
This week's focus: spell words with -er and -est ending
1. cleaner 11. rougher
2. cleanest 12. roughest
3. bigger 13. heavier
4. biggest 14. heaviest
5. earlier 15. happier
6. earliest 16. happiest
7. quicker 17. lazier
8. quickest 18. laziest
9. busier **19. easiest
10. busiest
This week's focus: spell words with -er and -est ending
1. cleaner 11. rougher
2. cleanest 12. roughest
3. bigger 13. heavier
4. biggest 14. heaviest
5. earlier 15. happier
6. earliest 16. happiest
7. quicker 17. lazier
8. quickest 18. laziest
9. busier **19. easiest
10. busiest
Building Spelling Skills Week 12 (11/28-12/2)
This week's focus: spell words with -ed and -ing ending
1. lived 11. appeared
2. living 12. appearing
3. rattled 13. raced
4. rattling 14. racing
5. studied 15. hoped
6. studying 16. hoping
7. traveled 17. wrapped
8. traveling 18. wrapping
9. changed **19. expository
10. changing
This week's focus: spell words with -ed and -ing ending
1. lived 11. appeared
2. living 12. appearing
3. rattled 13. raced
4. rattling 14. racing
5. studied 15. hoped
6. studying 16. hoping
7. traveled 17. wrapped
8. traveling 18. wrapping
9. changed **19. expository
10. changing
Building Spelling Skills Week 11 (11/14-11/18)
This week's focus: spell compound words
1. anyone 11. downstairs
2. however 12. grandparents
3. everything 13. breakfast
4. himself 14. outfield
5. birthday 15. scarecrow
6. herself 16. nobody
7. somewhere 17. dragonfly
8. afternoon 18. keyboard
9. chalkboard *19. Thanksgiving
10. daydream
This week's focus: spell compound words
1. anyone 11. downstairs
2. however 12. grandparents
3. everything 13. breakfast
4. himself 14. outfield
5. birthday 15. scarecrow
6. herself 16. nobody
7. somewhere 17. dragonfly
8. afternoon 18. keyboard
9. chalkboard *19. Thanksgiving
10. daydream
Building Spelling Skills Week 10 (11/7-11/11)
This week's focus: spell contractions
1. didn't 11. it's
2. that's 12. who's
3. they're 13. they'd
4. you're 14. could've
5. couldn't 15. they've
6. haven't 16. you'll
7. o'clock 17. don't
8. we're 18. aren't
9. isn't
10. I'm
This week's focus: spell contractions
1. didn't 11. it's
2. that's 12. who's
3. they're 13. they'd
4. you're 14. could've
5. couldn't 15. they've
6. haven't 16. you'll
7. o'clock 17. don't
8. we're 18. aren't
9. isn't
10. I'm
Building Spelling Skills Week 9 (10/31-11/4)
This week's focus: spell words with the short u sound
1. across 11. given
2. alone 12. heaven
3. among 13. mountain
4. brother 14. ocean
5. again 15. cousin
6. front 16. purchase
7. banana 17. often
8. appear 18. color
9. compass *19. erosion
10. pedal
This week's focus: spell words with the short u sound
1. across 11. given
2. alone 12. heaven
3. among 13. mountain
4. brother 14. ocean
5. again 15. cousin
6. front 16. purchase
7. banana 17. often
8. appear 18. color
9. compass *19. erosion
10. pedal
Building Spelling Skills Week 8 (10/24-10/28)
This week's focus: spell time and calendar words
1. Tuesday 10. November 19. annual ** (bonus)
2. Wednesday 11. month
3. Thursday 12. year
4. Saturday 13. holiday
5. January 14. autumn
6. February 15. season
7. July 16. calendar
8. August 17. second
9. September 18. minute
2. Wednesday 11. month
3. Thursday 12. year
4. Saturday 13. holiday
5. January 14. autumn
6. February 15. season
7. July 16. calendar
8. August 17. second
9. September 18. minute
Building Spelling Skills Week 7 (10/17-10/21)
1. follow 10. suppertime 19. simplify**
2. matter 11. blizzard
3.summer 12. penny
4. million 13. wrapper
5. dollar 14. wallet
6. scissors 15. occurrence
7. cattle 16. village
8. address 17. collide
9. office 18. battle
2. matter 11. blizzard
3.summer 12. penny
4. million 13. wrapper
5. dollar 14. wallet
6. scissors 15. occurrence
7. cattle 16. village
8. address 17. collide
9. office 18. battle
Building Spelling Skills Week 6 (10/10-10/15)
1. blush 10. fuel 19. beautiful
2. crutch 11. cute
3. crunch 12. cubicle
4. grumpy 13. human
5. much 14. future
6. umpire 15. usual
7. uncle 16. uniform
8. none 17. used
9. does 18. used
2. crutch 11. cute
3. crunch 12. cubicle
4. grumpy 13. human
5. much 14. future
6. umpire 15. usual
7. uncle 16. uniform
8. none 17. used
9. does 18. used
Building Spelling Skills Week 5 (9/26-9/30)
1. since 10. decide 19. Texas
2. which 11. why 20. equator
3. inch 12. skyscraper
4. string 13. buy
5. picnic 14. right
6. shrimp 15. lightning
7. title 16. write
8. mind 17. cypress
9. wild 18. bicycle
2. which 11. why 20. equator
3. inch 12. skyscraper
4. string 13. buy
5. picnic 14. right
6. shrimp 15. lightning
7. title 16. write
8. mind 17. cypress
9. wild 18. bicycle
Building Spelling Skills Week 4 (9/19-9/23)
1. then 10. eager 19. inference
2. else 11. sneakers 20. summary
3. edge 12. mean
4. when 13. fifteen
5. tenth 14. receive
6. empty 15. piece
7. sketch 16. believe
8. spelling 17. people
9. easy 18. squeeze
2. else 11. sneakers 20. summary
3. edge 12. mean
4. when 13. fifteen
5. tenth 14. receive
6. empty 15. piece
7. sketch 16. believe
8. spelling 17. people
9. easy 18. squeeze
Building Spelling Skills Week 3 (9/12-9/17)
This week's focus:
- Spell words with the short a sound
- Spell words with the long a sound spelled a, ai, ay, eigh, and ei.
1. fact 9. grade 17. April
2. began 10. display 18. ankle
3. clasp 11. main *Bonus* - consequence
4. rapid 12. explain
5. able 13. freight
6. later 14. neighbor
7. space 15. weigh
8. stranger 16. vein
2. began 10. display 18. ankle
3. clasp 11. main *Bonus* - consequence
4. rapid 12. explain
5. able 13. freight
6. later 14. neighbor
7. space 15. weigh
8. stranger 16. vein