Tuesday, November 30, 2010

spelling for Nov. 29-Dec. 3

Spelling

1. railroad
2. homesick
3. anything
4. seat belt
5. battle
6. beggar
7. doctor
8. smelling
9. pleasing
10. dimmed
11. airport
12. understand
13. ninety-nine
14. final
15. trouble
16. towel
17. medal
18. striped
19. skipped
20. checking
21. all right
22. make-believe
23 whenever
24. proper
25. uncle
26. weather
27. raced
28. snapping
29. hiking
30. fainted

challenge
1. handkerchief
2. motorcycle
3. decimal
4. scrubbed
5. striving
6. postscript
7. shoulder
8. cancel
9. breathing
10. urged

Monday, November 8, 2010

spelling list (Nov. 8-12)

Spelling List
1. harbor
2. final
3. middle
4. weather
5. labor
6. model
7. chapter
8. special
9. sugar
10. bottle
11. medal
12. collar
13. proper
14. towel
15. beggar
16. battle
17. trouble
18. shower
19. uncle
20. doctor


Challenge
1. shoulder
2. decimal
3. trifle
4. solar
5. cancel

Monday, September 27, 2010

Week 5 Spelling List

1. pound
2. howl
3. jaw
4. bounce
5. cause
6. always
7. shout
8. aloud
9. south
10. couple
11. drawn
12. scout
13. false
14. proud
15. frown
16. sauce
17. gown
18. couch
19. dawn
20. mount

Challenge Words

1. gnaw
2. prowl
3. pounce
4. doubt
5. scrawny

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Spelling List Week 4 "By the Shores of Silver Lake"

Homophones
1. steel
2. steal
3. lead
4. led
5. wait
6. weight
7. wear
8. ware
9. creak
10. creek
11. beet
12. beat
13. meet
14. meat
15. peak
16. peek
17. deer
18. dear
19. ring
20. wring

Challenge
pour
poor
vein
vane
vain

* When you practice the words for the test, you may want them to put the words in a sentence. It is as important for them to know the meaning as it is the spelling.

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Spelling List Week 3 "Finding the Titanic"

Spelling List

1. brush
2. juice
3 .fruit
4 .tube
5. lunch
6 .crumb
7. few
8. true
9. truth
10. done
11. suit
12. pump
13. due
14. dull
15. tune
16. blew
17. trunk
18. sum
19. glue
20. threw

Challenge
newscast
commute
attitude
slumber
continue

* No school on Monday! The spelling test will not change because of the short week.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Spelling List Week 2 "Grandfather's Journey"

Spelling List
1. snow
2. grind
3. still
4. coast
5. odd
6. crime
7. gold
8. wrote
9. flight
10. build
11. broke
12. blind
13. folk
14. grown
15. shock
16. ripe
17. coal
18. inch
19. sigh
20. built

Challenge
remind
approach
rigid
recognize
continent

* One of our skills to review this week is alphabetizing. When you have your child practice, it would help to have them put the words in alphabetical order. Thanks!

Friday, August 20, 2010

Spelling List (Week 1 Akiak)

Spelling List

1.gain
2.cream
3. sweet
4. safe
5. past
6. reach
7. kept
8. gray
9. field
10. break
11. east
12. shape
13. steep
14. pray
15. pain
16. glass
17. west
18. cheap
19. steak
20. chief

Challenge Words
1. graceful
2. descent
3. athletic
4. knead
5. activity

*One of the challenge words will be randomly selected to be on the test.
The pretest test will be given on Thursday, and the final test will be given on Friday.