Spelling Words for Period 5
Lesson 27 Week of April 28- May 5
1. pretrial 2. prearrange 3. postdate 4. postwar 5. overcook 6. overlook 7. overflow
8. undercover 9. include 10. exclude 11. premeditated 12. prehistoric 13. precaution
14. postponement 15. postgraduate 16. overpopulated 17. undernourished 18. underweight
19. inhale 20. exhale
Challenge: premonition, posthumous, overemphasize, underachiever, internally
Lesson 26 Week of April 21-April 28
1. originate 2. fortunate 3. activate 4. attractive 5. inventive 6. negative 7. creative
8. friendship 9. championship 10. leadership 11. affectionate 12. considerate 13. obligate
14. productive 15. defective 16. constructive 17. ownership 18. membership 19. hardship
20. relationship
Challenge: apprenticeship, comparative, appreciative, alienate, compassionate
Lesson 22 Week of Mar. 31-April 7
1. relaxation 2. exploration 3. occupation 4. destination 5. infection 6. collection 7.reaction
8. situation 9. television 10. convention 11. orientation 12. recommendation 13. determination 14. generation 15. reflection 16. destruction 17. attention 18. deduction
19. reception 20. solution
Challenge:administration, investigation, exhibition, prescription, cancellation
No spelling until Mar. 31 due to other testing.
Lesson 20 Week of Feb. 17-24
1. slogan 2. citizen 3. forgotten 4. propeller 5. collector 6. level 7. tunnel 8. double
9. single 10. example 11. urban 12. orphan 13. kindergarten 14. encounter 15. conquer
16. appetizer 17. dishonor 18. tractor 19. easel 20. recycle
Challenge: tobaggan, enlighten, denominator, pummel, disentangle
Lesson 19 Week of Feb. 10-17
Students have an assignment each week to practice their spelling words. This assignment is given to them on Tuesday and due the following Tuesday when we have the test.
1. different 2. register 3. carnival 4. variety 5. atmosphere 6. favorite 7. pattern 8. understand 9. sentence 10. instance 11. elegant 12. aquarium 13. communicate
14. gasoline 15. factory 16. definite 17. Chicago 18. heavily 19. garage 20. illustrate
Challenge: pessimism, prominent, controversy, suspicious, porpoise
Lesson 17 Week of Feb. 3-10
1. human 2. humane 3. clean 4. cleanse 5. nature 6. natural 7. major 8. majority
9. poem 10. poetic 11. equal 12. equation 13. unite 14. unity 15. bomb 16. bombard
17. muscle 18. muscular 19. resign 20. resignation
Challenged words: haste, hasten, heir, inherit, harmony, harmonious
Lesson 16 Week of Jan. 27- Feb 3
1. scarfs 2. staffs 3. shelves 4. wolves 5. ourselves 6. solos 7. stereos 8. volcanoes
9. quizzes 10. pants 11. sheriffs 12. reefs 13. chiefs 14. knives 15. thieves 16. studios
17. dominoes 18. buffaloes 19. scissors 20. measles
Challenge: bailiffs, wharves, flamingos, mosquitoes, desperadoes
Spelling will resume with a new list on Jan. 21 (Wed) with a testing date of Tuesday, Jan. 27.
We will be in the media center and computer lab during Jan. 5-Jan. 15 for lessons to prepare us for our research reports.
There will be no spelling this week due to testing, finishing writing assignments, and other activities next week before break. A new spelling list will be given out on Tuesday, Jan. 6.
Lesson 13 Week of Dec. 2- Dec. 9 Students were given a spelling worksheet they need to complete as their assignment AND turn in by Dec. 9.
1. social 2. precious 3. commercial 4. especially 5. national 6. dictionary 7. motion
8. position 9. population 10. question 11. artificial 12. financial 13. gracious 14. glacier
15. suggestion 16. cautious 17. mention 18. fraction 19. exhaustion 20. digestion
Challenge: malicious, precocious, sensational, vaccination, fictitious
There will be no spelling over the Thanksgiving holiday. A new spelling list will resume Dec. 2.
Lesson 11 Week of Nov. 18- Nov. 25
Using compound words correctly. Some words are combined and some have a space.
1. myself 2. themselves 3. hallway 4. homeroom 5. everything 6. ice cream 7. locker room
8. tape recorder 9. root beer 10. dead end 11. teenage 12. teammate 13. skateboard 14. everybody 15. doughnut 16. air conditioner 17. polka dot 18. roller coaster 19. ice pack 20. solar system
Bonus Challenge Words: turtleneck, sweatshirt, brokenhearted, money order, health food
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Lesson 9 Week of NOV. 4- NOV. 11
Using double consonants that stand for only one sound.
1. connect 2. command 3. mirror 4. acccomplish 5. according 6. allowance 7. college 8. address 9. Mississippi 10. recess 11. committee 12. immediate 13. barricade 14. interrupt 15. broccoli 16. collect 17. afford 18. possiss 19. Tennessee 20. announce
Bonus Challenge Words: dilemma, embarrassment, compassionately, unnecessarily, accompaniment
Lesson 8 Week of Oct. 7 - Oct. 14
Unsuspected Consonant Spellings -sometimes 2 or 3 letters together stand for only one consonant sound
1. doubt 2. fascinate 3. science 4. scenic 5. autumn 6. column 7. guilty 8. league 9. guardian
10. disguise 11. subtle 12. debt 13. reminiscent 14. descend 15. condemn 16. solemn 17. guidance 18. vague 19. fatigue 20. intrigue
Bonus Challenge Words: indebtedness, susceptible, discipline, misguided, monologue
Lesson 7 Week of Sept. 30 - Oct. 7
Homophones - words that sounds exactly like another word but has s different spelling and meaning.
1. their 2. there 3. they're 4. wring 5. ring 6. chili 7. chilly 8. scent 9. sent 10. cent
11. oversees 12. overseas 13. patients 14. patience 15. cereal 16. serial
17. coarse 18. course 19. counsel 20. council
Bonus Challenge Words: martial, marshal, bizarre, bazaar, discreet, discrete
Lesson 6 is a review of Lessons 1-5. I don't do a review test.
Lesson 5 Week of Sept. 23-30
Adding -ed and -ing
1. answered 2. answering 3. decided 4. deciding 5. included 6. including 7. omitted 8. omitting
9. satisfied 10. satisfying 11. delayed 12. delaying 13. remembered 14. remembering
15. exercised 16. exercising 17. interfered 18. interfering 19. occurred 20. occurring
Bonus Challenge Words: staggered, staggering, patrolled, patrolling, dignified, dignifying
Lesson 4 Week of Sept. 16-23
Using short vowel u like in rule and view
1. reduce 2. attitude 3. sewer 4. New York 5. review 6. value 7. continue 8. humid 9. United States
10. universe 11. costume 12. absolutely 13. assume 14. renew 15. viewpoint 16. interview 17.preview
18. rescue 19. uniform 20. reunion
Bonus Challenge Words:newcomer, aptitude, curlicue, ukulele, fugitive
Lesson 3 Week of Sept. 9-16
Words with ei and ie
1. ceiling 2. receipt 3. deceive 4. neither 5. field 6. achieve 7. belief 8. brief 9. relief 10. apiece
11. leisure 12. protein 13. receiver 14. seize 15. conceited 16. shield 17. niece 18. diesel 19. grief 20. yield
Bonus Challenge Words: deceitful conceivable retrieval unwieldy grievance
Lesson 2 Week of Sept. 2-9
admire canyon lemonade method distance swimming modern comedy husband clumsy magnify cannon decorate
strict injury tissue honesty property hundredth dungeon
Bonus Words: adequate reconcile insulation reluctant thunderstorm
Lesson 1 Week of Aug. 26- Sept. 2
poetry beautiful thirteen tongue pieces neighborhood thousand through unusual building license remodel
grateful enemy instrument perform prefer judged adjusted soldier
Bonus Words: preliminary tremendous mediocre perception neutrality