List 6 Updated Spelling Words

Spelling Rule: Double the final consonant before a suffix beginning with a vowel if (1) the word has only one syllable or is accented on the last syllable AND (2) the word ends in a single consonant preceded by a vowel.

1. planning

2. controlled

3. committee

4. winning

5. forgotten

Phonic Key: The sound aw is also spelled augh, au, and al.

6. awkward

7. daughter

8. caution

9. lawyer

10. chalk

Spelling Challenges:

11. New Hampshire (NH)

12. Virginia (VA)

13. Wednesday

14. vacuum

15. absence

Vocabulary Words:

16. rejoice – to be filled with joy, pleasure, or satisfaction

17. sanitary – clean

18. recommend – to suggest; to approve

19. shrewd – clever

20. legend – a story handed down from the past