Spelling words are listed for each story in this theme.

Story: Galileo  

 

The (long)/a/ sound

 

scrape

favor

daily

great

layer

sleigh

hasty

straight

danger

stale

explain

eight

praise

neighbor

reins

sailors

wavy

crazy

amazed

bathed

 

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Story: Telescopes 

The (long) /e/ sound

 

steep

decide

repeat

freeze

leader

complete

reindeer

sleeves

appear

beaver

screen

feature

scene

beneath

needle

peer

degree

previous

reduce

sequence

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Story:  The Heavenly Zoo

 

The (long) /e/ sound

 

brief

grieve

nasty

receive

memory

scary

gasoline

piece

ceiling

ski

chief

belief

monkey

field

every

shield

journey

seized

story

safety

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Story:  Circles, Squares, and Daggers

The (long) /o/ sound

 

dome

boast

flown

overgrown

motor

postpone

hotel

quote

mostly

lifeboat

growth

robot

float

chosen

locate

social

spokes

shone

Mexico

adobe

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Story:  The Mystery of Mars

 

The (long) /i/ sound

 

skyline

stride

lightning

idea

climate

recite

highlight

silent

design

excite

describe

style

cycle

deny

surprise

survive

entire

overnight

site

____________________

 

Story:  Stars  

The /oo/ sound can be spelled ou, o_e, _ue,u, and oo.

The /u/ sound can be spelled u and u_e.

music

clue

truth

bloom

lunar

toothbrush

cruise

smooth

cube

rooster

tissue

cartoon

duty

unite

future

group

unusual

universe

Pluto

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Story:  The Book That Saved The Earth

 

Review of the long vowel sounds.

 

prove

career

suit

area

iris

bowl

soothing

daydream

continue

type

nature

complain

spoken

weary

claim

humor

easel

diet

noble

realize     

End of Unit 2