Study your words here

Open or Closed

December 7th

solid

relish

ozone

bonus

vanish

moment

robin

digest

magic

lady

rapid

If the first syllable is closed, it has a short vowel sound and you divide after the consonant following the first vowel.

If the first syllable is open, it has a long vowel souund and you divide after the first vowel.

Open Syllable Words

November 30th

super

Venus

tiger

zero

minus

music

tulip

holy

prevent

spider

meter

paper

tiny

An open syllable has a long sond and no consonant following the vowel.

Ex. go, she, he, ti-ger pre-vent

test your there, their and they're

Homonyms

November 23

there

their

they're

Bossy R Words

November 16th

charm

parking

clerk

sports

market

after

under

spark

hamburger

are

our

car

Doris

start

third

first

cart

expert

hurt

corner

everybody

everything

Drop the E Words

November 2

taking

shaking

sharing

safest

useful

frozen

later

careless

exciting

scared

whining

writing

careful

baking

invading

using

cared

lovable

Drop the final e when adding a suffix that begins with a vowel

Magic e Words

October 19th

shade

grace

hopeless

smile

drove

while

tune

escape
explode

shake

these

quite

spoke

huge

invade

extreme

Spelling List

OCtober 12th

Closed multi-syllable

Wisconsin

basket

hundred

traffic

napkins

pumpkins

insects

except

until

trumpet

Spelling List

September 28th

Suffix -ed Words

padded

plotted

acted

landed

smelled

stopped

grinned

grabbed

tricked

rushed

asked

winked

again

against

friend

When something happened some time ago, whether it was a long time ago or a moment ago, you add -ed to the verb. Sometimes it sounds like /id/ or/d/ and sometimes /t/.

1-1-1 Doubling Rule

September 21st

dropped

running

jumping

faster

saddest

hugged

hidden

hottest

colder

quickly

jumped

quacked

hopping

hopped

fitness

bitten

fastest

1-1-1 Doubling Rule: When a 1 syllable word ends in 1 consonant and has 1 vowel, then double the final consonant when adding a suffix that begins with a vowel.

Suffix: A word ending like: -ed, ing, -er, est, en or -ly

Base Word: A word that has no suffix

smacking

Sammy Words

Closed Syllable

September 14th

Our first test will be Friday, September 18th

struck

swell

pocket

smack

cliff

spill

buzz

bless

stuff

quack

sniff

fizz

clock

doll

dress

click

grass

black

bucket

quick

Sammy rule: When a one-syllable word with a short vowel ends with s, l, f or z you double the s, f, l or z. (Unless the ending sound says /z/ like in has, his, as or is)

A few words don't follow the sammy rule, like if, gas, this, bus and yes.

When you hear the /k/ sound after a short vowel, one-syllable word it is usually spelled with a -ck.

A closed syllable is a word or syllable that has a short sound and one or two consonants that follow the vowel. They "close" the door on the vowel and make it say the short sound

Third Grade Spelling

Spelling in third grade is based on Orton Gillingham's Structured Language Program. It is a phonetic approach to learning how to spell as well as several important rules. The first week of school your child will be bringing home an At-Home Spelling Folder. In this folder will be an explanation of the syllable types and the rules that we will be learning. Please keep this folder in a handy place. Each Monday your child will be bring home a new list to put in that folder. Each list will be based on one of the syllable types or rules that we are studying in third grade. Remember the at-home spelling folder has an explanation of each syllable type and rule as well as examples.

On Monday we will go over the syllable type and words. A several page packet will also be passed out on this day. We will go over the instructions and do example questions. The children will have some time on Monday and Tuesday to work on the packet and then it will be do on Thursday. The test will be on Friday. It is my policy not to give retests unless there are extenuating circumstances. So if your child wants to do well on the test they will have studied for the test on Friday.

*An important note: If we have learned a syllable type or rule the expectation is that your child will be able to apply that rule to other words. For example one of the first rules we learn is the Sammy rule. The Sammy rule states that if a short vowel word ends in the sound /l/, /s/, /z/,or /f/ you double the final consonant. / S/ammy /l/oves /f/riendly /z/ebras. Of course their are exceptions to every rule and we will discuss these in school. So if hill is on the first list, after discussing the Sammy rule the expectation is that the children will be able to apply that rule to the words tell, or hull or whatever. Just so you know this does not happen over night , oh no, it takes a long time, especially with the 1-1-1 doubling rule. (When to double the final consonant before adding a suffix.) But we keep at it! oh yes we do! There will be words on every test that follow this rule. Also words from every list are fair game for a test as well as any word that follows a rule we have had. My goal is not to have the children memorize a list of words for a test, but to learn the rules that will make them lifelong spellers! (Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. In which case I teach about Spell checks!)

Our Friday test will be sentence dicatation tests.

June 1st

This week on our last Spelling packet we will be reviewing the rules and the syllable types that we have learned this year. Words will come from the:

Sammy rule

1-1-1 Doulbling rule

Drop the -e

suffixes

plus all the syllable types

Have a great summer! Don't miss Spelling Packets too much!

Change the "Y" to "I" Words

easy

easier

easiest

tiny

tinier

tiniest

gray

gray

grayest

hurry

hurried

hurrying

carry

carries

carried

fly

flying

flies

half

halves

wife

wives

elf

elves

Oil Boy Words

May 11th

point

moist

destroy

sirloin

joint

decoy

voice

joy

spoil

oyster

boy

loyal

choice

enjoy

How Now Brown Cow Words

April 27th

now

shower

brown

scout

drowsy

surrounding

mountain

without

cloud

pronoun

loud

sprout

how

flour

flower

owl

downtown

mouth

cow

Schoolbook Words

April 20th

food

brook

gloomy

cartoon

footprint

goodness

cookbook

teaspoon

shampoo

broom

stood

rooster

poodle

wooden

foolish

look

April 14th

Saw Auto Words

lawn

August

lawful

caught

straw

draw

authentic

astronaut

sawdust

because

awful

taught

yawn

launch

March 30th

they're

their

there

our

are

your

you're

Long U Words

March 23, 2009

blue

clue

value

huge

Tuesday

true

student

glue

rescue

due

avenue

bugle

unite

GO HOME in a SLOW   BOAT JOE words

March 16th

below

float

road

throat

yellow

coastline

railroad

grown

groan

roast

thrown

elbow

slow

window

Long Words

I   LIKE   to eat MY PIE under the NIGHT   SKY   in STYLE

might

delight

bright

lightning

thigh

knoght

spotlight

silent

sigh

style

He Needs Meat and Candy Steve Words

meet

sea

feast

between

sweet

peanut

eagle

heal

beetle

meat

see

street

proceed

peaches

teacher

green

heel

squeeze

Vacation Came on a Rainy Day Words

Long A Words

February 9th

brain

chain

faint

pray

play

paint

entertain

explain

crayon

painless

plain

spray

stray

decay

Turtle Words

February 2

handle

maple

sniffle

fable

able

jiggle

saddle

marble

sparkle

candle

uncle

puddle

apple

circle

When dividing a turtle word the -le pulls the consonant before it to form a syllable. Ex. tur-tle

Spelling List

January 12th 2009

Open or Closed Syllables

solid

relish

ozone

bonus

vanish

moment

robin

digest

rapid

magic

lady

our

are

If the first syllable is closed, it has a short vowel sound and you divide after the consonanbt following the first vowel. Ex. van-ish

If the first syllable is open, it has a long vowel swound and you divide after the first vowel. Ex. mo-ment

OpenSyllable Words

January 5th

super

Venus

tiger

zero

minus

tulip

holy

prevent

spider

meter

music

paper

tiny

An open syllable has a long sound and no consonant following the vowel.

Ex. go , she, ti- ger, pre-vent

Bossy "R" Words

December 8th

charm

parking

clerk

sports

market

after

under

spark

hamburger

florist

car

corner

Doris

start

third

first

cart

expert

hurt

Drop the "E" Words

November 17th

taking

shaking

sharing

safest

useful

frozen

later

careless

scared

whining

writing

careful

baking

using

cared

invading

Drop the final -e if the suffix begins with a vowel.

Magic -e Words

November 10th

shade

grace

smile

while

drove

tune

escape

explode

shake

these

quite

spoke

huge

invade

extreme

A magic -e word has one vowel followed by a consonant, followed by an 3.

The e is silent and makes the vowel say its name.

Spelling List

October 27th

Closed Multi-Syllable

Wisconsin

basket

hundred

traffic

napkins

pumpkins

insects

trumpet

Bridging is a way to divide words into syllables. We will be reviewing this skill this week.

1. Mark the vowels trumpet

v v

2.Build the bridge.

3. Mark the cars trumpet

vccv

4./5. Divide between the cars trum-pet

This is really hard to see online. See Spelling packet

Spelling List

October 6th

Suffix -ed words

Test will be Oct. 9th as there is no school Oct. 10th

padded

plotted

acted

landed

smelled

stopped

grinned

grabbed

rushed

asked

winked

tricked

When something happened some time ago, whether it was a long time ago or a moment ago, you add -ed to the verb. Sometimes it sounds like /ed/, or /d/, or sometimes /t/

Spelling List

1-1-1 Doubling Rule Words

September 22

There will be a Spelling Test on 9/26

dropped

running

jumping

faster

saddest

hugged

hidden

hottest

colder

quickly

smacking

jumped

quacked

hopping

hopped

fitness

bitten

fastest

1-1-1 Doubling rule: When a 1 syllable word ends in 1 consonant and has one short vowel, then double the final consonant when adding a suffix that begins with a vowel.

Suffix: A word ending like: -ing, -ed, -er, -est, -en, or ly

Base word: A word that has no suffix

Closed Syllable

Sammy Words

September 8th

Our first test is Friday September 19th

struck

swell

pocket

smack

cliff

spill

buzz

dress

click

grass

black

bucket

quick

bless

stuff

quack

sniff

fizz

clock

doll

Sammy rule: When a one-syllable word with a short vowel ends with s, l, f or z you double the s, f, l or z. (Unless the ending sound says /z/ like in has, his, as or is)

A few words don't follow the sammy rule, like if, gas, this, bus and yes.

When you hear the /k/ sound after a short vowel, one-syllable word it is usually spelled with a -ck.

Third Grade Spelling

Spelling in third grade is based on Orton Gillingham's Structured Language Program. It is a phonetic approach to learning how to spell as well as several important rules. The first week of school your child will be bringing home an At-Home Spelling Folder. In this folder will be an explanation of the syllable types and the rules that we will be learning. Please keep this folder in a handy place. Each Monday your child will be bring home a new list to put in that folder. Each list will be based on one of the syllable types or rules that we are studying in third grade. Remember the at-home spelling folder has an explanation of each syllable type and rule as well as examples.

On Monday we will go over the syllable type and words. A several page packet will also be passed out on this day. We will go over the instructions and do example questions. The children will have some time on Monday and Tuesday to work on the packet and then it will be do on Thursday. The test will be on Friday. It is my policy not to give retests unless there are extenuating circumstances. So if your child wants to do well on the test they will have studied for the test on Friday.

*An important note: If we have learned a syllable type or rule the expectation is that your child will be able to apply that rule to other words. For example one of the first rules we learn is the Sammy rule. The Sammy rule states that if a short vowel word ends in the sound /l/, /s/, /z/,or /f/ you double the final consonant. / S/ammy /l/oves /f/riendly /z/ebras. Of course their are exceptions to every rule and we will discuss these in school. So if hill is on the first list, after discussing the Sammy rule the expectation is that the children will be able to apply that rule to the words tell, or hull or whatever. Just so you know this does not happen over night , oh no, it takes a long time, especially with the 1-1-1 doubling rule. (When to double the final consonant before adding a suffix.) But we keep at it! oh yes we do! There will be words on every test that follow this rule. Also words from every list are fair game for a test as well as any word that follows a rule we have had. My goal is not to have the children memorize a list of words for a test, but to learn the rules that will make them lifelong spellers! (Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. In which case I teach about Spell checks!)

Our Friday test will be sentence dicatation tests.