Spelling patterns for the week of December 7

Green group

er like the word HER

ear like the word HEAR

eer like the word DEER
ear = ur like the word HEARD

oddball

fear, spear, steer, earth, herd, clear, here, cheer, perch, peer, fern, dear, year, near, learn, germ, clerk, there, term

Blue Group

tch like the word CATCH

ch like the word REACH

r,l,n + ch like the word LUNCH

coach, bench, witch, pitch, beach, torch, gulch, speech, which, sketch, screech, roach, fetch, match, branch, porch, crunch, hutch, rich, switch, much

Red Group

add -es like the word BENCHES

add -s like the word HORSES

oddball

foxes, guesses, brushes, speeches, splashes, scratches, clothes, mixes, churches, crrashes, voices, peaches, classes, kisses, sketches, ditches, leashes, changes, branches, watches, places, ashes

Purple Group

-et like the word JACKET

-it like the word EDIT

-ate like the word CLIMATE

oddball

secret, private, unit, ballet, target, credit, pirate, racket, limit, senate, buffet, quiet, habit, comet, rocket, summit, closet, bandit, orbit, magnet, merit

Yellow Group

-ness like the word DARKNESS

-ful like the word GRACEFUL

-less like the word HOMELESS

combination of suffixes like the word CARELESSNESS

goodness, colorful, thoughtful, faithful, hopeless, thankfulness, painful, weakness, helplessness, illnesss, restless, harmless, worthless, kindness, peacefulness, penniless, fearful, happiness, plentiful, dreadful

****V= vowel, C= consonant****Keep your eyes open for oddballs, the words that don't fit into your patterns.****