All spelling tests will usually be on FRIDAY. The children will receive a
new spelling list once a week on MONDAY. The individual spelling assignments
will be done IN SCHOOL. The spelling homework will be to STUDY for the tests
or the classwork if it is incomplete.
The spelling lists are based upon phonetic and grammatical rules. The
children are expected to be able to spell all of these words correctly by the
end of the year. After the week of studying and practicing these words, they
should be able to use them correctly in their writing and can be tested on
them any time.
Unit 1 (Sept. 14-18) Short a Short i
Unit 2 (Sept. 21-25) Short o Short e
Unit 3 (Sept. 29-Oct. 2) Short u
Unit 4 (Oct. 5-9) ou and oi
Unit 5 (Oct. 13-16) ew and oo
Unit 6 (Oct. 19-23) Vowel-Consonant-e
Unit 7 (Oct. 26-30) Long a: ai, ay
Unit 8 (Nov. 2-6) Long e: ee, ea
Unit 9 (Nov. 9-13) Long i: i, igh
Unit 10 (Nov. 10-14) Long o: ow, oa, o
Unit 11 (Nov. 16-20) sh, tch, th, wr, ck
NO SPELLING Nov. 25-27
Unit 12 (Nov. 30-Dec. 4) Consonants j/s
Unit 13 (Dec. 7-11) Digraphs and Clusters
Unit 14 (Dec. 14-18) Schwa sound
NO SPELLING Dec. 21-Jan. 1
Unit 15 (Jan. 4-8) Words writers use
Unit 16 (Jan 11-15) Vowel /o/
Unit 17 (Jan. 18-22) r-controlled vowel /or/
Unit 18 (Jan. 25-29) r-controlled vowel /ur/
Unit 19 (Feb. 1-5) r-controlled vowel /ar/
Unit 20 (Feb. 8-12) Homophones
Unit 21 (Feb. 15-19) Double consonants
Unit 22 (Feb. 22-26) Double consonants plus y
Unit 23 (March 1-5) Adding -ing
Unit 24 (March 8-12) Adding -ed and -ing
Unit 25 (March 15-19) Contractions
Unit 26 (March 22-26) Plurals: s and es
NO SPELLING March 29-April 2
Unit 27 (April 5-9) Irregular plurals
Unit 28 (April 12-16) Suffixes -er and -est
Unit 29 (April 19-23) Suffixes -ly
Unit 30 (April 26-30) Compound Words
(May 3-7) Commonly Misspelled Words
(May 10-14) Commonly Misspelled Words (continued)
The remainder of May and June are Review!
TEST EVERY FRIDAY IN SPELLING!
Final Exam in June!