New Spelling List

We will have new spelling words this year. Word lists will include the following:

approx. 10 words from vocabulary

approx. 10 words that are examples of given spelling rule

approx. 5 basic core words that 4th graders should master

Each students will keep a spiral spelling notebook. All spelling work will be done in this notebook. Examples of activities are writing words in complete sentences and paragraphs, putting in alphabetical order, puzzles, etc.

There will be a mastery spelling test on Friday, worth 100 pts.

Weekly notebook work will also be graded.

WEEK ONE LIST:

VOCABULARY: counsel,   essential, haul, sincere, demonstrate, celebrity, pledge,   drowsy, humble, suitable

SPELLING RULE: I before E except after C or when sounded like"A" as in neighbor and weigh

achieve,   brief, fierce, shriek, thief,   ceiling, conceit,   deceive,   neighbor, weigh,   reign

CORE WORDS: able, alone, already, although, among

WEEK TWO:

VOCABULARY: annual,   basic, competition, contract, neglect, dismiss, obtain, vacant, recall, obtain

SPELLING RULE: I before E except after C or when sounded like "A" as in neighbor and weigh

receipt, eighty, believe, veil, freight,     perceive,

CORE WORDS:

anything, area, beautiful, become, begin,

Printable Version