High-Frequency Words without, hundred, which, either, places, also, those, apart, begin, over Vocabulary adventure, delighted, dreamed, enjoyed, grumbled, moonlight, neighbor, nighttime Approaching pie, right, mind, cry, tie, high, wild, dry, my, find, main, weigh, begin, those, apart On Level light, sight, mind, cry, tie, high, wild, dry, try, lie, hay, steak, begin, those, apart Beyond lightning, sight, minds, kindness, child, highway, skies, drying, trying, lie, train, staying, begin, those, apart
Spelling for the week of September 14th: (Test on Friday, September 18)
Spelling Pattern: Words with Short e, o, u
went
tell
pet
job
fog
not
tug
hut
tub
bun
fix
has
one
or
see
Spelling for the week of September 21st: (Test on Friday, September 25)
Spelling Pattern: Words with two-letter blends:
grass
trips
crack
still
west
mask
clap
plans
milk
belt
fog
tub
by
he
she
For the week of September 28-Oct2 (Test on October 2)
Spelling Pattern: Words with short /a/ and Long /a/, review words, and high frequency words
High-Frequency Words: another, year, done, water, your, into, show, now, too, move
Orange: bag, tap, ham, bake, ate, mad, tan, pal, made, late, trip, plan, into, done, your
Blue: bag, cap, ham, bake, ate, mad, back, cape, made, rake, still, belt, into, done, your
Green: safety, flames, male, vat, ate, clapping, back, cape, making, rake, still, belt, into, done, your
For the week of October 5 (Test on October 9)
Spelling Pattern: Words with short /i/ and Long /i/, review words, and high frequency words
High-Frequency Words: goes, new, other,says, work,understands, right,number, any, all
Orange: did, kite, win, line, pipe, tip, mix, five, hit, hive, made, bag,all, any, says
Blue: did, fin, pick, line, pipe, tip, mix, five, side, hike, cape, made,all, any, says
Green: hive, finish, picked, line, times, rips, smiling, bricks, sideways,hiked, cape, male, all, any, says
For the week of October 12 (Test on October 16)
Spelling Pattern: Words with short /o/ and Long /o/, review words, and high frequency words
High Frequency Words: because, friends,have, picture,school, off, know,cold, family, took
Orange: box, fox, dog, bone, pot, home, hope, nose, long, rope,five, tip, have, off, took
Blue: box, fox, dog, lock, pot, cone, home, nose, poke, rope, side,line, have, off, took
Green: stove, foxes, notebook, locked, plot, close, wrote, smoke, poked, phone, sideways, line, have, off, took
NO SPELLING FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 19th DUE TO THE SHORT WEEK AND PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES!!!
For the week of October 26 (Test on October 30)
Spelling Pattern: Words with soft /c/ and soft /g/, review words, and high frequency words
High-Frequency Words: buy, under, wash,straight, almost,saw, food, out,pull, sky
Orange: rice, mice, badge, cage, race, ice, bulge, range, barge,space, use, huge, out, wash, saw
Blue: trace, place, badge, cage, space, ice, bulge, range, barge, mice,mule, huge, out, wash, saw
Green: trace, placed, badges, cage, space, ice, bulge, range, barges,racing, fuse, huge, out, wash, saw
For the week of November 2 (Test on November 6)
High-Frequency Words: these, start, walk, seven, eight, learn, try, isn’t, baby, early
Orange: chop, catch, shape, fish, phone, this, ring, thin, sang, whale, race, bulge, seven, isn’t, early
Blue: chop, catch, shape, trash, phone, that, sting, thin, bring, while, place, badge, seven, isn’t, early
Green: chopped, catches, shapes, trash, phones, that’s, sting, thinner, bringing, while, placed, badges, seven, isn’t, early
For the week of November 9 (Test on November 13)
Spelling Rule: 3 letter blends (scr, spr, thr,str, spl, shr)
High-Frequency Words: orange, flower, far, leaves, light, grow, ready, field, bird, until
Orange: scrap, scrape, spring, throne, strip, strike, shred, shrug,splash, split, fish, whale, far, flower, until
Blue: scratch, scrape, spring, throne, stripe, strange, shred, shrub,splash, split, catch, sting, far, flower, until
Green: scratch, scraping, spring, throne, striped, strange, shreds,shrub, splashes, split, catches, sting, far, flower, until
For the week of November 16 (Test on November 20)
Spelling Rule: Short /u/, Long /u/
High-Frequency Words: won, yes, change, fall, five, look, open, should, their, cheer
Orange: mule, fuse, but, use, bug, cub, hum, huge, mud, fun, box, nose, look, yes, their
Blue: mule, fuse, plum, use, dug, cub, hum, huge, must, fun, rope, nose, look, yes, their
Green: mules, fuse, plums, cubs, dug, dusted, hummed, huge, trusting, drums, wrote, close, look, yes, their
For the week of November 30 (Test on December 4)
Spelling Rule: Long /a/
High-Frequency Words: about, around,two, world, often,second, idea, good,part, great
Orange: nail, rain, main, ray, day, break, steak, weigh, sleigh, they,spring, shrug, good, often, two
Blue: nail, train, main, hay, stay, break, steak, weigh, sleigh, prey,scrape, strange, good, often, two
Green: nails, train, mainland, haystack, staying, breaking, steaks,weighed, sleighs, preying, throne, split, good, often,two
For the week of November Dec 7 (Test on December 11)
Spelling Rule: Long /i/
High-Frequency Words without, hundred, which, either, places, also, those, apart, begin, over
Orange: pie, right, mind, cry, tie, high, wild, dry, my, find, main, weigh, begin, those, apart
Blue: light, sight, mind, cry, tie, high, wild, dry, try, lie, hay, steak, begin, those, apart
Green: lightning, sight, minds, kindness, child, highway, skies, drying, trying, lie, train, staying, begin, those, apart
For the week of Dec 14 (Test on December 18)
Spelling Rule: Long /o/
High-Frequency Words: who, three, only, more, group, started, won’t, long, our, better
Orange: told, most, road, coat, toast, grow, crow, show, Joe, toe, right, mind, only, our, who
Blue: told, most, float, coat, toast, grow, mow, show, Joe, toe, light, mind, only, our, who
Green: know, mostly, floating, cloak, toast, woe, bowl, showed, Joe, stows, sight, kindness, only, our, who
For the week of Jan 11 (Test on January 15)
Spelling Rule: Long /e/
High-Frequency Words: before, every, would, after, hear, few, special, old, hurt, first
Orange: we, bee, need, green, bean, seat, thief, chief, pony, key, grow, toe, after, every, special
Blue: we, bee, need, queen, mean, leaf, thief, chief, pony, keys, grow, toe, after, every, special
Green: we’ve, she’s, needed, queen, meaning, leaves, grief, chiefs, fifty, keys, bowl, toast, after, every, special
For the week of Jan 18 (Test on January 22)
Spelling Rule: Long /u/
High-Frequency Words: America, beautiful, began, country, give, live, come, didn’t, turned, climbed
Orange: cute, cube, fumes, music, unit, menu, few, pew, fuel, cue, green, seat, began, come, give
Blue: cute, cube, fumes, music, unit, menu, few, pew, fuel, cues, pony, queen, began, come, give
Green: cute, using, cues, humid, units, menus, few, pews, rescue, continue, queen, meaning, began, come, give
For the week of Jan 25 (Test on January 29)
Spelling Rule: Silent Letters (wr, kn, gn, mb, sc)
High-Frequency Words: many, morning, through, very, sleep, eat, colors, down, below, don’t
Orange: lamb, thumb, scene, scent, gnat, sign, knife, know, wrap, write, cube, music, very, eat, don’t
Blue: comb, crumb, scene, scent, gnat, sign, knife, know, wrist, writing, cube, music, very, eat, don’t
Green: combed, crumbs, scenes, scents, gnats, signed, knife, known, wrists, writing, using, humid, very, eat, don’t
For the week of Feb 1 (Test on Feb 5)
Spelling Rule: Blend words with /ur/, er, ir,ur, or
High-Frequency Words: building, today, thought, away, from, toward, animal, found, watch, Saturday
Orange: her, herd, first, bird, girl, turn, hurt, burn, work, worse, know, wrap, found, from, today
Blue: clerk, herd, first, skirt, stir, churn, hurt, burst, work, worse, know, wrist, found, from, today
Green: enter, over, thirst, dirty, shirts, churning, nurse, burst, working, worst, known, wrists, found, from, today
For the week of Feb 5 (Test on Feb 8)
Spelling Rule: Blend words with /or/
High-Frequency Words: heavy, people, together, carry, outside, warm, problem, ago, certain, everyone
Orange: horn, sort, more, store, oar, roar, board, art, start, car, her, turn, ago, carry, people
Blue: port, north, more, store, oar, roar, board, part, start, park, first, hurt, ago, carry, people
Green: fork, north, boredom, core, soared, roaring, board, spark, parked, charm, over, burst, ago, carry, people
For the week of Feb 15 (Test on Feb 19)
Spelling Rule: Blend words with /ir/ sounds
High-Frequency Words: inside, behind, happened, house, young, again, neither, eyes, gone, stood
Orange: deer, cheer, tear, here, peer, near, ear, dear, clear, fear, more, store, again, house, inside
Blue: deer, cheers, steer, here, jeer, near, ear, dear, clear, spear, store, north, again, house, inside
Green: deer, cheery, steer, here’s, jeering, rear, nearing, dear, appeared, spears, roaring, north, again, house, inside
For the week of Feb 22 (Test on Feb 26)
Spelling Rule: Blend words with /ar/
High-Frequency Words: talk, once, upon, among, touch, bought, never, knew, soon, sorry
Orange: dare, stare, fare, stairs, pair, chair, bear, pear, where, there, near, here, knew, never, talk
Blue: dare, stare, fare, hair, pair, chair, bear, pear, where, there, dear, cheers, knew, never, talk
Green: snare, stare, fare, hairless, flair, chair, wear, tear, where’s, there’s, here’s, cheery, knew, never, talk
For the week of Feb 29 (Test on March 4)
Spelling Rule: Review words from Unit 4. Spelling list is the same for all groups this week
crumb, they, know, very, burst, found, people, board, carry, here, again, clear, where, there, stare
Challenge words: scene, through, certain, among, happened
For the week of March 7 (Test on Mar 11)
Spelling Rule: words with /ou/ /ow/
High-Frequency Words: been, head, pretty, body, answer, minutes, myself, heard, build, pushed
Orange: sound, ouch, cloud, loud, pound, clown, brown, cow, howl, owl, chair, there, been, myself, pushed
Blue: sound, mound, cloud, shout, pound, clown, brown, crown, howl, growl, chair, where, been, myself, pushed Green: wound, pouches, around, bounced, underground, scowling, gown, crown, howling, growling, stare, where’s, been, myself, pushed
For the week of March 14 (Test on Mar 18)
Spelling Rule: words with /oy/ /oi/
High-Frequency Words: laugh, several, please, busy, brought, love, else, happy, I’ll, maybe
Orange: soil, boil, choice, point, toil, oil, toy, joy, coin, noise, brown, ouch, I’ll, laugh, maybe
Blue: soil, broil, moist, point, toil, oil, toy, joy, coin, noise, crown, mound, I’ll, laugh, maybe
Green: soil, broiling, moist, foil, coil, choices, pointed, coy, coins, noises, crown, bounced, I’ll, laugh, maybe
For the week of March 21 (Test on Thursday Mar 24)
Spelling Rule: words with variant vowels /u/
High-Frequency Words: air, during, along, meant, nothing, story, strong, ever, always, draw
Orange: too, flu, June, dew, clue, suit, cook, could, pull, put, point, joy, along, ever, strong
Blue: room, flu, June, new, glue, fruit, crook, could, full, push, point, coin, along, ever, strong
Green: school, flu, June, chewed, glued, fruitcake, crooks, should, full, pushing, moist, coins, along, ever, strong
For the week of April 4 (Test on April 8- Unit 5 Week 4)
Spelling Rule: Variant Vowels spellings with digraphs /o/ a, aw,au,augh,al,ough
High-Frequency Words: city, father, mother, sure, questions, own, read, though, searching, o’clock
Orange: ball, mall, paw, jaw, pause, sauce, taught, chalk, walk, cough, June, could, city, own, read
Blue: ball, small, paw, jaw, pause, sauce, taught, chalk, walk, sought, new, fruit, city, own, read
Green: balls, smaller, because, caught, pause, sauce, taught, chalkboard, walked, sought, glued, should, city, own, read
For the week of April 11 (Test on April 15)
Spelling Rule: Short Vowel Digraphs /e/ /ea/ /u/ /ou/ /i/ /y/
High-Frequency Words words, woman, instead, anything, paper, person, whole, voice, children, everybody
Orange: dead, ahead, lead, tread, bread, dread, touch, trouble, gym, myth, mall, chalk, instead, whole, words
Blue: dead, ahead, lead, thread, bread, breath, touch, trouble, gym, myth, small, chalk, instead, whole, words
Green: dead, tread, lead, thread, breads, breathless, touches, trouble, gym, myth, smaller, chalkboard, instead, whole, words
For the week of April 18 (Test on April 22)
Spelling Rule: Unit 5 Review Words- All Levels the Same this week
cloud, shout, clown, crown, where, underground, moist, soil, oil, noise, I'll, laugh, June, fruit, could
High Frequency Words: pretty, answer, heard, laugh, several, busy, brought
For the week of April 25 (Test on April 29)
Spelling Rule: Unit 5 Review Words- All Levels the Same this week
point, along, school, pause, sauce, taught, chalk, sought, own, ahead, thread, breath, touch, trouble, myth
High Frequency Words: meant, always, questions, though, person, voice, children
For the week of May 2 (Test on May 6)
Spelling Rule: Unit 6 Words- All levels the Same this week
Rule: Words with Open and Closed Syllables
pencil, magnet, publish, supper, letter, lady, gravy, solo, open, odor, lead, touch, door, front, someone
High Frequency Words: order, remember, what's, tomorrow, worry, yesterday, probably
For the week of May 9 (Test on May 13)
Spelling Rule: Unit 6 Words- All levels the Same this week
Rule: Words with CVCe Syllables
state, replace, nine, ninety, side, sidewalk, face, outside, these, tadpole, letter, magnet, alone, beside, round
High Frequency Words: four, hello, surprised, suppose, notice, became, large
For the week of May 16 (Test on May 20)
Spelling Rule: Unit 6 Words- All levels the Same this week
Rule: Words with consonant + le Syllables
lit, little, set, settle, rip, ripple, pad, paddle, middle, bubble, outside, replace, follow, listen, something
High Frequency Words: wind, soft, month, above, brother, song, who's