Spelling

Week of Dec. 11

SPELLING SKILL: c, k, -ck

  1. cab
  2. cute
  3. kid
  4. kick
  5. kept
  6. kite
  7. brick
  8. shock
  9. struck
  10. stack

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. other
  2. front
  3. only

BONUS WORDS:

  • design
  • troubleshoot
  • torque

Lesson 15

SPELLING SKILL: Compound Words

  1. cupcake
  2. bedtime
  3. into
  4. sunshine
  5. pancake
  6. upset
  7. wishbone
  8. cannot
  9. inside
  10. bathtub

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. again
  2. before
  3. only

Lesson 16

SPELLING SKILL: r Controlled Vowels (Bossy r): ar, or,

  1. arm
  2. dark
  3. shark
  4. yard
  5. start
  6. porch
  7. storm
  8. sport
  9. north
  10. horn

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. forgave
  2. forget
  3. orbit

Lesson 17

SPELLING SKILL: r Controlled Vowels (Bossy r): er, ir, ur

  1. her
  2. perch
  3. fern
  4. bird
  5. girl
  6. first
  7. chirp
  8. fur
  9. hurt
  10. burn

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. sister
  2. birthday
  3. Saturday

Lesson 18

SPELLING SKILL: Vowel Teams: ai, -ay

  1. aim
  2. brain
  3. chain
  4. mailbox
  5. contain
  6. stray
  7. sway
  8. day
  9. subway
  10. playtime

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. they
  2. then
  3. please

Lesson 19

SPELLING SKILL: Vowel Teams: ea, ee,-ey

  1. feast
  2. teapot
  3. beneath
  4. defeat
  5. speech
  6. screen
  7. beehive
  8. monkey
  9. parsley
  10. donkey

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. eye
  2. been
  3. carry

Lesson 20

SPELLING SKILL: Vowel Team: oa, -oe, -ow

  1. groan
  2. goal
  3. oatmeal
  4. coach
  5. tiptoe
  6. crow
  7. blow
  8. window
  9. shallow
  10. pillow

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. people
  2. friend
  3. knew

Lesson 21

SPELLING SKILL: Review of Compound Words

  1. railroad
  2. seaweed
  3. playtime
  4. weekend
  5. steamboat
  6. oatmeal
  7. soapsuds
  8. raincoat
  9. birthday
  10. toenail

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. laugh
  2. very
  3. every

Lesson 22

SPELLING SKILL: Consonant Clusters

  1. strap
  2. scrap
  3. strong
  4. spring
  5. sprint
  6. split
  7. strain
  8. splash
  9. scrape
  10. splendid

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. answer
  2. guess
  3. knew

Lesson 23

SPELLING SKILL: Dipthong oo

  1. smooth
  2. boost
  3. broom
  4. igloo
  5. mushroom
  6. cartoon
  7. shook
  8. crook
  9. fishhook
  10. woodshed

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. there
  2. their
  3. they’re

Lesson 24

SPELLING SKILL: Dipthongs oi, -oy

  1. coin
  2. moist
  3. broil
  4. spoil
  5. point
  6. tinfoil
  7. toy
  8. joy
  9. employ
  10. enjoy

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. easy
  2. above
  3. almost

Lesson 25

SPELLING SKILL: Dipthongs: ou, -ow

  1. loud
  2. south
  3. couch
  4. ground
  5. how
  6. brow
  7. down
  8. clown
  9. brown
  10. prowl

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. pretty
  2. once
  3. little

Lesson 26

SPELLING SKILL: Dipthongs: au, -aw

  1. August
  2. author
  3. haunt
  4. launch
  5. law
  6. draw
  7. thaw
  8. crawl
  9. shawl
  10. lawn

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. great
  2. none
  3. often

Lesson 27

SPELLING SKILL: Contractions

  1. did not= didn’t
  2. are not= aren’t
  3. do not= don’t
  4. is not= isn’t
  5. cannot= can’t
  6. I have= I’ve
  7. they have= they’ve
  8. we have= we’ve
  9. he is= he’s
  10. she will= she’ll

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. always
  2. above
  3. school

Lesson 28

SPELLING SKILL: -ing as a suffix & ing as part of a word

  1. bring
  2. swing
  3. thing
  4. sting
  5. spring
  6. spelling
  7. fishing
  8. camping
  9. brushing
  10. honking

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. singing
  2. ringing
  3. stringing

Lesson 29

SPELLING SKILL: Suffix -ed

  1. hunted
  2. melted
  3. floated
  4. painted
  5. rained
  6. dreamed
  7. plowed
  8. wished
  9. helped
  10. stamped

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. spelled
  2. smelled
  3. yelled

Lesson 30

SPELLING SKILL: Hard Sound of c and g

  1. gum
  2. got
  3. gust
  4. good
  5. disgust
  6. cow
  7. cash
  8. cape
  9. carpet
  10. combine

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. push
  2. prove
  3. break

Lesson 31

SPELLING SKILL: Sound of c and g

  1. ice
  2. cent
  3. twice
  4. pencil
  5. price
  6. gem
  7. gym
  8. page
  9. stage
  10. ginger

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. nothing
  2. busy
  3. through

Lesson 32

SPELLING SKILL: y as a vowel

  1. my
  2. fly
  3. cry
  4. why
  5. lady
  6. baby
  7. candy
  8. funny
  9. ugly
  10. tiny

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. sure
  2. among
  3. laugh

Lesson 33

SPELLING SKILL: Homophones

  1. by

2 buy

  1. right
  2. write
  3. sail
  4. sale
  5. red
  6. read
  7. dear
  8. deer

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. sent
  2. cent
  3. scent

Lesson 34

SPELLING SKILL: kn, wr

  1. knot
  2. knife
  3. knee
  4. knock
  5. knight
  6. wrong
  7. wrap
  8. wrist
  9. writer
  10. wreck

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. writing
  2. knocking
  3. knotting

Lesson 3

SPELLING SKILL: Review of Short Vowels/Closed Syllable

  1. cab
  2. pat
  3. men
  4. led
  5. win
  6. jig
  7. rob
  8. pot
  9. cut
  10. dug

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. where
  2. were
  3. what

Lesson 4

SPELLING SKILL: Digraphs: ch, wh, th, sh

  1. when
  2. than
  3. chug
  4. mash
  5. ship
  6. chap
  7. wish
  8. whim
  9. thin
  10. shut

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. come
  2. some
  3. goes

Lesson 5

SPELLING SKILL: Beginning & Ending Digraphs

  1. shed
  2. rush
  3. which
  4. such
  5. then
  6. chop
  7. cash
  8. them
  9. chit-chat
  10. path

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. want
  2. went
  3. have

Lesson 6

SPELLING SKILL: Beginning Consonant Blends: l blends

  1. flag
  2. plot
  3. glob
  4. clip
  5. blush
  6. plum
  7. club
  8. slam
  9. flash
  10. slush

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. are
  2. you
  3. your

Lesson 7

SPELLING SKILL: Beginning Consonant Blends: r blends

  1. frog
  2. drum
  3. crib
  4. prop
  5. brag
  6. grub
  7. trim
  8. glen
  9. slid
  10. bled

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. says
  2. because
  3. our

Lesson 8

SPELLING SKILL: Beginning Consonant Blends: s blends

  1. skid
  2. smash
  3. snob
  4. spin
  5. step
  6. swish
  7. scab
  8. smog
  9. scum
  10. snug

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. how
  2. live
  3. who

Lesson 9

SPELLING SKILL: Ending Blends: -ld, -nd, -st, -nt, -mp, -lt, -sp, lk, -pt, -ft

  1. chest
  2. swept
  3. pond
  4. melt
  5. slump
  6. grasp
  7. plant
  8. held
  9. silk
  10. drift

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. any
  2. many
  3. gone

Lesson 10

SPELLING SKILL: -ff, -ll, -ss, -zz Spelling Rule

  1. sniff
  2. cliff
  3. bluff
  4. spell
  5. grill
  6. thrill
  7. chill
  8. class
  9. gloss
  10. buzz

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. call
  2. nice
  3. why

Lesson 11

SPELLING SKILL: Closed Syllable/Syllable Division

  1. basket
  2. himself
  3. trumpet
  4. helmet
  5. habit
  6. velvet
  7. invent
  8. kitten
  9. gossip
  10. contest

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. done
  2. give
  3. use

Lesson 12

SPELLING SKILL: Open Syllable/Syllable Division

  1. jumbo
  2. bingo
  3. robot
  4. humid
  5. omit
  6. motel
  7. bonus
  8. music
  9. begin
  10. April

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. do
  2. Mr.
  3. Mrs.

Lesson 13

SPELLING SKILL: Magic e Syllable

  1. made
  2. fine
  3. home
  4. mule
  5. these
  6. globe
  7. brave
  8. cube
  9. shine
  10. whale

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. could
  2. would
  3. should

Lesson 14

SPELLING SKILL: c, k, -ck

  1. cab
  2. cute
  3. kid
  4. kick
  5. kept
  6. kite
  7. brick
  8. shock
  9. struck
  10. stack

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. other
  2. front
  3. only

Lesson 15

SPELLING SKILL: Compound Words

  1. cupcake
  2. bedtime
  3. into
  4. sunshine
  5. pancake
  6. upset
  7. wishbone
  8. cannot
  9. inside
  10. bathtub

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. again
  2. before
  3. only

Lesson 16

SPELLING SKILL: r Controlled Vowels (Bossy r): ar, or,

  1. arm
  2. dark
  3. shark
  4. yard
  5. start
  6. porch
  7. storm
  8. sport
  9. north
  10. horn

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. forgave
  2. forget
  3. orbit

Lesson 17

SPELLING SKILL: r Controlled Vowels (Bossy r): er, ir, ur

  1. her
  2. perch
  3. fern
  4. bird
  5. girl
  6. first
  7. chirp
  8. fur
  9. hurt
  10. burn

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. sister
  2. birthday
  3. Saturday

Lesson 18

SPELLING SKILL: Vowel Teams: ai, -ay

  1. aim
  2. brain
  3. chain
  4. mailbox
  5. contain
  6. stray
  7. sway
  8. day
  9. subway
  10. playtime

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. they
  2. then
  3. please

Lesson 19

SPELLING SKILL: Vowel Teams: ea, ee,-ey

  1. feast
  2. teapot
  3. beneath
  4. defeat
  5. speech
  6. screen
  7. beehive
  8. monkey
  9. parsley
  10. donkey

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. eye
  2. been
  3. carry

Lesson 20

SPELLING SKILL: Vowel Team: oa, -oe, -ow

  1. groan
  2. goal
  3. oatmeal
  4. coach
  5. tiptoe
  6. crow
  7. blow
  8. window
  9. shallow
  10. pillow

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. people
  2. friend
  3. knew

Lesson 21

SPELLING SKILL: Review of Compound Words

  1. railroad
  2. seaweed
  3. playtime
  4. weekend
  5. steamboat
  6. oatmeal
  7. soapsuds
  8. raincoat
  9. birthday
  10. toenail

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. laugh
  2. very
  3. every

Lesson 22

SPELLING SKILL: Consonant Clusters

  1. strap
  2. scrap
  3. strong
  4. spring
  5. sprint
  6. split
  7. strain
  8. splash
  9. scrape
  10. splendid

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. answer
  2. guess
  3. knew

Lesson 23

SPELLING SKILL: Dipthong oo

  1. smooth
  2. boost
  3. broom
  4. igloo
  5. mushroom
  6. cartoon
  7. shook
  8. crook
  9. fishhook
  10. woodshed

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. there
  2. their
  3. they’re

Lesson 24

SPELLING SKILL: Dipthongs oi, -oy

  1. coin
  2. moist
  3. broil
  4. spoil
  5. point
  6. tinfoil
  7. toy
  8. joy
  9. employ
  10. enjoy

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. easy
  2. above
  3. almost

Lesson 25

SPELLING SKILL: Dipthongs: ou, -ow

  1. loud
  2. south
  3. couch
  4. ground
  5. how
  6. brow
  7. down
  8. clown
  9. brown
  10. prowl

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. pretty
  2. once
  3. little

Lesson 26

SPELLING SKILL: Dipthongs: au, -aw

  1. August
  2. author
  3. haunt
  4. launch
  5. law
  6. draw
  7. thaw
  8. crawl
  9. shawl
  10. lawn

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. great
  2. none
  3. often

Lesson 27

SPELLING SKILL: Contractions

  1. did not= didn’t
  2. are not= aren’t
  3. do not= don’t
  4. is not= isn’t
  5. cannot= can’t
  6. I have= I’ve
  7. they have= they’ve
  8. we have= we’ve
  9. he is= he’s
  10. she will= she’ll

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. always
  2. above
  3. school

Lesson 28

SPELLING SKILL: -ing as a suffix & ing as part of a word

  1. bring
  2. swing
  3. thing
  4. sting
  5. spring
  6. spelling
  7. fishing
  8. camping
  9. brushing
  10. honking

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. singing
  2. ringing
  3. stringing

Lesson 29

SPELLING SKILL: Suffix -ed

  1. hunted
  2. melted
  3. floated
  4. painted
  5. rained
  6. dreamed
  7. plowed
  8. wished
  9. helped
  10. stamped

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. spelled
  2. smelled
  3. yelled

Lesson 30

SPELLING SKILL: Hard Sound of c and g

  1. gum
  2. got
  3. gust
  4. good
  5. disgust
  6. cow
  7. cash
  8. cape
  9. carpet
  10. combine

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. push
  2. prove
  3. break

Lesson 31

SPELLING SKILL: Sound of c and g

  1. ice
  2. cent
  3. twice
  4. pencil
  5. price
  6. gem
  7. gym
  8. page
  9. stage
  10. ginger

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. nothing
  2. busy
  3. through

Lesson 32

SPELLING SKILL: y as a vowel

  1. my
  2. fly
  3. cry
  4. why
  5. lady
  6. baby
  7. candy
  8. funny
  9. ugly
  10. tiny

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. sure
  2. among
  3. laugh

Lesson 33

SPELLING SKILL: Homophones

  1. by

2 buy

  1. right
  2. write
  3. sail
  4. sale
  5. red
  6. read
  7. dear
  8. deer

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. sent
  2. cent
  3. scent

Lesson 34

SPELLING SKILL: kn, wr

  1. knot
  2. knife
  3. knee
  4. knock
  5. knight
  6. wrong
  7. wrap
  8. wrist
  9. writer
  10. wreck

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. writing
  2. knocking
  3. knotting

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Lesson 1

SPELLING SKILL: Short Vowels a & i

  1. map
  2. tag
  3. dam
  4. sag
  5. mad
  6. pin
  7. dig
  8. sit
  9. lip
  10. wig

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. of
  2. off
  3. was

Lesson 2

SPELLING SKILL: Short Vowels e, o, and u

  1. beg
  2. fed
  3. den
  4. web
  5. got
  6. lot
  7. fog
  8. run
  9. but
  10. hug

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. does
  2. said
  3. there

Lesson 3

SPELLING SKILL: Review of Short Vowels/Closed Syllable

  1. cab
  2. pat
  3. men
  4. led
  5. win
  6. jig
  7. rob
  8. pot
  9. cut
  10. dug

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. where
  2. were
  3. what

Lesson 4

SPELLING SKILL: Digraphs: ch, wh, th, sh

  1. when
  2. than
  3. chug
  4. mash
  5. ship
  6. chap
  7. wish
  8. whim
  9. thin
  10. shut

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. come
  2. some
  3. goes

Lesson 5

SPELLING SKILL: Beginning & Ending Digraphs

  1. shed
  2. rush
  3. which
  4. such
  5. then
  6. chop
  7. cash
  8. them
  9. chit-chat
  10. path

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. want
  2. went
  3. have

Lesson 6

SPELLING SKILL: Beginning Consonant Blends: l blends

  1. flag
  2. plot
  3. glob
  4. clip
  5. blush
  6. plum
  7. club
  8. slam
  9. flash
  10. slush

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. are
  2. you
  3. your

Lesson 7

SPELLING SKILL: Beginning Consonant Blends: r blends

  1. frog
  2. drum
  3. crib
  4. prop
  5. brag
  6. grub
  7. trim
  8. glen
  9. slid
  10. bled

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. says
  2. because
  3. our

Lesson 8

SPELLING SKILL: Beginning Consonant Blends: s blends

  1. skid
  2. smash
  3. snob
  4. spin
  5. step
  6. swish
  7. scab
  8. smog
  9. scum
  10. snug

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. how
  2. live
  3. who

Lesson 9

SPELLING SKILL: Ending Blends: -ld, -nd, -st, -nt, -mp, -lt, -sp, lk, -pt, -ft

  1. chest
  2. swept
  3. pond
  4. melt
  5. slump
  6. grasp
  7. plant
  8. held
  9. silk
  10. drift

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. any
  2. many
  3. gone

Lesson 10

SPELLING SKILL: -ff, -ll, -ss, -zz Spelling Rule

  1. sniff
  2. cliff
  3. bluff
  4. spell
  5. grill
  6. thrill
  7. chill
  8. class
  9. gloss
  10. buzz

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. call
  2. nice
  3. why

Lesson 11

SPELLING SKILL: Closed Syllable/Syllable Division

  1. basket
  2. himself
  3. trumpet
  4. helmet
  5. habit
  6. velvet
  7. invent
  8. kitten
  9. gossip
  10. contest

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. done
  2. give
  3. use

Lesson 12

SPELLING SKILL: Open Syllable/Syllable Division

  1. jumbo
  2. bingo
  3. robot
  4. humid
  5. omit
  6. motel
  7. bonus
  8. music
  9. begin
  10. April

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. do
  2. Mr.
  3. Mrs.

Lesson 13

SPELLING SKILL: Magic e Syllable

  1. made
  2. fine
  3. home
  4. mule
  5. these
  6. globe
  7. brave
  8. cube
  9. shine
  10. whale

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. could
  2. would
  3. should

Lesson 14

SPELLING SKILL: c, k, -ck

  1. cab
  2. cute
  3. kid
  4. kick
  5. kept
  6. kite
  7. brick
  8. shock
  9. struck
  10. stack

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. other
  2. front
  3. only

Lesson 15

SPELLING SKILL: Compound Words

  1. cupcake
  2. bedtime
  3. into
  4. sunshine
  5. pancake
  6. upset
  7. wishbone
  8. cannot
  9. inside
  10. bathtub

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. again
  2. before
  3. only

Lesson 16

SPELLING SKILL: r Controlled Vowels (Bossy r): ar, or,

  1. arm
  2. dark
  3. shark
  4. yard
  5. start
  6. porch
  7. storm
  8. sport
  9. north
  10. horn

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. forgave
  2. forget
  3. orbit

Lesson 17

SPELLING SKILL: r Controlled Vowels (Bossy r): er, ir, ur

  1. her
  2. perch
  3. fern
  4. bird
  5. girl
  6. first
  7. chirp
  8. fur
  9. hurt
  10. burn

CHALLENGE WORDS:

  1. sister
  2. birthday
  3. Saturday

Lesson 18

SPELLING SKILL: Vowel Teams: ai, -ay

  1. aim
  2. brain
  3. chain
  4. mailbox
  5. contain