Spelling
Week of Dec. 11
SPELLING SKILL: c, k, -ck
- cab
- cute
- kid
- kick
- kept
- kite
- brick
- shock
- struck
- stack
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- other
- front
- only
BONUS WORDS:
- design
- troubleshoot
- torque
Lesson 15
SPELLING SKILL: Compound Words
- cupcake
- bedtime
- into
- sunshine
- pancake
- upset
- wishbone
- cannot
- inside
- bathtub
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- again
- before
- only
Lesson 16
SPELLING SKILL: r Controlled Vowels (Bossy r): ar, or,
- arm
- dark
- shark
- yard
- start
- porch
- storm
- sport
- north
- horn
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- forgave
- forget
- orbit
Lesson 17
SPELLING SKILL: r Controlled Vowels (Bossy r): er, ir, ur
- her
- perch
- fern
- bird
- girl
- first
- chirp
- fur
- hurt
- burn
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- sister
- birthday
- Saturday
Lesson 18
SPELLING SKILL: Vowel Teams: ai, -ay
- aim
- brain
- chain
- mailbox
- contain
- stray
- sway
- day
- subway
- playtime
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- they
- then
- please
Lesson 19
SPELLING SKILL: Vowel Teams: ea, ee,-ey
- feast
- teapot
- beneath
- defeat
- speech
- screen
- beehive
- monkey
- parsley
- donkey
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- eye
- been
- carry
Lesson 20
SPELLING SKILL: Vowel Team: oa, -oe, -ow
- groan
- goal
- oatmeal
- coach
- tiptoe
- crow
- blow
- window
- shallow
- pillow
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- people
- friend
- knew
Lesson 21
SPELLING SKILL: Review of Compound Words
- railroad
- seaweed
- playtime
- weekend
- steamboat
- oatmeal
- soapsuds
- raincoat
- birthday
- toenail
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- laugh
- very
- every
Lesson 22
SPELLING SKILL: Consonant Clusters
- strap
- scrap
- strong
- spring
- sprint
- split
- strain
- splash
- scrape
- splendid
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- answer
- guess
- knew
Lesson 23
SPELLING SKILL: Dipthong oo
- smooth
- boost
- broom
- igloo
- mushroom
- cartoon
- shook
- crook
- fishhook
- woodshed
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- there
- their
- they’re
Lesson 24
SPELLING SKILL: Dipthongs oi, -oy
- coin
- moist
- broil
- spoil
- point
- tinfoil
- toy
- joy
- employ
- enjoy
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- easy
- above
- almost
Lesson 25
SPELLING SKILL: Dipthongs: ou, -ow
- loud
- south
- couch
- ground
- how
- brow
- down
- clown
- brown
- prowl
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- pretty
- once
- little
Lesson 26
SPELLING SKILL: Dipthongs: au, -aw
- August
- author
- haunt
- launch
- law
- draw
- thaw
- crawl
- shawl
- lawn
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- great
- none
- often
Lesson 27
SPELLING SKILL: Contractions
- did not= didn’t
- are not= aren’t
- do not= don’t
- is not= isn’t
- cannot= can’t
- I have= I’ve
- they have= they’ve
- we have= we’ve
- he is= he’s
- she will= she’ll
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- always
- above
- school
Lesson 28
SPELLING SKILL: -ing as a suffix & ing as part of a word
- bring
- swing
- thing
- sting
- spring
- spelling
- fishing
- camping
- brushing
- honking
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- singing
- ringing
- stringing
Lesson 29
SPELLING SKILL: Suffix -ed
- hunted
- melted
- floated
- painted
- rained
- dreamed
- plowed
- wished
- helped
- stamped
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- spelled
- smelled
- yelled
Lesson 30
SPELLING SKILL: Hard Sound of c and g
- gum
- got
- gust
- good
- disgust
- cow
- cash
- cape
- carpet
- combine
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- push
- prove
- break
Lesson 31
SPELLING SKILL: Sound of c and g
- ice
- cent
- twice
- pencil
- price
- gem
- gym
- page
- stage
- ginger
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- nothing
- busy
- through
Lesson 32
SPELLING SKILL: y as a vowel
- my
- fly
- cry
- why
- lady
- baby
- candy
- funny
- ugly
- tiny
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- sure
- among
- laugh
Lesson 33
SPELLING SKILL: Homophones
- by
2 buy
- right
- write
- sail
- sale
- red
- read
- dear
- deer
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- sent
- cent
- scent
Lesson 34
SPELLING SKILL: kn, wr
- knot
- knife
- knee
- knock
- knight
- wrong
- wrap
- wrist
- writer
- wreck
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- writing
- knocking
- knotting
Lesson 3
SPELLING SKILL: Review of Short Vowels/Closed Syllable
- cab
- pat
- men
- led
- win
- jig
- rob
- pot
- cut
- dug
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- where
- were
- what
Lesson 4
SPELLING SKILL: Digraphs: ch, wh, th, sh
- when
- than
- chug
- mash
- ship
- chap
- wish
- whim
- thin
- shut
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- come
- some
- goes
Lesson 5
SPELLING SKILL: Beginning & Ending Digraphs
- shed
- rush
- which
- such
- then
- chop
- cash
- them
- chit-chat
- path
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- want
- went
- have
Lesson 6
SPELLING SKILL: Beginning Consonant Blends: l blends
- flag
- plot
- glob
- clip
- blush
- plum
- club
- slam
- flash
- slush
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- are
- you
- your
Lesson 7
SPELLING SKILL: Beginning Consonant Blends: r blends
- frog
- drum
- crib
- prop
- brag
- grub
- trim
- glen
- slid
- bled
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- says
- because
- our
Lesson 8
SPELLING SKILL: Beginning Consonant Blends: s blends
- skid
- smash
- snob
- spin
- step
- swish
- scab
- smog
- scum
- snug
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- how
- live
- who
Lesson 9
SPELLING SKILL: Ending Blends: -ld, -nd, -st, -nt, -mp, -lt, -sp, lk, -pt, -ft
- chest
- swept
- pond
- melt
- slump
- grasp
- plant
- held
- silk
- drift
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- any
- many
- gone
Lesson 10
SPELLING SKILL: -ff, -ll, -ss, -zz Spelling Rule
- sniff
- cliff
- bluff
- spell
- grill
- thrill
- chill
- class
- gloss
- buzz
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- call
- nice
- why
Lesson 11
SPELLING SKILL: Closed Syllable/Syllable Division
- basket
- himself
- trumpet
- helmet
- habit
- velvet
- invent
- kitten
- gossip
- contest
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- done
- give
- use
Lesson 12
SPELLING SKILL: Open Syllable/Syllable Division
- jumbo
- bingo
- robot
- humid
- omit
- motel
- bonus
- music
- begin
- April
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- do
- Mr.
- Mrs.
Lesson 13
SPELLING SKILL: Magic e Syllable
- made
- fine
- home
- mule
- these
- globe
- brave
- cube
- shine
- whale
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- could
- would
- should
Lesson 14
SPELLING SKILL: c, k, -ck
- cab
- cute
- kid
- kick
- kept
- kite
- brick
- shock
- struck
- stack
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- other
- front
- only
Lesson 15
SPELLING SKILL: Compound Words
- cupcake
- bedtime
- into
- sunshine
- pancake
- upset
- wishbone
- cannot
- inside
- bathtub
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- again
- before
- only
Lesson 16
SPELLING SKILL: r Controlled Vowels (Bossy r): ar, or,
- arm
- dark
- shark
- yard
- start
- porch
- storm
- sport
- north
- horn
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- forgave
- forget
- orbit
Lesson 17
SPELLING SKILL: r Controlled Vowels (Bossy r): er, ir, ur
- her
- perch
- fern
- bird
- girl
- first
- chirp
- fur
- hurt
- burn
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- sister
- birthday
- Saturday
Lesson 18
SPELLING SKILL: Vowel Teams: ai, -ay
- aim
- brain
- chain
- mailbox
- contain
- stray
- sway
- day
- subway
- playtime
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- they
- then
- please
Lesson 19
SPELLING SKILL: Vowel Teams: ea, ee,-ey
- feast
- teapot
- beneath
- defeat
- speech
- screen
- beehive
- monkey
- parsley
- donkey
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- eye
- been
- carry
Lesson 20
SPELLING SKILL: Vowel Team: oa, -oe, -ow
- groan
- goal
- oatmeal
- coach
- tiptoe
- crow
- blow
- window
- shallow
- pillow
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- people
- friend
- knew
Lesson 21
SPELLING SKILL: Review of Compound Words
- railroad
- seaweed
- playtime
- weekend
- steamboat
- oatmeal
- soapsuds
- raincoat
- birthday
- toenail
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- laugh
- very
- every
Lesson 22
SPELLING SKILL: Consonant Clusters
- strap
- scrap
- strong
- spring
- sprint
- split
- strain
- splash
- scrape
- splendid
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- answer
- guess
- knew
Lesson 23
SPELLING SKILL: Dipthong oo
- smooth
- boost
- broom
- igloo
- mushroom
- cartoon
- shook
- crook
- fishhook
- woodshed
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- there
- their
- they’re
Lesson 24
SPELLING SKILL: Dipthongs oi, -oy
- coin
- moist
- broil
- spoil
- point
- tinfoil
- toy
- joy
- employ
- enjoy
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- easy
- above
- almost
Lesson 25
SPELLING SKILL: Dipthongs: ou, -ow
- loud
- south
- couch
- ground
- how
- brow
- down
- clown
- brown
- prowl
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- pretty
- once
- little
Lesson 26
SPELLING SKILL: Dipthongs: au, -aw
- August
- author
- haunt
- launch
- law
- draw
- thaw
- crawl
- shawl
- lawn
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- great
- none
- often
Lesson 27
SPELLING SKILL: Contractions
- did not= didn’t
- are not= aren’t
- do not= don’t
- is not= isn’t
- cannot= can’t
- I have= I’ve
- they have= they’ve
- we have= we’ve
- he is= he’s
- she will= she’ll
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- always
- above
- school
Lesson 28
SPELLING SKILL: -ing as a suffix & ing as part of a word
- bring
- swing
- thing
- sting
- spring
- spelling
- fishing
- camping
- brushing
- honking
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- singing
- ringing
- stringing
Lesson 29
SPELLING SKILL: Suffix -ed
- hunted
- melted
- floated
- painted
- rained
- dreamed
- plowed
- wished
- helped
- stamped
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- spelled
- smelled
- yelled
Lesson 30
SPELLING SKILL: Hard Sound of c and g
- gum
- got
- gust
- good
- disgust
- cow
- cash
- cape
- carpet
- combine
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- push
- prove
- break
Lesson 31
SPELLING SKILL: Sound of c and g
- ice
- cent
- twice
- pencil
- price
- gem
- gym
- page
- stage
- ginger
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- nothing
- busy
- through
Lesson 32
SPELLING SKILL: y as a vowel
- my
- fly
- cry
- why
- lady
- baby
- candy
- funny
- ugly
- tiny
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- sure
- among
- laugh
Lesson 33
SPELLING SKILL: Homophones
- by
2 buy
- right
- write
- sail
- sale
- red
- read
- dear
- deer
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- sent
- cent
- scent
Lesson 34
SPELLING SKILL: kn, wr
- knot
- knife
- knee
- knock
- knight
- wrong
- wrap
- wrist
- writer
- wreck
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- writing
- knocking
- knotting
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Lesson 1
SPELLING SKILL: Short Vowels a & i
- map
- tag
- dam
- sag
- mad
- pin
- dig
- sit
- lip
- wig
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- of
- off
- was
Lesson 2
SPELLING SKILL: Short Vowels e, o, and u
- beg
- fed
- den
- web
- got
- lot
- fog
- run
- but
- hug
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- does
- said
- there
Lesson 3
SPELLING SKILL: Review of Short Vowels/Closed Syllable
- cab
- pat
- men
- led
- win
- jig
- rob
- pot
- cut
- dug
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- where
- were
- what
Lesson 4
SPELLING SKILL: Digraphs: ch, wh, th, sh
- when
- than
- chug
- mash
- ship
- chap
- wish
- whim
- thin
- shut
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- come
- some
- goes
Lesson 5
SPELLING SKILL: Beginning & Ending Digraphs
- shed
- rush
- which
- such
- then
- chop
- cash
- them
- chit-chat
- path
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- want
- went
- have
Lesson 6
SPELLING SKILL: Beginning Consonant Blends: l blends
- flag
- plot
- glob
- clip
- blush
- plum
- club
- slam
- flash
- slush
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- are
- you
- your
Lesson 7
SPELLING SKILL: Beginning Consonant Blends: r blends
- frog
- drum
- crib
- prop
- brag
- grub
- trim
- glen
- slid
- bled
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- says
- because
- our
Lesson 8
SPELLING SKILL: Beginning Consonant Blends: s blends
- skid
- smash
- snob
- spin
- step
- swish
- scab
- smog
- scum
- snug
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- how
- live
- who
Lesson 9
SPELLING SKILL: Ending Blends: -ld, -nd, -st, -nt, -mp, -lt, -sp, lk, -pt, -ft
- chest
- swept
- pond
- melt
- slump
- grasp
- plant
- held
- silk
- drift
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- any
- many
- gone
Lesson 10
SPELLING SKILL: -ff, -ll, -ss, -zz Spelling Rule
- sniff
- cliff
- bluff
- spell
- grill
- thrill
- chill
- class
- gloss
- buzz
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- call
- nice
- why
Lesson 11
SPELLING SKILL: Closed Syllable/Syllable Division
- basket
- himself
- trumpet
- helmet
- habit
- velvet
- invent
- kitten
- gossip
- contest
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- done
- give
- use
Lesson 12
SPELLING SKILL: Open Syllable/Syllable Division
- jumbo
- bingo
- robot
- humid
- omit
- motel
- bonus
- music
- begin
- April
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- do
- Mr.
- Mrs.
Lesson 13
SPELLING SKILL: Magic e Syllable
- made
- fine
- home
- mule
- these
- globe
- brave
- cube
- shine
- whale
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- could
- would
- should
Lesson 14
SPELLING SKILL: c, k, -ck
- cab
- cute
- kid
- kick
- kept
- kite
- brick
- shock
- struck
- stack
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- other
- front
- only
Lesson 15
SPELLING SKILL: Compound Words
- cupcake
- bedtime
- into
- sunshine
- pancake
- upset
- wishbone
- cannot
- inside
- bathtub
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- again
- before
- only
Lesson 16
SPELLING SKILL: r Controlled Vowels (Bossy r): ar, or,
- arm
- dark
- shark
- yard
- start
- porch
- storm
- sport
- north
- horn
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- forgave
- forget
- orbit
Lesson 17
SPELLING SKILL: r Controlled Vowels (Bossy r): er, ir, ur
- her
- perch
- fern
- bird
- girl
- first
- chirp
- fur
- hurt
- burn
CHALLENGE WORDS:
- sister
- birthday
- Saturday
Lesson 18
SPELLING SKILL: Vowel Teams: ai, -ay
- aim
- brain
- chain
- mailbox
- contain