These are the weekly spelling words for the 2012-2013 school year.
Unit 1: Sharing Stories
Aug. 16-24 - NO spelling homework
Aug. 27-31
Blends: /gr/, /dr/, /tr/
Come Back, Jack
1. drip
2. drum
3. gray
4. grin
5. tree
6. trip
7. grow
8. truck
9. try
10. dress
High Frequency: green, draw, drink
Bonus/Challenge: boring, nimble, steep
Sept. 3-7
2nd Grade: The final /k/ sound
The Library
1. park
2. kick
3. bark
4. hook
5. stick
6. dark
7. book
8. took
9. stack
10. track
High Frequency: look, think, work
Bonus/Challenge: incredible, library, vacuum
Sept. 10-14
2nd Grade: The final nd and st blends
Story Hour: Starring Megan!
1. hand
2. land
3. pond
4. fast
5. lost
6. just
7. stand
8. stuck
9. story
10. spend
High Frequency: please, play, black
Bonus/Challenge: quickly, anytime, finally
Sept. 17-21
Mixed Review
Story: Tomas and the Library Lady
1. blue
2. blind
3. sock
4. trick
5. pest
6. walk
7. drink
8. black
9. desk
10. check
High Frequency: first, fast, thank
Bonus/Challenge: glaring, midnight, eager
Sept. 24-28
Ant and The Three Little Figs/Re-teach & Review
Focus = blends: /gl/, /bl/, /pl/
1. plus
2. glue
3. blink
4. plot
5. glad
6. blend
7. plan
8. block
9. plum
10. blast
High Frequency: find, start, best
Bonus/Challenge: October, November, December
Unit 2: Kindness
Oct. 1-5
Mushroom in the Rain
The short /a/ sound
1. dash
2. gas
3. jam
4. map
5. cash
6. path
7. sat
8. ran
9. ant
10. had
High Frequency: that, but, can
Bonus/Challenge: drenched, flicked, clearing
Oct. 8-12
The Elves and the Shoemaker
The short /e/ sound
1. bell
2. fed
3. nest
4. send
5. test
6. yet
7. went
8. then
9. next
10. them
High Frequency: pretty, seven, yellow
Bonus Challenge: leather, handsome, polished
Oct. 15-19
The Paper Crane
The short /i/ sound
1. win
2. fix
3. mix
4. pin
5. rip
6. zip
7. sit
8. his
9. this
10. lips
High Frequency: pick, wish, with
Bonus Challenge: stranger, unusual, overjoyed
Oct. 22-26
Butterfly House
The /o/ and /aw/ sounds
1. fog
2. flop
3. jog
4. off
5. cot
6. spot
7. soft
8. tops
9. drops
10. long
High Frequency
11. got
12. stop
13. upon
Bonus/Challenge
14. butterfly
15. drift
16. transformed
Oct. 29-Nov.2
2nd Grade: Corduroy
The short /u/ sound
1. us
2. mud
3. rust
4. luck
5. rug
6. duck
7. must
8. hug
9. much
10. shut
High Frequency
11. sound
12. new
13. over
Bonus/Challenge
14. enormous
15. toppled
16. fastened
Nov. 5-9
The Story of Three Whales
The final “en” sound
1. robin
2. dragon
3. chicken
4. lemon
5. wagon
6. cabin
7. broken
8. seven
9. open
10. person
High Frequency
11. when
12. cold
13. once
Bonus/Challenge
14. trudged
15. lurk
16. invincible
Nov. 12-16
The Story of Three Whales (continued)/Cinderella
Review Week
1. Monday
2. Tuesday
3. Wednesday
4. Thursday
5. Friday
6. Saturday
7. Sunday
8. winter
9. spring
10. summer
High Frequency: witch, which, where
Bonus Challenge: ordeal, surface, plight
Unit 3: Animal Camouflage
Nov. 26-30
I See Animal Hiding
Long /a/
1. trail
2. pail
3. wait
4. cane
5. say
6. fake
7. safe
8. stay
9. way
10. snake
High Frequency
11. what
12. said
13. again
Bonus/Challenge
14. natural
15. unaware
16. camouflage
Dec. 3-7
Hungry Little Hare
The long /i/ sound
1. tie
2. cry
3. fly
4. light
5. night
6. pie
7. like
8. hide
9. right
10. find
High Frequency
11. try
12. write
13. live
Bonus/Challenge
14. sightseeing
15. disguise
16. frightened
Dec. 10-14
How to Hide An Octopus and Other Sea Creatures
Long /o/
1. boat
2. coat
3. poke
4. soap
5. toe
6. blow
7. note
8. show
9. over
10. slowly
High Frequency
11. because
12. people
13. they
Bonus/Challenge
14. creatures
15. designed
16. enemies
Dec. 17-21
Holiday Customs Around the World
Review Week
Grade Level
1. they
2. us
3. said
4. about
5. come
6. some
7. were
8. when
9. them
10. very
11. here
12. other
13. would
14. been
15. again
Challenge Words
16. please
17. would
18. because
19. friend
20. favorite
Above Grade Level
21. thought
22. receive
23. remember
24. answer
25. enough
Jan. 7-11
How the Guinea Fowl Got Her Spots
The /oo/ sound
1. boot
2. food
3. moon
4. room
5. tune
6. rude
7. knew
8. too
9. do
10. who
High Frequency
11. blue
12. two
13. together
Bonus/Challenge
14. delicious
15. scrambled
16. cautiously
Jan. 14-18
Animal Camouflage
Review of long vowels
1. rake
2. plate
3. might
4. deep
5. meal
6. shy
7. snow
8. seals
9. costume
10. weak
High Frequency
11. ride
12. goes
13. white
Bonus/Challenge
14. surroundings
15. pretenders
16. mimicry
Jan. 21-25
They Thought They Saw Him
Reteach, Review, & Assessment Week
The long /e/ sound
1. dream
2. eve
3. silly
4. happy
5. team
6. these
7. feet
8. leaves
9. green
10. sneak
High Frequency
11. means
12. even
13. been
Bonus/Challenge
14. wakeful
15. ridge
16. glistened
Unit 4: Fossils
Jan. 28 – Feb.1
Fossils Tell of Long Ago
The /wh/ and /sh/ sounds
1. clash
2. flash
3. shine
4. shore
5. why
6. while
7. where
8. what
9. when
10. wresh
High Frequency Words
11. think
12. thank
13. wish
Bonus/Challenge Words
14. preserved
15. fossils
16. dinosaurs
Feb. 4-8
The Dinosaur Who Lived in My Backyard
/ch/ and /th/ sounds
1. chick
2. choke
3. thick
4. peach
5. teach
6. thin
7. there
8. they
9. hatched
10. mother
High Frequency
11. both
12. which
13. watching
Bonus/Challenge
14. light
15. neighborhood
16. rescue
Feb. 11-15
Dinosaur Fossils
The /ar/ sound
1. cart
2. sharp
3. farm
4. smart
5. shark
6. yard
7. arm
8. part
9. are
10. harden
High Frequency Words
11. Warm
12. Our
13. start
Bonus/Challenge Words
14. skeleton
15. museum
16. scientists
Feb. 18-22
Why Did the Dinosaurs Disappear?
The /er/ and /or/ sounds
1. girl
2. first
3. herd
4. turn
5. hurt
6. short
7. dinosaur
8. for
9. more
10. swirl
High Frequency
11. under
12. four
13. your
Bonus/Challenge
14. starve
15. discovery
16. eruption
Feb. 25 – March 1
Monster Tracks
The “br” and “fr” spellings
1. brag
2. bread
3. brick
4. free
5. frog
6. friend
7. brush
8. bright
9. front
10. frisky
High Frequency
11. because
12. went
13. these
Bonus/Challenge
14. prehistoric
15. mold
16. imprint
March 4-8
Let’s Go Dinosaur Tracking
Review
1. shock
2. white
3. third
4. reach
5. fifth
6. bring
7. formed
8. ever
9. chase
10. fish
High Frequency
11. black
12. orange
13. yellow
Bonus/Challenge
14. analyze
15. canteen
16. limestone
Unit 5 Courage
March 11-15
Molly the Brave and Me
Suffix: -ed, -ing
1. cutting
2. batting
3. hitting
4. skipping
5. running
6. mopped
7. swatted
8. slipped
9. spotted
10. kissed
High Frequency
11. stopped
12. buying
13. jumping
Bonus/Challenge
14. courage
15. homesick
16. bravery
March 18-22
Dragons and Giants
Present Tense of Words
1. give
2. drive
3. sing
4. come
5. slide
6. get
7. know
8. fight
9. look
10. tell
High Frequency
11. carry
12. pick
13. draw
Bonus/Challenge
14. puffing
15. trembling
16. avalanche
April 1-5
A Hole in the Dike
Past Tense Words
1. gave
2. came
3. sang
4. drove
5. told
6. was
7. were
8. lived
9. looked
10. slid
High Frequency
11. write
12. right
13. ate
Bonus/Challenge
14. eight
15. numb
16. bicycle
April 8-12
The Empty Pot
Suffixes
1. higher
2. highest
3. slower
4. slowest
5. happier
6. sillier
7. bigger
8. silliest
9. biggest
10. happiest
High Frequency
11. Pretty
12. Prettier
13. Prettiest
Bonus/Challenge
14. proclamation
15. worthy
16. successor
April 15-19
Brave as a Mountain Lion
Review
1. aunts
2. tapped
3. met
4. whales
5. animals
6. rabbits
7. packed
8. uncles
9. dropping
10. bravest
High Frequency
11. turned
12. asked
13. following
Bonus/Challenge
14. swirling
15. qualified
16. gymnasium
Unit 6: Our Country and Its People
April 22-26
The First American
Prefixes
1. redo
2. retake
3. rename
4. retry
5. retest
6. uneven
7. unpack
8. unlock
9. unroll
10. unsure
High Frequency
11. herd
12. draw
13. heard
Bonus/Challenge
14. canoes
15. tundra
16. medicine
April 29 – May 3
New Hope
Suffixes
1. useless
2. clueless
3. jobless
4. shapeless
5. helpless
6. playful
7. hopeful
8. harmful
9. shameful
10. wonderful
High Frequency
11. sleepless
12. thankful
13. joyful
Bonus/Challenge
14. bustling
15. citizens
16. invitation
May 6-10
A Place Called Freedom
Compound Words
1. maybe
2. inside
3. bedroom
4. lunchroom
5. myself
6. nobody
7. sunrise
8. himself
9. railroad
10. everyone
High Frequency
11. jobless
12. butterfly
13. sunshine
Bonus/Challenge
14. fretted
15. plantation
16. settlement
May 13-17
The Story of the Statue of Liberty
Homophones
1. see
2. sea
3. rode
4. road
5. meet
6. meat
7. to
8. piece
9. fourth
10. two
High Frequency
11. there
12. their
13. too
Bonus/Challenge
14. monuments
15. voyage
16. symbols
May 20-24
Butterfly Seeds
Homographs
1. read
2. live
3. dove
4. lead
5. sow
6. does
7. tear
8. wind
9. close
10. presents
High Frequency
11. said
12. because
13. people
Bonus/Challenge
14. passengers
15. vendors
16. inspectors