Spelling Words: Students are tested on spelling words each Friday (or Thursday if there is no school on Friday) except during End of Unit weeks when spelling tests will be given Tuesday or Wednesday because these are review tests.
Pretest lists should come home each Monday in Homework Folders (on Tuesday if there is no school on Monday).
See Unit 1 words at the bottom of this list.
Unit 5: story 3 (4-27) gave, came, sang, drove, told, was, were, lived, looked, slid
Vocabulary spelling words:
gurgling: making a sound like a bubbling liquid, trickling: like a liquid that is falling or flowing drop by drop, gushing: pouring out suddenly and in large amounts, numb: having no feeling, as if asleep, rumbling: making a heavy, deep, rolling sound, hero: a person who is honored because of a brave or courageous acts
Unit 5: story 6 (5-4) aunts, tapped, met, whales, animals, rabbits, packed, uncles, dropping, bravest
vocabulary spelling words:
tossed: moved up and down on a ship because of the waves, passengers: people who travel in a vehicle, inspectors: people who look at things closely, alley: a narrow street between buildings, vendor: a person who sells things
Unit 6: story 3 (5-11) maybe, inside, bedroom, lunchroom, nobody, sunrise, himself, railroad, everyone
vocabulary spelling words:
plantation- large farm worked by people who live there, fretted- to become worried, settlement- small village or group of houses, celebrate-to give a party
Unit 6: story 5 (5-18) read, live, lead, dove, sow, does, tear, wind, close, presents
vocabulary spelling words:
tossed- moved up and down on a ship because of waves, passengers- people who travel in a vehicle, inspectors- people who look at things closely, alley- narrow street between buildings, vendor-person who sells things
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Unit 4: week 1 (2-23) clash, flash, shine, shore, why, while, where, what, when, fresh
Vocabulary spelling words:
amber: a yellowish sap from plants that hardens and becomes a fossil, fossil: a plant, animal, or imprint that has turned to stone, extinct: not alive today; all members of the group or species have died out, peat: swampy forest soil, mammoth: a kind of elephant that lived millions of years ago
Unit 4: week 2 (3-2) chick, choke, thick, peach, teach, thin, there, they, hatched, mother
Vocabulary Spelling words:
hatched: broke out of an egg, neighborhood: the area around your home, swamp: an area of wet land, rescue: to save someone who is in danger or harm
Unit 4: week 3 (3-9) cart, sharp, farm, smart, shark, yard, arm, part, are, harden
Vocabulary Spelling words:
fossils: hardened remains of an animal or plant that lived long ago, hardened: became solid, scientists: people who study things in nature, difficult: not easy, extinct: no longer living
week of 3-16 Poetry Performance practice
Unit 4: week 4 (3-30) girl, first, herd, turn, hurt, short, dinosaur, for, more, swirl
Vocabulary Spelling words:
climate: the average, or normal weather conditions of a place, protection: the keeping of someone or something from harm, moisture: water or other liquid in the air or on a surface, erupt: to break out suddenly with force, discovery: something that is seen or found out for the first time
Unit 4: week 5 (4-6) brag, bread, brick, free, frog, friend, brush, bright, front, frisky
Vocabulary Spelling words:
clues: hints that help solve a mystery or a problem, prehistoric: belonging to a time before people started writing history, imprint: to mark by applying pressure, mold: a hollow form that makes a shape; material can be poured into it
Unit 4: week 6 (4-13) shock, white, third, reach, fifth, bring, formed, ever, chase, fish
Vocabulary Spelling words:
analyze: to look at very carefully, clue: hint, paleontologist: a scientist who studies fossils and the past, limestone: a rock that often contains fossil prints
Unit 4 testing (4-20)
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Unit 3: week 1 (1-5) trail, pail, wait, cane, say, fake, safe, stay, way, snake
Unit 3: week 2 (1-12) dream, eve, silly, happy, team, these, feet, leaves, green, sneak
Unit 3: week 3 (1-19) tie, cry, fly, light, night, pie, like, hide, right, find
Unit 3: week 4 (1-26) boat, coat, poke, soap, toe, blow, note, show, over, slowly
Unit 3: week 5 (2-2) boot, food, moon, room, tune, rude, knew, too, do, who
Unit 3: week 6 (2-9) rake, plate, might, deep, meal, shy, snow, seals, costume, weak
Unit 3 testing & mid year testing-week of 2-17
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Unit 2: week 1 (week of 10-12)
dash, gas, jam, map, cash, path, sat, ran, ant, had
Unit 2: week 2 (week of 10-26)
bell, fed, nest, send, test, yet, went, then, next, them
Unit 2: week3 (week of 11-02)
win, fix, mix, pin, rip, zip, sit, his, this, lips, bonus words- Mrs. Young, Mrs. Gambill, Mrs. Stubbs
Unit 2: week 4 (week of 11-9)
fog, flop, jog, off, cot, spot, soft, tops, drops, long, bonus words - magnetized, transcontinental
Unit 2: week 5 (week of 11-16)
us, mud, rust, luck, rug, duck, must, hug, much, shut; bonus words-lodestone, expansion
Unit 2: week 6 (week of 11-30)
robin, dragon, chicken, lemon, wagon, cabin, broken, seven, open, person; bonus words-emancipation, simple machines
Unit 2: week 7 (week of 12-7)
have, has, west, bend, milk, log, got, rush, rags, love
Week of 12-14 is unit 2 assessments-no new spelling words
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Unit 1: week1 (week of 8-31)
plus, glue, blink, plot, glad, blend, plan, block, plum, blast
Unit 1:week 2 (9-8)
drip, drum, gray, grin, tree, trip, grow, truck, try, dress
Unit 1:week 3 (9-14)
park, kick, bark, dark, stick, hook, track, book, took, stack
Unit 1:week 4 (9-21)
hand, land, pond, fast, lost, just, stand, stuck, story, spend
Unit 1:week 5 (9-28)
trick, blind, sock, blue, pest, walk, drink, black, desk, check
Week of 10-5 Review all Unit 1 words for end of unit test, no list will come home.