Spelling Lists!
Students need to have these spelling lists written into their Spelling Power notebooks which which have been given out to the students. Whether the list is pretyped or not, the student needs to practice writing the words on the list. The hand and the brain develop cooperational memory and tend to figure out when a word does not look right as it is written or typed out. That is the advantage of writing out the spelling words, or even having the student type out the words. When the word looks questionable, use the dictionary to help spell it better and more accurately.
(What about using spell check on the computer? You still have to know what your word needs to look like if the computer is to use the right word you intend.)
This year's listings will range from weekly to bi-weekly listings. Students are expected to use their spelling words and the variations of them appropriately and spelled correctly in their writings. Most of their words will be from mastery lists of the most commonly used words in writing.
Any Spelling homework given will be worksheets of a series as well as work to be done in the Spelling Power notebook.
Any student who can spell correctly for a weekly test should be able to also spell correctly on essays and other written work. Sometimes a Spelling grade will be taken from the written work without advanced warning. In those cases the score starts with 100 points. Spelling list words will cost 5 points per misspelling. Non-spelling list words will cost 2 points per misspelling.
Some of our tests will also be as sentence dictations.
To review: our classroom Spelling tests will be in different forms:
Worksheets, applied spelling in stories, essays, and other prose; list quizzes, as well as sentence dictations and proof-reading activities.
Afterall, it is better to know how to spell and use correctly their, there, and they're, rather than knowing how to spell dinosaur. Dinosaur as a word is not used as often as the others unless you are writing about dinosaurs!
All Spelling List words need to be written into the Spelling Power notebook, spelled correctly. Parents: As you look through your child's Spelling Power notebook from time to time, when you see a word that doesn't look right, have your child double check a dictionary and show you the word is spelled correctly..or not! If there is an error, circle the word and have your child write the word with the corrected spelling. Please do not write it for your child. The child needs that practice.
How to Practice:
See the word, say the word, spell the word. Close your eyes and spell the word again. Say it, spell it, say it!..Then write the word. Check if you wrote it spelled correctly.
Parents, please take notice. Students take notice.
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Spelling List 1 Rough Rules Words (They don't follow any particular rule.)
1.] because 2.] cause 3.] have 4.] behave
5.] laugh 6.] of 7.] off 8.] people
9.] said 10.] they 11.] until 12.] want
13.] friend 14.] fiend
Added extras
15.] oven 16.] giraffe 17.] half 8.] halves
After you look carefully at the list, you can easily figure out which words don't obey any spelling rules in particular. Words ending with silent e usually have a long vowel before the silent e shows up. Not on this list, though.
Have some fun at:
http://www.spellingcity.com
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Spelling List 2: There's more than 1 way to spell the long i sound!
1.) flight 2.) quite 3.) sky 4.)fright 5.) white 6.) invite
7.) headlight 8.) excite 9.) eye 10.) sight 11.) writer
12.) rye 13.) night 14.) kite 15.) knight
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Spelling List 3
1.) compose 2.) musician 3.)discover 4.) scope
5.) possible 6.) rich 7.)friendly 8.) magician
9.) hopeful 10.) float 11.) road 12.) rode
13.) grow 14.) groan .) hop 16.) hope
It looks like we have only 16 words. Think again! There are actually 32 words. You need to be able to spell each word as well as 2 variations of most words. Sample: compose, composition, composer, composed, composing, composure, decomposition, dispose.
**When a word ends with a silent e, usually drop the silent e then attach your target ending. compose compos +ed = composed.
**When a word ends with y, usually the y morphs into i and then you attach the target suffix: happy>happily
When you can spell discover, you can spell discovery, discovered, discovering.
Prefixes you need to know:
en=towards, adding to it
dis=away from, opposite of
im=not, opposite of
un=not, opposite of
de=opposite of, reverse of
com=with; come together (When you are putting together a writing, you are composing it. Pose=put, com=together.)
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Spelling List 4
1.) again 2.) could 3.) excite 4.) favorite
5.) into 6.) really 7.) to (toward, infinitive getting ready to)
8.) two (number of 2)
9.) too (overly much, in addition to)
10.) was 11.) does 12.) Atlantic 13.) Pacific
14.) Indian 15.) Arctic 16.) continents
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Spelling List 5
1.] expense 2.] depend 3.] govern 4.] marine 5.] finish
6.] press 7.] transport 8.] port
Suffixes: A suffix is a word part attached to the end of a basic word. It creates a variation of the basic word. The basic word is the core meaning of the new word. The suffix gives additional information.
-ion, tion: makes an action word (a verb) into a noun (a thing or state of being)
-ence: makes an action word into a noun (a thing or state of being)
-ed: makes an action word into the past tense for regular verbs
-able, ible: able to make it happen
Prefixes: Prefixes are word parts added to the beginning of basic words. The create a variation of the basic word. The word keeps its core meaning. The prefix gives additional meaning to the core word.
sub: under; minor; a lessor category
ex: out of, away from
un, in: not; opposite
in: also means into
im: into, becoming a part of
When you create a variation word, be sure to check the dictionary to see if you have the correct spelling. We can have a discovery, a recovery, but not an uncovery. We can depend, but not independ.
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Spelling List 6 Tricky Words!
beautiful their there they're
before fore four for
first went want when
school enough tough rough
one won
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(Wordsmithing: use a large word with scrambled up letters. That becomes the mystery word. Make as many words as you can from the larger word. You are limited only to the letters of the mystery word. This activity will be coordinated with our Sitton Spelling lists. The Sitton approach is now being used more widely at our school, so there is more continuity in the school's spelling program from grade to grade. Many words are repeated throughout all of the grade levels. Therefore there will be no excuses for not knowing how to spell core words by the end of grade 6, or even by the end of grade 4! Wordsmithing helps in that direction. Practice! Practice!
The New List 6 Words (Sitton Spelling Gr.4)
there which its people use through also even
something few
example several point front yet wind behind
cannot letter among
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Spelling List 7
another because does* difference* often* picture* sentences* it's (-it is)
shown* English Somali French Spanish your (-belongs to you)
Remember: when the letter c has a letter e or a letter i or y after, the letter c has a ssss sound. Otherwise, it will have a /k/ sound. The letter c with the ssss sound is called a soft c. The letter c with a letter a, o, u after it will sound like /k/, and it is called a hard c sound.
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Spelling List 8
1.) their 2. ) first 3.) thirst* 4.) water 5.) wafer
6. )goes* 7.) great 8.) until 9.) forming*
10.) enough 11.) rough* 12.) tough 13.) though
14.) thought* 15.) ought 16.) almost 17.) earthly 18.) several
19.) answer* 20.) usually 21.) quickly 22.) later
23.) built 24.) state* 25.) listing 26.) stood *
27.) hundred 28.) tin 29_ ten
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Spelling List 9
1.]their 2.] there 3.] they’re
4.]cause* (the source or reason something happens)
5.]because(the reason in progress as an explanation for the effect, caused by) Sample: The cause of the muddy street is lots of rain on the bare dirt at one time.
Sample: We have muddy streets because (caused by) lots of rain on the bare dirt at one time.
6.] always 7.] all right
8.together 9.] several
10.] ground 11.] pound*
12.] build* 13.] giant
14.] garage 15.] staging*
16.] change* 17.] page*
18.] wedge* 19.] fudge
20.] joke* 21.] June
22.] enough 23.] rough
Pay atention to where the soft g is sounded: g+e, g+i, someitimes g+y
The soft g sounds like / j/.
Invite someone to a g competition. did you know that the words garage has both g sounds?
What about gh ? gh=/f/ in rough, tough, and enough. But gh is silent in night, though, thought, and ought. A long time ago in old Germanic English, the gh was pronounced deep in the back of the throat. How about that!
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Spelling List 10
1.] there (place; look for the word: here.) 13.]their (belongs to them
2.] people 14.]only
3.] right 15.]wrote*
4.] began* 16.]it’s (it is)
4.] young 16.]learn
6.] toward 17.]really
7.] became* 18.]ready
8.] special 19.]especially
9.] hundred 20.]brought*
10.] fasten 21.]felt*
11.] kept* 22.]notice
12.] can’t *
Do you see some familiar words you have had before? Be sure you know how to spell them at anytime. Remember, quizzes will happen without being pre-announced. The * words are ones of which you need to be able to spell their base words. A base word is the original word before it morphed into another form. Sample: bought: buy. Be careful with #12. Always check your spelling with a dictionary if you have to stop and think about how to spell a word.
It looks like you have only 22 words to learn. Actually, when you get through with their variations you have hopefully mastered 40 words based on Spelling List 10. Remember, a quiz will happen when you least suspect it, and the quiz might be for practice or for a grade. Hopefully is one of your words, based on hope, hopeful. Through is another old word this year. Happen is a variation of perhaps. Watch out for actual. It is in the usual family of -al. Remember to keep -al and attach ly.
Spelling List 11
1. there 14, first
2. its (belongs to it) 15, right
3. around 16. between
4. always 17. all right
5. don’t 18. better
6. it’s (it is) 19. English
7. they’re (they are) 20. Spanish
8. theirs (belongs to them) 21. there’s (there is)
9. ready* 22. already
10. complete* 23. strong*
11. voices * 24. probably
12. area 25. horse
13. house*
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Spelling List 12
What are three variations for each * word?
Different- differences, d.......ly, di.........tion, d.....er
(Oh, we can't give away all of the answers!)
- you’re (you are)
- its
- again
- every*
- along
- next
- sound*
- often
- almost
- however*
- city
- early
- nothing*
- yet
- certain
- fire
- special*
- ran*
- full
- town
- complete*
- enough gh= /f/
- rough gh=/f/
- tough gh=/f/
- though gh=silent! ou= long 0
- thought* gh=silent! ou = /aw/
- ought gh=silent! ou = /aw/
- peace
- piece*
- thought
- rough
- common
- surface
- pierce*
- fierce
- answer
- classify*
- across
- children
- because
- live*
- their
- there
- though
- through
- river
- different*
Spelling List 13
Spelling List 14
1. of
2. often
3. they
4. there*
5. their *
6. to,* two,* too*
7. almost
8. happen
9. together
10. about
11. around
12. route
13. we’ve *
14. you’ve*
15. I’ve*
Students need to have these spelling lists
written into their Spelling Power notebooks which which have been given out to
the students. Whether the list is pretyped or not, the student needs to
practice writing the words on the list. The hand and the brain develop
cooperational memory and tend to figure out when a word does not look right as
it is written or typed out. That is the advantage of writing out the spelling
words, or even having the student type out the words. When the word looks
questionable, use the dictionary to help spell it better and more
accurately.
This year's listings will range from weekly to
bi-weekly listings. Students are expected to use their spelling words and the
variations of them appropriately and spelled correctly in their writings. Most
of their words will be from mastery lists of the most commonly used words in
writing.
Any Spelling homework given will be worksheets
of a series as well as work to be done in the Spelling Power
notebook.
Any student who can spell correctly for a
weekly test should be able to also spell correctly on essays and other written
work. Sometimes a Spelling grade will be taken from the written work without
advanced warning. In those cases the score starts with 100 points. Spelling
list words will cost 5 points per misspelling. Non-spelling list words will
cost 2 points per misspelling.
Some of our tests will also be as sentence
dictations.
To review: our classroom Spelling tests will be
in different forms:
Worksheets, applied spelling in stories,
essays, and other prose; list quizzes, as well as sentence dictations and
proof-reading activities.
Afterall, it is better to know how to spell
and use correctly their, there, and they're, rather than knowing how to spell
dinosaur. Dinosaur as a word is not used as often as the others unless you are
writing about dinosaurs!
All Spelling List words need to be written into
the Spelling Power notebook, spelled correctly.
How to Practice:
See the word, say the word, spell the word.
Close your eyes and spell the word again. Say it, spell it, say it!..Then write
the word. Check if you wrote it spelled correctly.
Parents, please take notice. Students take
notice.
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Spelling List 1 Rough Rules Words (They
don't follow any particular rule.)
1.] because 2.] cause
3.] have 4.] behave
5.] laugh 6.] of
7.] off 8.] people
9.] said 10.] they 11.] until 2.] want
13.] friend 14.] fiend
Added extras
15.] oven 16.] giraffe
17.] half 18.] halves
After you look carefully at the list, you can
easily figure out which words don't obey any spelling rules in particular.
Words ending with silent e usually have a long vowel before the silent e shows
up. Not on this list, though.
http://www.spellingcity.com
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Spelling List 2: There's more than 1 way to
spell the long i sound!
1.) flight 2.) quite 3.) sky 4.)
fright 5.) white 6.) invite
7.) headlight 8.) excite 9.) eye
10.) sight 11.) writer
12.) rye 13.) night 14.) kite 15.)
knight
Spelling List 3
1.) compose 2.) musician 3.)
discover 4.) scope
5.) possible 6.) rich 7.)
friendly 8.) magician
9.) hopeful 10.) float
11.) road 12.) rode
13.) grow 14.) groan
15.) hop 16.) hope
It looks like we have only 16 words. Think
again! There are actually 32 words. You need to be able to spell each word as
well as 2 variations of most words.
When you can spell discover, you can spell
discovery, discovered, discovering.
When you can spell compose, you can also spell
dispose, composition, composure,
composer, composed, composing. Did I say 2
variations? Look at all these neat variations on those few words. Remember
how to deal with the silent e before attaching an ending.
Prefixes you need to know:
en=towards, adding to it
dis=away from, opposite of
im=not, opposite of
un=not, opposite of
com=with; come together (When you are putting
together a writing, you are composing it. Pose=put, com=together.)
Spelling List
4
1.) again 2.) could 3.) excite 4.) favorite
5.) into 6.) really
7.) to (toward, infinitive getting
ready to)
8.) two (number of
2)
9.) too (overly much, in addition
to)
10.) was 11.) does 12.) Atlantic 13.) Pacific
14.) Indian 15.) Arctic 16.) continents
Spelling List
5
1.] expense 2.] depend 3.] govern 4.] marine 5.] finish
6.] press 7.] transport 8.] port
Suffixes: A suffix is a word part attached to the end of a basic word. It
creates a variation of the basic word. The basic word is the core meaning of the
new word. The suffix gives additional information.
-ion, tion: makes an action word (a verb) into a noun (a thing or state of
being)
-ence: makes an action word into a noun (a thing or state of being)
-ed: makes an action word into the past tense for regular verbs
-able, ible: able to make it happen
Prefixes: Prefixes are word parts added to the beginning of basic words.
The create a variation of the basic word. The word keeps its core meaning. The
prefix gives additional meaning to the core word.
sub: under; minor; a lessor category
ex: out of, away from
un, in: not; opposite
in: also means into
im: into, becoming a part of
When you create a variation word, be sure to check the dictionary to see if
you have the correct spelling. We can have a discovery, a recovery, but not an
uncovery. We can depend, but not independ.
Spelling List 6 Tricky
Words!
beautiful their there they're
before fore four for
first went want when
school enough tough rough
one won
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We have switched to the Rebecca
Sitton style Spelling for Gr.4. This means that we will be having many
unannounced quizes. You must know your words and their variations spelling them
correctly. Be ready at any time.
We have made the switch to this
series because it is more conventional and has a weekly test as well. We will
still do wordsmithing from time to time, so be ready for that too!
(Wordsmithing: use a large word with
scrambled up letters. That becomes the mystery word. Make as many words as you
can from the larger word. You are limited only to the letters of the mystery
word. This activity will be coordinated with our Sitton Spelling lists. The
Sitton approach is now being used more widely at our school, so there is more
continuity in the school's spelling program from grade to grade. Many words are
repeated throughout all of the grade levels. Therefore there will be no excuses
for not knowing how to spell core words by the end of grade 6, or even by the
end of grade 4! Wordsmithing helps in that direction. Practice!
Practice!
The New List 6 Words (Sitton Spelling Gr.4)
there which its people use through also even
something few
example several point front yet wind behind
cannot letter among
Spelling List 7
(Sitton Spelling Gr.4 )
another
because *
does * difference *
often
picture *
sentences *
it’s (= it
is)
shown *
English
your
Remember: when the letter c
has a letter e or a letter i or y after, the letter c has a ssss sound.
Otherwise, it will have a /k/ sound. The letter c with the ssss sound is
called a soft c. The letter c with a letter a, o, u after it will sound like
/k/, and it is called a hard c sound.
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Spelling List
8
Spelling List
9
1.]
their 11.] pound* 21.]
June
2.]
there 12.] build* 22.]
enough
3.]
they’re 13.] giant 23.]
rough
4.] cause *
(the source) 14.] garage
5.] because
(the reason) 15.] staging*
6.]
always 16.]
change*
7.] all
right 17.]
page
8.]
together 18.]
wedge*
9.]
several 19.]
fudge
10.]
ground 20.] joke
Pay
atention to where the soft g is sounded: g+e, g+i, someitimes
g+y
The
soft g sounds like / j/.
Invite
someone to a g competition. did you know that the words garage has both g
sounds?
Spelling List 10 (1/18/2011
week)
1.] there (place; look for the word:
here.) 13.]their (belongs to them
2.]
people
14.]only
3.]
right
15.]wrote*
4.]
began*
16.]it’s (it is)
4.]
young
16.]learn
6.]
toward
17.]really
7.]
became*
18.]ready
8.]
special
19.]especially
9.]
hundred
20.]brought*
10.]
fasten
21.]felt*
11.]
kept*
22.]notice
12.] can’t *
Do you see some familiar words you have had before? Be
sure you know how to spell them at anytime. Remember, quizzes will happen
without being pre-announced. The * words are ones of which you need to be able
to spell their base words. A base word is the original word before it morphed
into another form. Sample: bought: buy. Be careful with #12. Always check your
spelling with a dictionary if you have to stop and think about how to spell a
word.
It looks like you have only
22 words to learn. Actually, when you get through with their variations you
have hopefully mastered 40 words based on Spelling List 10. Remember, a quiz
will happen when you least suspect it, and the quiz might be for practice or for
a grade. Hopefully is one of your words, based on hope, hopeful. Through is
another old word this year. Happen is a variation of perhaps. Watch out for
actual. It is in the usual family of -al. Remember to keep -al and attach
ly.
Spelling List 11
1.
there 14, first
2. its (belongs to it)
15, right
3.
around 16. between
4. always
17. all right
5. don’t
18. better
6. it’s (it
is) 19. English
7. they’re (they are)
20. Spanish
8. theirs (belongs to them) 21.
there’s (there is)
9.
ready* 22. already
10. complete*
23. strong*
11. voices
* 24. probably
12. area
25. horse
13. house*
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Spelling List
12
What are three variations for each *
word?
Different- differences, d.......ly,
di.........tion, d.....er
(Oh, we can't give away all of the
answers!)
- you’re (you
are)
- its
- again
- every*
- along
- next
- sound*
- often
- almost
- however*
- city
- early
- nothing*
- yet
- certain
- fire
- special*
- ran*
- full
- town
- complete*
- enough gh= /f/
- rough gh=/f/
- tough gh=/f/
- though
gh=silent! ou= long 0
- thought* gh=silent! ou = /aw/
- ought gh=silent! ou =
/aw/
- peace
- piece*
- thought
- rough
- common
- surface
- pierce*
- fierce
- answer
- classify*
- across
- children
- because
- live*
- their
- there
- though
- through
- river
- different*
Spelling List
13
Spelling List 14
1. of
2.often
3. they
4. there*
5. their *
6. to,* two,* too*
7. almost
8. happen
9. together
10. about
11. around
12. route
13. we’ve *
14. you’ve*
15. I’ve*