The spelling tests will include dictation also. There will be 5
sentences you will listen to and write. You will be graded on everything
from spelling, punctuation and capitalization. :-)
/ar/ or /or/
1. bark
2. shorts
3. sharp
4. sore
5. hard
6. storms
7. yard
8. sport
9. sharks
10. porch
11. pour
12. story
13. chore
14. wore
15. carve
Review Words
16. knots
17. sign
18. wrong
Challenge Words
19. orchard
20. artist
Monday ~ Write words 1 - 5, five times each. Write each word in a
sentence of your choice. You need to use at least two (2) nouns in each
sentence. Circle the singular nouns red and the plural nouns green.
Tuesday ~ Write words 6 - 10, five times each. Write each word in a
sentence of your choice. You need to use at least two (2) nouns in each
sentence. Circle the singular nouns red and the plural nouns green.
Wednesday ~ Write words 11 - 15, five times each. Write each word in a
sentence of your choice. You need to use at least two (2) nouns in each
sentence. Circle the singular nouns red and the plural nouns green.
Thursday ~ Write words 16 - 20, five times each. Write each word in a
sentence of your choice. You need to use at least two (2) nouns in each
sentence. Circle the singular nouns red and the plural nouns green.
Friday ~ Test Day! I know you'll do Great!
Reminders:
* We will have a pre-test on Monday to determine which words they need to
write. Any word spelled correctly during the pre-test will not need to be
written 5 times. However, they will be responsible for writing the sentences
because these include language skills.
*Statement - telling sentenceand ends with a period. Question - asks a
question and ends with a question mark, Exclamation - shows excitement and
ends with an exclamation mark.
* Always do your best work.
*Your teacher loves neat work!
Try one of the activities below for some FUN Spelling!!!
Eating Your Words:
Buy a box of alphabet shaped cereal at the store. Pour a cup of the dry
cereal onto a table or plastic place mat. Pick out the five most difficult
spelling words from your child's weekly list and have him/her spell those
words from the letters in the cereal. After you check his/her work, he/she
is free to eat his/her words!
Bathtub Spelling Practice:
Get a package of foam letters for the tub. During bath time, call out a word
and have your child spell the word by sticking the appropriate foam letters
to the side of the tub.
Sidewalk Spelling:
On a nice day, take your child outside with a bucket of sidewalk chalk and
call out her spelling words. She can write the words on the sidewalk and
later go back and draw a picture to illustrate each word. The chalk washes
off with water.
Back Rub Spelling:
This may grow to be one of your favorites! Both you and your child need to
sit on the floor. He/She should be facing your back. As you call out
spelling words, he/she will draw the letters on your back. This will not
only give him/her the experience of remembering the spelling of the words
but also give him/her practice forming the letters.
Poker Chip Mix-Up:
Purchase inexpensive poker chips and write the letters of the alphabet on
them with a marker. You will need to make several of the commonly used
consonants and vowels. Choose the poker chips that contain the letters of
one of your child's spelling words. Give them to him/her without telling
him/her which word and ask him/her to spell the word.
Scrabble Spelling:
Play a game of Scrabble, using your child's spelling words.
Go Fish:
Grab a package of gold fish crackers and your child's spelling list. Call a
word out for your child to spell and each time he/she spells one correctly,
he/she can take one gold fish cracker for each letter in the word. If he/she
makes a mistake, he/she cannot take any until he/she is able to spell it
without help.
Word Processing Practice:
Have your child use the computer to type his/her spelling words. Encourage
him/her to use a different color, font, size or style for each word.
Spelling Puzzles:
Write each spelling word on a 4x6" index card with marker. Cut each card in
half, creating a jagged edge on both sides. Mix up the cards and have your
child sort them and find the match to complete the puzzle.
