UNIT 2 SPELLING WORDS
October 19-23: Michelle Kwan: Heart of a Champion – compound words
Basketball, wheelchair, cheerleader, newscast, weekend, everybody, up-to-
date, grandparent, first aid, wildlife, highway, daytime, whoever, test tube,
turnpike, shipyard, homemade, household, salesperson, brother-in-law
Challenge list #1- extraordinary, self-assured, quick-witted, limelight,
junior high school
Challenge list #2 – afternoon, ninety-nine, everywhere, all right, breakfast
October 26-30: La Bamba- /ou/, /ô/, and /oi/
Hawk, claw, bald, tower, halt, prowl, loyal, pause, moist, ounce, launch,
royal, scowl, haunt, noisy, coward, fawn, thousand, drown, fault
Challenge list #1: announce, poise, loiter, somersault, awkward
Challenge list #2: proud, dawn, false, cause, howl
November 2-6: The Fear Place- /ôr/, /âr/, and /är/
Hare, scar, torch, soar, harsh, sore, lord, flair, warn, floor, tore, lair,
snare, carve, bore, fare, gorge, barge, flare, rare
Challenge list #1: folklore, unicorn, ordinary, marvelous, hoard
Challenge list #2: horse, sharp, square, stairs, board
November 9-13: Mae Jamison, Space Scientist- /ûr/ and /îr/
Smear, germ, return, peer, stir, squirm, nerve, early, worth, pier, thirst,
burnt, rear, term, steer, pearl, squirt, perch, hurl, worse
Challenge list #1: interpret, yearn, emergency, dreary, career
Challenge list #2: learn, curve, world, firm, year
November 16-20 and November 23-24: Review—NO TEST!! Grade will come from
workbook pages 171, 172, and 173
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