Spelling

This is the BASIC list for the week's words based on the phonics focus of the week. This is the basic list for which all children are responsible. 
More challenging words are often added for the weekly test. These tested words will appear in your child's weekly planner and are added every
Monday. 

Spelling lists for second semester

Jan. 2

Unit 20 Words That End with s or es

dishes

dresses

bells

boxes

beaches

days

bikes

wishes

things

names

children

 

Optional Challenge Words:

giraffes

circuses

watches

paintbrushes

helmets

 

Jan. 9

Unit 21 More Long o Spellings

boat

cold

go

slow

no

old

coat

grow

told

show

toe

do

 

Optional Challenge Words:

yellow

poster

pillow

pony

oatmeal

 

 

 

Jan. 16

Unit 22 The Vowel Sounds in moon and book

zoo

food

look

moon

book

soon

took

good

room

foot

you

who

 

Optional Challenge Words:

cartoon

balloon

rooster

choose

cookbook

 

 

 Jan. 23

Unit 23 Homophones

plane

plain

tail

tale

rode

road

hole

whole

to

too

two

 

Optional Challenge Words:

blue

blew

deer

dear

sent

cent

 

 

Jan. 30

Unit 24 Review

Units 19-23

 

Feb. 6 

Unit 25 More Long I Spellings

sky

find

night

high

fly

try

light

dry

right

kind

eye

buy

 

Optional Challenge Words:

nightmare

tightrope

firefly

siren

tiny

 

 

Feb. 13

Unit 26 The Final Sound in puppy

puppy

baby

lucky

happy

very

lady

funny

silly

many

only

cookie

 

Optional Challenge Words:

heavy

dirty

sorry

angry

carry

 

 

Feb. 20

Unit 27 The Vowel Sound in cow

town

house

out

down

cow

now

found

how

mouse

brown

could

should

 

Optional Challenge Words:

snowplow

meow

towel

outside

around

 

 

Feb. 27

Unit 28 Compound Words

bathtub

bedtime

myself

someone

maybe

into

upon

anyone

without

cannot

 

Optional Challenge Words:

sweatshirt

shoelace

grasshopper

downstairs

doorbell

 

Mar. 5

Unit 29 Contractions

I’ll

we’ve

don’t

you’re

isn’t

didn’t

you’ll

I’ve

hasn’t

we’ll

can’t

 

Optional Challenge Words:

weren't

doesn't

aren't

won't

there's

 

 

Mar. 19

Unit 30 Review

Units 25-29

 

 

Mar. 26

Unit 31 The Vowel + r Sound in car

car

start

arm

far

yard

part

barn

hard

party

farm

are

warm

 

Optional Challenge Words:

apartment

garden

charcoal

cartwheel

market

 

April 2

Unit 32 The Vowel + r Sound in store

store

corn

for

more

or

morning

short

born

story

horn

four

your

 

Optional Challenge Words:

anymore

forty

horse

older

report

 

April 9

Unit 33 Words That End with er

flower

water

under

over

better

sister

brother

mother

father

after

 

Optional Challenge Words:

chapter

fever

wonder

feather

danger

 

April 16

Unit 34 Words That End with ed or ing

batted

running

clapped

stopped

getting

shopping

stepped

hugging

pinned

sitting

missed

telling

 

Optional Challenge Words:

wrapping

hummed

skipping

strapped

chopping

 

April 23

Unit 35 More Words with ed or ing

liked

hoping

baked

using

chased

making

closed

hiding

named

riding

 

Optional Challenge Words:

raising

surprised

erasing

pleased

pasted