Spelling words will be introduced and sent home every Monday, tests will be every Friday. See below for the word lists and challenge words for each lesson. Visit spelling city (click image on left) to practice your spelling words.
Lesson 1: Short a and Short i
sad, dig, jam, glad, list, win, flat, if, fix, rip, kit, mask, as, his
Challenge words: sandwich, picnic
Lesson 2: Short o, u, e
wet, job, hug, rest, spot, mud, left, help, plum, nut, net, hot, get, not
Challenge words: lunch, spend
Lesson 3: Long a, i
cake, mine, plate, size, ate, grade, wipe, race, line, pile, rake, gave, bike
Challenge words: mistake, while
Lesson 4: Long o, u
doze, nose, use, rose, pole, close, cute, woke, mule, rode, role, tune, home, joke
Challenge words: wrote, ice cube
Lesson 5: blends r, l, s
spin, clap, grade, swim, place, last, test, skin, drag, glide, just, stage, slip, drive
Challenge words: climb, price
Lesson 6: Blends nd, ng, nk, xt, mp
next, end, camp, sank, sing, drink, hunt, stand, long, stamp, pond, bring, jump, left
Challenge words: young, friend
Lesson 7: Double Consonants and ck
rock, black, trick, kick, full, dress, next, add, spell, stuck, class, doll, will, off
Challenge words: across, pocket
Lesson 8: th, sh, wh, ch
dish, than, chest, such, thin, push, shine, chase, white, while, these, flash, which, then
Challenge words: catch, thumb
Lesson 9: Endings -ed, -ing
liked, using, riding, chased, spilled, making, closed, hoping, basked, hiding, standing, asked, mixed, sleeping
Challenge words: teasing, knocking
Lesson 10: Contractions
I'm, don't, isn't, can't, we'll, it's, I've, didn't, you're, that's, wasn't, you've, us, them
Challenge words: they're, wouldn't
Lesson 11: Endings -s, -es
hens, eggs, ducks, bikes, boxes, wishes, dresses, names, bells, stamps, dishes, grapes, jets, frogs
Challenge words: stitches, fences
Lesson 12: ai, ay
pay, wait, paint, train, pail, clay, tray, plain, stain, hay, gray, away, stay, day
Challenge words: raisin, birthday
Lesson 13: ee, ea
free, teach, teeth, please, beach, wheel, team, speak, sneeze, sheep, meaning, weave, eat, read
Challenge words: between, reason
Lesson 14: Long o (o, oa, ow)
own, most, soap, float, both, know, loan, goat, flow, loaf, throw, coach, so, grow
Challenge words: swallow, ocean
Lesson 15: Compound Words
cannot, pancake, maybe, baseball, playground, someone, myself, classroom, sunshine, outside, upon, nothing, into, inside
Challenge words: nobody, everywhere
Lesson 16: Endings -ed, -ing
running, clapped, stopped, hopping, batted, selling, pinned, cutting, sitting, rubbed, missed, grabbed, mixed, going
Challenge words: wrapped, swelling
Lesson 17: Long i (i, igh, y)
night, kind, spy, child, light, find, right, high, wild, July, fry, sigh, by, why
Challenge: behind, lightning
Lesson 18: Long e spelled y
happy, pretty, baby, very, puppy, funny, carry, lucky, only, sunny, penny, city, tiny, many
Challenge words: sorry, noisy
Lesson 19: ar
car, dark, arm, star, park, yard, party, hard, farm, start, part, spark, art, jar
Challenge words: carpet, apartment
Lesson 20: or, ore
horn, story, fork, score, store, corn, morning, shore, short, born, tore, forget, for, more
Challenge words: report, force
Lesson 21: er
father, over, under, herd, water, verb, paper, cracker, offer, cover, germ, master, fern, ever
Challenge Words: remember, feather
Lesson 22: Homophones
meet, meat, week, weak, mane, main, tail, tale, be, bee, too, two, sea, see
Challenge Words: threw, through
Lesson 23: Suffixes -ly, -ful
helpful, sadly, hopeful, thankful, slowly, wishful, kindly, useful, safely, painful, mouthful, weakly, jumped, saying
Challenge words: quickly, wonderful
Lesson 24: Prefixes re-, un-
unhappy, retell, untangle, unkind, repaint, refill, unlike, remake, unpack, reread, unlock, replay, read, happy
Challenge words: rewrite, overhead
Lesson 25: aw, al, o
tall, saw, dog, draw, call, fall, soft, paw, ball, yawn, log, small, all, walk
Challenge words: awful, wallpaper
Lesson 26: oo (ew, oo, ou)
root, crew, spoon, few, bloom, grew, room, you, stew, boost, scoop, flew, zoo, noon
Challenge words: shampoo, balloon
Lesson 27: oo like book
took, books, foot, hoof, cook, nook, hood, wood, stood, shook, crook, cookbook, look, good
Challenge words: crooked, bookcase
Lesson 28: ow, ou
cow, house, town, shout, down, mouse, found, loud, brown, ground, pound, flower, out, now
Challenge words: towel, pounce
Lesson 29: ai, ay, igh, y
aim, snail, bay, braid, ray, always, gain, sly, chain, shy, bright, fright, tray, try
Challenge words: contain, thigh
Lesson 30: oa, ow, ee, ea
seated, keeps, speed seen, means, clean, groan, roast, bowls, crow, owe, grown, green, snow
Challenge words: peace, below