Spelling Words

#1 – Long a patterns #2 – Long e patterns #3 – Long o patterns #4 – Long i patterns #5 - /oo/ and /yoo/ sounds #6 – Review lessons 1-5
#7 – Short vowel patterns in two-syllable words #8 - /ou/ and /oi/ Diphthong Sounds #9 - /k/ sound #10 - /s/ and /j/ beginning sounds #11 - Abbreviations #12 – Review lessons 7-11
#13 - /ch/ digraph sound #14 - /j/ sound at ends of words #15 – Spelling plural nouns #16 - /s/ sound at ends of words #17 – Helpers with –er and –or suffixes #18 – Review lessons 13-17
#19 - /ur/ sound #20 – Adding –er and –est to adjectives #21 – Special plurals #22 – Words with re- and un- prefixes #23 – Homophones #24 – Review lessons 19-23
#25 – Schwa sound #26 – Suffix –ly #27 – Words with –tion, -ture, -ure #28 – Number words #29 – Easily misspelled words #30 – Review lessons 25-29
#31 – Vowel plus r sound #32 – Suffixes –ful and –less #33 – Prefix ex- #34 – Compound words #35 – Words ending with –ing #36 – Review lessons 31-35

Spelling Lesson #1: The long a sound.
Spelling Focus: The long a sound can be spelled a, a-consonant-silent e, ai, ay, eigh. The ay spelling is found at the end of words, and the ai spelling is found in the middle of words.

Core Words

male
bacon
freight
grain
erase
stray
scale
state
weigh
trail
frame
railway
paste
brave
weight
sway
aim
crayon
claim
brain

Review Words

stage
mail
train
spray
eight

Challenge Words

agent
basic
chamber
glacier
neighbor

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Spelling Lesson #2: The long e sound.
Spelling Focus: The long e sound can be spelled e, e-consonant-silent e, ee, ea, and y at the ends of words.

Core Words

seaweed
east
jockey
reef
shield
wheat
beetle
donkey
bleed
jeans
scream
field
least
grease
sleek
yield
sneak
steel
crease
beach

Review Words

free
street
neat
clean
please

Challenge Words

female
measles
niece
screech
wreath

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Spelling Lesson #3: The long o sound.
Spelling Focus: The long sound can be spelled o, o-consonant-silent e, ow, or oa.

Core Words

bowl
cobra
groan
shadow
coach
grove
shown
odor
stow
narrow
coax
loan
blow
hollow
coast
flow
minnow
throw
grown
window

Review Words

only
spoke
over
goal
know

Challenge Words

bulldozer
cocoa
elbow
overflow
though

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Spelling Lesson #4: The long i sound.
Spelling Focus: The long i sound can be spelled i, i-consonant-silent e, igh, or y.

Core Words

idle
knight
supply
pipeline
mild
grind
type
pirate
mighty
find
spite
skylight
mile
slight
pilot
lighthouse
blind
flight
style
midnight

Review Words

child
pipe
prize
high
dry

Challenge Words

dynamite
hydrant
icicle
rhyme
tighten

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Spelling Lesson #5: The /oo/ and /yoo/ sounds.
Spelling Focus: The /oo/ sound can be spelled oo, oo-consonant-silent e, o-consonant-silent e, u-consonant-silent e, ue, u-consonant-silent e, ui, u-consonant-silent e, or ew.
The /yoo/ sound can be spelled ue, ew, iew.

Core Words

cue
rescue
few
view
move
truce
due
true
drew
crew
ooze
boost
proof
droop
troop
stoop
suit
fruit
juice
bruise

Review Words

root
school
chew
grew
flute

Challenge Words

group
issue
screwdriver
smooth
value

Spelling Lesson #6: Reviews spelling words from lessons 1-5.

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Spelling Lesson #7: Vowel Sounds in Two-Syllable Words.
Spelling Focus: Many two-syllable words use the short vowel patterns: consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) or vowel-consonant (VC).

Core Words

windmill
cannot
dentist
until
solid
cactus
tablet
contact
success
admit
cockpit
product
infect
within
comment
napkin
suggest
insect
credit
invent

Review Words

plant
bread
film
sunset
thump

Challenge Words

lettuce
minimum
progress
punish
traffic

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Spelling Lesson #8: The /ou/ and /oi/ Diphthong Sounds.
Spelling Focus: The /ou/ diphthong sound can be spelled ou or ow. The ou spelling pattern occurs more often than the ow spelling.
The /oi/ diphthong sound can be spelled oi or oy. The oy spelling is mostly found at the end of a word and sometimes at the end of a syllable, as in loyal.

Core Words

choice
plow
about
destroy
found
joint
allow
employ
bounce
moist
soybean
tower
hoist
ground
oyster
outside
foil
topsoil
spout
poison

Review Words

mouth
coin
broil
loyal
royal

Challenge Words

account
appoint
enjoyment
rejoice
trousers

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Spelling Lesson #9: The /k/ Sound.
Spelling Focus: The /k/ sound can be spelled c or k at the beginning of words. A few words have the /k/ sound spelled ch, as in chorus. The /k/ sound spelled ck is found at the end of a word, as in back.

Core Words

check
stuck
struck
attack
woodchuck
nickel
bucket
jacket
ticket
picket
pocket
rocket
socket
lucky
hockey
stocking
picnic
attic
rustic
shriek

Review Words

deck
trick
snack
stack
magic

Challenge Words

atomic
frantic
heroic
plastic
poetic

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Spelling Lesson #10: The /s/ and /j/ Beginning Sounds.
Spelling Focus: The /s/ sound can be spelled c or s. The c is called the "soft c" and is usually followed by the vowels e, i, or y.
The /j/ sound can be spelled with a g. This g is called the "soft g" and is usually followed by the vowels e, i, or y.

Core Words

ceiling
giraffe
celery
gem
cider
gentleman
center
genie
citrus
general
cereal
gerbil
gingerbread
cement
citizen
genius
circle
cell
cedar
certain

Review Words

circus
city
germ
gentle
giant

Challenge Words

century
cinnamon
cymbals
genuine
geography

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Spelling Lesson #11: Abbreviations
Spelling Focus: An abbreviation is a short way of writing a word. It usually begins with a capital letter and ends with a period.

Core Words

Fri.
St.
Sun.
Sept.
Rd.
Mar.
Tues.
Blvd.
Nov.
Wed.
Oct.
Ave.
Mon.
Jan.
Aug.
Apr.
Thurs.
Dec.
Sat.
Feb.

Review Words

it's
don't
didn't
aren't
haven't

Challenge Words

abbreviate
avenue
boulevard
period
shorten

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Spelling Lesson #12: Reviews spelling words from lessons 7-11.

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Spelling Lesson #13: The /ch/ Digraph Sound.
Spelling Focus: The /ch/ sound can be spelled ch or tch.

Core Words

fetch
pinch
drench
couch
watch
clutch
torch
ranch
scratch
reach
hutch
perch
hunch
stretch
branch
twitch
church
thatch
patch
sketch

Review Words

speech
batch
catch
match
pitch

Challenge Words

cinch
patchwork
splotch
starch
wrench

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Spelling Lesson #14: The /j/ Sound.
Spelling Focus: At the end of some words, the /j/ sound can be dge or ge.

Core Words

wedge
bandage
bridge
cottage
fudge
sausage
trudge
garbage
lodge
hedge
badge
cabbage
edge
manage
luggage
judge
damage
dodge
ledge
package

Review Words

gym
page
huge
hinge
large

Challenge Words

average
fragile
image
pledge
voyage

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Spelling Lesson #15: Spelling Plural Nouns.
Spelling Focus: Add –s to most words to make them plural.
Add the plural –es to many nouns ending in s, x, ch, sh.
Add –s to nouns ending in y preceded by a vowel.
Change the final y to i before adding –es when the noun ending in y is preceded by a consonant.

Core Words

ferries
crutches
monkeys
leashes
blueberries
taxes
dollars
countries
inches
trolleys
radishes
suitcases
brushes
eagles
umbrellas
ashes
numbers
shoelaces
sandwiches
bicycles

Review Words

hobbies
puppies
guesses
flashes
eyelashes

Challenge Words

dragonflies
galleries
marshes
relishes
smudges

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Spelling Lesson #16: The /s/ Sound.
Spelling Focus: When the /s/ sound is followed by the letters i, e, or y, it is often spelled c or sc as in city or science.

Core Words

notice
recess
advice
spruce
twice
sentence
prance
device
surface
princess
faucet
slice
chance
office
prince
splice
iceberg
spice
brace
price

Review Words

mice
place
since
police
pencil

Challenge Words

crevice
distance
fancy
instance
science

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Spelling Lesson #17: Spelling Names of Helpers.
Spelling Focus: The suffixes –er and –or mean "one who."

Core Words

actor
ballplayer
bricklayer
landscaper
doctor
builder
dancer
sailor
creator
plumber
printer
inventor
ranger
roofer
singer
swimmer
teacher
decorator
welder
manager

Review Words

baker
driver
farmer
trucker
writer

Challenge Words

author
conductor
baby-sitter
governor
moderator

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Spelling Lesson #18: Reviews spelling words from lessons 13-17.

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Spelling Lesson #19: The /ur/ Sound.
Spelling Focus: The /ur/ sound can be spelled or, er, ear, ir, or ur.

Core Words

earthworm
pearl
world
purse
serve
birth
further
fern
early
thirst
urge
term
learn
word
burst
twirl
worth
heard
worst
urgent

Review Words

burn
curb
hurt
nurse
shirt

Challenge Words

perfect
purpose
overheard
search
earnest

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Spelling Lesson #20: Words with –er or –est.
Spelling Focus: The ending –er means "more" when added to an adjective.
The ending –est means "most" when added to an adjective.

Core Words

heavy
hungriest
prettier
ugliest
dizzy
happier
heaviest
pretty
hungrier
drowsiest
ugly
dizzier
happy
heavier
hungry
prettiest
uglier
drowsy
happiest
dizziest

Review Words

easy
dirty
noisy
foggy
frisky

Challenge Words

chilly
empty
gloomy
healthy
windy

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Spelling Lesson #21: Special Plurals.
Spelling Focus: When a word ends with f or fe, change the f to a v before adding –es.

Core Words

life
leaves
thief
loaves
wives
elf
scarf
shelves
lives
loaf
wolves
leaf
elves
self
scarves
wife
selves
shelf
thieves
wolf

Review Words

deer
blush
calf
half
knife

Challenge Words

apatosaurus
fisher
geese
oxen
women

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Spelling Lesson #22: Words with re- or un-.
Spelling Focus: The prefix re- means "again."
The prefix un- means "not."

Core Words

unhook
redo
unfit
rewind
uncover
review
unfold
rename
untie
reheat
unfair
renew
unbeaten
remove
unpaid
retake
replace
unfriendly
rearrange
reappear

Review Words

rerun
unsafe
rethink
repaint
unseen

Challenge Words

refinish
reverse
unequal
unfinished
unplanned

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Spelling Lesson #23: Homophones.
Spelling Focus: Homophones are words that sound alike but have different spellings and meanings.

Core Words

poll
forth
threw
waste
beet
role
foul
minor
sight
through
beat
flower
fourth
roll
fowl
flour
waist
pole
miner
site

Review Words

fair
stair
stare
hole
whole

Challenge Words

byte
knead
need
principal
principle

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Spelling Lesson #24: Reviews spelling words from lessons 19-23.

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Spelling Lesson #25: Spelling the Schwa Sound.
Spelling Focus: The vowel sound in the unstressed syllable of a word is usually the schwa sound.

Core Words

problem
woman
season
happen
custom
even
bottom
garden
person
mitten
cannon
eleven
lesson
open
button
kitten
reason
ribbon
dragon
horizon

Review Words

widen
wooden
chosen
children
frighten

Challenge Words

crimson
dolphin
dungeon
opinion
watermelon

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Spelling Lesson #26: Words with –ly.
Spelling Focus: The suffix –ly means "in a certain way." The suffix –ly is added to adjectives to make them adverbs.

Core Words

barely
lively
lonely
freely
frankly
harshly
quickly
eagerly
suddenly
totally
willingly
angrily
happily
luckily
merrily
noisily
sleepily
speedily
steadily
sturdily

Review Words

hardly
loudly
softly
slowly
narrowly

Challenge Words

calmly
cowardly
personally
secretly
usually

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Spelling Lesson #27: Words with –tion, -ture, or –ure.
Spelling Focus: The /shen/ sound can be spelled –tion. The /cher/ sound can be spelled –ture. The letters –ure at the end of a word can be pronounced different ways.

Core Words

condition
pasture
action
failure
feature
nation
nature
mention
posture
station
picture
motion
creature
caption
furniture
lotion
caution
question
location
direction

Review Words

whirl
hurry
purple
turtle
squirrel

Challenge Words

attention
creation
departure
lecture
moisture

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Spelling Lesson #28: Number Words.
Spelling Focus: A cardinal number, such as "twelve," shows how many there are of something. An ordinal number, such as "eighth," shows the order of something in a series.

Core Words

seventy
fourteen
eighth
billion
fifty
sixteen
forty
twelve
million
seventeen
sixty
second
hundred
thirteen
fifth
ninety
fifteen
eighteen
twenty
nineteen

Review Words

one
nine
thirty
eighty
fourth

Challenge Words

binary
decimal
digit
tenth
trillion

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Spelling Lesson #29: Easily Misspelled Words.
Spelling Focus: Many words are not spelled the way they sound.

Core Words

hours
route
young
cousin
goes
canoe
ewe
answer
sugar
sure
shall
obey
ocean
often
oven
ton
front
island
wash
whose

Review Words

buy
done
once
color
their

Challenge Words

against
beauty
heart
machine
toward

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Spelling Lesson #30: Reviews spelling words from lessons 25-29.

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Spelling Lesson #31: The Vowel Plus r Sound.
Spelling Focus: The /ar/ sound can be spelled are, ar, air, ear, and ere.

Core Words

parakeet
glare
therefore
dairy
tear
beware
despair
swear
compare
daring
repair
snare
area
declare
carry
nightmare
narrate
spare
library
scare

Review Words

dare
share
square
bear
wear

Challenge Words

bury
clarify
comparison
lariat
prepare

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Spelling Lesson #32: Spelling Words with the –ful and –less Suffixes.
Spelling Focus: The suffix –ful means "full of."
The suffix –less means "without."

Core Words

joyful
careless
careful
thankless
helpful
harmless
fearful
hopeless
playful
painless
useful
helpless
hopeful
thankful
cloudless
harmful
homeless
painful
useless
skillful

Review Words

peaceful
endless
hairless
sleepless
shapeless

Challenge Words

powerful
respectful
sightless
thoughtful
wonderful

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Spelling Lesson #33: Spelling Words with the Prefix ex-.
Spelling Focus: The /egz/ sound can be spelled ex-.
The /eks/ sound can be spelled ex-.
The prefix ex- means "former, earlier, or out."

Core Words

exit
exact
examine
example
excite
excuse
exchange
exclude
exclaim
expand
expect
expert
expensive
explain
explode
explore
express
extend
extra
extreme

Review Words

mix
six
box
fox
rocks

Challenge Words

excavate
excellent
exhaust
exhibit
extend

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Spelling Lesson #34: Compound Words.
Spelling Focus: Compound words are made up of two complete words. None of the letters are taken out of the words. The spelling of each word stays the same.

Core Words

anyone
everywhere
someplace
sometimes
stoplight
headlight
headquarters
basketball
touchdown
grandstand
pigpen
outline
footprint
yardstick
billboard
brainstorm
steamboat
waterfall
rattlesnake
firecracker

Review Words

rainbow
anything
playground
horseback
spaceship

Challenge Words

background
earthquake
grapevine
salesperson
stagecoach

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Spelling Lesson #35: Words Ending with –ing.
Spelling Focus: Adding –ing to a verb shows that an action is happening now.

Core Words

swimming
walking
dancing
exploring
napping
painting
building
relaxing
boating
bowling
camping
climbing
fishing
golfing
reading
skiing
surfing
biking
riding
jogging

Review Words

sailing
drawing
diving
hiking
skating

Challenge Words

exercising
picknicking
practicing
snorkeling
vacationing

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Spelling Lesson #36: Reviews spelling words from lessons 31-35.

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