Students will take a spelling test most weeks, and those words can be found here as a backup to the list that is copied down during class. In addition to spelling words, you will also be able to find academic vocabulary words/definitions
Spelling Words - Week 1
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
January February March April May June July August September October November December
Tennessee Bartlett Altruria
(These words are all proper nouns, so they MUST be capitalized in order to be counted correct on the quiz.)
Spelling Words-- Week 2
(These are words that I have taken from the novel that we are reading in class.)
produce grocery tomatoes vegetables tongue employees sneeze preacher distracted insulted wiggled freckles cushions howling dessert furious library except separated pretended
(***The test over these words will be on Friday, but we will have a practice quiz on Wednesday that will not be for an actual grade.***)
Spelling Words-- Week 3
(These are words that I have taken from the novel that we are reading in class.)
peculiar funniest confused guitar soldier criminal harsh dramatic neither decision
Spelling Words-- Week 4
(These are words that I have taken from the novel that we are reading in class.)
lightning slithering missionary typhoid manufactured dandelion squawked ingredient theme strummed underneath magazines convinced knuckle installment combination squished potluck imitated melancholy
Spelling Words-- Week 5 (Short Week)
There is NO SPELLING this week.
Spelling Words-- Week 6
Sweet below greet indeed each throat season rainbow three float
croak grown least foam shallow seaweed freedom flown eagle hollow
Spelling Words Week 7 (Long e)
Test is Thursday, because the student DO NOT have school on Friday, September 20th due to district learning day.
prairie calorie honey valley money finally movie country empty city rookie hockey collie breezy jury balcony steady alley trolley misty
Spelling Words Week 8
NO TEST THIS WEEK-- We are focusing on a writing project this week, and the kids will be practicing identifying misspelled words through peer editing.
Spelling Words Week 9 (These words are found in the non-fiction book Horses that we are reading in class.)
**Test is THURSDAY.**
mount manes stallions ponies gait horsepower transport feral horse foals gallop stride groom colt grazing barriers mustangs mare filly hoof
Spelling Words Week 10 (These words come from the novel, Bud, Not Buddy)
brute commence depression engagement decoder glum asthma ingratitude lavatory provoked twine urchins vermin welted centipede crouched raggedy swapped ringworm
Spelling Words Week 11 (These words come from the novel, Bud, Not Buddy)
privilege crawdad dandelion gait kin muskrat radiating retrieve wiry radiate jam hooverville orphanage romantic locomotive alias conscience fangs knickers paltry
Spelling Words Week 12 --- No Spelling Test
Academic Vocabulary Week 12-13 (Students will be introduced to these words in week 12, and will test over them in week 13 since it is our first time to complete Academic Vocab this year.) QUIZ Tuesday, November 5th.
-Native Americans -exploration -prime -composite -deposition -sentence fragment
Week 14-- No spelling Words
Academic Vocabulary Words-- Quiz Tuesday, November 19th
Political Democracy Cause and effect Drawing conclusions Climate Condensation
Spelling Words Week 15 (These words come from Bud, Not Buddy)
scales slacking strap absolute fester recorder nominate offended stiffed nudging tidings conclusions compromise insinuate tragedy
(There are ONLY 15 words this week.) Test Date: Friday, November 22nd
Week 16: NO SPELLING TEST(Short Week-- Thanksgiving Break)
Week 17:
Spelling Words (Adding -ed and -ing) Test Date: Dec. 6th
watched watching danced dancing studied studying stopped stopping dried drying happened happening noticed noticing robbed robbing slipped slipping hurried hurrying
Academic Vocabulary Words: Test Date: December 5th
missions: religious settlements established to convert people to a particular faith
mayflower compact: a charter for the Plymouth colony- the first written form of government in the colonies
expansion: a process of enlarging the boundaries of a territory
religion: a type of freedom that is offered in American and was looked for by the colonists
colony: a settlement ruled by another country
document: a piece of written matter that provides information or evidence or that serves as an official record
Week 19: Spelling Words "The Grinch" Test Date: Thursday, December 19th
beneath snarled scarce ramshackle hissed flue nimbly whizzed sneer feast awful chuckled unpleasant chimney slithered glee fib speck dawn tinsel
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start of 2nd Semester (Start of 2014)
Week 20: No Spelling Test (Short Week)
Academic Vocabulary Words (S.S. Quiz Grade) Test Date: Friday, January 10th
American Revolution Preamble Constitution Bill of Rights Amendments Articles of Confederation
Week 21: Spelling
draft proper greedily inventor furnace belching stammer colossal peculiar precious morsels dotty glisten frantically hooligan repulsive intense furious perched astonish
Academic Vocabulary: Carnivore
Herbivore Omnivore Energy Pyramid Food Web Camouflage
Week 25: Spelling
spring heart mirror camping journey first calm repeat truth touch child March roses grow lake yelled pong farm bullet honest
Week 26: No Spelling Test (short week-- President's Day Holiday)
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY WORDS WK 26:
- possessive noun: person, place, or think that shows ownership
- audience: a group of people that gather to see or hear a performance
- fable: a make-believe short story that teaches a moral, especially with animals as characters.
- proofread: to check written work for errors and mark changes to be made.
-subject-verb-agreement: agreement of subject and verb in person in a sentence. The subject and verb cannot both end in -s.
-genre: a category of artistic works, based on form, style, or subject matter; fiction, non-fiction, poetry, biography.
- caption: a short description or title of an illustration in a text.
Week 27: Test on Thursday (February 27th)
kidnapped abrupt dangerous blacksmith astonished alarmed choice natural conclusion moustache witchcraft shameless revolve instead worried peculiar furniture glance cautious rescue
Spelling Words - Week 1
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
January February March April May June July August September October November December
Tennessee Bartlett Altruria
(These words are all proper nouns, so they MUST be capitalized in order to be counted correct on the quiz.)
Spelling Words-- Week 2
(These are words that I have taken from the novel that we are reading in class.)
produce grocery tomatoes vegetables tongue employees sneeze preacher distracted insulted wiggled freckles cushions howling dessert furious library except separated pretended
(***The test over these words will be on Friday, but we will have a practice quiz on Wednesday that will not be for an actual grade.***)
Spelling Words-- Week 3
(These are words that I have taken from the novel that we are reading in class.)
peculiar funniest confused guitar soldier criminal harsh dramatic neither decision
Spelling Words-- Week 4
(These are words that I have taken from the novel that we are reading in class.)
lightning slithering missionary typhoid manufactured dandelion squawked ingredient theme strummed underneath magazines convinced knuckle installment combination squished potluck imitated melancholy
Spelling Words-- Week 5 (Short Week)
There is NO SPELLING this week.
Spelling Words-- Week 6
Sweet below greet indeed each throat season rainbow three float
croak grown least foam shallow seaweed freedom flown eagle hollow
Spelling Words Week 7 (Long e)
Test is Thursday, because the student DO NOT have school on Friday, September 20th due to district learning day.
prairie calorie honey valley money finally movie country empty city rookie hockey collie breezy jury balcony steady alley trolley misty
Spelling Words Week 8
NO TEST THIS WEEK-- We are focusing on a writing project this week, and the kids will be practicing identifying misspelled words through peer editing.
Spelling Words Week 9 (These words are found in the non-fiction book Horses that we are reading in class.)
**Test is THURSDAY.**
mount manes stallions ponies gait horsepower transport feral horse foals gallop stride groom colt grazing barriers mustangs mare filly hoof
Spelling Words Week 10 (These words come from the novel, Bud, Not Buddy)
brute commence depression engagement decoder glum asthma ingratitude lavatory provoked twine urchins vermin welted centipede crouched raggedy swapped ringworm
Spelling Words Week 11 (These words come from the novel, Bud, Not Buddy)
privilege crawdad dandelion gait kin muskrat radiating retrieve wiry radiate jam hooverville orphanage romantic locomotive alias conscience fangs knickers paltry
Spelling Words Week 12 --- No Spelling Test
Academic Vocabulary Week 12-13 (Students will be introduced to these words in week 12, and will test over them in week 13 since it is our first time to complete Academic Vocab this year.) QUIZ Tuesday, November 5th.
-Native Americans -exploration -prime -composite -deposition -sentence fragment
Week 14-- No spelling Words
Academic Vocabulary Words-- Quiz Tuesday, November 19th
Political Democracy Cause and effect Drawing conclusions Climate Condensation
Spelling Words Week 15 (These words come from Bud, Not Buddy)
scales slacking strap absolute fester recorder nominate offended stiffed nudging tidings conclusions compromise insinuate tragedy
(There are ONLY 15 words this week.) Test Date: Friday, November 22nd
Week 16: NO SPELLING TEST(Short Week-- Thanksgiving Break)
Week 17:
Spelling Words (Adding -ed and -ing) Test Date: Dec. 6th
watched watching danced dancing studied studying stopped stopping dried drying happened happening noticed noticing robbed robbing slipped slipping hurried hurrying
Academic Vocabulary Words: Test Date: December 5th
missions: religious settlements established to convert people to a particular faith
mayflower compact: a charter for the Plymouth colony- the first written form of government in the colonies
expansion: a process of enlarging the boundaries of a territory
religion: a type of freedom that is offered in American and was looked for by the colonists
colony: a settlement ruled by another country
document: a piece of written matter that provides information or evidence or that serves as an official record
Week 19: Spelling Words "The Grinch" Test Date: Thursday, December 19th
beneath snarled scarce ramshackle hissed flue nimbly whizzed sneer feast awful chuckled unpleasant chimney slithered glee fib speck dawn tinsel
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start of 2nd Semester (Start of 2014)
Week 20: No Spelling Test (Short Week)
Academic Vocabulary Words (S.S. Quiz Grade) Test Date: Friday, January 10th
American Revolution Preamble Constitution Bill of Rights Amendments Articles of Confederation
Week 21: Spelling
draft proper greedily inventor furnace belching stammer colossal peculiar precious morsels dotty glisten frantically hooligan repulsive intense furious perched astonish
Academic Vocabulary: Carnivore
Herbivore Omnivore Energy Pyramid Food Web Camouflage
Week 25: Spelling
spring heart mirror camping journey first calm repeat truth touch child March roses grow lake yelled pong farm bullet honest
Week 26: No Spelling Test (short week-- President's Day Holiday)
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY WORDS WK 26:
- possessive noun: person, place, or think that shows ownership
- audience: a group of people that gather to see or hear a performance
- fable: a make-believe short story that teaches a moral, especially with animals as characters.
- proofread: to check written work for errors and mark changes to be made.
-subject-verb-agreement: agreement of subject and verb in person in a sentence. The subject and verb cannot both end in -s.
-genre: a category of artistic works, based on form, style, or subject matter; fiction, non-fiction, poetry, biography.
- caption: a short description or title of an illustration in a text.
Week 27: Test on Thursday (February 27th)
kidnapped abrupt dangerous blacksmith astonished alarmed choice natural conclusion moustache witchcraft shameless revolve instead worried peculiar furniture glance cautious rescue