APRIL 18- APRIL 21: This week we are reading Unit 6, Week 2: Red, White, and Blue: The Story of the American Flag in our reading textbook. Our spelling words this week focus on abbreviations and understanding when they are capitalized. This should be an easy week! It is also a short week: no school Friday, so spelling test on Thursday!
SPELLING:Ave., Dr., Mrs., Nov., Jan., Aug., St., Rd., Blvd., Jr., Mon., Wed., U.S.A
AMAZING WORDS:athlete, challenge, effort, dainty, champion, professional, shortstop
VOCABULARY WORDS:bases, cheers, field, plate, sailed, threw
APRIL 11- APRIL 15: This week we are beginning Unit 6, Week 1 in reading street. Our spelling words this week focus on inflected endings, such as -ies, -ing, -es.
SPELLING:cries, judging, happiest, driving, replied, hurrying, studies, enjoyed, skated, using
AMAZING WORDS:athlete, challenge, effort, dainty, champion, professional, shortstop
VOCABULARY WORDS:bases, cheers, field, plate, sailed, threw
April 4 - April 8
Spelling Words: talking, cause, because, chalk, automobile, fault, crawling, daughter, August, awkward, audience, launch, applause, bald, caught
March 28- April 1
March 21-March 25
Spelling Words: tough, enough, pickle, duckling, thicken, trophy, backtrack, clang, photograph, laugh
Amazing Words: appreciate, communicate, respect, demand, firmly, advantage, defiant, ferocious
Vocabulary Words:adventure, climbed, clubhouse, exploring, greatest, truest, wondered
Spelling Words
February 28-March 4
design, lamb, knock, wrong, honeycomb, knob, signing, plumber, wrestler, gnawing, wrench, climbed, wrinkle, cologne, crumb
Amazing Words: behavior, cooperate, obedient, companion, consider, reprimand, confident, properly
Vocabulary Words:chased, chewing, dripping, grabbed, practice, treat, wagged
Spelling Words: Spelling Words:
February 21- February 25
This week we are reading "Carl the Complainer" (Unit 5 Week 2). Our spelling words this week focus on prefixes such as pre-, un-, and dis-.
Spelling words:
unsafe, preheat, disappear, preschool, reunion, disagree, rewind, retie, unplug, unfortunate, disable, prehistoric
Spelling Words: Spelling Words:
February 7 - February 11
- cheerful
- slowly
- extremely
- quickly
- hardly
- weekly
- careful
- gardener
- yearly
- visitor
Amazing Words: community, responsible, teamwork, operation, instrument, caretaker, lug, supplies
Story Words: station, building, roar, masks, quickly, tightly, burning, fireproof, hydrant, outriggers
Spelling Words: Spelling Words:
January 31-February 4
This week we are reading “The First Tortilla." Please practice our new spelling words, high frequency words, and amazing words. Our spelling words this week focus on the /u/ sound as it is heard in the following words:
This week we are reading “The First Tortilla." Please practice our new spelling words, high frequency words, and amazing words. Our spelling words this week focus on the /u/ sound as it is heard in the following words:
- jewel
- flew
- suitcase
- Tuesday
- threw
- bruise
- raccoon
- juice
- clue
- shampoo
Story Words: awaken, cliffs, mountain, prize, rainbow, suffer, volcano
January 24-28
This week we are reading “The Night the Moon Fell." Please practice our new spelling words, high frequency words, and amazing words. Our spelling words this week focus on dividing words into 2 syllables.
This week we are reading “The Night the Moon Fell." Please practice our new spelling words, high frequency words, and amazing words. Our spelling words this week focus on dividing words into 2 syllables.
- complain
- simply
- explain
- laughter
- improve
- address
- control
- sandwich
- hundred
- farther
- monster
- dolphin
Vocabulary Words: balance, canyon, rattle,coral,slivers, whisper, sway
Amazing Words: unexpected, quiver, adjust, landmark, tease
Amazing Words: unexpected, quiver, adjust, landmark, tease
Spelling Words:
January 10 - January 14
This week we are reading “A Life Cycle of a Pumpkin." Please practice our new spelling words, high frequency words, and amazing words. Our spelling words this week focus on the /u/ sound as it is spelled using oo, u
- footstep
- bullfrog
- understood
- crook
- pudding
- cushion
- shook
- pushed
- stood
- put
Vocabulary Words: harvest, root, smooth, vine, soil, tendrils, wither, cycle, fruit
Amazing Words: adapt, annual, nutrients, bury, undisturbed, ancient, massive, sprout
December 13- December 17
This week we are reading “A Weed is a Flower." Please practice our new spelling words, high frequency words, and amazing words. Our spelling words this week focus on adding -er, -est, -iest to the end of words.
- prettier
- prettiest
- lazier
- laziest
- busier
- busiest
- sweeter
- sweetest
- friendlier
- friendliest
- sooner
- soonest
- smaller
- smallest
High Frequency Words: been, believe, caught, finally, today, tomorrow, whatever
Amazing Words: college, laboratory, agriculture, greenhouse, excel, process, research, opportunity, accomplish, original, scientist, unusal
Amazing Words: college, laboratory, agriculture, greenhouse, excel, process, research, opportunity, accomplish, original, scientist, unusal
Spelling Words:
November 15-November 19
This week we are reading “Dear Juno." Please practice our new spelling words, high frequency words, and amazing words. Our spelling words this week focus on the long o sound as it is spelled (oa, ow).
- moment
- croak
- ocean
- blown
- postcard
- growth
- strolled
- oath
- unfolded
- roam
- mower
- window
High Frequency Words: picture, school, answer, faraway, parents, wash, company
Amazing Words: transport, deaf, imitate, cove, sign language, correspond, postage, persimmons
November 15-November 19
This week we are reading “Anansi Goes Fishing." Please practice our new spelling words, high frequency words, and amazing words. Our spelling words this week focus on compound words (putting 2 words together to form a new word).
- brainstorm
- someone
- wherever
- thunderstorm
- dishwasher
- neighborhood
- faraway
- lightweight
- butterscotch
- raindrop
- mailbox
- rattlesnake
- earthquake
High Frequency Words: been, believe, caught, finally, today, tomorrow, whatever
Amazing Words: consume, prey, shrewd, boast, gloat, snicker, contentment, cure, incident
Amazing Words: consume, prey, shrewd, boast, gloat, snicker, contentment, cure, incident
Spelling Words:
November 15-November 19
This week we are reading “Dear Juno." Please practice our new spelling words, high frequency words, and amazing words. Our spelling words this week focus on the long o sound as it is spelled (oa, ow).
- moment
- croak
- ocean
- blown
- postcard
- growth
- strolled
- oath
- unfolded
- roam
- mower
- window
High Frequency Words: picture, school, answer, faraway, parents, wash, company
Amazing Words: transport, deaf, imitate, cove, sign language, correspond, postage, persimmons
Spelling Words:
November 8-November 12
- barely
- anything
- teasing
- detail
- squeak
- recess
- fifteen
- speech
- infinity
- please
High Frequency Words: won, watch, village, science, shoe, guess, pretty
Amazing Words: robot, wad, trash, electricity, construct, contraption, sidekick, unique
This week we are reading “One Good Turn Deserves Another.” Please practice our new spelling words, high frequency words, and amazing words. Our spelling words this week focus on the long a sound as it is spelled (ay, ai, and eigh).
- explain
- raise
- brain
- remain
- neighbor
- weight
- spray
- playing
- away
- tray
- stayed
- display
- fainted
- holiday
- eight
High Frequency Words: behind, brought, minute, promise, sorry, everybody, door
Amazing Words: ramp, conflict, pursue, resolve, deserve, mope, ramp, startle, groaned, armadillo, snorted, grateful
Spelling Words:
November 1-November 5
Spelling Words
This week we are reading “Bremen Town Musicians.” Please practice our new spelling words and word wall words. Spelling words this week focus on adding the correct plural ending (-s, -es, -ies).
Spelling Words
October 25, 2010-October 29, 2010
- switch
- switches
- story
- stories
- grocery
- groceries
- supplies
- lunch
- lunches
- crumbs
- torches
- berries
- bushes
- peaches
- carries
Amazing Words: survival, miserable, struggling, mill, partnership
October 18, 2010-October 22, 2010
This week we are reading “Scarcity.” Please practice our new spelling words and word wall words. Spelling words this week focus on r controlled vowels.
Spelling Words
Spelling Words
- hurt
- swirl
- monster
- survive
- birth
- corner
- yesterday
- perfect
- nurse
- verse
- burger
- summer
- curtain
Amazing Words: consumers, producers, hurricanes, extraordinary,typical, resources, scarcity, decisions
October 11, 2010-October 15, 2010
This week we are reading “Abraham Lincoln.” Please practice our new spelling words and word wall words. Spelling words this week focus on contractions (ex: were + not = weren't)
Spelling Words
- they're
- couldn't
- I'll
- aren't
- we're
- doesn't
- what's
- where's
- weren't
- wouldn't
- haven't
- who'd
- they'll
Amazing Words: significant, identify, participate, ingenious
October 4, 2010-October 8, 2010
This week we are reading “Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends.” Please practice our new spelling words and word wall words.
Spelling Words
- border
- forgot
- born
- horse
- before
- more
- stories
- farmer
- porch
- tornado
- chore
- cardinal
- therefore
- morning
Amazing Words:collar, slipped, brave, courageous, hazard, rescue, avalanche, instinct, skittish, blustery, fast-paced
September 27, 2010- October 1, 2010
Parents: This week we will be reading The Strongest One. Please practice the following spelling, amazing words (vocabulary), and high frequency words on a DAILY basis.
Spelling Words
- bunch
- that
- wish
- patch
- when
- what
- math
- them
- shape
- whale
- itch
- chase
- whiskers
- switch
- shrimp
Amazing Words: narrator, relatives, dangerous, gnaws, delicate, inquire, sturdy, exhibit, resist, stun, genius, satisfaction
September 20, 2010- September 24, 2010
Parents: This week we will be reading the nonfiction story, A Walk in the Desert. Please practice the following spelling, amazing words (vocabulary), and high frequency words on a DAILY basis.
Spelling Words
danced· talked
· talking
· dropped
· dropping
· excited
· exciting
· lifted
· lifting
· hugged
· hugging
· smiled
· smiling
· dragging
· amazed
High Frequency Words
- animals
- early
- eyes
- full
- water
- warm
Amazing Words
- desert
- climate
- harsh
- coyote
- arid
- precipitation
- dunes
- cactus
- coyote
September 13, 2010- September 16, 2010
Spelling Words:
1. stop 9. mask
2. strap 9. twin
3. nest 10. breeze
4. hand 11. state
5. brave 12. browse
6. ask 13. straight (BONUS)
7. clip 14. skeleton (BONUS)
8. stream
High Frequency Words Amazing Words
- bear - shivered
- build - drooled
- couldn't - lanterns
- father - snuggled
- love - galaxy
- mother - fascinating
- straight
Spelling Words:
1. tune
2. page 9. cube
3. nose 10. blaze
4. space 11. home
5. size 12. vote
6. fine 13. erase
7. mice 14. confuse
8. late 15. spice
High Frequency Words Vocabulary Words
- everywhere - astronaut
- live - shuttle
- machines - experiment
- move - telescope
- woman - gravity
- work
- world
August 30, 2010 - September 3, 2010
1. rock
2. list
3. desk
4. job
5. sad
6. chop
7. sack
8. tag
9. rib
10. mess
11. dust
12. drum
