WORD STUDY
Our spelling program is a word study program. This highly effective curriculum teaches our students to decode high frequency words that are used often in their writing, identify common spelling patterns, and train their brains to spell illogically misspelled words. This program is designed to help students become fluent decoders and spellers. We will not have weekly tests, but we will have various activities involving the frequently misspelled words that will be introduced each month.
****Students are expected to write their monthly words in their planner and spell all word wall words correctly on assignments. WW will be marked next to any misspelled word wall word and points will be deducted from the assignment. ****
****Students are expected to write their monthly words in their planner and spell all word wall words correctly on assignments. WW will be marked next to any misspelled word wall word and points will be deducted from the assignment. ****
High Frequency Words
This year we will work on spelling words that we see frequently while reading.
Words with Affixes
We will also work with words that have common affixes. Affixes, such as prefixes and suffixes, are very important to the decoding of a word. These are referred to as our Nifty, Thrifty, Fifty words.
August/September Word Wall
August/ September High Frequency Words:
there (the place)
their (possessive/belonging)
they're (they are)
to (the preposition)
too (the adverb)
two (the number)
example: I am too tired to watch two movies.your (possessive/belonging)
you're (you are)
Our words with affixes for the month of August/September are:
dishonest
disagree
discomfort
discouraged
preview
prearrange
prepaid
preschool
review
rearrange
regroup
rewrite
there (the place)
their (possessive/belonging)
they're (they are)
to (the preposition)
too (the adverb)
two (the number)
example: I am too tired to watch two movies.your (possessive/belonging)
you're (you are)
Our words with affixes for the month of August/September are:
dishonest
disagree
discomfort
discouraged
preview
prearrange
prepaid
preschool
review
rearrange
regroup
rewrite
October Word Wall
October High Frequency Words:
Week 2 Contractions- using apostrophes to combine two words.
couldn't (could not)
there's (there is)
we've (we have)
I've (I have)
I'll (I will)
let's (let us)
doesn't (does not)
won't (will not)
isn't (is not)
that's (that is)
it's (it is) bonus- homophone!
Week 1 Irregular Verbs - verbs that do not get an -ed in the past tense.
bought (buy)
broke (break)
brought (bring)
built (build)
caught (catch)
drank (drink)
forgave (forgive)
taught (teach)
wore (wear)
wrote (write)
Our words with affixes for the month of October are:
friendly
really
usually
probably
quietly
prediction
expression
population
reflection
government
equipment
experiment
encouragement
Week 2 Contractions- using apostrophes to combine two words.
couldn't (could not)
there's (there is)
we've (we have)
I've (I have)
I'll (I will)
let's (let us)
doesn't (does not)
won't (will not)
isn't (is not)
that's (that is)
it's (it is) bonus- homophone!
Week 1 Irregular Verbs - verbs that do not get an -ed in the past tense.
bought (buy)
broke (break)
brought (bring)
built (build)
caught (catch)
drank (drink)
forgave (forgive)
taught (teach)
wore (wear)
wrote (write)
Our words with affixes for the month of October are:
friendly
really
usually
probably
quietly
prediction
expression
population
reflection
government
equipment
experiment
encouragement
November Word Wall
Our November High Frequency Words are:
Week 1- irregular plural nouns
oxen
mice
children
moose
geese
people
Week 2-plural rules
leaves
knives
foxes
potatoes
Our November Week 3 words are: (sh- sound spelled -tion and -ion)
motion
position
construction
demonstration
vibration
observation
collection
solution
classification
estimation
explanation
Week 1- irregular plural nouns
oxen
mice
children
moose
geese
people
Week 2-plural rules
leaves
knives
foxes
potatoes
Our November Week 3 words are: (sh- sound spelled -tion and -ion)
motion
position
construction
demonstration
vibration
observation
collection
solution
classification
estimation
explanation
December Word Wall
Our December High Frequency Words are:
by
buy
write
right
through
threw
rode
road
it's
its
No December Affix Words
by
buy
write
right
through
threw
rode
road
it's
its
No December Affix Words
January Word Wall
Our January HFW Words are: swimming
dropping
getting
running
shrugging
stopping
happening
beginning
dinner
summer
dessert
attract
Our January words with affixes are:
-er, -or, -ee (a person who suffixes) Week of January 20th
listener
governor
collector
ancestor
nominee
referee
employee
employer
consumer
settler
-ian, -ist (a person who suffixes) Week of January 27th
musician
politician
physician
technician
magician
librarian
scientist
activist
colonist
finalist
dropping
getting
running
shrugging
stopping
happening
beginning
dinner
summer
dessert
attract
Our January words with affixes are:
-er, -or, -ee (a person who suffixes) Week of January 20th
listener
governor
collector
ancestor
nominee
referee
employee
employer
consumer
settler
-ian, -ist (a person who suffixes) Week of January 27th
musician
politician
physician
technician
magician
librarian
scientist
activist
colonist
finalist
February Word Wall
Our February HFW words are: words with silent letters
kn- wr- wh- gn-
knowledge
knock
knuckle
wring
wreck
wrinkle
whisper
whatever
gnat
gnawing
-mb -gn -ght -bt
climb
comb
assign
campaign
caught
taught
bright
delight
debt
doubt
Our February words with affixes are: -ous suffix/-ous ending
descriptive adjectives
adventurous
courageous
dangerous
humorous
nervous
mysterious
cautious
curious
jealous
serious
kn- wr- wh- gn-
knowledge
knock
knuckle
wring
wreck
wrinkle
whisper
whatever
gnat
gnawing
-mb -gn -ght -bt
climb
comb
assign
campaign
caught
taught
bright
delight
debt
doubt
Our February words with affixes are: -ous suffix/-ous ending
descriptive adjectives
adventurous
courageous
dangerous
humorous
nervous
mysterious
cautious
curious
jealous
serious
March Word Wall
Our March HFW words are:
week 3
himself
herself
yourself
myself
itself
themselves
ourselves
yourselves
week 4
because
however
although
meanwhile
when
finally
example
addition
conclusion
Our March words with affixes are:
week 1
adventurous
courageous
dangerous
humorous
nervous
mysterious
cautious
curious
jealous
serious
week 3
himself
herself
yourself
myself
itself
themselves
ourselves
yourselves
week 4
because
however
although
meanwhile
when
finally
example
addition
conclusion
Our March words with affixes are:
week 1
adventurous
courageous
dangerous
humorous
nervous
mysterious
cautious
curious
jealous
serious
April Word Wall
Our April HFW are:
review
Our April NTF are:
review
review
Our April NTF are:
review
May Word Wall
Our May HFW words are homophones:
accept / except
break / brake
desert / dessert
do / due / dew
knight / night
pedal / petal
vary / very
wear / where
weather / whether
your / you're
accept / except
break / brake
desert / dessert
do / due / dew
knight / night
pedal / petal
vary / very
wear / where
weather / whether
your / you're
