Spelling Words For the Year

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red

yellow

orange

blue

black

white

green

purple

brown

pink

Challenge Words:

rainbow

color

paint

crayons

Sentence

Red and blue make purple.

of

do

have

are

some

come

you

door

give

live

Challenge Words:

does

somewhere

who

noun

verb

alphabet

Sentence

Do you have some

oranges?

about

better

bring

done

own

before

goes

many

upon

once

Challenge Words:

half

could

should

children

Sentence

Before Demi goes somewhere have her call home.

talk

page

place

nice

thing

thank

think

school

asked

paper

Challenge:

circle

surprise

animal

Sentence:

School is a nice

place to think.

leaves

change

falling

colors

nuts

acorn

sports

football

cool

pick

Challenge:

autumn

harvest

squirrel

gather

fruit

Sentence:

The leaves change

colors and fall.

easy

leave

need

find

please

away

might

been

read

one

Challenge:

said

says

frighten

Sentence:

We need to read this book.

only

through

soon

grew

tooth

moved

with

new

use

food

Challenge:

truth

usual

growth

Sentence:

Justin asked,

"Did he grow a new tooth?"

List 8

knock

clock

backs

sacks

fix

ready

thread

best

tracks

alone

Challenge:

exit

mixed

because

choose

know

wrote

Sentence:

Can you use this thread to fix the socks?

tricks

magic

ghost

treat

pumpkin

spooky

goblin

witch

party

candy

Challenge:

Halloween

careful

costume

safety

haunted

scary

Jack-o-Lantern

Sentence:

Kimberly said," The ghost did magic tricks at the party."

child

each

were

where

when

what

which

why

who

work

Challenge:

whisper

while

among

above

finished

finally

trust

Sentence:

Each child will do his work.

around

crown

found

house

under

quick

large

arm

start

about

Challenge:

quiet

quite

until

unless

frowned

outside

behind

Sentence:

He found the crown under the large house.

Thanksgiving

Indian

Pilgrim

Mayflower

turkey

thankful

feast

corn

feather

potato

Challenge:

November

first

voyage

friendly

Sentence:

The Pilgrims and Indians had a Thanksgiving feast.

Review

You can also use words from Writer's Workshop from the week.

You can always substitute words that the children are usually misspelling, use any week.

caught

taught

fought

bought

because

noisy

enjoy

boiled

thought

brought

Challenge:

spoiling

pause

water

awful

author

Sentence:

We thought you would enjoy the noisy party.

games

star

candle

wrap

holiday

fudge

holly

lights

presents

cookies

Challenge:

Hanukkah

dreidel

decorations

festival

menorah

Sentence:

Light the candles and wrap the presents.

tree

wreath

fireplace

stocking

merry

sleigh

trim

snow

winter

angel

Challenge:

Christmas

Santa Claus

caroling

reindeer

Sentence:

Tom asked, "Can we trim the tree now?"

Review

You can also use words from Writer's Workshop from the week.

You can always substitute words that the children are usually misspelling, use any week.

put

took

pull

good

push

laugh

would

should

could

never

myself

together

Challenge:

honest

pretty

beautiful

smiled

straight

Sentence:

I never talk to myself.  We should never laugh at others.

there

their

write

right

to

two

too

ate

eight

blue

blew

they're

Challenge:

homophone

stake

steak

threw

through

clothes

close

(Add these and others to a chart which is displayed in the classroom.  Let the kids add other homophones as they discover them.)

Sentence:

Two cookies are too much to eat.

Do you write with your right hand?

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Challenge:

months

calendar

twelve

year

Sentence:

School begins in September and ends in June.

January and February are cold.

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

week

days

seven

Challenge:

mittens

scarf

snowman

icy

weather

freezing

temperature

Sentence:

On Wednesday, we made a snowman.

There are seven days in a week.

I've

you're

wasn't

aren't

doesn't

that's

won't

we'll

I'm

didn't

you'll

can't

Challenge:

contraction

consonant

vowel

sentence

Sentence:

That's all you're having for lunch.

If you'll stay there, we'll come over.

Valentine's Day

hearts

flowers

lace

cards

love

Cupid

arrow

always

yesterday

February

bow

Challenge:

Washington

Lincoln

president

sincerely

tomorrow

Sentence:

I love valentine cards made with lace.

birthday

playground

afternoon

bookmark

flashlight

toothbrush

railroad

anywhere

sunshine

upstairs

shoelace

raincoat

Challenge:

handwriting

chalkboard

everybody

thunderstorm

handkerchief

compound

headache

Sentence:

Tie your shoelace and take your raincoat upstairs.

grandmother

grandfather

aunt

uncle

brother

sister

cousin

mother

father

friend

parents

family

visit

members

people

Challenge:

niece

nephew

responsibility

thoughtful

teacher

principal

Sentence:

Did Uncle Bob and Aunt Jane spend two weeks with their friends?

Indian

teepee

wigwam

papoose

buffalo

pony

canoe

totem pole

braves

forest

plains

custom

Challenge:

moccasins

cradleboard

Jamestown

warriors

quiver

Sentence:

Steven said,"Indian braves hunt buffalo."

children

mice teeth

women

knives

halves

ourselves

stories

babies

families

animals

shoes

churches

dresses

boxes

Challenge:

telephones

groceries

photographs

oxen

thieves

inches

Sentence:

We read eight stories about animals.

St. Patrick's Day

shamrock

leaf

rainbow

clover

gold

Irish

March

crafty

wee

elves

stew

charm

Challenge:

leprechaun

peculiar

vanished

Sentence:

We found a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

east

west

direction

south

north

country

county

Patchogue

Medford

New York

(Give your own town, etc.)

ocean

earth

city

state

America

flag

Challenge:

Atlantic

Pacific

Mexico

Canada

Sentence:

North, south, east, and west are directions.

trading

throwing

hopped

trapped

scored

rained

forgotten

bitten

hoping

waving

swimmer

beginner

shopper

farmer

player

Challenge:

hibernate

insulate

season

reptile

migrate

Sentence:

The wonderful swimmer was hoping it wouldn't rain.

good

better

best

little

less

least

bad

worse

worst

today

yesterday

tomorrow

past

present

future

Challenge:

language

math

library

music

gym

science

between

among

spelling

Sentence:

Yesterday was our worst day.

Easter

Passover

candy

clothes

bunny

April

spring

blooming

flowers

eggs

garden

hatch

Challenge:

chocolate

cocoon

marshmallow

butterfly

insects

decorations

Sentence:

"Do flowers bloom in the spring?" asked Mary.

penny

money

change

nickel

dime

quarter

price

coin

measure

metric

cash

price

inch

foot

yard

Challenge:

centimeter

liter

measurement

Sentence:

There are twelve inches in one foot.