I give a weekly spelling test every Friday (or the last day of the week). Your child will be responsible for the original ten words each week. In addition, each student can choose to take five additional bonus words.
Spelling Words
The first week of school - Review words from 1st Grade: all, and, I, you, the, into, had, of, or, to, off, one, said, was, does, your, two, very, many, and want.
This year we will be testing over 10 words each week Unit 1, Week 1 - has, wag, bad, six, will, sat, had, fix, him, if Unit 1, Week 2 - went, tell, pet, job, fog, not, tug, hut, tub, bun Unit 1, Week 3 - grass, trips, crack, still, west, mask, clap. plans, milk, belt Unit 1, Week 4 - bag, cap, ham, bake, ate, mad, back, cape, made, rake Unit 1, Week 5 - did, fin, pick, line, pipe, tip, mix, five, side, hike Unit 1, Week 6 - REVIEW
Bonus Spelling Words I will encourage students to try five Bonus Words each week - these are optional. Unit 1, Week 1 – afraid, depend, nervously, peered, perfectly Unit 1, Week 2 – culture, invited, language, plead, scurries Unit 1, Week 3 – decide, different, friendship, glance, proper Unit 1, Week 4 – roams, allowed, excited, needs, wandered Unit 1, Week 5 – check, choose, coast, customers, chores Unit 1, Week 6 - Review
Unit 2, Week 1 – adapt, climate, eager, freedom, fresh Unit 2, Week 2 – believe, delicious, feast, lessons, remarkable Unit 2, Week 3 – buried, escape, habitat, journey, nature Unit 2, Week 4 – adult, covered, giant, mammal, offspring Unit 2, Week 5 – express, feathers, flapping, flower, ready Unit 2, Week 6 - Review
Unit 3, Week 1 – force, measure, objects, proved, amazing Unit 3, Week 2 – adventure, delighted, enjoyed, neighbor, nighttime Unit 3, Week 3 – across, borrow, countryside, lonely, solution Unit 3, Week 4 – damage, dangerous, destroy, event, weather Unit 3, Week 5 – cheered, concert, instruments, movement, music Unit 3, Week 6 - Review
Unit 4, Week 1 – eerie, location, region, seasons, temperate, Unit 4, Week 2 – active, earth, explode, island, properties Unit 4, Week 3 –costume, customs, favorite, parades, surrounded Unit 4, Week 4 – ashamed, boast, holler, similarities, victory Unit 4, Week 5 – pale, excite, alliteration, repetition, simile Unit 4, Week 6 - Review
Unit 5, Week 1 – champion, determined, responsibility, rights, volunteered Unit 5, Week 2 – cooperate, describe, entertained, imagination, patient Unit 5, Week 3 – challenging, heroes, interest, perform, succeed Unit 5, Week 4 – curious, distance, enormous, gently, supply Unit 5, Week 5 – exclaimed, finally, history, united, writers Unit 5, Week 6 - Review
Unit 6, Week 1 – appeared, develop, rustled, shining, stages Unit 6, Week 2 – electricity, energy, haul, silent, solar Unit 6, Week 3 – exploration, important, machine, result, scientific Unit 6, Week 4 – invented, money, prices, purchases, record, system Unit 6, Week 5 – create, dazzling, imagination, seconds, message Unit 6, Week 6 - Review