Dates Spelling Principle Word List High Frequency Words

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1 9/8-9/12 High know how to spell words that they use often. 2. Say: There are words that you read and write often. We call these words High words. Writers need to be able to write them correctly. 1. a lot 2. almost 3. because 4. believe 5. coming 6. different 7. excited 8. happened 9. library 10. usually After this week, 5 High words will be added to the weekly list. 9/15-9/19 Change y to i before adding an ending changing y to i before adding an ending. 2. Say: When you add an ending to a word that ends in y, change the y to i then add the ending. 3. Exceptions: Say: If the ending starts with i, do not change the y to i. Just add the ending. 4. Exceptions: Say: If the y is preceded by a vowel, then do not change the y to i. Just add the ending. 1. cried 2. copying 3. emptied 4. keys 5. babies 6. activities 7. batteries 8. factories 9. capacities 10. birthdays 11. burying 12. jerseys 13. cities 14. duties 15. monkeys 16. across 17. carefully 18. complete 19. heard 20. heavy 9/22-9/26 Double consonant when adding an vowel doubling the final consonant to add an ending that begins with a vowel. 1. Say: When you add an vowel to a word that ends with a consonant, then you double the consonant and add the ending. 2. Exceptions: Say: If the root word ends in more than one consonant, do not double the consonant. Just add the ending. 1. shopping 2. quickly 3. pumped 4. stopped 5. fitted 6. hopping 7. spotted 8. biggest 9. teacher 10. beginning 11. planned 12. funny 13. hotter 14. flattest 15. singing 16. afraid 17. afternoon 18. beginning 19. behind 20. believe 4 th Grade 1

2 9/29-10/3 Double consonant when adding an ending 2. Principle: Writers need to doubling the final consonant to add an vowel. 3. Say: When you add an vowel to a word that ends with a consonant, then you double the consonant and add the ending. 4. Exceptions: Say: If the root word ends in more than one consonant, do not double the consonant. Just add the ending. 1. finishing 2. rubbed 3. stopping 4. digging 5. sitting 6. wrapping 7. reached 8. bragging 9. quitting 10. grabbed 11. tripped 12. talked 13. dotted 14. asked 15. wagging 16. bottom 17. business 18. caught 19. cause 20. celebrate 10/6-10/10 10/13-10/17 Drop the final e when adding an vowel. dropping the final e to add an ending that begins with a vowel. 2. Say: When you add an vowel to a word that ends in e, drop the e and add the ending. Drop the final e when adding an vowel. dropping the final e to add an ending that begins with a vowel. 2. Say: When you add an vowel to a word that ends in e, drop the e and add the ending. 1. hoping 2. completed 3. admiring 4. observed 5. advising 6. exchanged 7. forgiving 8. amazed 9. devoted 10. provided 11. confusing 12. icy 13. judging 14. authorized 15. flaming 1. traded 2. baked 3. wasted 4. liked 5. skated 6. hoped 7. judging 8. sanitized 9. inclined 10.provoking 11.blazing 12.living 13.riding 14.guiding 15.expired 16. connection 17. couldn t 18. describe 19. different 20. enough 16. everybody 17. everything 18. especially 19. example 20. except 4 th Grade 2

3 10/20-10/24 10/27-10/31 11/3-11/7 i before e except after c. writing i before e except after c. 2. Say: When you spell words that contain an i and an e together, most of the time i comes before e except after c. 3. Exceptions: Say: Some common exceptions are: weigh, freight, height, neighborhood i before e except after c. writing i before e except after c. 2. Say: When you spell words that contain an i and an e together, most of the time i comes before e except after c. 3. Exceptions: Say: Some common exceptions are: weight, weird, either, neither, science, ancient, Complex Contractions how to spell contractions. 2. When 2 words are put together in a shortened form, one or more letters is left out and an apostrophe is put in. This shortened, or contracted, form is called a contraction. Contractions appear frequently in oral and written language. Is can be used with the names of people, places or objects (e.g., Peter s sick today. The candle s flickering in the wind.) An s can represent is or has. An d means would or had, showing a difference in meaning. 3. Say: To make a contraction, put two words together and leave out a letter or letters. Put the apostrophe where the letters are left out. Without an apostrophe in the proper place, contractions are incorrect and misspelled. 1. believe 2. receive 3. chief 4. piece 5. thief 6. deceive 7. weigh 8. freight 9. height 10. neighborhood 11. relief 12. friend 13. receipt 14. species 15. belief 1. field 2. yield 3. priest 4. shield 5. ceiling 6. conceited 7. weight 8. weird 9. either 10. neither 11. shield 12. review 13. science 14. ancient 15. achieve 1. it s 2. who s 3. where ll 4. we ve 5. it d 6. y all 7. might ve 8. could ve 9. shouldn t 10. doesn t 11. don t 12. wouldn t 13. can t 14. couldn t 15. mustn t 16. favorite 17. finally 18. fourth 19. general 20. guess 16. favorite 17. finally 18. fourth 19. general 20. guess 16. himself 17. herself 18. invited 19. jewelry 20. justify 4 th Grade 3

4 11/10-11/14 i 11/17-11/21 i 12/1-12/5 i Plural Rules: Add s most words how to spell plural words by adding an s. 2. Say: When you spell the plural form of most words, you add an s. Plural Rules: Add es to some plural words how to spell plural words by adding an es. 2. Say: Sometimes when you spell the plural form of a word, you add an es. If the word ends in y, change it to an i and add es. If the word ends in o, add -es Plural Rules add es to words that end in /ch/, /sh/, /x/, /s/, /z/ know how to spell plural words by adding an es. 1. Say: Sometimes when you spell the plural form of a word, you add an es. If the word ends in ch, sh, x, s, or z add es. 1. exercises 2. bothers 3. computers 4. remembers 5. hospitals 6. examples 7. buckets 8. cabinets 9. delivers 10. kitchens 11. imagines 12. bicycles 13. binders 14. continues 15. cameras 1. volcanoes 2. potatoes 3. tomatoes 4. echoes 5. heroes 6. vetoes 7. mosquitoes 8. tornadoes 9. parties 10. puppies 11. libraries 12. families 13. hobbies 14. replies 15. factories 1. churches 2. boxes 3. bushes 4. glasses 5. buzzes 6. porches 7. fixes 8. quizzes 9. brushes 10. classes 11. buses 12. branches 13. dishes 14. crutches 15. taxes 16. match 17. material 18. medium 19. minute 20. myself 16. neighbor 17. neither 18. noise 19. notice 20. observation 16. obtain 17. obvious 18. ocean 19. our 20. pause 4 th Grade 4

5 12/8-12/12 i Plural Rules: Add es to some plural words how to spell plural words by adding an es. 2. Say: Sometimes when you spell the plural form of a word, you add an es. If the word ends in f, change the f to v and add es. 1. ourselves 2. wolves 3. relieves 4. lives 5. believes 6. yourselves 7. loaves 8. calves 9. halves 10. knives 11. shelves 12. leaves 13. wives 14. selves 15. thieves 16. ourselves 17. picture 18. probably 19. problem 20. question 1/5-1/9 ii 1/12-1/16 ii Irregular Plural Rules how to spell irregular plural words. 2. Say: Some words in their plural form are irregular. You do not add an s or es. Mixed Plural Rules how to spell plural words by adding an s or es. 2. Say: Sometimes when you spell the plural form of a word, you add s or es. This week we will be using all the rules we have learned to spell plural words. 1. men 2. women 3. people 4. mice 5. children 6. feet 7. geese 8. teeth 9. cacti 10. oxen 11. scissors 12. deer 13. sheep 14. fish 15. species 1. exercises 2. bothers 3. computers 4. volcanoes 5. potatoes 6. tomatoes 7. ourselves 8. wolves 9. relieves 10. ourselves 11. wolves 12. relieves 13. women 14. people 15. children 16. relative 17. remember 18. regular 19. restaurant 20. respect 16. schedule 17. sincerely 18. special 19. supposed 20. taste 4 th Grade 5

6 1/20-1/23 iii Double Consonants in the Middle of how to spell words that have double consonants as the dividing point between syllables (between the 2 consonants). 2. Say: Some words have double consonant letters in the middle. You can divide the words into syllables between the 2 consonants and spell each syllable or part. 1. dinner 2. attic 3. beginning 4. accident 5. butter 6. happen 7. brilliant 8. aggressive 9. necessary 10. tomorrow 11. success 12. annoy 13. apparatus 14. occasion 15. collect 16. terrible 17. themselves 18. there s 19. they re 20. through 1/26-1/30 iii Double Consonants in the Middle of how to spell words that have double consonants as the dividing point between syllables (between the 2 consonants). 2. Say: Some words have double consonant letters in the middle. You can divide the words into syllables between the 2 consonants and spell each syllable or part. 1. coffee 2. traffic 3. channel 4. battle 5. blizzard 6. followed 7. funny 8. rabbit 9. supply 10. matters 11. dipper 12. supper 13. narrow 14. glasses 15. errand 16. throw 17. tired 18. together 19. toward 20. usually 2/2-2/6 iv Other Ways to Spell /sh/ other ways to spell the /sh/ using tion, 2. Say: Sometimes when you spell the /sh/ sound you use -tion. 1. option 2. fiction 3. fraction 4. distraction 5. convention 6. invention 7. construction 8. creation 9. condition 10. emotion 11. nation 12. addition 13. exemption 14. lotion 15. multiplication 16. unique 17. wait 18. warm 19. wash 20. watch 4 th Grade 6

7 2/9-2/13 iv 2/17-2/ B 2/23-2/ B Other Ways to Spell /sh/ others ways to spell the /sh/ using sion 2. Say: Sometimes when you spell the /sh/ sound you use -sion. Spell base words and roots with prefixes (dis-, pre-, re-, un-) how to spell words formed with the prefixes dis-, pre-, re-, un- 2. A prefix is a group of letters, or word part, placed at the beginning of a base word. A prefix can have more than one meaning. When you remove it from the word, the word that remains has its own meaning. Understanding prefixes helps writers efficiently spell multisyllabic words. 3. Say: When we spell words with prefixes, we need to know how to spell the prefix correctly. Knowing how to spell these prefixes will help you know how to spell many other words that begin with one of the prefixes. 4. Say: Not all words that begin with these letters contain a prefix. For example, the word under. It begins with un, but when you take away the prefix, there is no base word with its own meaning. Spell base words and roots with suffixes (-er, -ment, -ly) how to spell words formed with the suffixes er, -ment, -ly 2 A suffix is a group of letters, or word part, placed at the end of a base word. A suffix can have more than one meaning. When you remove it from the word, the word that remains has its own meaning. Understanding suffixes helps writers efficiently spell multisyllabic words. 3. Say: When we spell words with suffixes, we need to know how to spell the suffix correctly. Knowing how to spell these suffixes will help you know how to spell many other words that end with one of the suffixes. 1. mansion 2. mission 3. suspension 4. illusion 5. erosion 6. confusion 7. version 8. compassion 9. profession 10. intermission 11. discussion 12. transgression 13. possession 14. conclusion 15. tension 1. unused 2. refresh 3. dislike 4. preheat 5. replace 6. unpaid 7. preview 8. disorder 9. unplanned 10. matters 11. distrust 12. restart 13. uncover 14. review 15. uncover 1. teacher 2. reader 3. entertainment 4. equipment 5. pavement 6. statement 7. quickly 8. quietly 9. softly 10. angrily 11. movement 12. entertainer 13. player 14. treatment 15. excitedly 16. water 17. wear 18. whether 19. whole 20. wouldn t 16. wondering 17. you re 18. yesterday 19. won t 20. write 16. without 17. nervous 18. year 19. whole 20. which 4 th Grade 7

8 3/16-3/ C 3/23-3/ C 3/30-4/3 Spell commonly used homophones how to spell words that sound the same but are spelled differently. The context determines how you spell the word. 2. Say: Sometimes you spell words that sound like other words. To determine how to spell the word, you need to think about the context (meaning) of the word. Spell commonly used homophones how to spell words that sound the same but are spelled differently. The context determines how you spell the word. 2. Say: Sometimes you spell words that sound like other words. To determine how to spell the word, you need to think about the context (meaning) of the word. R-controlled vowels how to spell words with r-controlled vowels. 2. When vowels are combined with r, the vowel sound is usually changed. One or two vowels may occur with r in the phonogram pattern. The simpler patterns include ar, ir, or, er, ur, but other patterns pose greater challenges. Some patterns represent a long vowel sound with r (tire). Patterns include ar, ark, arm, ard, arl, art, arf, arp, arch, ar-e, air, are; er, ere, ear, eart, eer, earn, eard, erd, er-e; ir, ire, or, oor, ore, our, orn, ord, oar; ur, ure, urse, urn. 3. Say: Some words have a vowel pattern with one or two vowels and r. When vowels are with r in words, you usually blend the sound with r, like in nurse and third. 1. hear 2. here 3. to 4. two 5. too 6. there 7. their 8. they re 9. break 10. brake 11. buy 12. by 13. dear 14. deer 15. for 16. four 1. isle 2. aisle 3. steak 4. stake 5. past 6. passed 7. mind 8. mined 9. find 10. fined 11. groan 12. grown 13. aloud 14. allowed 15. principle 16. principal 1. birth 2. thirst 3. circus 4. percent 5. service 6. perhaps 7. miserable 8. stern 9. burden 10. purpose 11. twirl 12. skirt 13. flirt 14. pure 15. verse 17. unusual 18. thought 19. through 20. sometimes 17. choice 18. choose 19. realize 20. reason 16. knew 17. know 18. written 19. wrong 20. unknown 4 th Grade 8

9 4/13-4/17 R-controlled vowels how to spell words with r-controlled vowels. 2. When vowels are combined with r, the vowel sound is usually changed. One or two vowels may occur with r in the phonogram pattern. The simpler patterns include ar, ir, or, er, ur 3. Say: Some words have a vowel pattern with one or two vowels and r. When vowels are with r in words, you usually blend the sound with r, like in teacher and doctor. 1. enter 2. mirror 3. temper 4. sugar 5. motor 6. collar 7. labor 8. beggar 9. bother 10. fever 11. actor 12. polar 13. traitor 14. finger 15. center 16. accept 17. although 18. attention 19. awkward 20. backwards 4/27-5/1 Spell with silent letters how to spell words that have silent letters. 2. Say: Some words have silent letters. Common silent letter clusters include /wr/, /kn/, /bt/, /mb/, /st/ 1. wring 2. knowledge 3. subtle 4. lamb 5. climbed 6. comb 7. writing 8. knight 9. doubt 10. whistle 11. listen 12. hustle 13. wrestle 14. writer 15. thumb 16. delete 17. description 18. difference 19. especially 20. excited 4 th Grade 9