Name: ______

Spelling Words

Week of: ______

Spelling Rule(s): wa/squ, glued sounds,

closed syllable exceptions

1.swap6. blind

2. stamp7. squash

3. hold8. lamp

4. drink9. sang

5. plan10. watch

Trick Words of the Week:

could people

Spelling Rules of the Week

Unit 1 Week 2

WA/SQU Rule

The sound /w/ affects some vowel sounds and often changes the sound a to make /o/ -- wash, watch

The sound /kw/ is written qu and changes the sound of a -- squash

Glued Sounds

Glued sounds are letters that are “glued together” to make one sound

am – hamong- songung – lungan – fan

ank – bankink – pinkang – fangonk – honk

unk – junking – ring

Closed Syllable Exceptions

Closed syllables: has one vowel followed by at least one consonant

and has short vowel sound

Some words containing closed syllables are what we call

exceptions(does not follow the rule)

old – cold ild – wild ind – find olt – colt ost - post

Glued sounds are exceptions because they break the closed syllable rule and have long

Name: ______

Fill in the Blank

Unit 1 Week 2

  1. Would you like to ______books after you finish reading.
  2. Do you need something to ______?
  3. The shelf does not look like it will ______all those books.
  4. The girls made a ______to have a playdate next week.
  5. Bobby put a ______on the envelope.
  6. Suzy is ______, so she has a seeing eye dog.
  7. Are you going to ______the game tonight?
  8. The children broke the ______after throwing a ball in the house.
  9. The father ______a song to his daughter.

10. There were a lot of ______at the circus.

Name: ______

Rule Practice

Unit 1 Week 2

Circle the words below where theahas an /o/ sound

Ex:wash, squash.

Swaprangcrash

Brandwatchscratch

Waspstrappatch

Plansquadswamp

squatmallswim

Boxthe glued sounds in each word below:

Lampdrinksangchamp

Linkplanstingthank

Sunklunghonkfan

Name: ______

Super Sentences

Unit 1 Week 2

Choose 8 words from the list and write 8 complete sentences that show what these words mean. Use 1 word in each sentence. Make sure to number each sentence and underline the spelling word.

Example: 1. Amy wrote a story about a dragon.

______

______

______

______

______

Name: ______

Print a Word

Unit 1 Week 2

Print each word 3 times in the spaces provided

swap
stamp
hold
drink
plan
blind
squash
lamp
sang
watch
TRICK WORDS
could
people