Spelling Week Four

Spelling Week Four

Suffixes: Inflected Endings (ing, ed, s, es)

Prefixes: re (again; back)

1.  swimming

2.  arrested

3.  shutting

4.  guessing

5.  stirred

6.  writing

7.  closing

8.  mailed

9.  sneezing

10.  pouts

11.  addresses

12.  remitted

13.  rearranging

14.  receding

15.  replaced

16.  regresses

17.  reveals

18.  remembers

19.  reintroducing

20.  retiring

Bonus Words

1.  rescheduled

2.  rehearsing

3.  regenerating

4.  reinvigorates

5.  reflexes

In-Class / Homework
Monday: Complete the Vowel Sound Review Chart; self-correct
Tuesday: Share your homework from last night with a partner. What patterns do you see? Be ready to share.
Wednesday: Break your spelling words into their syllable junctures.
Thursday: Give the test to a partner. / Monday: Place your spelling words onto the Notice the Patterns and Vowel Chart. Notice the patterns.
Tuesday: Select five of the words. Use each in an expanded declarative sentence.
Wednesday: Select five different words. Use each in an expanded interrogative (question) sentence.
Thursday: Study

Review of vowel patterns in one-syllable words

Place the following words in the correct columns. What do you notice about the vowel sounds? For this activity, consider the vowel and then the following consonants (ignore the consonants before the vowel). The first word is done for you.

twig smell chief when whine theme

fruit plot brief thank quote brave

scout quit climb phone front groan

VC / VCC / VVC / VCe
twig

Noticing Patterns and Vowel Chart

Rewrite each of your spelling words without the suffix. Then place the word you have written onto the correct column. What happens to the spelling of the words when the suffix is added? Notice the pattern and discuss. You may include the Bonus Words, but you do not have to. The first two words are done for you.

Spelling Word / Spelling Word
With Suffix Removed / VC / VCC / VVC / VCe
swimming / swim / swim
arrested / arrest / arrest