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In spelling, we will continue
to review words learned in previous years while introducing the 4th grade list
and other words that relate to themes we are studying. Our book is
Everyday Spelling
Unit #34 Possessives
Are you looking for a challenge again? Wow, you are just such a hardworker!!
Tonight, I challenge you to find one singular possessive noun and one plural
possessive noun in a newspaper, magazine, or book. Cut it out or copy it
down. I may use it as the bonus on the test tomorrow.
To form possessives of:
singular nouns, add an apostrophe and s;
plural nouns that end in s, add only an apostrophe
| Singular | Plural |
| Dad's | |
| friend's | |
| girl's | girls' |
| teacher's | teachers' |
| baby's | babies' |
| family's | families' |
| grandma's | |
| grandpa's | |
| brother's | brothers' |
| boy's | boys' |
| aunt's | aunts' |
| lady's | ladies' |
We've been working on
irregular verbs for the past 3 weeks. Are you looking for some great
websites to help you out?
Go to:
http://www.englishpage.com/irregularverbs/irregularverbs.html
http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/verbs.htm
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/irpast.htm
Unit #28 Suffixes -less, -ment,
-ness
The suffixes - ment, -ness are great when creating nouns. The suffix -ness
is a particularly good ending to add when creating abstract nouns.
Are you looking for a great explanation of abstract nouns?
Go to:
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/abstractnoun.htm
| less | ment | ness |
| helpless | statement | goodness |
| careless | payment | softness |
| hopeless | movement | brightness |
| spotless | pavement | business |
| breathless | treatment | greatness |
| worthless | punishment | fairness |
| useless | darkness |
Unit #26 Compound Words
This unit really goes great with our noun unit.
Are you looking for a great website to explore on compounds?
http://www.learningdifferences.com/Main%20Page/Topics/Compound%20Word%20Lists/Compound_Word_%20Lists_complete.htm
| baseball | basketball | upstairs | myself | highway |
| classroom | anyway | newspaper | something | sometimes |
| chalkboard | earrings | nighttime | motorcycle | downstairs |
| softball | weekend | classmate | doorbell | driveway |
Unit #5 Adding -er and -est
Four Things to Remember:
1) Some base words do not change.
2) Words that end with consonant -e, the -e is dropped
3) Words that end in consonant -y, change -y to -i
and add -er or - est.
4) In one syllable words ending with consonant -
vowel - consonant, the final consonant is doubled
| Positive form (no comparison) | Comparative form (compares 2 items) | Superlative form (compares 3 or more items) |
| small | smaller | smallest |
| large | larger | largest |
| happy | happier | happiest |
| hot | hotter | hottest |
| sad | sadder | saddest |
| deep | deeper | deepest |
| close | closer | closest |
| scary | scarier | scariest |
| funny | funnier | funniest |
| fat | fatter | fattest |
Unit #4 Adding -ed and -ing (Test = Friday September 28)
Four Things to Remember:
1) Some base words do not change.
2) Words that end with consonant -e, the -e is dropped
3) Words that end in consonant -y, change -y to -i
and add -ed, but keep the -y when adding -ing
4) In one syllable words ending with consonant -
vowel - consonant, the final consonant is doubled
| happen | happened | happening |
| open | opened | opening |
| dance | danced | dancing |
| chase | chased | chasing |
| study | studied | studying |
| worry | worried | worrying |
| dry | dried | drying |
| stop | stopped | stopping |
| rob | robbed | robbing |
| slip | slipped | slipping |
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Unit # 3 Consonant Sounds /k/ and /f/
| c | k | ck | gh | ph | ff |
| care | Kansas | track | enough | photo | stiff |
| because | brake | snack | laughed | dolphin | muffin |
| cover | rough | elephant | giraffe | ||
| record | attack | alphabet |
Unit # 2 Words with kn, gn, wr, mb
| kn | gn | wr | mb |
| knot | sign | writing | lamb |
| unknown | design | wrist | thumb |
| know | assign | wreck | limb |
| knit | wreath | comb | |
| knob | wrench | climb | |
| kneel |
Unit #1 Words with thr, scr, str, squ
| thr | scr | str | squ |
| throat | screen | strange | square |
| through | scratch | street | squeeze |
| thrill | scrub | strike | squeal |
| threat | skyscraper | strawberry | squirm |
| thrown | scream | strength | squirt |
Unit #32 - Vowels in Final Syllables
This week really focuses on three commonly misspelled sound endings - or/er, el/le, en/on.
| er | or | le | el | en | on |
| other | color | people | model | broken | common |
| number | doctor | simple | barrel | sudden | gallon |
| October | motor | angle | angel | oven | button |
| another | barrel |
Spelling Unit - Color Words
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Click to play a spelling word jumble
We are beginning our study of adjectives. Adjectives answer the questions - Which ones, what kinds, and how many.
Colors are adjectives that allow us to explore the world around us. Colors go beyond just the primary palette to reveal a variety of shades, depths, and even emotions.
black white yellow orange
green blue red brown
emerald aqua magenta tan
kelly navy ruby khaki
forest royal scarlet beige
chartreuse turquoise maroon cocoa
purple violet lavender
Unit #35 Easily Confused Words
| sit (I can sit) | set | |
| off | of | |
| when | win (I can win.) | |
| our (possessive pronoun) | are (helping verb) | |
| than (comparisons) | then (next) | |
| lose | loose (rhymes with goose) | |
| were (verb) | we're (we are) | where |
| quiet | quit (quit it) | quite |
| whose (possessive) | who's (who is) |
Unit #15 - We will be skipping ahead in the book to more fully utilize the units about nouns. We will also be doing all 20 of the words in this unit to really practice plural nouns.
Adding -s and -es
Add -s to most words. Add -s to words ending in vowel and -y: monkey = monkeys. Words ending in a consonant and y, change the y to i and add - es: mystery = mysteries. Add -es to words ending in sh,ch,s,ss,x: beach=beaches, glass = glasses, tax = taxes
| monkey | monkeys | flower | flowers |
| friend | friends * | supply | supplies |
| enemy | enemies | eyelash | eyelashes |
| beach | beaches | circus | circuses |
| class | classes | tax | taxes |
| tiger | tigers | holiday | holidays |
| delay | delays | hobby | hobbies |
| memory | memories | mystery | mysteries |
| ash | ashes | bunch | bunches |
| glass | glasses | suffix | suffixes |
Unit #10 Short Vowels a,i,o,u
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| short a | short i | short o | short u |
| band | into | pond | tough |
| cash | river | block | couple |
| January | with | forgot | cousin |
| blanket | finger | chop | young |
| backpack | window | closet | trouble |
Unit #8 Words with Double Consonants
(Are you studying on Thursday Nov. 11? Write down 3 words with double
consonants not on the regular or challenge list. Give it to me during class tomorrow
or send me an email at
cordernelson@summitcds.org I'll have a surprise waiting for you.)
Sometimes double consonants stand for one sound.
Different you hear only one /f/ and in supper you hear only one /p/
| tomorrow | bottle | ridden | odd |
| borrow | bubble | offer | suffer |
| different | slippers | grasshopper | worry |
| supper | current | lettuce | paddle |
| written | shudder | hobby | matter |
Unit #29 - Prefixes -dis, -in, -mis, -re
| dis | in | mis | re |
| dislike | incomplete | misplace | rebuild |
| disappear | independent | misspell | reuse |
| distrust | incorrect | mistreat | react |
| dishonest | invisible | misbehave | replace |
| disagree | inactive | misled | recall |
Spelling Unit - Color Words
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We are beginning our study of adjectives. Adjectives answer the questions - Which ones, what kinds, and how many.
Colors are adjectives that allow us to explore the world around us. Colors go beyond just the primary palette to reveal a variety of shades, depths, and even emotions.
black white yellow orange
green blue red brown
emerald aqua magenta tan
kelly navy ruby khaki
forest royal scarlet beige
chartreuse turquoise maroon cocoa
purple violet lavender
Unit #27 Suffixes -ly,-ion,-ful
| ly | ion | ful |
| slowly | action | powerful |
| safely | location | peaceful |
| daily | invention | beautiful |
| suddenly | correction | cheerful |
| weekly | pollution | painful |
| lately | thoughtful | |
| truthfully | ||
| hopefully | ||
| carefully |
Unit #23 Homophones
A homophone is a word that sounds exactly like another word but has a different spelling and meaning. dear, deer
| wood | would | |
| too | to | two |
| there | their | they're |
| your | you're | |
| beat | beet | |
| break | brake | |
| clothes | close | |
| peace | piece | |
| thrown | throne |
Unit #17 Contractions
In contractions, an apostrophe replaces omitted letters. We will becomes we'll; I am becomes I'm.
Can you identify which of these words are subject pronouns?
| have | will | am | is | would | us | not |
| we've | we'll | I'm | it's | I'd | let's | shouldn't |
| would've | he'll | that's | they'd | doesn't | ||
| could've | she'll | what's | he'd | wouldn't | ||
| they'll | you'd | |||||
| I'll |
Unit #33 - Capitalization and Abbreviation
Holidays, days and months of the year, titles, and words that are part of an address are always capitalized. Abbreviations should be capitalized and followed by a period
Memorial Day Hanukkah Christmas
Kwanzaa Valentine's Day Chinese New Year
May June September
Dec. November Feb.
Wed. Sun. Dr.
Mrs. Rd. Ms.
Mr. Ave.
Unit #11 Long Vowels a,i,o
Long vowels are often spelled with one letter: station, wild. They can also be spelled vowel-consonant - e: whole, hide
station danger April
behind whole broke
drove decide vacation
lion bacon arrive
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