Spelling Sept. 22-Dec. 21

Helpful hints This Powerpoint is NOT meant to tell you everything. It is meant to give you helpful hints about what is important in your weekly spelling sort and to help you place your words in their correct categories. Some of the weekly lists (sorts) you will really need to work on and think about. Always ask in class if you have a question!

Abbreviations & Explanations OB = oddball – These are words that don’t fit the other categories, for one reason or another. Often they have different vowels, consonants, or they break a rule. Base = this means the root word – If you take away prefixes and suffixes, the root word is the base word. /k/ = if you see a letter in between slanted lines, that means “this letter SOUNDS like a k” even if it is NOT a K.

Spelling Sept. 22-Oct. 3

Yellow Group 36 kngnwrOB knifegnatwraprap wringring

Green Group 46 ReUnOddball rebuildunable reptile uncle

Blue Group 14 Base -ct-tionBase -ss-sion collectcollectionexpressexpression

Spelling Oct. 3-10

Yellow Group 37 scrstrsprOB screenstrongspringNONE

Green Group 47 dismispreOddball disagreemisspellpreschool precious “not”“do wrongly”“before”

Blue Group 15 Base -t-ionBase -ic-ian inventinventionmagicmagician (a verb……changed to a noun) (A noun) (people who do that noun!)

Spelling Oct

Yellow Group 38 thrshrsquOB threeshredsquareNone

Green Group 48 – PREFIXES! ex-non-in-fore- exitnonsenseincorrect forecast “out” or “beyond” “not”1)“not” or 2)“into” “before” or “in front of”

Blue Group 16 Base -tee-drop + -ion Base – de/d -d >sion operateoperationexplodeexplosion (a verb……changed to a noun) (a verb……changed to a noun)

Spelling Oct

Yellow Group REVIEW (after 38) squthrshrscrsprstr squarethrowshredscrapespreadstraw

Green Group 49 uni-bi-tri-other unicyclebicycletricycle pentagon unitedbilingualtriplet “out” or “beyond” “not”1)“not” or 2)“into” “before” or “in front of”

Blue Group 17 – nouns with ion endings) -ation-e-dropcationition informationorganizationapplicationaddition (change the “y” to an “i” and add -cation

Spelling Oct. 24-Nov. 7

Yellow Group 39 Soft c /s/ Soft g /j/ citygym These words have a “c” or “g” followed by e, y, or i Hard c /k/ Hard g /g/ cardgave These words have a “c” or “g” followed by a, o, or u

Green Group 50 – SUFFIXES! -y-ly-ily sunnyslowlyhappily (changes a noun like “sun” into an adjective “sunny”) (changes an adjective like “slow” into an adverb “slowly” (changes an adjective ending in a Y like “happy” into an adverb, “happily”)

Blue Group 18 – New Unit! silentsoundedsilentsounded signsignaturehastenhaste bombbombardmoistenmoist softensoft These go from shorter word to longer word. These go from longer word to shorter word

Spelling Nov. 7-14

Yellow Group 40 – Final letters -ve-ce /s/ -se /s/ /z/ -ze /z/ movechanceloosepleasefreeze

Green Group 51 –SUFFIXES that compare -er-est-ier-iest braverbravesthappierhappiest “more than”“most”“more than”“most” When a word ends in “y”, change the y to an i before adding -est.

Blue Group 19 Long vowelShort vowel pleasepleasant minemineral naturenatural

Spelling Nov

Yellow Group 41 dgeger, l, n + ge edgeagelarge

Green Group 52 – SUFFIXES! -ness-ful-lessCombo darknessgracefulhomeless carelessness “State of being” “full of” or “having” “without”

Blue Group 20 Long Vowel Schwa ǝ = uh compōsecomposition Long vowel short vowel volcānovolc ă nic

Spelling Nov. 21-Dec. 5

Yellow Group 42 tchchr, l, n + chO.B. catchreachlunchwhich rich much (Short vowel sounds) (Long vowel sounds) (Short vowel sounds)

Green Group 53 – New unit Homophones – no sorts! (But you have to know which meaning is spelled which way!) berrycellar weatherallowed varyflour boredmetal

Blue Group 21 -ǝl (uhl) -ity personalpersonality hostilehostility mental mobile

Spelling Dec. 5-12

Yellow Group 43 A-Be- awaybecause aroundbecome Notice many of these words have root words or base words!

Green Group 54 - Homographs NounVerb present desert record

Blue Group 22 Longshort suff ī cesuff ĭ cient Longschwa ǝ (uh) pres īdepres i dent shortschwa ǝ (uh) met a llicmet al

Spelling Dec

Yellow Group 36 - Contractions notishavewill couldn’twho’scould’vethey’ll

Green Group 55 – “i before e, except after c” ie = long -e ei = long -e cei = long -e ei = long -a Oddball thiefseizereceive neighbor mischief (vowel sound) weird weigh either neither

Blue Group 23 Base -aiderived - ation Base -ederived - ption exclaimexclamationassumeassumption proclaimproclamation Do you notice what letter is dropped? Do you notice what letters are changed or added?