1. Spelling Unit #2 Spelling “rule” of the week:
Write ie when the sound is long e, except after c.
Say: “i before e, except after c, or when sounded like a, as in neighbor or weigh.”
Exceptions: seize, leisure, either, neither, protein

2. 1) conceive (right after c) 2) relieve (to make a situation better)
Focus Rule Words:
1) conceive (right after c)
to visualize or consider; to become pregnant
2) relieve (to make a situation better)
3) weight (sounded like a)
4) eight (sounded like a)
5) perceive (right after c) ; to recognize or understand

3. Academic Verbs:
6) summarize to rewrite only the most important parts of a passage in your OWN WORDS
To summarize an article, include only the main points of each paragraph.
7) paraphrase to rewrite a small segment of text in your own words
I paraphrased the speaker’s statement by putting it into my own words.
8) generalize to make a broad statement about something--specific facts or details are omitted
If I were to generalize, I’d say most students bring their lunches.

4. 9) grateful 10) character 11) separate Commonly misspelled words:
Be grateful, not hateful!
10) character
Think of a character doing the “cha-cha-cha.”
11) separate
There’s a rat in separate.

5. Roots/prefixes/suffixes:
com = together junct = to join
con = together tion = the act of or state of

6. 12) combination the act of bringing together
13) conjunction a part of speech--a word that joins words together
14) junction a place where two things join
15) capitalization the act of capitalizing

7. Commonly confused words:
16) your (possessive pronoun, used for ownership)
That’s your book.
17) you’re (contraction of “you are”)
You’re a great speller!

8. Review Words:
18) beginning (two n’s)
19) a lot (two words)
20) receive (i before e except after c or when sounded as a)