Unit 6 Grade 5
Name
Spelling List for the week of February 24th
Parent information about spelling concepts:
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Frequent patterns for /o/ are o, al, au, aw.
o spells /o/ most often (lost)
when a is followed by l, it usually spells /o/ (always)
au is a frequent spelling pattern initially (August) and medially (caught)
aw occurs initially (awful), medially (yawn), but most often terminally (saw)
a spells /o/ rarely, so it’s an unexpected Surprise Word spelling (father)
There, their and They’re skill assessment
1./// than
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2..// only
14./
3./// thought
15./
4./// later
16./
5./// course
17./
6./// able
18./
7./// beautiful 19./
8./// explain
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9./// mountains 21./
10.// hair
22./
11./ wood
23./
12./ watched
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their, there, they’re
its
through
morning
true
early/earlier
perhaps
happened
straight
caught
bird
work
sure
Unit 6 Grade 5
Name
Stretch it:
It made my hair stand on end.
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Correct the sentence:
Some birds are finded in the wood and others are
common in high mountain areas Some people have cot
and tagged birds too measured the distance thay travel.
Add it: caught/cot; hair/hare; wood/would;
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Find it!: Names of birds
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Finish:
We caught a glimpse of its back as it disappeared down the mountain. We
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were so
Sort it! Sort the spelling words from the front.
Use long vowels, short vowels, aw sound and at least two other spelling
categories. (Examples: ow, bossy r, oo, multi-syllables, homophones).