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Ms. Neri Spelling words Unit 1 – Words with sk, sp, st Some words have blends with two consonant sounds blended together: risk, spider, stopped. 1. skinny 2. task 3. risk 4. spider 5. wasp 6. crisp 7. stopped 8. style 9. arrest 10. suggest 11. skeleton 12. skunk 13. brisk 14. spilled 15. spinach 16. grasp 17. stumble 18. statue 19. boast 20. adjust Ms. Neri Spelling words Unit 2 – Words with ng, nk, th Some words have consonants blended together that are pronounced as one sound: strong, blank, north. 1. strong 2. nothing 3. everything 4. blank 5. trunk 6. Thanksgiving 7. they 8. then 9. north 10. there 11. clothing 12. among 13. sting 14. hanger 15. lightning 16. chipmunk 17. shrink 18. without 19. though 20. thought Ms. Neri Spelling words Unit 3 – Words with kn, mb, gh, st Sometimes two consonants together stand for only one sound: knew, numb, fasten. 1. knowledge 2. know 3. knew 4. numb 5. bomb 6. ghost 7. spaghetti 8. Christmas 9. listening 10. fasten 11. knead 12. knitting 13. knapsack 14. tomb 15. climber 16. plumbing 17. aghast 18. hustle 19. mistletoe 20. whistling Ms. Neri Spelling words Unit 4 – Adding –s and –es Add –s to most words, but –es to words that end with sh, ch, s, ss, or x. Change y to I and add –es to words ending with consonant and y: companies. 1. months 2. friends 3. grades 4. cowboys 5. valleys 6. matches 7. bushes 8. passes 9. batteries 10. companies 11. donkeys 12. missiles 13. costumes 14. pictures 15. mornings 16. kisses 17. dresses 18. benches 19. speeches 20. centuries Ms. Neri Spelling words Unit 5 – Adding –ed and –ing, -er, and –est Here are 5 things to remember when adding –ed, -ing, -er, and –est: Some base words do not change: followed, following. If the base word ends with e, drop the e: cuter, cutest. In one syllable words that end with consonant-vowel-consonant, double the final consonant: bigger, biggest. In words that end with y, the y is changed to i before adding –ed, -er, or – est: tried, earlier, earliest. In words that end with y, keep the y when adding –ing: trying. 1. followed 2. following 3. tried 4. trying 5. cuter 6. cutest 7. bigger 8. biggest 9. earlier 10. earliest 11. excited 12. exciting 13. wrapped 14. wrapping 15. amused 16. amusing 17. lighter 18. lightest 19. easier 20. easiest Ms. Neri Spelling words (Skip Unit 6) Unit 7 – Using Just Enough Letters Pronouncing a word correctly and picturing how it looks can help you avoid using too many letters. 1. until 2. went 3. enough 4. TV 5. one 6. didn’t 7. a lot 8. want 9. doesn’t 10. always 11. necklace 12. exact 13. burglar 14. equipment 15. chimney 16. exist 17. rumbling 18. upon 19. athlete 20. examine Ms. Neri Spelling words Unit 8 – Short e and Long e Short e can be spelled ea and ai: heavy, said. Long e can be spelled ee and ie: degree, piece. 1. heavy 2. ahead 3. measure 4. already 5. said 6. again 7. degree 8. cheese 9. goalie 10. piece 11. jealous 12. meadow 13. weapon 14. Ms. Neri Spelling words Unit 9 – Short vowels a, i, o, u Short a is usually spelled a; and. Short i can be spelled e: before. Short o can be spelled o: problem. Short u can be spelled u and oo: swung, blood. 1. past 2. and 3. perhaps 4. before 5. possible 6. solve 7. problem 8. swung 9. because 10. blood 11. accident 12. adventure 13. decided 14. pretend 15. belong 16. lobster 17. python 18. jungle 19. shuttle 20. flood Ms. Neri Spelling words Unit 10 – Long vowels a, i, o Long a can be spelled ai and a: brain, favorite. Long i is usually spelled i-consonant-e: slide. Long o can be spelled ow and o-consonant-e: owner, whole. 1. brain 2. main 3. favorite 4. stranger 5. sidewalk 6. slide 7. bowling 8. owner 9. whole 10. globe 11. claim 12. complain 13. aliens 14. vacation 15. survive 16. crime 17. arrow 18. snowball 19. antelope 20. slope Ms. Neri Spelling words Unit 11 – Vowel sounds in rule, use, off The vowel sound /ü/ can be spelled oo and ew: school, threw. The vowel sound /yü/ is spelled u in music. The vowel sound /ó/ can be spelled augh and au: taught, laundry. 1. choose 2. school 3. threw 4. crew 5. drew 6. future 7. music 8. usually 9. taught 10. laundry 11. broom 12. scoop 13. booth 14. jewel 15. humor 16. Utah 17. naughty 18. daughter 19. sausage 20. launch Ms. Neri Spelling words (Skip Unit 12) Unit 13 – Including All the Letters Some words have more letters than you might expect. To spell these words, pronounce each syllable carefully. 1. answer 2. minute 3. happened 4. library 5. opened 6. length 7. getting 8. when 9. finished 10. maybe 11. mystery 12. dentist 13. actually 14. width 15. caramel 16. pumpkin 17. quarter 18. sandwich 19. grabbed 20. frightening Ms. Neri Spelling words Unit 14 – Consonant sounds /j/ and /k/ The consonant sound /j/ can be spelled j, dge, and g: judge, general. The consonant sound /k/ can be spelled ch, c, and cc: character, occur. 1. judge 2. major 3. subject 4. legend 5. general 6. character 7. chorus 8. occur 9. accurate 10. occasion 11. junior 12. lodge 13. ridge 14. ledge 15. Georgia 16. orchestra 17. mechanic 18. chord 19. accuse 20. raccoon Ms. Neri Spelling words Unit 15 – Contractions In contractions an apostrophe takes the place of letters that are left out, so let us becomes let’s. 1. can’t 2. wouldn’t 3. I’m 4. you’re 5. I’ll 6. let’s 7. that’s 8. don’t 9. there’s 10. I’ve 11. weren’t 12. what’s 13. she’s 14. they’re 15. who’s 16. we’re 17. you’ve 18. should’ve 19. could’ve 20. we’ve Ms. Neri Spelling words Unit 16- Compound words Compound words are usually made of two smaller words. Keep all the letters when spelling compounds: some + times = sometimes. 1. mailbox 2. nearby 3. into 4. sometimes 5. sunset 6. anything 7. daylight 8. something 9. haircut 10. notebook 11. earthquake 12. hideout 13. textbook 14. volleyball 15. horseback 16. handwriting 17. kickstand 18. rattlesnake 19. fireplace 20. housework Ms. Neri Spelling words Unit 17 – Irregular plurals Sometimes plurals are formed in ways that don’t follow the rules: radios, heroes, leaves. 1. radios 2. videos 3. pianos 4. heroes 5. potatoes 6. cuffs 7. beliefs 8. themselves 9. lives 10. leaves 11. patios 12. banjos 13. echoes 14. tornadoes 15. tomatoes 16. cliffs 17. hoofs 18. roofs 19. loaves 20. halves Ms. Neri Spelling words (Skip Unit 18) Lesson 19 – Getting Letters in Correct Order Watch for letter combinations that are hard to keep in order and pay special attention to those parts: beautiful, their. 1. lonely 2. hundred 3. friend 4. built 5. beautiful 6. heard 7. radio 8. their 9. caught 10. bored 11. guard 12. pierce 13. shriek 14. receive 15. horrible 16. jewelry 17. tumble 18. northern 19. acre 20. museum Ms. Neri Spelling words Unit 20 – Vowel Sounds in boy and out The vowel sound /oi/ can be spelled oi and oy: choice, loyal. The vowel sound /ou/ can be spelled ow and ou: towel, our. 1. choice 2. noisy 3. loyal 4. destroy 5. powder 6. towel 7. downtown 8. amount 9. our 10. outside 11. spoil 12. poison 13. Illinois 14. annoy 15. oyster 16. voyage 17. drown 18. growl 19. couch 20. surround Ms. Neri Spelling words Unit 21 – Vowel Sounds with r The vowel sound /är/ cane be spelled ar: garbage. The vowel sound /ër/ can be spelled ur and our: return, journal. 1. army 2. starve 3. scan 4. garbage 5. hamburger 6. return 7. purpose 8. surface 9. courage 10. journal 11. argue 12. apartment 13. guitar 14. Arkansas 15. curl 16. purse 17. furniture 18. courtesy 19. nourish 20. journey Ms. Neri Spelling words Unit 22 – More Vowels with r The vowel sound /âr/ can be spelled are and air: share, stairway. The vowel sound /ir/ can be spelled ear and eer: dear, career. 1. aware 2. prepare 3. share 4. diary 5. stairway 6. dear 7. bread 8. appear 9. volunteer 10. career 11. declare 12. spare 13. beware 14. prairie 15. repair 16. weary 17. smear 18. cheery 19. pioneer 20. reindeer Ms. Neri Spelling words Unit 23 – Homophones A homophone is a word that sounds exactly like another word, but has a different spelling and meaning: buy, by 1. write 2. right 3. buy 4. by 5. to 6. too 7. bored 8. board 9. it’s 10. its 11. threw 12. through 13. knead 14. need 15. main 16. mane 17. past 18. passed 19. allowed 20. aloud Ms. Neri Spelling words (Skip Unit 24) Unit 25 – Related Words Related words often have parts that are spelled the same buy pronounced differently: cloth, clothes. 1. please 2. pleasant 3. cloth 4. clothes 5. sign 6. signature 7. dream 8. dreamt 9. part 10. partial 11. moist 12. moisten 13. breathe 14. breath 15. create 16. creature 17. elect 18. election 19. practice 20. practical Ms. Neri Spelling words Unit 26 – Prefixes dis- un- mis- preA prefix is a group of letters added to the beginning of a word to change the meaning or to make a new word. When adding dis- un- mid-, or pre-, make no changes to the base word: mid + way = midway. 1. discovered 2. disorder 3. unsure 4. unclear 5. unable 6. midweek 7. midyear 8. midway 9. pretest 10. preschool 11. disappoint 12. disobey 13. disapprove 14. unbuckle 15. unlimited 16. midnight 17. midstream 18. precook 19. prepaid 20. prerecorded Ms. Neri Spelling words Unit 27 – Suffixes –able, -ible, -ant, -ent When suffixes – able, -ible, -ant, and –ent are added, often the base word stays the same: comfortable. In most words that end in e, the e is dropped: sensible. In most words that end with y, the y is changed to i: defiant. 1. comfortable 2. reasonable 3. washable 4. responsible 5. sensible 6. contestant 7. defiant 8. servant 9. student 10. resident 11. agreeable 12. valuable 13. convertible 14. flexible 15. reversible 16. observant 17. occupant 18. urgent 19. confident 20. opponent Ms. Neri Spelling words Unit 28 – Suffixes –ous, -ion, -ation When adding the suffixes –ous, -ion, and –ation, often the base word stays the same: inform, information. For most words ending in e, drop the e: fame, famous. For most words ending in y, change the y to i: mystery, mysterious. 1. famous 2. nervous 3. mysterious 4. dangerous 5. selection 6. education 7. information 8. organization 9. conversation 10. imagination 11. joyous 12. marvelous 13. humorous 14. instruction 15. attraction 16. rejection 17. inflation 18. decoration 19. admiration 20. preparation Ms. Neri Spelling words Unit 29 – Possessives To form possessives of singular nouns, add an apostrophe and s: Dad’s. For plural nouns that end in s, add an apostrophe: sisters’. For plural nouns that do not end in s, add apostrophe s: children’s. 1. friend’s 2. today’s 3. Dad’s 4. Mom’s 5. sister’s 6. sisters’ 7. child’s 8. children’s 9. person’s 10. people’s 11. grandmother’s 12. grandfather’s 13. uncle’s 14. uncles’ 15. doctor’s 16. doctors’ 17. cousin’s 18. cousins’ 19. woman’s 20. women’s Ms. Neri Spelling words (Skip Unit 30) Unit 31 – Vowels with No Sound Clues In some words the vowel sound you hear gives no clue to its spelling: president 1. manager 2. president 3. different 4. terrible 5. finally 6. really 7. supposed 8. probably 9. California 10. especially 11. balance 12. constant 13. innocent 14. realize 15. opportunity 16. pollute 17. prisoner 18. celebrate 19. grocery 20. elevator Ms. Neri Spelling words Unit 32 – Vowels in Final Syllables Vowels in final syllables often sound alike even when they are spelled differently: another, calendar; evil, cancel; captain, frozen. 1. either 2. another 3. calendar 4. evil 5. cancel 6. label 7. eaten 8. frozen 9. curtain 10. captain 11. computer 12. solar 13. particular 14. fossil 15. civil 16. channel 17. quarrel 18. siren 19. fountain 20. bargain Ms. Neri Spelling words Unit 33 – Capitalization Names of cities and states are always capitalized because they are proper nouns. 1. Houston 2. Alaska 3. Kentucky 4. Little Rock 5. Duluth 6. Arizona 7. Miami 8. Indiana 9. Alabama 10. South Carolina 11. Baltimore 12. Detroit 13. Los Angeles 14. Hawaii 15. Memphis 16. Virginia 17. Oregon 18. Pittsburgh 19. Syracuse 20. New York Ms. Neri Spelling Unit 34 – Easily Confused Words Some words are easily confused because they have similar pronunciations and spelling: except, accept. 1. of 2. off 3. except 4. accept 5. which 6. witch 7. where 8. were 9. weather 10. whether 11. plant 12. planet 13. bounds 14. bounce 15. desert 16. dessert 17. rise 18. raise 19. dinner 20. diner Ms. Neri Spelling Unit 35 – Compound Words 2 Some compound words are written as one word: everybody. Others are written as two words: all right. 1. bookshelf 2. someone 3. everybody 4. nowhere 5. cupcake 6. home run 7. each other 8. hot dog 9. all right 10. high school 11. grandparent 12. wristwatch 13. everyone 14. blindfold 15. typewriter 16. pen pal 17. living room 18. peanut butter 19. no one 20. first aid