Spelling

**Spelling** Click Here to see descriptions of spelling contract activities.

Spelling pretests will be given each Monday. Post tests will be given each Friday. All spelling lists can be found on Spelling City. Here, you can play games to help you practice your spelling words, print out your list, see definitions and sentences, and print practice worksheets. I will post links below by week.


 * Week 14 Spelling **
 * Week 13 Spelling: "Oceans" **
 * Week 12 Spelling: "Summer of Fire" **
 * Week 11 Spelling: "Everglades" **
 * Week 10 Spelling: "Island of the Blue Dolphin" **
 * Week 9 Spelling: "Woodsong" **
 * Week 8 Spelling: "Iditarod Dream" **
 * Week 7 Spelling: "Folk Tales from Asia" **
 * Week 6 Spelling: "We'll Never Forget You, Roberto Clemente" **
 * Week 5 Spelling: "Elena" **
 * Week 4 Spelling: "Dear Mrs. Parks" **
 * Week 3 Spelling: "Yang the Third and her Impossible Family" **

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 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 26px;">Week 2 Spelling: "Sees Behind Trees" **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 26px;">Week 2 Vocabulary:"Sees Behind Trees" **

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 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 200%;">Week 1 Spelling: "The Hot and Cold Summer" **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 200%;">Week 1 Vocabulary:"The Hot and Cold Summer" **

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 200%;">**Contract Descriptions**

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 150%;">Comic Strip | Secrets | TV Ad | Job Application | Puzzle Pieces | T-Charts | Magazine Cover | Bumper Stickers | Acrostics

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 150%;">**Comic Strip** <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 150%;">Make a comic strip using your spelling words in the dialogue. Ask me for comic strip sheets.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 150%;">**Secrets** <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 150%;">Make up silly secrets using your spelling words

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 150%;">**TV Ad** <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 150%;">Create television show titles and descriptions using your spelling words. Ask me for the template.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 150%;">**Job Application** <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 150%;">Fill out a fake job application using fake information using your spelling words. Ask me for the template.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 150%;">**Puzzle Pieces** <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 150%;">On puzzle piece pairs, write the word on one puzzle piece and the definition on the other. Do this for each spelling word. Ask me for the template.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 150%;">**T-Chart** <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 150%;">**Synonym and Antonym T-chart:** Come up with synonyms and antonyms for each spelling word and use them in a sentence. Ask me for the template. <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 150%;">**Definitions T-Chart:** Fill out the T-Chart with what you think the word means, what it really means, a picture of the word, and a sentence using the word. Ask me for the template. <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 150%;">**Magazine Covers:** Design a magazine cover using your spelling words. You must use at least half of your words. <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 150%;">**Bumper Stickers:** Design bumper stickers using your spelling words. You must use at least half of your words. Ask me for the template.
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 150%;">Acrostics: **<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 150%;">Create acrostics using your spelling word. You may either use your spelling word as the vertical word or use the first letter of different spelling words to create a vertical word. To see what an acrostic is, click here.