Serving Up Our Spelling Words

Updated list for week of Nov. 17th - Thanksgiving, Oelwein, Fayette, United States, North America, continent, country, county, holiday, school, town, city, state, Iowa, Washington, democracy, Northeast, Plymouth, +2 personal Words

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Our lists come from the Rigby Literacy By Design Series.

Week 1: Short Vowels

 

began

chicken

common

exotic

happen

magic

number

pencil

rabbit

travel

 

No Excuse Words

all

most

show

where

 

Challenge Words

guitar

jealous

leopard

question

 

+2 personal words

Week 2: Initial Consonants

 

building

calendar

family

monster

patio

poem

reason

subtract

valley

weather

 

No Excuse Words

after

called

very

words

 

Challenge Words

decimal

phase

science

wrist

 

+2 personal words

 

Week 3: Consonant Blends

brisk

clever

craft

dentist

grip

probably

restrict

spinach

stump

traffic

 

No Excuse Words

long

may

one

water

 

Challenge Words

applaud

drainage

plastic

splendid

 

+2 Personal Words

 

Week 4: Short Vowels

chapter

doormat

floppy

giggle

habit

market

matter

snuggle

thunder

women

 

No Excuse Words

find

only

use

way

 

Challenge Words

acrobat

cotton

penguin

threaten

 

+2 Personal Words

 

Week 5: Long Vowels

baseball

describe

evening

explode

female

mistake

parachute

suppose

sunshine

telephone

 

No Excuse Words

did

down

had

made

 

Challenge Words

believe

climate

freestyle

lightning

 

+2 personal words

 

Week 6: Nouns

artist

blister

colony

fossil

grocer

hospital

pudding

restaurant

shoulder

sibling

 

No Excuse Words

my

now

not

who

 

Challenge Words

cyclone

future

headache

thermometer

 

+2 personal words

 

Week 7: Proper Nouns

American

Canada

Challenger

Congress

Cuba

Everglades

Jupiter

Lewis and Clark

Mexico

Pacific Ocean

 

No Excuse Words

been

first

soon

than

 

Challenge Words

Antarctica

Thomas Edison

Frankenstein

Parliament

 

+2 Personal Words

 

Week 8: Reference Materials

against

alphabet

energy

glossary

Internet

neighbor

puzzle

reference

research

system

 

No Excuse Words

could

make

no

time

 

Challenge Words

dictionary

mystery

thesaurus

vocabulary

 

+2 Personal Words

 

 

Week 9: Synonyms and Antonyms

answer

delicious

ideal

noisy

perfect

puny

quiet

response

tasty

weak

 

No Excuse Words

him

like

see

two

 

Challenge Words

examine

familiar

inspect

strange

 

+2 personal words

 

Week 10: Multiple-Meaning Words

 

batter

cobbler

diamond

present

pupil

scour

shower

stable

swallow

temple

 

No Excuse Words

has

her

into

more

 

Challenge Words

atmosphere

buffet

column

neutral

 

+2 Personal Words

 

Week 11: Homonyms

cent

pore

pour

scent

sent

their

there

they’re

 

No Excuse Words

apple

but

flower

other

 

Challenge Words

cereal

patience

patients

serial

 

+2 Personal Words

 

Week 12: Verbs

aid

appear

argue

comfort

exercise

imagine

notice

practice

surround

 

No Excuse Words

city

many

she

then

 

Challenge Words

continue

galloping

receive

succeed

 

+2 Personal Words

 

Week 13: Science

aware

beauty

compass

cougar

counter

follow

orbit

repair

rough

skis

No Excuse Words

clown

how

them

up

Challenge Words

bulletin

promise

quantity

stomach

+2 Personal Words

Week 14: Inflected Endings

countries

donkeys

invited

losing

masses

millions

nerves

received

wolves

worrying

 

No Excuse Words

about

do

each

will

 

Challenge Words

committed

instead

oxen

potatoes

 

+2 Personal Words

 

Week 15: Adjectives

enormous

favorite

frantic

heroic

important

jolly

modern

purple

Spanish

twelve

 

No Excuse Words

bee

by

if

said

 

Challenge Words

endangered

energetic

genuine

hilarious

 

+2 Personal Words

 

Week 16: Prefix –un

unafraid

unbeaten

unbutton

uncertain

uncomfortable

uninteresting

unknown

unspoken

unused

unwelcome

 

No Excuse Words

an

can

we

when

 

Challenge Words

uncle

unconscious

unite

unreasonable

 

+2 Personal Words

 

Week 17: Prefixes   non-, in-, dis-

disagree

disapprove