5th Grade Spelling Information

This week's spelling list has words that are plural. To make a word plural, most of the time it is easy to just add the letter S to the word. However, with most spelling rules, there are exceptions. This is the spelling strategy:

Plural nouns name more than one person, place or thing.

The plural form of most nouns is created simply by adding the letter s.
Words that end in -ch, x, s or s-like sounds, however, will require an -es for the plural:

* more than one witch = witches
* more than one box = boxes

With words that end in a consonant and a y, you'll need to change the y to an i and add es.

more than one baby = babies
more than one pony = ponies
more than one monkey = monkeys (don't drop y and change to i because there is a vowel in front of the y!)

The spelling list for this week is as follows: *(your child will have a hard copy of the list for at home. Please take note of your child's list since some modifications are made to meet your child's spelling level)
1. monkeys
2. babies
3. teams
4. lunches
5. factories
6. scratches
7. trays
8. libraries
9. members
10. ladies
11. slippers
12. coaches
13. memories
14. friends
15. patches
16. adults
17. boxes
18. branches
19. inches
20. sandwiches

SPELLING PRETEST: Given on Monday *(If your child receives 100% on the pretest, a challenge list of words will be given and those words will be studied for the final test on Friday).
Throughout the week, we will do classroom skills that will practice our spelling words, but it is imperative that students break down the list throughout the week at home and study the words
SPELLING FINAL TEST: Given on Friday

Mrs. Lockhart