Spelling Lists- Week 2

Spelling Lists- Week 2
This week's spelling skills cover the long a and the long e vowel sounds. There are different ways in which each of these sounds can be written in a word. We have talked about three of them this week.
1. The long a sound can be represented by: ai (as in the word claim), a-consonant-e (as in the word populate) and the letter combination ei (as in the word neighbor).
2. The long e sound can be represented by: ee (as in needle), ea (as in the word feature) , y (as in foggy), e-consonant-e (as in the word complete)

Since there are so many different vowel combinations for the English language, it is uncommon for the students to ask, "How do we know which one to use?" One strategy that we have discussed last year and again this year is to write the word three different ways. Out of those three spellings, which one looks like one that you have seen before in reading? Choose the one that looks more familiar.

Spelling list:
1. eighty
2. daily
3. operate
4. claim
5. freight
6. neighbor
7. explain
8. straight
9. contain
10. populate
11. needle
12. beneath
13. foggy
14. gasoline
15. complete
16. scary
17. screen
18. police
19. feature
20. memory

If your child missed 2 or less on the pretest, a challenge list is sent home. The list for this week is:
1. notify
2. raven
3. climate
4. vehicles
5. alien
6. idol
7. trial
8. basis
9. creature
10. motivate
11. species
12. notion
13. prior
14. reality
15. idle
16. trophy
17. premium
18. oval
19. mutual
20. noble