Monday, April 25, 2005

Spelling Words for the Week of 4/25/05

This week's words are all compound words, some of them from the story Grandfather's Dream, by Holly Keller. The test will be on Friday, April 29, 2005.

1. bedtime
2. grandma
3. sunrise
4. baseball
5. herself
6. sometimes
7. doorbell
8. upon
9. myself
10. something

Bonus Words:
11. monsoon
12. Vietnam

Sunday, April 17, 2005

Spelling Words for the Week of April 18

More words with -ed and -ing! The test will be on Friday, 4/22/05


1. baked
2. giving
3. liked
4. making
5. used
6. riding
7. smiled
8. moving
9. placed
10. living

Bonus words:
11. mountains
12. canyon

Monday, April 11, 2005

Spelling Words for the Week of 4/11/05

We are working with the third grade class on dinosaur research projects! The students have been learning how to locate information from a variety of sources, including the Internet, books, and periodicals. The students are learning how to organize information and create written reports. They are also responsible for creating a diorama or descriptive poster about their dinosaur. The students will present their reports in class this week. The following spelling words are taken from our study of dinosaurs and prehistoric life. (The test will be on Friday, 5-15-05.)

1. fossil
2. science
3. bones
4. plants
5. meat
6. tooth
7. habitat
8. extinct
9. volcano
10. eggs

Bonus: Tyrannosaurus rex