My Spelling
Dictionary:
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Spelling Dictionary Rules:
1. I will write down all of my spelling
words so I will always know how to spell
them.
2. I will write down words from my
journal that I underline and Miss
Snowden corrects.
3. I will write down word wall words or
other words I find hard to spell.
4. I will try first, then check in my
spelling dictionary before asking how to
spell a word.
5. If at first I don’t succeed, I will try
again and do my best!
100 Most Commonly Misspelled Words
again
all right
always
an
and
animals
another
around
asked
babies
beautiful
because
before
believe
bought
came
caught
children
clothes
coming
course
cousin
decided
didn't
different
dropped
every
February
first
for
friend
friends
frightened
from
getting
going
happening
hear
heard
here
him
interesting
its
it's
jumped
knew
know
let's
like
little
looked
many
money
morning
mother
name
named
off
once
our
people
pretty
received
running
said
school
some
something
sometimes
started
stopped
surprise
swimming
than
that's
their
then
there
they
they're
things
thought
threw
through
to
together
too
tried
two
until
very
wanted
went
were
when
where
with
woman
would
you're
According to National Curriculum Associates found at http://academic.cuesta.edu/acasupp/as/819.htm
Weekly Spelling Rules
Week
Pattern
Rule
1
short a, i
Each vowel makes a special sound. The short sound sounds like
Apple for a and Igloo for i. Short vowel sounds can be found
at any spot in a word!
2
short o, u
Each vowel makes a special sound. The short sound sounds like
Up for u and dOg for o. Short vowel sounds can be found at
any spot in a word!
3
long/short a
Each vowel makes a special sound. In week 1 we reviewed the
short a sound which sounds like Apple. Now we will learn the
long a sound which is when the letter says its name like Ate.
4
long/short i
Each vowel makes a special sound. In week 1 we reviewed the
short i sound which sounds like Igloo. Now we will learn the
long i sound which is when the letter says its name like Ice.
5
long/short o
6
long/short u
Each vowel makes a special sound. In week 2 we reviewed the
short o sound which sounds like dOg. Now we will learn the
long o sound which is when the letter says its name like cOne.
Each vowel makes a special sound. In week 2 we reviewed the
short u sound which sounds like Up. Now we will learn the long
u sound which is when the letter says its name like Use.
7
sl, dr, sk, sp, st
When two consonants get together, they make a different
sound together.. Listen carefully and you should be able to
hear all of the letter sounds for each individual letter!
8
long a (ay, ai)
9
long I (igh, ie, y)
10
long o (oa, ow, oe)
Sometimes vowels can be tricky. They make both long and
short sound, and it’s not always with a silent e at the end. Here
are two blends that make the long a sound. Long a with ai is
used inside the word and ay is used at the end.
Sometimes vowels can be tricky. They make both long and
short sound, and it’s not always with a silent e at the end. Here
are three blends that make the long i sound. Watch out for the
tricky y!
Sometimes vowels can be tricky. They make both long and
short sound, and it’s not always with a silent e at the end. Here
are three blends that make the long o sound. Long o spelled oa
is when it is inside the word, oe is used at the end to make the
long o.
Week
Pattern
Rule
11
long e (ee, ea, ey, y)
12
long u (u___e)
13
consonant blends (ch,
sh, th, wh, ph)
14
consonant blends (ch,
sh, th, tch)
15
consonant blends (scr,
spr, str)
16
r controlled vowels (ar,
or)
Sometimes vowels can be tricky. They make both long and
short sound, and it’s not always with a silent e at the end. Here
are four blends that make the long e sound. Notice how
sometimes there is another vowel that makes the o say its
name! That tricky y is back too!
When two consonants get together, sometimes they cause
trouble and confusion. These 5 blends are the big trouble
makers because they make completely different sounds when
they are together!
Sometimes when two consonants are put together they form a
different sound. Ch makes the choo choo sound, sh makes the
quiet sound, th makes the thumb sound, wh makes the w
sound, and ph makes a sound like an f.
Uh oh! Here are more trouble makers! Did you notice that now
we have the main trouble maker “tch” this time! Notice what
sound it makes! Words that end in the ch sound usually end
with “tch.”
When consonants get together sometimes they can be tricky
and sometimes they just sound like a mouthful of sounds!
These 3 blends are examples of blends that say each of their
letter sounds!
One letter of the alphabet is extremely bossy, this letter is the
letter “r.” When vowels are in front of that letter, they make a
whole new sound. Not short, not long, but a new one!
17
r controlled vowels (ir,
er, ur)
One letter of the alphabet is extremely bossy, this letter is the
letter “r.” When vowels are in front of that letter, they make a
whole new sound. Not short, not long, but a new one!
18
oo, ou
19
oo, ui, ew
20
au, aw
The letter blend “oo” can be pronounced either “yoo” or “oo”
depending on the letter that comes before the vowel. Words
that start with a ch, d, j, l r, or s will say “oo”. All others will say
“yoo.”
The letter blend “oo” can be pronounced either “yoo” or “oo”
depending on the letter that comes before the vowel. Words
that start with a ch, d, j, l r, or s will say “oo”. All others will say
“yoo.”
The sound of “au” is spelled with “au” within the word and aw
at the end.
Week
Pattern
Rule
21
ow ou diphthong
The sound of ou as in out or how is spelled with a “ou” within
the word and “ow” within or at the end of the word. It will not
end spelled with a “ou.”
22
oi, oy diphthong
The sound of oi is spelled with oi within the word and oy at the
end.
23
schwa (a pronounced
as u)
Words with one vowel mushed to the schwa sound of uh
(occurs especially often in words that begin with a or with the
letter o followed by m, n, or v.)
24
silent consonants
Some consonants are scared of others, so they hide and let another
consonant make its sound instead. The blend “kn” makes the n sound.
The blend “gn” makes the n sound. The blend “wh” makes the wuh
sound. The “wr’ blend makes the r sound and the t is often silent with
s, f. The “mb” blend makes the m sound. “gn” is also often silent.
25
hard/soft c, g
The letter c is pronounced as an s before e, i, and y, but
with a k sound before all other letters. The letter c is
often followed by a silent e whose purpose is to keep the
sound of the c “soft.” The same is true for g.
26
dge, ge, lge, rge, nge
The letter g is often followed by a silent e whose purpose is to
keep the sound of the g “soft” as its j sound is called. A letter
d is added before the ge to keep the vowel short.
27
ar, are, air
These three blends can all make the “air” sound. These are
words that need to become familiar to you, as they do not
follow specific spelling patterns!
28
er, ere, eer, ear
29
or, ore, oar
Here is another set of tricky blends. Ear followed by a
consonant usually says “er” but sometimes “ar.” Ear at the end
of a word or syllable usually says “eer” as in fear. Ere usually
says “eer” as in here, but not always.
These three blends can all make the “or” sound. “ore” will
almost always be found at the end of a word, and “or”/”oar” in
the middle, but those can be found at the end as well.
30
ire, ier, ure
These three blends can all make the “ire” sound. Short words
with ie have a long i sound, longer words with ie have a long e
sound.
Aa
Aa
Bb
Bb
Cc
Cc
Dd
Dd
Ee
Ee
Ff
Ff
Gg
Gg
Hh
Hh
Ii
Ii
Jj
Jj
Kk
Kk
Ll
Ll
Mm
Mm
Nn
Nn
Oo
Oo
Pp
Pp
Qq
Qq
Rr
Rr
Ss
Ss
Tt
Tt
Uu
Uu
Vv
Vv
Ww
Ww
Xx
Yy
Zz
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