Spelling and Writing Skills
We will begin with writing sentences for each of our spelling words with a Dress Up and our weekly skill.
Each week you will add a new dress up to your spelling sentences and the skill. You must also include
the previous weeks dress ups. As the year continues, we will branch into stories using all of the spelling
words in 2nd Quarter.
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Week 17
Week 18
Week 19
Week 20
Week 21
Week 22
Week 23
Week 24
Week 25
Week 26
Week 27
Week 28
Week 29
Week 30
Week 31
Week 32
Week 33
Week 34
Week 35
Week 36
Sentences worthy of 5th Grade,
complex and interesting.
Who/ Which Clause
“ly” adverbs
“because” clause
Strong verbs
Quality adjectives
“When, while, where, as, since, if,
although” clause
Dual adverbs, verbs, adjectives
Sentence Opener – subject
Sentence Opener – Prepositional
Sentence Opener - ‘ly’ Word
Sentence Opener – “ing”
Sentence Opener – clausal
Sentience Opener – VSS (2-5 words)
Sentence Opener – “ed”
Decorations – question
Decorations – conversation
Decorations – 3sss
Decorations – Dramatic openingclosing
Simile-metaphor
Alliteration
Sentence Styles – Word Repetition
Sentence Styles – phrase & clausal
repetition
Sentence Styles - Repeating “ings”
consecutive or spaced
Sentence Styles – Repeating “lys”
consecutive or spaced
Sentence Styles -Repeating
Adjectives or nouns – consecutive or
spaced
Sentence Styles- Repeating Verbsconsecutive or spaced
Repeat Dress up of choice
Repeat Dress up of choice
Repeat Dress up of choice
Repeat Dress up of choice
Repeat Dress up of choice
Repeat Dress up of choice
Repeat Dress up of choice
Repeat Dress up of choice
Repeat Dress up of choice
Proper spelling & punctuation
4 kinds of sentences- must use each 3 times
Subjects and Predicates
Independent and Dependent Clauses
Compound and Complex Sentences
Common, Proper, & Collective Nouns
NO NEW SKILL
Regular & Irregular plural nouns
Possessive Nouns
Action and Linking Verbs
Main and helps verbs
Subject Verb Agreement
NO NEW SKILL
Past, Present and Future Tenses
Principal Parts of Regular Verbs
Principal parts of Irregular Verbs
Troublesome Verbs
Prepositions & Prepositional Phrases
NO NEW SKILL
Subject and Object Pronouns
Pronouns and Antecedents
Possessive Pronouns
Indefinite and Reflexive Pronouns
Using Who and Whom
NO NEW SKILL
Contractions and Negatives
Adjectives and Articles
This, That, These, Those
Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
Adverbs
No New Skill
Modifiers
Conjunctions
Commas
Quotations and Quotation Marks
Punctuation