Friday, September 8, 2023

Spelling Words! (Week of September 10)

 Spelling List A (September 11 – 15)

Was

Play

Where

You

Come

Are

Like

Want

Went

With

 

Spelling List B (September 11 - 15)

Because

From

Going

How

With

Good

They

Said

Saw

After

 

Spelling List C (September 11 - 15)

About

Eight

Across

Against

Enough

Bottle

Belong

Grown

Visit

Quite


Last week when I wrote my needlessly long explanation of spelling words, and how we always focus on word families and patterns, I forgot to mention the exception to that rule - the 'sight words'. 
These are words that we use all the time in writing, but don't necessarily follow common spelling conventions. I find it helpful to focus on these words every once in a while because they are so commonly misspelled, and there isn't really a good way to learn them other than just practicing. 

Even in grade 4, the sentence "I whent whith my friends..." pops up all the time in writing. Hopefully this practice helps!

Good luck!


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