Spelling Words for Unit 3 Week 1
week 13 When adding -ed and -ing, the spelling of the base word sometimes changes: dancing, dried, stopped. Some base words are not changed: drying, watched. |
1. watched
2. watching 3. danced 4. dancing 5. studied 6. studying 7. stopped 8. stopping 9. dried 10. drying 11. happened 12. happening 13. noticed 14. noticing 15. robbed 16. robbing 17. slipped 18. slipping 19. hurried 20. hurrying 21. answered 22. interfered 23. magnified 24. answering 25. interfering 26. magnifying |
Spelling Words for Unit 3 Week 2
week 14 A homophone is a word that sounds exactly like another word but has a different spelling and meaning: piece, peace. |
1. two
2. to 3. too 4. piece 5. peace 6. break 7. brake 8. there 9. their 10. they’re 11. threw 12. through 13. by 14. bye 15. beat 16. beet 17. thrown 18. throne 19. aloud 20. allowed 21. principal 22. principle 23. symbol 24. cymbal 25. stationery 26. stationary |
Spelling Words for
Unit 3 Week 3 The vowel sound in shout can be spelled ou or ow: couch, towel. |
1. however
2. mountain 3. mound 4. scout 5. shout 6. couch 7. towel 8. ounce 9. coward 10. outdoors 11. flowerpot 12. scowl 13. browse 14. announce 15. hound 16. trout 17. drowsy 18. grouch 19. eyebrow 20. boundary |
Spelling Words for
Unit 3 Week 4 A compound word is made of two or more words. Keep all the letters when spelling compounds: shoelace. |
1. watermelon
2. homemade 3. understand 4. sometimes 5. shoelace 6. highway 7. upstairs 8. thunderstorm 9. shortcut 10. doorbell 11. jellyfish 12. touchdown 13. campfire 14. skateboard 15. anyway 16. fireworks 17. haircut 18. loudspeaker 19. laptop 20. flashlight |
Spelling Words for
Unit 3 Week 5 To form possessives of singular nouns, add an apostrophe and s: family’s. To form possessives of plural nouns that end in s, add only an apostrophe: families’. Possessive pronouns are not formed with apostrophes: its. |
1. its
2. ours 3. mine 4. yours 5. family’s 6. families’ 7. man’s 8. men’s 9. girl’s 10. girls’ 11. hers 12. theirs 13. brother’s 14. brothers’ 15. teacher’s 16. teachers’ 17. aunt’s 18. aunts’ 19. boy’s 20. boys |