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Aug. 29 - Sept. 2

solo
lady
candy
why
ant
she
inch
potato
end
baby
off
said
was
does
love
swim

     I love to swim.  When I swim on my back, I sink.

VL -141,142,143

Sept. 6-9

tiny
silent
tablet
relax
rabbit
crust
tomato
fry
zero
bonnet
have
was
want
only
tennis
lessons

     I want to take tennis lessons.  I need a better tennis racket.  How can I get one?

VL 144,145,146

Sept.  12-16

music
brute
provide
spoken
shade
chase
locate
moment
blame
bandit
donate
silent
have
only
want
was
the
said
of
does
off
goes
your
very

VL - end of unit

Sept. 19-23

painter
Friday
game
chain
Sunday
grapes
mailman
vacant
stay
plate
done
very
what
want
button
was

     Ray took jet plane flying lessons.  He passed his test.  It was to fly solo.  It was a swift ride.

VL 148,149,150,151

Sept. 26-29

oatmeal
meet
feast
peanut
toaster
erase
open
toenail
rope
teeth
been
once
lost
use
now
have

     Once I was an only child.  Now I have three little sisters!

VL-152,153,154,155

Oct. 3-6

toaster
hoe
Friday
peach
nails
teacher
flat tire
doe
pet store
smoke
east
fire
of
off
only
because
want
what
use
goes
done
your
have
very

VL-end of unit

Oct. 11-14

sky
done
want
silo
goes
store
night
Friday
only
high
polite
erase
dime
have
your
once

     Once I was soaked to the skin.  So use your raincoat when it rains.  Muddy puddles are lots of fun.

VL-157,158,159

Oct. 17-21

forest
orbit
order
harvest
artist
forget
morning
market
arch
garden
some
month
been
come
wants
many

     My dog loves to play with a Frisbee.  He wants to play many times a day.  We both have a good time.

VL-160,161,162,

163

Sept 24 - Oct 19

Oct. 24-28

scarf
corner
spider
third
fort
artist
Thursday
tiger
Saturday
rabbit
popcorn
popper
shark
Norman
arm
girl
thirteen
March
does
curly
fur
winter
storm
northwest

VL-end of unit

Oct. 31-Nov 4

target
burn
cracker
Saturday
Thursday
thirsty
church
burst
hamburger
surprise
could
would
should
goes
always
mother

     Our mother cat had five kittens.  Four of them are in need of a good home.  Would you like one?

VL165,166,

167

Nov. 7-11

 

eagle
steeple
rattlesnake
rattle
wiggle
bumblebee
ankle
sprinkle
saddle
ride
church
of
sniffle
maple
middle
string
chuckle
cripple
startle
border
drizzle
noble
twinkle
chunk

VL-end of unit

Nov. 14-18

 

paddle
sniffle
idle
single
startle
feeble
sprinkle
tremble
drizzle
cable
sure
there
live
month
money
birthday

     Jeff got some money for his birthday.  Will he save it or spend it?  Can he do both?

VL-169,170,

171,172

Oct 22 - Nov 16
Nov 26 - Dec 21

Nov. 28-Dec2

porch
cliff
Kenny
chess
truck
snatch
cot
style
trench
gypsy
switch
skill
chicken
dressing
stitch
patch
pants
whiff
Syd
type
Lyle
thank
sell
note

VL 173, 174, end of unit

Dec. 5-9

city
pencil
twice
cent
slice
center
place
circus
cycle
recess
every
who
buy
always
where
mother

     I left my dirty socks here, there, and everywhere.  I should pick them up.  It would make my mother very happy.

VL-175,176,

177,178,179

gym
gentle
giant
page
tragic
dingy
package
luggage
huge
bandage
about
build
busy
own
sure
many

      I buy my own pencils.  How many pencils should I buy?  I am always looking for one.

VL-

Dec. 12-16

glass
cylinder
gypsy
cents
margin
magnet
ice cube
city
ice cream cone
cliff
Nancy
dodge
circus
dance
charge
cyclone
ginger
huge
bridge
magic
stage
large
fudge
candy

VL -180, 181,

182,183

Jan. 2-6

 

strange

change

face

edge

mice

nice

dance

large

bridge

fence

many

most

strong

were

switch

someone

     My desk lamp has an off and on switch.  Someone broke it.  What am I going to do about it?

VL - 183,184,185

Jan. 9-13

cabin
robin
salad
denim
timid
know
fence
system
thirty
build
every
busy
strange
there
could
camper

     The inside of our camper is small.  It is hard for many to move about.  We use it only for cooking and sleeping.

VL - 186,187,188

Jan. 16-20

afternoon
smooth
foolproof
broom
moose
loose
spoon
shampoo
bedroom
cartoon
build
almost
none
everywhere
magic
surprise

     The Magic Meal Diner is a neat place to eat.  Its hamburgers are the very best.  They surprise
everyone.

VL 189, 190

191

Jan. 23-27

ice cube
menu
chew
super
new
threw
June
duty
flew
cucumber
other
much
before
here
busy
always
We are going to move into a fine old house.  It is huge.  I have always wanted a room of my own.

VL -192,193

194, 195

Jan 2 - Jan 25

Jan. 30-Feb 3

Drew
true
good
igloo
enjoy
proof
oyster
large
gloomy
ointment
stew
cookbook
group
tube
ranch
use
choice
Trudy
employ
needs
crook
hood
cowboys
room

VL 196,197

Feb. 6-10

glue
youth
overdue
suit
soup
juice
fruit
group
Tuesday
true
nothing
sure
work
help
were
have

     The robins have all gone south.  They go before it gets cold.  How do they know when to fly?

VL 198,199,

200

Feb. 13-17

mousetrap
count
round
outside
cloud
many
their
choice
which
should
raise
voyage
loose
everywhere
youth
always

     My grandfather loves to fish.  He knows where to find the big ones.  He almost always catches some.

VL - 201, 202,

203

Feb. 20-24

owl
towel
power
flower
town
clown
plowed
scowl
vowel
downtown
front
their
again
none
against
goes

      What goes up must always come down.  How high can an airplane go?  How high can a rocket go?

VL 204, 205

206

Jan 28 - Feb 22

Feb. 27-Mar. 3

window
flour
shower
couch
elbow
fourteen
Kelly
employ
stuff
shoulder
choice
cork
speck
thrill
fantastic
railroad
thousand
clouds
south
hound
prowler
house
mouth
growl

VL 207

March 6-10

hollow
couch
sour
shoulder
powder
doghouse
soul
fellow
growl
sound
guess
friend
nothing
everywhere
listen
would

      I have a very loose tooth.  It should come out soon.  Would you like to pull it?

VL 208, 209,

210

thaw
flaw
yawn
draw
saw
sawdust
lawn
claw
squawk
crawl
animal
own
says
give
they
brother

      My little brother needed to play with someone.  I helped him build a snowman.  We were busy most of the afternoon.

VL - 211, 212,

213

March 20-24

haul
vault
August
sausage
saucer
haunted
gaudy
laundry
auto
fault
floor
put
door
there
bandages
knees

      I fell off my bike.  I have bandages on both of my knees.  There are two holes in my new denim jeans.

VL 213, 214,

215

Feb 28 - Mar 22
Mar 25 - Apr 15

Mar. 27-31

fawn
lawn
shawl
flaw
launch
rocket
haul
vault
auto
faucet
sausage
August
straw
bawling
yawn
draw
crawl
laundry
jigsaw
with
they
because
Paul
hawk

VL 216

April 3-7

jigsaw
law
dawn
launch
laundromat
every
often
friend
course
nurse
against
listen
animal
guess
put
again

      One, two, three, four, five.  Once I hooked a fish alive.  Six, seven, eight, nine, ten.  Then I let him go again.

VL 217, 218

219

April 10-14

peaches
hauling
singer
pointing
swelling
chewing
scratches
pitches
toys
stretcher
front
father
again
school
people
everything

      I have a friend who says his father can do everything.  He loves his father very much.  I just listen to him boast.

VL 220, 221,

222

April 17-21

crawled
jumped
thawed
shouted
nailed
heated
followed
launched
pounded
kicked
also
often
because
from
busy
building

      I live where there is much snow.  Winter has gone and spring has come.  I saw a robin busy building a nest.

VL 223, 224

225

April 24-28

orange
voice
shouted
salvage
fished
census
classes
budge
burned
charge
Madge
stitched
lace
Roger
fence
Gwen
bridge
change
pencil
paid
price
from
short
off

Last Spelling Test

Have A Great Summer!

See You Next School Year!

April 22-26
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