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Spelling Words 2009-10 School Year

Sixth Grade Spelling B

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Week 1
Workbook Pages 18 & 20

1. admire
2. canyon
3. magnify
4. cannon
5. lemonade
6. method
7. decorate
8. distance
9. swimming
10. strict
11. injury
12. tissue
13. modern
14. comedy
15. honesty
16. property
17. husband
18. clumsy
19. hundredth

20. dungeon

Phonics Focus: Spelling Words with short vowels


Week 2
Workbook Pages 40 & 42

1. ceiling
2. receipt
3. deceive
4. neither
5. leisure
6. protein
7. receiver
8. seize
9. field
10. achieve
11. belief
12. conceited
13. brief
14. relief
15. piece
16. shield
17. niece
18. diesel
19. grief

20. yield

Phonics Focus: Spelling Words with ei and ie


Week 3
Workbook Pages 62 & 64

1. reduce
2. attitude
3. costume
4. absolutely
5. assume
6. sewer
7. New York
8. renew
9. review
10. viewpoint
11. interview
12. preview
13. value
14. continue
15. rescue
16. humid
17. universe
18. uniform
19. reunion

20. United States

Phonics Focus: Spelling Vowel Sounds in rule and view


Week 4
Workbook Pages 84 & 86

1. report
2. order
3. sword
4. forty
5. enormous
6. explore
7. ignore
8. therefore
9. expert
10. service
11. determine
12. permanent
13. research
14. earning
15. worth
16. worst
17. thorough
18. attorney
19. disturb

20. purchase

Phonics Focus: Spelling Vowel Sounds with r


Week 5
Workbook Pages 106 & 108

1. poetry
2. beautiful
3. thirteen
4. tongue
5. pieces
6. thousand
7. through
8. usual
9. building
10. license
11. remodel
12. grateful
13. enemy
14. instrument
15. perform
16. prefer
17. judged
18. adjusted
19. soldier

20. neighborhood

Focus: Getting Letters in Correct Order


Week 6
Workbook Pages 131 & 133

1. moose
2. cobra
3. alligator
4. vanilla
5. banana
6. tomato
7. mustard
8. hula
9. picnic
10. barbecue
11. crocodile
12. coyote
13. koala
14. macaroni
15. catsup
16. polka
17. ballet
18. waltz
19. banquet

20. buffet

Focus: Spelling Words from Many Cultures


Week 7
Workbook Pages 153 & 155

1. doubt
2. fascinate
3. science
4. scenic
5. autumn
6. column
7. guilty
8. league
9. guardian
10. disguise
11. subtle
12. debt
13. reminiscent
14. decent
15. condemn
16. solemn
17. guidance
18. vague
19. fatigue
20. intrigue

Phonics Focus: Unexpected Consonant Spellings


Week 8
Workbook Pages 175 & 177 

1. myself
2. themselves
3. hallway
4. homeroom
5. everything
6. teenage
7. teammate
8. skateboard
9. everybody
10.  doughnut
11. ice cream
12. locker room
13. tape recorder
14.  root beer
15. dead end
16. air conditioner
17. polka dot
18. roller coaster
19.  ice pack

20.  solar system

Phonics Focus: Spelling Compound Words 1


Week 9 
Workbook Pages 197 & 199

1. basketball
2. everywhere
3. outside
4. summertime
5. something
6. afterthought
7. cheerleader
8. quarterback
9. bookstore
10. courthouse
11. baby-sit
12. roller-skating
13. drive-in
14. self-control
15. part-time
16. ice-skated
17. ninety-five
18. brother-in-law
19. water-skied

20. old-fashioned

Focus: Spelling Compound Words 2


Week 10
Workbook Pages 219 & 221

1. interested
2. usually
3. American
4. toward
5. business
6. vegetable
7. really
8. opposite
9. difficult
10. Christmas
11. magazine
12. apologize
13. multiply
14. jealousy
15. elementary
16. oxygen
17. Maryland
18. sensitive
19. laughter

20. disease

Phonics Focus: Spelling Words with no sound clue


Week 11
Workbook Pages 244 & 246

1. entrance
2. performance
3. appearance
4. clearance
5. insurance
6. Independence
7. difference
8. excellence
9. confidence
10. brilliant
11. important
12. pollutant
13. ignorant
14. hesitant
15. coincidence
16. intelligent
17. apparent
18. persistent
19. convenient

20. consistent

Focus: Spelling Suffixes -ance, -ence, -ant, -ent


Week 12
Workbook Pages 266 & 268

1. scarfs
2. staffs
3. sherriffs
4. reefs
5. chiefs
6. shelves
7. wolves
8. ourselves
9. knives
10. thieves
11. solos
12. stereos
13. studios
14. volcanoes
15. dominoes
16. buffaloes
17. quizzes
18. pants
19. scissors

20. measles

Phonics Focus: Spelling Irregular Plurals


Week 13
Workbook Pages 288 & 290

1. different
2. register
3. carnival
4. variety
5. atmosphere
6. favorite
7. pattern
8. understand
9. sentence
10. instance
11. elegant
12. aquarium
13. communicate
14. gasoline
15. factory
16. definite
17. Chicago
18. heavily
19. garage

20. illustrate

Phonics Focus: Spelling Vowels in Unstressed Syllables 


Week 14
Workbook Pages 310 & 312

1. slogan
2. citizen
3. urban
4. orphan
5. forgotten
6. kindergarten
7. propeller
8. encounter
9. conquer
10. appetizer
11. collector
12. dishonor
13. tractor
14. level
15. tunnel
16. easel
17. double
18. single
19. example

20. recycle

Phonics Focus: Spelling Vowels in Final Syllables


Week 15
Workbook Pages 332 & 334

1. their
2. there
3. they're
4. wring
5. ring
6. chili
7. chilly
8. scent
9. sent
10. cent
11. overseas
12. oversees
13. patience
14. patients
15. cereal
16. serial
17. coarse
18. course
19. counsel

20. council

Spelling Homophones


Week 16
Workbook Pages 357 & 359

1. similar
2. doesn't
3. experience
4. forward
5. exactly
6. partner
7. drawer
8. expensive
9. develop
10. familiar
11. pigeon
12. tickling
13. penalty
14. frustrated
15. athletic
16. celebration
17. circling
18. helicopter
19. trembling

20. sparkling

Spelling Using Just Enough Letters


Week 17
Workbook Pages 379 & 381

1. probably
2. cabinet
3. separate
4. wondering
5. clothes
6. average
7. beginning
8. restaurant
9. promise
10. aspirin
11. desperate
12. twelfth
13. skiing
14. unwritten
15. roughly
16. schedule
17. overrule
18. awfully
19. fishhook

20. temperature

Spelling Including All the Letters


Week 18
Workbook Pages 401 & 403 

1. answered
2. answering
3. decided
4. deciding
5. included
6. including
7. omitted
8. omitting
9. satisfied
10. satisfying
11. delayed
12. delaying
13. remembered
14. remembering
15. exercised
16. exercising
17. interfered
18. interfering
19. occurred

20. occurring

Spelling Adding -ed and -ing


Week 19
Workbook Pages 423 & 425

1. connect
2. command
3. mirror
4. accomplish
5. according
6. allowance
7. college
8. address
9. Mississippi
10. recess
11. committee
12. immediate
13. barricade
14. interrupt
15. broccoli
16. collect
17. afford
18. possess
19. Tennessee

20. announce

Phonics Focus: One Consonant or Two?


Week 20
Workbook Pages 445 & 447

1. human
2. humans
3. clean
4. cleanse
5. nature
6. natural
7. major
8. majority
9. poem
10.  poetic
11. equal
12. equation
13. unite
14. unity
15. bomb
16. bombard
17. muscle
18. muscular
19.  resign

20.  resignation

Spelling Related Words 1


Week 21
Workbook Pages 470 & 472

1. illegal
2. illogical
3. illegible
4. inexpensive
5. inaccurate
6. indirect
7. informal
8. incapable
9. incredible
10. impolite
11. improper
12. imperfect
13. impatient
14. imbalance
15. immature
16. irresponsible
17. irregular
18. irrational
19. irresistible

20. irreplaceable

Spelling Negative Prefixes


Week 22
Workbook Pages 492 & 4494

1. relaxation
2. exploration
3. occupation
4. destination
5. orientation
6. recommendation
7. determination
8. infection
9. collection
10. reaction
11. situation
12. television
13. generation
14. reflection
15. destruction
16. attention
17. deduction
18. reception
19. solution

20. convention

Spelling Suffixes -ation, -tion, -ion


Week 23
Workbook Pages 514 & 516

1. pretrial
2. prearrange
3. premeditated
4. prehistoric
5. precaution
6. postdate
7. postwar
8. postponement
9. postgraduate
10. overcook
11. overlook
12. overflow
13. overpopulated
14. undercover
15. undernourished
16. underweight
17. include
18. inhale
19.  exhale

20. exclude

Spelling Opposite Prefixes


Week 24
Workbook Pages 536 & 538

1. originate
2. fortunate
3. activate
4. affectionate
5. considerate
6. obligate
7. productive
8. defective
9. constructive
10.  attractive
11. inventive
12. negative
13. creative
14. ownership
15. membership
16. hardship
17. relationship
18. friendship
19. championship

20. leadership

Spelling Suffixes -ate, -ive, -ship


Week 25
Workbook Pages 558 & 560

1. it's
2. let's
3. that's
4. we'd
5. don't
6. there's
7. coach's
8. coaches'
9. man's
10. men's
11. you're
12. she'd
13. mustn't
14. o'clock
15. guide's
16. guides'
17. director's
18. directors'
19. city's

20. cities'

Spelling Using Apostrophes


Week 26
Workbook Pages 583 & 585

1. since
2. sense
3. choose
4. chose
5. finally
6. finally
7. except
8. accept
9. beside
10. besides
11. recent
12. resent
13. access
14. excess
15. later
16. latter
17. metal
18. medal
19. personal

20. personnel

Spelling Easily Confused Words


Week 27
Workbook Pages 605 & 607

1. outlast
2. account
3. astound
4. boundary
5. southeast
6. counter
7. sunflower
8. somehow
9. chowder
10. coward
11. disappointed
12. voices
13. tabloid
14. employee
15. joyful
16. applaud
17. faucet
18. caution
19. author

20. trauma

Phonics Focus: Spelling Vowel Sounds /oi/, /oy/, and /aw/


Week 28
Workbook Pages 627 & 629

1. automobile
2. autograph
3. automatic
4. autobiography
5. autopilot
6. telescope
7. telecast
8. telegram
9. telegraph
10. telephone
11. portable
12. import
13. export
14. transport
15. passport
16. microphone
17. headphones
18. symphony
19. saxophone

20. megaphone

Focus: Spelling Words from Greek and Latin


Week 29
Workbook Pages 649 & 651

1. social
2. precious
3. commercial
4. especially
5. artificial
6. financial
7. gracious
8. glacier
9. national
10. dictionary
11. motion
12. position
13. population
14. cautious
15. question
16. suggestion
17. mention
18. fraction
19. exhaustion

20. digestion

Phonics Focus: Spelling Words with ci and ti


Week 30
Workbook Pages 671 & 673

1. direct
2. direction
3. history
4. historical
5. fact
6. factual
7. critic
8. criticize
9. produce
10. production
11. magic
12. magician
13. electric
14. electrician
15. distract
16. distraction
17. remedy
18. remedial
19. origin

20. original

Focus: Spelling Related Words 2


 
 

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