Base List





1. farmer
2. useful
3. softly
4. suitable
5. lonely
6. quietly
7. teacher
8. thankful
9. readable
10.nicer
11.safer
12.harmful
13.playful
14.suddenly
15.silently
16.lovable
17.happier
18.explorer
19.colorful


Alternate:




1. especially
2. comfortable
3. certainly
4. recognizable
5. believable
6. anxiously
7. cautiously
8. explorer
9. happier
10.stranger
11.lovable
12.graceful
13.colorful
14.complainer
15.silently
16.eventful
17.courageously
18.pioneer
19.completely
20.immediately


Ways to Practice Spelling:
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Rainbow writing – color your words
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Make a word search
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Trace words in sugar, salt, shaving cream, or whipped cream
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Play Hangman
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Do a practice test
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Write your words in sentences
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Make flashcards for your words
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Make an acrostic poem for each spelling word
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Add prefixes and suffixes to your words
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Write or type your words three times each
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Draw a picture for each word
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Trace words on Mom or Dad’s back or vice versa
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Alphabetize your list
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Scramble and unscramble your words
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Tell the part of speech of each spelling word
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Write each word in cursive
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Go to puzzlemaker.com to make a word search using your spelling words.
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Play a game on http://www.spellingcity.com/
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Write the definition of your spelling words.
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Write your words in cursive.
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Any other way you can practice your spelling words.