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I hope you all enjoyed the snow day and stayed safe while having fun out there!

Friday’s spelling test has been rescheduled for Monday.

I will be posting this week’s spelling words here shortly and putting them up on spelling city as well.

I hope everything is cleared up for a safe return back to school tomorrow!

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5th Grade Spelling Week 18

-tion words

Explanation:

*If the ending is pronounced as in station, then it’s spelled -tion. For example: addition; duration; nation; solution; ambition; edition; caution; position.

*If the noun is related to a word ending in -ate, then the ending will be -ation, e.g. donation (from donate) or vacation (from vacate). Here are some more examples: accommodation; location; creation; rotation; education; mediation.

*If the ending comes after any consonant apart from -l, -n, or -r, then the ending is spelled -tion: action; connection; reception; affection; interruption; description; collection; infection; deception.

*After -n and -r, the ending can be -tion or -sion. It’s more likely to be -tion if the word’s related to another one that ends in -t or -tain, e.g. assertion (from assert) or retention (from retain). Here are some more examples: exertion; distortion; abstention; invention.

Word Bank:

1. prescription
2. subscription
3. introduction
4. tradition
5. condition
6. description
7. reception
8. communication
9. application
10. subtraction
11. recommendation
12. elevation
13. circulation
14. addition
15. explanation
16. condensation
17. contribution
18. nomination
19. election
20. celebration  

Math Content Words

1. fraction
2. decimal
3. numerator
4. denominator
5. equivalent

 

Please be on the look out for report cards coming home today. The report card is yours to keep. Please return the envelope with your signature on the Second Report line.

Please be in touch with questions or if you need any clarifications on the report card.

The weekly letter students wrote in class today is due Monday with your signature.

Spelling words for next week will be up soon and on Spelling City for kids to start practicing.

If kids are looking for something to do this weekend, MobyMax is a great resource and they can earn game time!

Have a great weekend!!

5th Grade Spelling Week 17

Silent Letters

Explanation:

1. They help the reader to distinguish between homophones (homophones have the Same sound but different meaning and different spelling and there are loads of these nightmare words in English) in/inn, be/bee,to/too/two, know/no, whole/hole, knot/not,
2. A silent letter can help us work out the meaning of the word and it also can change the pronunciation even though it’s silent – sin/sign, rat/rate
3. Magic ‘e’ – if you add ‘e’ at the end of short vowel sound words it elongates the sound – rid/ride, cop/cope, hat/hate, tap/tape, at/ate, mat/mate.
4. Sometimes people might pronounce certain letters or they might not depending on their accent, for example the t in ‘often’ can be pronounced or not.
5. H is silent in a lot of accents. For me h is a difficult letter to pronounce because I grew up dropping the hand my muscle memory doesn’t like it at all! But the H is silent in some words from French – hour, honest, honour, heir, herb (in American)
6. They show the origins and history (etymology) of a word.

Word Bank:

1. wreckage
2. disguises
3. column
4. chemical
5. foreign
6. wrinkle
7. moisten
8. character
9. condemn
10. resign
11. knuckle
12. numb
13. wrist
14. choir
15. wrong
16. wrestled
17. technology
18. mechanic
19. anchor
20. debt

Science Content Words:

1. orbit
2. rotation
3. revolution
4. axis
5. moon phases

 

5th Grade Spelling Week 16

Double consonant with -ing

Explanation:

Words that end in an accented short or modified vowel sound must have the final consonant doubled to protect that sound when you add a vowel suffix

Word Bank:  

1. forgetting
2. expelling
3. transferring
4. equipping
5. regretting
6. flipping
7. wrapping
8. planning
9. beginning
10. compelling
11. dropping
12. referring
13. shopping
14. omitting
15. snapping
16. quizzing
17. upsetting
18. begging
19. swimming
20. wrapping

 

5th Grade Spelling Week 15

Double consonant with -ed

Explanation:

Words that end in an accented short or modified vowel sound must have the final consonant doubled to protect that sound when you add a vowel suffix.

Word Bank:  

1. admitted
2. controlled
3. flagged
4. referred
5. tripped
6. dropped
7. conferred
8. permitted
9. planned
10. preferred
11. occurred
12. omitted
13. concurred
14. stopped
15. strapped
16. gripped
17. propelled
18. formatted
19. drummed
20. starred

Congratulations to our 5th graders with perfect attendance for December!!

I hope you all had a wonderful break. I look forward to seeing the kids tomorrow and hearing all about it.

Here is the spelling list for this week. The words are up on Spelling City as well for practice. https://www.spellingcity.com/users/bennetr

file:///Users/laptop/Downloads/5th%20Grade%20Spelling%20Week%2014%20(1).pdf

 

5th Grade Spelling Week 14

Multisyllabic words – oo

Explanation: The vowel digraphs appear in the same syllable.

Word Bank:  

1. airproof
2. afternoon
3. lagoon
4. fireproof
5. raccoon
6. foolproof
7. hooligan
8. pontoon
9. proofread
10. blooming
11. schooling
12. doorknob
13. flooded
14. football
15. moodiest
16. caboose
17. rookie
18. snoozes
19. woolly
20. balloon