The following spelling word lists (15 words) are connected to the weekly reading selections taken from the Open Court Language Arts textbook. Your child will be responsible for completing daily homework spelling worksheets to supplement the class spelling workbook. The weekly vocabulary words (5) can be used as BONUS WORDS if your child wishes to extend his/her spelling words. A final spelling test will be given every Friday.

Unit 1 Friendship

Story: "Gloria Who Might Be My Best Friend"

path
lamp
damp
plant
math
trash
stamp
hatbox
have
grass
rags
back
black
that

Bonus Words:
tease
lonely
seriously
collection
stiff
probably

Story: "Angel Child, Dragon Child"

deck
tent
spent
fence
head
bread
desk
thread
sweater
edge
bell
next
send
them

Bonus Words:
jangled
twittered
gleamed
darted
scrawled
margins

Story: "The Tree House"

pick
risk
film
grip
brick
give
stitch
finish
trick
live
window
visit
lift
with
into

Bonus Words:
magnificent
marvelous
beautiful
peered
height

Story: "Rugby and Rosie"

rot
shot
crop
sock
clock
flock
body
spot
stocking
lobby
stop
got
lots
job
pond

Bonus Words:
commands
manners
proud
trainers
graduation

Story: "Teammates"

dusk
blush
crust
thump
shut
dump
scrub
pump
buff
buzz
but
just
bus
upon
much

Bonus Words:
exist
extraordinary
apathetic
intimidate
experiment
humiliations

Story: "The Legend of Damon and Pythias"

brand
candy
plan
hobby
best
read
us
top
jump
send
tell
prison
last
robbers
struggle

Bonus Words:
tyrant
rebel
appointed
traitor
honorable