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Week 4 of 36 · 10 words · ages 15–16

10th Grade spelling words, week 4: ei exceptions

I before e except after c is only a rule of thumb: these words write ei, said ee, ay, long i, short i or short e, or as two sounds, as in deity.
caffeine
The wide-awake chemical in coffee and tea.
counterfeit
Fake, made to pass as genuine.
heinous
Shockingly evil.
surfeit
Too much of something.
feint
A deceptive move meant to mislead an opponent.
heifer
A young cow that has not yet had a calf.
deity
A god or goddess.
albeit
Even though; although.
sleight
Skill and quickness, as in a trick done by hand.
skein
A loosely coiled length of yarn.

Ten minutes a day this week

Short and daily beats long and once. A word met on five separate days is remembered; a word met five times on Thursday night mostly is not.

  1. Monday

    Read the list together. Say each word, clap its syllables and find the pattern in it.

  2. Tuesday

    Look, say, cover, write, check — each word once from memory, then check the letters.

  3. Wednesday

    Use every word in a sentence, out loud or on paper, so each one means something.

  4. Thursday

    Practice test: a grown-up reads each word aloud. Circle the misses for tomorrow.

  5. Friday

    The test. One try per word, no letters given. The circled words go first.

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