Week 12 of 36 · 8 words · ages 6–7

1st Grade spelling words, week 12: magic e mix

Each word has a silent e that makes its vowel say its own name. Listen for which vowel it is.
make
To build or create something.
time
What a clock tells you.
hope
To wish for something good to happen.
note
A short message you write.
name
What people call you.
wide
Big from one side to the other.
game
Something you play with rules.
nine
The number after eight.

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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