Week 32 of 36 · 10 words · ages 7–8

2nd Grade spelling words, week 32: -est comparisons

Add est to a describing word to compare three or more things, and watch for doubled letters or y changing to i.
happiest
Feeling the most joy of all.
tallest
Reaching up higher than any other.
fastest
Quickest of all.
smallest
Tiniest of all.
loudest
Making the most noise of all.
slowest
Taking the most time of all.
coldest
With the least warmth of all.
biggest
Largest of all.
funniest
Making you laugh the most of all.
longest
Stretching the farthest from end to end of all.

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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