Week 15 of 36 · 10 words · ages 8–9

3rd Grade spelling words, week 15: -tion ending

The shun sound at the end of a word is most often spelled -tion.
action
Something that you do.
motion
Movement from one place to another.
nation
A country and its people.
station
A place where trains or buses stop.
vacation
A break from school or work to travel or rest.
fraction
A part of a whole, like one half or one third.
section
One part of a larger whole.
lotion
A smooth cream rubbed on skin.
addition
Putting numbers together to find a total.
mention
To say something briefly.

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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