Week 32 of 36 · 10 words · ages 8–9

3rd Grade spelling words, week 32: double consonants, set 2

Clap the two syllables and hear the short first vowel. The doubled consonant keeps that vowel short: kit-ten.
dollar
A bill or coin worth one hundred cents.
butter
Soft spread made from cream.
lesson
Time spent learning something new.
kitten
A baby cat.
carrot
A long orange vegetable that grows underground.
hammer
A tool for pounding nails.
pepper
A spice that makes food hot and can make you sneeze.
happen
To take place.
kettle
A pot with a spout for boiling water.
cotton
Soft white fluff from a plant, used to make cloth.

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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