Week 34 of 36 · 10 words · ages 8–9

3rd Grade spelling words, week 34: qu says kw

In English words q is almost always followed by u, and in these words the pair says kw. Learn qu as one unit.
quick
Moving or happening very fast.
quiet
Making little or no noise.
quilt
A warm bed cover made of sewn squares of cloth.
quack
The sound a duck makes.
question
Something you ask to find out an answer.
quarter
One of four equal parts.
quest
A long search for something important.
quiz
A short test.
quote
To repeat the exact words someone else said.
quite
Very or fairly.

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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