Week 4 of 36 · 10 words · ages 8–9
3rd Grade spelling words, week 4: silent g
3rd Grade spelling words · week 4 · silent g · spellchirp.com
- gnat
- A tiny flying bug that bites.
- gnaw
- To chew on something hard again and again.
- gnome
- A tiny bearded man of folk tales, often made as a garden statue.
- gnu
- A large African animal with curved horns and a shaggy beard.
- sign
- A board with words or a picture that tells you something.
- design
- To plan how something will look before you make it.
- resign
- To give up your job.
- assign
- To give someone a job or task to do.
- foreign
- From another country.
- reign
- The time a king or queen rules.
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.
Monday
Read the list together. Say each word, clap its syllables and find the pattern in it.
Tuesday
Look, say, cover, write, check — each word once from memory, then check the letters.
Wednesday
Use every word in a sentence, out loud or on paper, so each one means something.
Thursday
Practice test: a grown-up reads each word aloud. Circle the misses for tomorrow.
Friday
The test. One try per word, no letters given. The circled words go first.
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