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Week 25 of 36 · 10 words · ages 9–10

4th Grade spelling words, week 25: ei words

Use ei after c (receive, ceiling) and when the sound is long a (sleigh, weight). A few, like height, just have to be learned.
receive
To get something that is given or sent to you.
ceiling
The flat surface at the top of a room.
receipt
A slip of paper that shows what you paid in a shop.
deceive
To trick someone into believing something false.
weight
How heavy something is.
sleigh
A sled pulled by horses over snow.
reindeer
A large animal with antlers that lives in cold northern lands.
freight
Goods that are carried by train, truck or ship.
height
How tall something is.
eighteen
One more than seventeen.

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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