Week 14 of 36 · 10 words · ages 10–11

5th Grade spelling words, week 14: -ious endings

The ending -ious sounds like -ee-us or -yus; keep the i before ous (glorious, furious).
hilarious
So funny that it makes you roar with laughter.
industrious
Working hard and steadily.
obvious
Clear to everyone at a glance.
previous
Coming before the present one.
various
Of several different kinds.
furious
Extremely angry.
glorious
Splendid and wonderful.
studious
Fond of reading and learning.
victorious
Having won a contest.
envious
Wishing you had what someone else has.

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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