Week 17 of 36 · 10 words · ages 10–11

5th Grade spelling words, week 17: -cial endings

-cial usually follows a vowel (special, social), though commercial and financial do not; many match a noun ending in -ce (finance, financial).
special
Not ordinary; better or different in a good way.
social
To do with meeting and spending time with others.
official
Approved by someone in charge.
artificial
Made by people, not by nature.
crucial
Extremely important.
commercial
To do with buying and selling.
financial
To do with money.
beneficial
Good for you; helpful.
superficial
On the surface only; not deep.
glacial
Very cold, or related to huge rivers of ice.

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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