Week 21 of 36 · 10 words · ages 10–11

5th Grade spelling words, week 21: -cian endings

-cian names a person with a skill and usually comes from a word ending in -ic or -ics (music, musician).
musician
A person who plays an instrument or writes songs.
magician
A performer who does tricks that seem impossible.
electrician
A worker who fits and fixes wiring.
physician
A doctor.
technician
A person skilled in using machines or tools.
mathematician
An expert who works with numbers and shapes.
politician
A person who runs for office in government.
beautician
A person whose job is styling hair, skin and nails.
optician
A person who makes and fits glasses and contact lenses.
statistician
A person who collects and studies number facts.

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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