Week 25 of 36 · 10 words · ages 10–11

5th Grade spelling words, week 25: doubling the last letter

Double the final consonant before -ed or -ing when the word's last syllable is stressed and ends in one vowel and one consonant.
forgetting
Failing to remember.
beginning
The start of something.
occurred
Took place.
preferred
Liked better than the others.
admitted
Owned up to something, or let someone in.
controlled
Had power over how something runs.
committed
Promised to do something.
referred
Pointed to or mentioned.
equipped
Supplied with what is needed.
submitted
Handed in for others to judge.

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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