Week 36 of 36 · 10 words · ages 10–11
5th Grade spelling words, week 36: Greek roots phon and therm
5th Grade spelling words · week 36 · Greek roots phon and therm · spellchirp.com
- earphones
- Tiny speakers you wear to listen without others hearing.
- microphone
- A device that picks up sound so it can be recorded or made louder.
- symphony
- A long piece of music for a full orchestra.
- saxophone
- A curved metal wind instrument with a reed, often played in jazz.
- xylophone
- An instrument with wooden bars you hit with mallets.
- phonics
- Learning to read by matching sounds to letters.
- homophone
- A word that sounds like another but is spelled differently.
- megaphone
- A cone that makes a voice louder.
- thermal
- To do with heat.
- thermostat
- A device that keeps a room at the right warmth.
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.
Monday
Read the list together. Say each word, clap its syllables and find the pattern in it.
Tuesday
Look, say, cover, write, check — each word once from memory, then check the letters.
Wednesday
Use every word in a sentence, out loud or on paper, so each one means something.
Thursday
Practice test: a grown-up reads each word aloud. Circle the misses for tomorrow.
Friday
The test. One try per word, no letters given. The circled words go first.
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