Week 4 of 36 · 10 words · ages 10–11
5th Grade spelling words, week 4: homophone pairs
5th Grade spelling words · week 4 · homophone pairs · spellchirp.com
- cereal
- A grain food eaten with milk for breakfast.
- serial
- Coming in a set of parts, one following another.
- aloud
- In a voice that others can hear.
- allowed
- Given permission to do something.
- stake
- A pointed post pushed into the ground.
- steak
- A thick slice of beef for cooking.
- guessed
- Gave an answer without being sure it was right.
- guest
- A person invited to visit your home.
- genes
- Tiny parts of cells that pass traits from parents to children.
- jeans
- Pants made of strong denim cloth.
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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