Week 5 of 36 · 10 words · ages 11–12
6th Grade spelling words, week 5: Silent letters
6th Grade spelling words · week 5 · Silent letters · spellchirp.com
- knead
- To press and fold dough with your hands.
- knack
- A natural talent for doing something well.
- tomb
- A grave or stone chamber where a dead person lies.
- sword
- A weapon with a long, sharp blade.
- calm
- Quiet and peaceful, without worry or wind.
- salmon
- A fish with pink flesh that swims upriver to lay eggs.
- plumb
- Exactly straight up and down, or to measure how deep water is.
- wriggle
- To twist and squirm with small quick movements.
- cupboard
- A cabinet with shelves for dishes or food.
- bristle
- A short, stiff hair, or to stand up stiffly in anger.
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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