Week 8 of 36 · 10 words · ages 12–13
7th Grade spelling words, week 8: root spec / spect (look)
7th Grade spelling words · week 8 · root spec / spect (look) · spellchirp.com
- spectator
- Someone who watches an event.
- prospector
- A person who searches an area for valuable minerals such as gold.
- speculative
- Based on guesses rather than firm facts.
- spectroscope
- An instrument that splits light into its separate wavelengths.
- respectable
- Deserving of regard because of good character.
- retrospect
- A look back at past events.
- prospect
- Something expected or hoped for in the future.
- introspection
- Careful thought about one's own feelings and motives.
- speculation
- A guess made without firm evidence.
- spectrum
- The full range of rainbow hues made when light is split.
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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