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Week 15 of 36 · 10 words · ages 13–14

8th Grade spelling words, week 15: sc words

Here s and c sit side by side: usually they make one s sound (fascinate, ascend), but in conscience and conscientious they say sh.
conscience
The feeling inside that tells you right from wrong.
conscientious
Careful to do things properly and well.
reminiscence
A memory of something long ago.
fascinate
To hold someone's attention strongly.
oscillate
To swing back and forth steadily.
rescind
To cancel officially.
condescend
To act as though you are better than others.
scenario
An imagined sequence of events.
ascend
To go up or climb.
convalescent
Recovering health after illness.

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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