Week 21 of 36 · 10 words · ages 13–14

8th Grade spelling words, week 21: Double c and double m

Count the letters: accolade, accustom and accomplice have a double c, while hammock, summit, commuter and immigrate have a double m.
accolade
A strong show of praise or an award.
hammock
A hanging bed made of netting or cloth.
mammoth
Huge; also an extinct, hairy elephant.
commuter
A person who travels regularly between home and work.
immigrate
To move into a new country to live.
ammunition
Bullets, shells and other items fired from weapons.
summit
The highest point of a mountain.
communal
Shared by all members of a group.
accustom
To make familiar with something through habit.
accomplice
A person who helps another commit a crime.

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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