Week 26 of 36 · 10 words · ages 13–14
8th Grade spelling words, week 26: -cian and -ian for people
8th Grade spelling words · week 26 · -cian and -ian for people · spellchirp.com
- clinician
- A doctor or nurse who treats patients directly.
- tactician
- A person skilled at planning moves to win.
- logician
- A person who studies reasoning.
- civilian
- A person who is not in the armed forces.
- patrician
- A member of the noble class in ancient Rome.
- historian
- A person who studies and writes about the past.
- librarian
- A person who looks after a collection of books and helps readers.
- comedian
- A performer who tells jokes.
- vegetarian
- A person who eats no meat.
- custodian
- A person who guards or cares for a place.
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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