Spelling

Week of May 10, 2004 - Bones of the Human Body
Week of April 12, 2003 - Inflectional endings

1. friendlier
2. sparkled
3. pitied
4. satisfying
5. conveyed
6. pried
7. dismayed

8. hesitated
9. devoted
10. varied
11. flimsiest
12. pursuing
13. severest
14. wittiest

15. sturdiest
16. horrified
17. struggling
18. identifying
19. eyed
20. eyeing

Week of April 5, 2003 - Latin America

1. Venezuela
2. Colombia
3. Ecuador
4. Peru
5. Guyana
6. Suriname
7. French Guiana

8. Brazil
9. Bolivia
10. Paraguay
11. Uruguay
12. Chile
13. Argentina
14. Mexico

15. Belize
16. Guatemala
17. Honduras
18. El Salvador
19. Nicaragua
20. Costa Rica
21. Panama
22. Caribbean Sea

Week of March 15, 2004

1. superstition
2. supernatural
3. circumstances
4. circumference
5. intercept
6. interstate
7. intrastate
8. transplant
9. translate
10. intramural 11. circuit
12. supervision
13. transparent
14. intermediate
15. transmission
16. circumnavigate
17. superintendent
18. transform
19. interval
20. transfusion

Week of March 8, 2004

1. occasion
2. opportunity
3. vacuum
4. correspond
5. possession
6. affectionate
7. bazaar
8. committee
9. attitude
10. accompanied 11. boycott
12. manuscript
13. recommend
14. unnecessary
15. embarrass
16. immense
17. successful
18. intelligent
19. anniversary
20. mayonnaise

Week of March 1, 2004

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anti
aqua
astro
audi
auto
contra
dict
extra geo
graph
hyper
logy
magni
man
meter
multi ped
phone
post
pre
re
scope
scrip spec
sub
super
tele
terra
un
vis

practice sheet

Week of January 26, 2004

phon, phone - sound

1. megaphone
2. microphone
3. phonetic
4. phonics
5. xylophone

spec - to see, to look

6. aspect
7. introspective
8. specimen
9. spectacle
10. spectator
11. spectrum

Week of January 20, 2004

extra - beyond, outside

1. extracurricular
2. extraneous
3. extraordinary
4. extrasensory
5. extraterrestrial
6. extravagant

man, manu - hand

7. manacle
8. manicure
9. manipulate
10. manual
11. manufacture
12. manuscript

Week of January 12, 2004

terra - earth, ground

1. terrace
2. terrain
3. terrarium
4. terrestrial
5. territory

tele - far

6. telecommunication
7. telegraph
8. telephoto
9. telescope
10. teletypewriter
11. television

Review Words from Class

12. cartographer
13. adaptation
14. competitor

Week of December 8, 2003

auto - self

1. autobiography
2. autograph
3. automatic
4. automobile
5. autonomous

graph - to write

6. calligraphy
7. graphic
8. graphite
9. mimeograph
10. seismographic
11. stenographer

Science Words

12. environment
13. adaptation
14. organism
15. succession

Week of December 1, 2003

sub - under, below, less than

1. subconscious
2. subject
3. submarine
4. submerge
5. subterranean
6. subtotal

super - above, over, more than

7. superficial
8. superhuman
9. superior
10. supernatural
11. supervise

Review Words (words from previous spelling lists that still give many of you problems.)

12. Lake Texcoco
13. maguey cactus
14. llama

Week of November 17, 2003

contra-, contro- - means against

1. contraband
2. contradict
3. contrary
4. contrast
5. controversy

dict - means to say

6. dictate
7. dictator
8. diction
9. predict
10. verdict

Review Words

11. photosynthesis
12. peninsula
13. archipelago

Week of November 3, 2003

anti - against

1. antiaircraft
2. antibiotic
3. antidote
4. antifreeze
5. antiseptic
6. antisocial

magni, magna - great, large

7. magnanimous
8. magnate
9. magnificent
10. magnify
11. magnitude

Review Words (words from previous spelling lists that still give many of you problems.)

12. Tenochtitlan
13. Montezuma

Week of October 27, 2003

vis - to look

1. invisible
2. revise
3. visor
4. vista
5. visualize

meter, metr - to measure

6. barometer
7. meter
8. metronome
9. speedometer
10. trigonometry

Review Words from Language Arts

11. preposition
12. conjunction

Week of October 19, 2003

RE - again

1. rearrange
2. recede
3. recondition
4. reconsider
5. redecorate
6. regress

SCOPE - to look

7. horoscope
8. kaleidoscope
9. microscope
10. periscope
11. scope

Review words:

12. coniferous
13. deciduous

Week of October 14, 2003

aqua, aque - water

1. aqualung
2. aquamarine
3. aquarium
4. aquatic
5. aqueduct
6. aquaplane

geo - earth

7. geode
8. geography
9. geology
10. geometry
11. geothermal

Review words:

12. receive
13. character

Week of October 6, 2003

hyper - over, overly

1. hyperactive
2. hyperbole
3. hypercritical
4. hypertension
5. hyperventilation

-logy - the study of

6. archeology
7. meteorology
8. psychology
9. seismology
10. theology
11. zoology

Week of September 29, 2003

multi - many

1. multicolored
2. multimedia
3. multimillionaire
4. multiple
5. multitude

ped - foot

6. biped
7. centipede
8. pedestal
9. pedestrian
10. pedicure
11. pedometer

Science Words

12. organism
13. species
14. petiole

Week of September 22, 2003

aster, astro ... star

1. asteroid
2. asterisk
3. astrology
4. astronaut
5. astronomy

audi - to hear

6. audible
7. audience
8. audiovisual
9. auditory
10. audition
11. auditorium

Pertinent vocabulary from Social Studies

12. archipelago
13. isthmus
14. atoll

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