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SPELLING LISTS
*Challenge Words
Lessons 1 - 6
Lessons 7 - 11
Lessons 12 - 17
Lessons 18 - 22
Lesson 23 - 29
Lesson 30 - 35

SPELLING

*Challenge Words **Fundations Words
Bold Words - Word Wall Words
Sentence 1 - Fundations Sentence
On a regular 5 day school week the word test is on Wednesday and the sentence test is on Friday.

Lesson 1 "Back to School"
bad   box   cap   come   fan   fox   hen   hot   jet   map   met   nap   red   sad   set
1. The bad fox met the sad red hen.
2. The hot cat can nap on the box by the fan.
3. He can come in a jet.
4. I set the map by my cap.

Lesson 2 "Dragon Gets By"
about   am   bag   dig   has   his   I   if   is   or   ran   sat   snap   was   win
*scratch   *picnic **mask   **bunch   **fix
1. Ken had milk with his snack.
2. I am about to win a picnic bag.
3. He was going to snap his coat.
4. I can dig or scratch.

Lesson 3 "Reading-Writing Workshop"
any   as   boy   gym   have   it   my   off   said   saw   the   they   was   will   you
*because   **again    **skim   **vest   **cloth
1. Did Jack quit his job at the dump?
2. The family saw that the boy was in the gym.
3. Will any of you have the day off?
4. They said I can run because it is my turn.

Lesson 4 "Julius"
any   bug   fox   from fun   hug   job   jump   leg   mop   not   nut   of   went   wet   *block   *every   **press   **king   **cliff
1. Did Jeff spill all of his milk?
2. He did not have any fun on the wet mop job.
3. Every day a bug bit my leg and made me jump.
4. The fox will hug the nut and block from mom.

Lesson 5 "Mrs. Brown Went to Town"
ate   bite   fine   give   have   hide   late   line   made   make   nice   ride   same   side   size
*write   **more   **mall   **hung   **floss
1. Dad will bring the stuff in his trunk.
2. I will give you a nice ride on the same fine jet.
3. I have made a line that size on the side of the gym.
4. I will write a late note, make a shake and hide it.
5. I ate a bite of the nut.

Lesson 6 "Theme 1 Review"
am   ate   bite   dig   fox   fun   hide   his   hug   job   late   leg   made   mop   nut   ran   sat   size   went   wet
*write   *every   **fold   **toss   **block
1. Dad will scold the child at the mall.
2. Did his dog bite or scratch the leg of a wet fox?
3. I went to hide every mop you made.
4. I am late for my fun job.
5. He sat on the block and ate the nut.

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*Challenge Words **Fundations Words
Bold Words - Word Wall Words
Sentence 1 - Fundations Sentence
On a regular 5 day school week the word test is on Wednesday and the sentence test is on Friday.

Lesson 7 "Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night"
bone   close   cute   goes   home   hope   joke   nose   note   one   robe   rope   these   those   use
*drove   *mule   **older   **smallest   **animal
1. The child spilled his drink again.
2. I hope the one mule with a cute nose goes home.
3. I will use a rope to close the robe.
4. These boys drove those cars.
5. The joke is about a bone and a note.

Lesson 8 ""Reading-Writing Workshop"
am   beautiful   come   does   from   goes   her   his   if   on   their   there   want   where   won
*really   *caught   **their   **use   **swinging
1. The benches are still wet.
2. I really want her beautiful cat to come to his house.
3. On Monday their mom caught the ball from him and won.
4. Where does he go if I am not there?

Lesson 9 "Exploring Parks with Ranger Dockett"
best   black   brave   clock   club   glad   lost   nest   next   step   stone   stop   swim   trip   truck
*space   *storm **water   **knew   **panic
1. Dad put relish on his hotdog.
2. I am glad we lost the best black stone on the trip to space.
3. The brave boy will step into the storm and swim to the club.
4. She will stop the clock, find a nest, and win a truck.

Lesson 10 "Around the Pond"
across   add   all   bell   egg   grass   hill   kiss   mess   off   shell   small   tell   well   will
*afternoon   *skill   **kindness   **know   **thankful
1. Chad had to sit still until the dentist finished.
2. This afternoon all of us will run across the grass, jump off the hill, and ring the bell.
3. Did she tell him it is a skill to kiss the shell of a small egg by a well?
4. Did the mess fall off of the dish?

Lesson 11 "Theme 2 Review"
add   all   bone   brave   club   cute   egg   glad   grass   hill   hope   lost   mess   next   off   stone   swim   these   trip   use
*storm    *afternoon   **together   **house   **homemade
1. Duke got frostbite standing in the cold water.
2. I am glad this afternoon you drove the cute mule to the hill of grass.
3. I hope you will add all of these to your next trip to the space club.
4. The brave man will swim in the storm to look for the lost bone.
5. She will use a mop to clean the egg mess off of the stone road.

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*Challenge Words **Fundations Words
Bold Words - Word Wall Words
Sentence 1 - Fundations Sentence
On a regular 5 day school week the word test is on Wednesday and the sentence test is on Friday.

Lesson 12 "Chinatown"
both   catch   chase   crash   crashes   dish   sheep   teach   teeth   than   them   then   wash   when   which
*lunch *whistle   **move   **right   **baseball
1. Dad often munches on olives for a snack.
2. When will both of the dogs chase the sheep?
3. Which boy will whistle for his lunch and then wash the dish for us?
4. He will teach his dog to catch the ball and not crash it into his teeth.

Lesson 13 "Reading-Writing Workshop"
been   caught   do   little   myself   name   of   quit   she   time   to   too   went   what   write
*right   *thought   **family   **why   **program
1. We will try to find a large hotel in this city.
2. Do you want you to write to the little girl who has been here?
3. I thought she went to the right house on time too.
4. I quit on the day I was caught by myself in the room.

Lesson 14 "A Trip to the Firehouse"
again   great   hay   mail   nail   pay   play   rain   sail   sale   skate   they   trail   train   way
*snail   *subway   **every   **change   **menu
1. Mom said that the gravy was lumpy.
2. Did the snail pay to ride again on the mail train and sail in the rain?
3. Which way did they skate on the trail by the subway?
4. In the great play she finds a nail for sale by the hay.

Lesson 15 "Big Bushy Mustache"
brown   clown   could   cow   found   frown   house   how   mouse   now   our   out   should   sour   town
*around   *towel   **would   **carry   **stars
1. The shortstop tore her pants when she slid into home plate.
2. The brown cow ran around our house in town.
3. Should the clown with a frown spit out the sour mouse now?
4. How could he have found the towel?

Lesson 16 "Jamaica Louise James"
be   because   before   clean   eat   feel   green   keep   mean   people   please   read   the   tree   we
*stream   *steep **answer   **eye   **sports
1. We like to ride bikes in the large state park.
2. I feel the mean people will keep the green tree.
3. We want to clean the stream because we read this book.
4. Please eat before we go up the steep hill.

Lesson 17 "Theme 3 Review"
be   chase   eat   found   frown   mouse   play   please   sail   sheep   teach   teeth   than   train   tray   tree   wash   we   when   which
*around   *lunch   *snail   *steep   *whistle
1. On the train we will teach the sheep to frown and whistle.
2. After we eat lunch we will sail around the tree.
3. Which mouse found the snail by the tray?
4. Please be nice and not chase him on the steep hill when you play.
5. You brush your teeth better than you wash your face.

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*Challenge Words **Fundations Words
Bold Words - Word Wall Words
Sentence 1 - Fundations Sentence
On a regular 5 day school week the word test is on Wednesday and the sentence test is on Friday.

Lesson 18 "Officer Buckle and Gloria"
are   arm   barn   car   farm   favorite   hard   more   park   part   party   smart   sports   warm   yard
*department   *carpet   **carry   **learn   **farmer
1. Pick a partner for the next game.
2. I can park my favorite car in the warm barn at the farm.
3. The smart people are at the party in the sports department.
4. He hit his arm on the hard part of the floor by the carpet.

Lesson 19 "Reading-Writing Workshop"
around   back   done   far   found   girl   I'll   into   one   once   some   sometimes   start   two   your
*knew   *pretty   **picture   **earth   **returned
1. Do not disturb the other kids in the class.
2. I'll start back once one of you are done.
3. How far did some of them go into the woods before they found the pretty girl?
4. I knew that sometimes two of your dogs ran around the house.

Lesson 20 "Ant"
and   bang   bring   drink   end   hand   junk   king   long   send   sing   thank   think   thing   with
*grand   *young   *country   **great   **faint
1. Dad thinks we should paint the shed gray.
2. I think the young boy with a cut hand will thank the grand king for the drink.
3. At the end of the play she will sing a long song and bang on some junk.
4. Did you bring that thing here or did someone send it?

Lesson 21 "The Great Ball Game"
blow   boat   cold   do   float   gold   hold   load   most   old   phone   road   slow   snow   toe
*goal   *rainbow   **America   **knew   **subway
1. The art class will display their clay birds.
2. If you load the old boat with gold it will not float.
3. Do you know if most of the cold snow will blow into the slow road?
4. My goal is to hold the rainbow phone with my big toe.

Lesson 22 "Theme 4 Review"
blow   boat   bring   cold   farm   hand   hold   load   most   park   party   road   send   sing   smart   snow   thank   thing   think   yard
*rainbow *department   *young    **too   **ready
1. The queen had quite a feast.
2. The young boy will load most of the cold snow in the yard into the boat under the rainbow.
3. My goal is to sing at the department party in the park.
4. I think the farm girl will send us a grand thank you note.
5. Please hold my hand by the road.

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*Challenge Words **Fundations Words
Bold Words - Word Wall Words
Sentence 1 - Fundations Sentence
On a regular 5 day school week the word test is on Wednesday and the sentence test is on Friday.

Lesson 23 "Brothers and Sisters"
after   better   brother   brothers   children   father   flower   mother   other   over   shop   sister   that   under   water
*parents   *center   **school   **head   **beehive
1. There was a donkey sleeping in the barnyard.
2. The parents of the children are at the center of that flower shop.
3. My mother, father, and sister ran after my brothers.
4. My other brother can jump over logs and swim under water better than my sister.

Lesson 24 "Reading-Writing Workshop"
a lot   cannot   could   first   friend   friends   here   hurt   many   our   today   us   were   who   would
*heard   *again **ocean   **toys   **joined
1. The baby enjoys playing with his toys.
2. Many of our friends cannot come today.
3. Could your friend help us again?
4. Who first heard we were hurt?
5. Would a lot of your friends come here first?

Lesson 25 "Jalapena Bagels"
can't   didn't   don't   I'll   I'm   isn't   it's   I've   that's   they're   we'll   we've   won't you'll   you're
*couldn't   *wouldn't   **mother   **brother   **father
1. This birthday cake is rich and moist.
2. I didn't say that's why he couldn't and shouldn't do it.
3. I've told you that I'll help if you'll go tell them they can't go.
4. I'm happy they're here and you're there.
5. We'll keep looking and won't give up until it's dark.
6. It isn't that we've been there before or don't want to go.

Lesson 26 "Carousel"
baby   city   cookie every   funny   happy   lady   lucky   many   only   pretty   puppy   really   silly   very
*furry   *angry   **cousin   **dance   **window
1. The wind can blow snow in my window.
2. Every furry puppy met many really silly and funny men.
3. Only one pretty baby had a cookie.
4. The lucky lady from the city was very happy.

Lesson 27 :Thunder Cake"
batted   chopped   clapped   fanning   getting   hopped   hugging   pinned   running   shopping   sitting   skipping   stepped   stopped   tapped
*jogging   *flipped   **Monday   **Tuesday   **showed
1. Will we roast hotdogs on the grill?
2. I am sitting, skipping, jogging, and shopping at the mall.
3. The bunny hopped away after it chopped and flipped the man hugging the stopped truck.
4. I batted a ball while my sister ran a running race and my mom tapped her foot.
5. While I was getting my hair pinned, my sister stepped into the store fanning herself.

Lesson 28 "Focus on 'Biographies" - "Review Words"
about   across   beautiful   because   before   have   how   made   make said   saw   their   there   they   want   was   went what   when where
*story   **Wednesday   **Thursday   **Saturday **piece
1. Crouch down and hide behind the couch.
2. The author said he made the bird in his story beautiful because he saw one like it in a zoo .
3. It was about their brother who went across the lake over there.
4. Before they make this, they want to have some help on what, how, where and when to do it.

Lesson 29 "Theme 5 Review"
baby   better   brother   clapped   getting   happy   hugging   I'll   I'm   I've   isn't   it's   lady   mother   puppy   silly   sister   sitting   stopped   you're
*angry   *couldn't   *jogging   *parents   *wouldn't
1. My family lost power in the thunderstorm on Monday.
2. My happy baby brother stopped and clapped for my mother.
3. I'm getting my parents to buy me a better puppy.
4. My silly sister isn't angry about sitting next to that lady hugging her puppy.
5. I'll go jogging if it's the same time you're running.
6. She couldn't or wouldn't do it.

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*Challenge Words **Fundations Words
Bold Words - Word Wall Words
Sentence 1 - Fundations Sentence
On a regular 5 day school week the word test is on Wednesday and the sentence test is on Friday.

Lesson 30 "Art Lesson"
book   foot   good   hook   knew   moon   new   room   shook   soon   took   tooth   who   you   zoo
*hoof   *school   **January   **February   **argue
1. The bold child will argue with his teacher.
2. Who shook his foot and took the good hook from the room?
3. I knew you saw the new moon in the book at school.
4. How soon will we see a tooth and a hoof at the zoo?

Lesson 31 "Reading-Writing Workshop"
coming   cook   going   moth   never   new   other   outside   people   school   something   started   tried   try   very
*enough   *through   **paste   **group   **July
1. Use a broom to sweep off the back porch.
2. Did enough people go through the new door?
3. I never started to cook something.
4. Did that very green moth try going outside?
5. The other boy tried coming to our school.

Lesson 32 "Moses Goes to a Concert"
butterfly   buy   dry   eye   find   fly   high   light   mind   my   night   right   sky   try   why   *flight   **daughter   **paste   **August   **December
1. My friend thinks that old shack is haunted.
2. Why did my butterfly fly right into the bright light?
3. Do you mind if I try to reply after my night flight?
4. Why did you find and buy that fake eye?
5. Did you dry the flag high in the sky?

Lesson 33 "School Mural"
baked   chased   closed   eating   hiding   hoping   kicked   liked   making   named   played   riding   using   wanted   writing
*teasing   *decided   **sugar   **couple   **laugh
1. My dad gave me some cash for mowing the lawn.
2. I decided I liked writing better than hiding.
3. I'm hoping he is making and eating baked cakes.
4. When I played kickball I kicked the ball using my foot and they chased after it.
5. He is teasing me because I wanted to go riding on a horse named Spot.

Lesson 34 "Theme 6 Review"
chased   find   fly   good   high   hook   hoping   light   liked   making   mind   moon   named   night   riding   room   sky   took   using   zoo
*decided   *flight   *school   *teasing   **freckle
1. The team hopes Tom will not fumble the ball.
2. That night I decided to find a good flight school by riding in my car and making a phone call.
3. She chased the fly I named high into the sky by the street light.
4. I'm hoping he liked my reply about the zoo on the moon.
5. Please mind and stop teasing her about using a hook to open the door to her room.

Lesson 35 "Review - Second Semester"
brothers   children   could   every   favorite   friends   many   other people   pretty   right school   sister   sometimes    thank   they're    very   why   who   writing   *summer   *vacation
1. Have you ever seen him juggle?
2. There are many children who could go to my favorite school.
3. Sometimes my two brothers thank my friends.
4. Every day my other pretty sister would visit people who were on summer vacation.
5. They're right about why he is writing that very long letter.

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