Mrs. Rielage's Fifth-Grade Class, Spelling

Spelling Words

Unit 1

Short Vowel VCV, VCCV

Long Vowel Digraphs

Adding -ed, -ing

Unit 2

Digraphs th, sh, ch, ph

Irregular Plurals

Vowel Sounds with r

Final Syllables -en, -an, -el, -le, -il

Final Syllables -er, -ar-, or

Unit 3

Consonant Sounds /j/, /ks/, /sk/, and /s/

One Consonant or Two

Prefixes un-, de-, dis-

Unit 4

Words from Many Cultures

Prefixes over-, under-, sub-, super-, out-

Suffixes -ible, -able

Negative Prefixes

Unit 5

Multisyllabic Words

Unusual Spellings

Greek Word Parts

Unit 6

Suffixes -ous, -sion, -ion, -ation

Final Syllable -ant, -ent, -ance, -ence

Words with ei and ie

Easily Confused Words