ORANGE LEVEL SPELLING LIST #1: Short Vowels
1. stamp 11. brisk 2. clasp 12. cling 3. brand 13. cloth 4. scrap 14. frost 5. bench 15. stock 6. blend 16. honk 7. swept 17. lunch 8. spent 18. truck 9. print 19. pumpkin 10. think 20. crust
ORANGE LEVEL SPELLING LIST #2: Long A Spellings
a_e a y ai
1. crave 11. spray 2. trade 12. haystack 3. scrape 13. sideways 4. behave 14. brain 5. chase 15. paint 6. became 16. plain 7. always 17. trail 8. subway 18. faith 9. crayon 19. drain 10. maybe 20. sprain ORANGE LEVEL SPELLING LIST #3: Long E Spellings
e ee ea e_e
1. become 11. stream 2. behind 12. Easter 3. wheel 13. scream 4. greet 14. peanut 5. greed 15. squeak 6. sweep 16. beast 7. street 17. rear 8. queen 18. here 9. screen 19. these 10. teacher 20. eve
ORANGE LEVEL SPELLING LIST #4: Long I Spellings
i_e y ind ild igh
1. while 11. grind 2. write 12. mind 3. alive 13. wild 4. beside 14. child 5. quite 15. flight 6. crime 16. fright 7. lifetime 17. tight 8. pry 18. night 9. sly 19. sight 10. kind 20. high ORANGE LEVEL SPELLING LIST #5: Long O Spellings
o ost o_e ow oa
1. also 11. elbow 2. post 12. below 3. almost 13. coast 4. broke 14. groan 5. globe 15. goal 6. shone 16. boast 7. owner 17. throat 8. lower 18. toast 9. shadow 19. coach 10. window 20. float
ORANGE LEVEL SPELLING LIST #6: Long U and /oo/ Spellings
u_e ew oo ue
1. used 11. balloon 2. tune 12. school 3. rule 13. loose 4. flute 14. choose 5. tube 15. smooth 6. drew 16. proof 7. threw 17. glue 8. chew 18. true 9. screw 19. blue 10. raccoon 20. clue ORANGE LEVEL SPELLING LIST #7: R Controlled Vowel Spellings
ar er or ur
1. apart 11. corner 2. scarf 12. world 3. charm 13. morning 4. partner 14. worst 5. starve 15. order 6. perfect 16. curve 7. every 17. church 8. power 18. nurse 9. thunder 19. purple 10. afternoon 20. turtle
ORANGE LEVEL SPELLING LIST #8: R Controlled Vowel Combinations
air are ear ire ore
1. airplane 11. wire 2. chairman 12. tire 3. rare 13. hire 4. square 14. fire 5. clear 15. store 6. fear 16. wore 7. hear 17. tore 8. nearer 18. shore
9. tear [a salty tear] 19. score 10. dearest 20. swore ORANGE LEVEL SPELLING LIST #9: /ow/ and /oi/ Spellings
ow ou oi oy
1. crowd 11. grouch 2. growl 12. mouth 3. shower 13. proud 4. snowplow 14. moist 5. flower 15. spoil 6. flour 16. coil 7. around 17. noise 8. ground 18. voice 9. southeast 19. enjoy 10. counter 20. royal
ORANGE LEVEL SPELLING LIST #10: Homophones
1. past 11. wood 2. passed 12. would 3. steal 13. ate 4. steel 14. eight 5. find 15. witch 6. fined 16. which 7. tide 17. oh 8. tied 18. owe 9. mail 19. hole 10. male 20. whole ORANGE LEVEL SPELLING LIST #11: Silent Letters
1. chalk 11. bomb 2. half 12. comb 3. known 13. crumb 4. knife 14. doorknob 5. knight 15. hour 6. knapsack 16. ghost 7. wreck 17. honest 8. wring 18. soften 9. wrong 19. often 10. wrench 20. listen
ORANGE LEVEL SPELLING LIST #12: /aw/ Spellings
aw all al
1. crawled 11. thaw 2. shawl 12. basketball 3. squawk 13. all right 4. coleslaw 14. wallpaper 5. scrawl 15. stall 6. strawberry 16. walnut 7. lawyer 17. walrus 8. outlaw 18. false 9. sawdust 19. salt 10. drawing 20. halt ORANGE LEVEL SPELLING LIST #13: /s/ and /j/ Spellings
1. mustard 11. cider 2. second 12. jelly 3. silent 13. Jupiter 4. center 14. jacket 5. fences 15. large 6. twice 16. change 7. chance 17. orange 8. once 18. germ 9. since 19. giant 10. circus 20. gym
ORANGE LEVEL SPELLING LIST #14: Double Consonants
1. bubble 11. common 2. ribbon 12. hammer 3. stubble 13. suppose 4. sudden 14. supper 5. middle 15. carrot 6. dollar 16. borrow 7. follow 17. lesson 8. jello 18. cotton 9. swallow 19. bottom 10. command 20. lettuce ORANGE LEVEL SPELLING LIST #15: Compound Words
1. campfire 11. meatball 2. slowpoke 12. grandmother 3. playground 13. grandfather 4. fingerprints 14. sunshine 5. forever 15. rainbow 6. upstairs 16. anything 7. classroom 17. sometimes 8. airport 18. someone 9. paintbrush 19. popcorn 10. washcloth 20. nobody
ORANGE LEVEL SPELLING LIST #16: Plural Spellings
s es irregular plural spellings
1. insect/insects 11. crash/crashes 2. handle/handles 12. mailbox/mailboxes 3. quilt/quilts 13. tax/taxes 4. stroke/strokes 14. buzz/buzzes 5. tower/towers 15. glass/glasses 6. bunch/bunches 16. mouse/mice 7. witch/witches 17. die/dice 8. match/matches 18. child/children 9. hairbrush/ 19. woman/women hairbrushes 10. flash/flashes 20. goose/geese ORANGE LEVEL SPELLING LIST #17: Adding Suffixes to –y Endings
s ies ied ed irregular
1. monkey/monkeys 11. hurry/hurries 2. turkey/turkeys 12. hurry/hurried 3. bluejay/bluejays 13. study/studies 4. runway/runways 14. study/studied 5. spy/spies 15. enjoy/enjoys 6. berry/berries 16. enjoy/enjoyed 7. butterfly/butterflies 17. pay/pays 8. party/parties 18. pay/paid 9. copy/copies 19. say/says 10. copy/copied 20. say/said
ORANGE LEVEL SPELLING LIST #18: Abbreviations
1. Mon./Monday 11. W or W./West 2. Tues./Tuesday 12. NE or NE./Northeast 3. Wed./Wednesday 13. SW or SW./Southwest 4. Thurs./Thursday 14. NJ or N.J./New Jersey 5. Fri./Friday 15. NY or N.Y./New York 6. Sat./Saturday 16. NYC or N.Y.C./ New York City 7. Sun./Sunday 17. USA or U.S.A./United States of America 8. N, N., No./North 18. tpke./turnpike 9. S, S., So./South 19. rte./route 10. E or E./East 20. mph or m.p.h./ miles per hour ORANGE LEVEL SPELLING LIST #19: Adding Endings to Magic E Words
s ing ed
1. shine/shines 11. dance/danced 2. shine/shining 12. dance/dancing 3. taste/tasted 13. lose/loses 4. taste/tasting 14. lose/losing 5. bore/bores 15. carve/carved 6. bore/boring 16. carve/carving 7. skate/skated 17. share/shares 8. skate/skating 18. share/sharing 9. close/closes 19. paste/pasted 10. close/closing 20. paste/pasting
ORANGE LEVEL SPELLING LIST #20: Homophones
1. cell 11. some 2. sell 12. sum 3. soar 13. main 4. sore 14. mane 5. tic 15. groan 6. tick 16. grown 7. tees 17. cheap 8. tease 18. cheep 9. chute 19. their 10. shoot 20. there ORANGE LEVEL SPELLING LIST #21: Prefixes pre- [before] un- [not] re- [again] dis- [not, lack of]
1. preschool 11. reminded 2. prewashed 12. rewinding 3. prefer 13. removed 4. prevent 14. rewriting 5. predict 15. replacing 6. uncover 16. discolor 7. unbuttoned 17. distrust 8. unknown 18. dismount 9. unwanted 19. disabled 10. unfair 20. discount
ORANGE LEVEL SPELLING LIST #22: Suffixes
er [more] est [most] er [a person who does]
1. fresh fresher freshest 2. young younger youngest 3. warm warmer warmest 4. faint fainter faintest 5. cheap cheaper cheapest 6. clean cleaner cleanest 7. brave braver bravest 8. late later latest 9. happy happier happiest 10. sorry sorrier sorriest 11. pretty prettier prettiest 12. ugly uglier ugliest 13. merry merrier merriest 14. easy easier easiest 15. close closer closest 16. dream dreamer 17. pitch pitcher 18. train trainer 19. speak speaker 20. report reporter ORANGE LEVEL SPELLING LIST #23: Doubling Final Consonants
1. stab stabbed 2. grip gripping 3. trap trapped 4. grin grinning 5. step stepped 6. trip tripping 7. shop shopping 8. wrap wrapping 9. scrub scrubbed 10. trim trimming 11. whip whipped 12. grab grabbing 13. drop dropped 14. chop chopping 15. drum drummer 16. shut shutter 17. swim swimmer 18. flat flattest 19. glad gladdest 20. thin thinnest
ORANGE LEVEL SPELLING LIST #24: Contractions
1. can not can’t 2. do not don’t 3. were not weren’t 4. has not hasn’t 5. he will he’ll 6. we will we’ll 7. you will you’ll 8. that is that’s 9. what is what’s 10. here is here’s 11. I have I’ve 12. you have you’ve 13. we have we’ve 14. I would I’d 15. they would they’d 16. she would she’d 17. you would you’d 18. I am I’m 19. let us let’s 20. of the clock o’clock ORANGE LEVEL SPELLING LIST #25: More Prefixes and Suffixes
un- [not] re- [again] dis- [not, lack of]
-ness [way of being] -ly [like, every]
1. uneven 11. darkness 2. unskilled 12. sadness 3. unharmed 13. shortness 4. unbroken 14. illness 5. uncaring 15. kindness 6. rebound 16. dearly 7. regained 17. safely 8. restrain 18. lovely
9. disorder 19. luckily [luck + ly]
10. disrupt 20. happily [happy + ly]
ORANGE LEVEL SPELLING LIST #26: Final Review Test
1. pumpkin 11. comb 21. discount 2. sprain 12. false 22. younger 3. teacher 13. circus 23. dropped 4. while 14. bottom 24. weren’t 5. throat 15. someone 25. kindness 6. school 16. children 7. morning 17. hurried 8. tire 18. Tues. 9. shower 19. closing 10. witch 20. groan