YELLOW LEVEL SPELLING LIST #1: Short Vowels a e i o u
1. ankle 11. spinach 2. traffic 12. instead 3. salad 13. doctor 4. animal 14. collar 5. plenty 15. ostrich 6. sketch 16. promise 7. parent 17. adult 8. celery 18. hundred 9. pitcher 19. crunchy 10. hinge 20. suddenly
YELLOW LEVEL SPELLING LIST #2: Long A Spellings
a_e ay ai a ea ey
1. parade 11. straight 2. inflate 12. radio 3. lemonade 13. stable 4. safety 14. laser 5. relay 15. flavor 6. highway 16. hazy 7. display 17. break 8. crayfish 18. steak 9. explain 19. greatly 10. failure 20. they YELLOW LEVEL SPELLING LIST #3: Long E Spellings
e ee ea e_e ey eo combinations
1. between 11. money 2. evil 12. journey 3. agree 13. medley 4. indeed 14. chimney 5. beetle 15. people 6. repeat 16. cheese 7. wreath 17. sneeze 8. treason 18. grease 9. scene 19. please 10. scheme 20. leave
YELLOW LEVEL SPELLING LIST #4: Long I Spellings
i_e y igh i uy ye
1. admire 11. plight 2. umpire 12. idea 3. surprise 13. iron 4. guide 14. quiet 5. polite 15. title 6. retire 16. dinosaur 7. type 17. buy 8. reply 18. guy 9. delight 19. goodbye 10. thigh 20. eyesore YELLOW LEVEL SPELLING LIST #5: Long O Spellings
o o_e ow oa old ou
1. bonus 11. pillow 2. hotel 12. oath 3. moment 13. loaded 4. program 14. blindfold 5. clothes 15. molding 6. chose 16. dough 7. alone 17. though 8. tightrope 18. shoulder 9. quote 19. boulder 10. following 20. soul
YELLOW LEVEL SPELLING LIST #6: Long U and /oo/ Spellings
u u_e ew oo ue ui
1. human 11. cashew 2. music 12. withdrew 3. future 13. review 4. menu 14. bamboo 5. museum 15. whirlpool 6. pupil 16. rescue 7. accuse 17. value 8. excuse 18. fruit 9. huge 19. juice 10. nephew 20. cruise YELLOW LEVEL SPELLING LIST #7: R Controlled Vowel Spellings
ar er ir or ur
1. liar 11. circle 2. hazard 12. squirrel 3. alarming 13. author 4. wizard 14. editor 5. errand 15. horror 6. insert 16. terror 7. perhaps 17. murmur 8. expert 18. purchase 9. squirming 19. surface 10. thirsty 20. murderer
YELLOW LEVEL SPELLING LIST #8: R Controlled Vowel Combinations
air are ear eer ore oar
1. repair 11. earthquake 2. dairy 12. search 3. beware 13. earning 4. prepare 14. heard 5. fearless 15. bored 6. beard 16. ignore 7. cheerful 17. explore 8. peer 18. board 9. heartbeat 19. hoard 10. early 20. soaring YELLOW LEVEL SPELLING LIST #9: /ow/ and /oi/ Spellings
ow ou oi oy
1. eyebrow 11. ounce 2. horsepower 12. crouch 3. prowler 13. avoid 4. drowning 14. hoist 5. vowel 15. choices 6. amount 16. ointment 7. blouse 17. toilet 8. drowsy 18. loyal 9. countdown 19. employ 10. thousand 20. destroy
YELLOW LEVEL SPELLING LIST #10: Homophones
1. foul 11. pore 2. fowl 12. pour 3. tax 13. peek 4. tacks 14. peak 5. choose 15. worn 6. chews 16. warn 7. peace 17. forth 8. piece 18. fourth 9. waist 19. pole 10. waste 20. poll YELLOW LEVEL SPELLING LIST #11: Silent Letters
1. calm 11. herbal 2. yolk 12. honored 3. almond 13. castle 4. kneel 14. fasten 5. knuckle 15. gnaw 6. answered 16. gnome 7. wrestle 17. gnarl 8. wrinkle 18. guitar 9. numb 19. guilty 10. plumber 20. guinea pig
YELLOW LEVEL SPELLING LIST #12: /aw/ Spellings
aw all al au ough augh off
1. awful 11. faucet 2. awesome 12. applaud 3. drawer 13. haunt 4. dawdle 14. brought 5. install 15. cough 6. malted milk 16. thought 7. launch 17. caught 8. fault 18. naughty 9. laundry 19. offering 10. drawing 20. coffee YELLOW LEVEL SPELLING LIST #13: /s/ and /j/ Spellings
s c[e] c[i] sc j g[e] g[i] dge
1. single 11. project 2. secure 12. garbage 3. officer 13. stranger 4. advance 14. cottage 5. scarce 15. engine 6. cigar 16. gigantic 7. citizen 17. rigid 8. science 18. judge 9. crescent 19. edge 10. jungle 20. bridge
YELLOW LEVEL SPELLING LIST #14: Double Consonants cc dd ff gg ll mm nn ss tt zz
1. occur 11. quill 2. address 12. hammock 3. different 13. cannon 4. waffle 14. blossoming 5. snuggle 15. recess 6. giggle 16. missile 7. gorilla 17. battleground 8. umbrella 18. mutter 9. pollen 19. dizzy 10. vanilla 20. puzzle YELLOW LEVEL SPELLING LIST #15: Compound Words
1. everywhere 11. another 2. whenever 12. livestock 3. newspaper 13. cheerleader 4. flashlight 14. bumblebee 5. tablecloth 15. greenhouse 6. peppermint 16. bloodhound 7. drugstore 17. eardrum 8. supermarket 18. earthworm 9. anybody 19. alarm clock 10. nearby 20. seat belt
YELLOW LEVEL SPELLING LIST #16: Plural Spellings
s es ies ves irregular plural spellings
1. whistle/whistles 11. family/families 2. friend/friends 12. army/armies 3. nerve/nerves 13. jockey/jockeys 4. cartoon/cartoons 14. holiday/holidays 5. question/questions 15. valley/valleys 6. wristwatch/ 16. calf/calves wristwatches 7. address/addresses 17. loaf/loaves 8. library/libraries 18. bookshelf/ bookshelves 9. flurry/flurries 19. yourself/yourselves 10. duty/duties 20. ox/oxen YELLOW LEVEL SPELLING LIST #17: Adding Suffixes to –y Endings
s ies ied ed ing irregular past tense
1. delay/delays 11. buy/buying 2. alley/alleys 12. multiply/multiplies 3. driveway/driveways 13. multiply/multiplied 4. bakery/bakeries 14. multiply/multiplying 5. enemy/enemies 15. empty/empties 6. replay/replays 16. empty/emptied 7. replay/replayed 17. empty/emptying 8. replay/replaying 18. bury/buries 9. buy/buys 19. bury/buried 10. buy/bought 20. bury/burying
YELLOW LEVEL SPELLING LIST #18: Abbreviations
1. doz./dozen 11. Jan./January 2. sq./square 12. Feb./February 3. amt./amount 13. Mar./March 4. pkg./package 14. Apr./April 5. wt./weight 15. Jul./July 6. apt./apartment 16. Aug./August 7. cm or cm./ 17. Sept./September centimeter 8. m or m./meter 18. Oct./October 9. l or l./liter 19. Nov./November 10. k.o./knockout 20. Dec./December YELLOW LEVEL SPELLING LIST #19: Adding Endings to Magic E Words
s ing ed
1. decide/decides 11. force/forced 2. decide/deciding 12. force/forcing 3. scribble/scribbled 13. combine/combines 4. scribble/scribbling 14. combine/ combining 5. arrive/arrives 15. handle/handled 6. arrive/arriving 16. handle/handling 7. dodge/dodged 17. sense/senses 8. dodge/dodging 18. sense/sensing 9. tackle/tackles 19. glare/glared 10. tackle/tackling 20. glare/glaring
YELLOW LEVEL SPELLING LIST #20: Homophones
1. great 11. hire 2. grate 12. higher 3. died 13. current 4. dyed 14. currant 5. coward 15. based 6. cowered 16. baste 7. loan 17. thrown 8. lone 18. throne 9. bold 19. their 10. bowled 20. there YELLOW LEVEL SPELLING LIST #21: Prefixes pre- [before] un- [not] re- [again] dis- [not, lack of]
1. preserved 11. reappear 2. presented 12. recycle 3. pretending 13. research 4. prefixes 14. rebuilding 5. prescribes 15. reviewed 6. unfriendly 16. disinfect 7. unselfish 17. discharged 8. unwelcome 18. disloyal 9. unpopular 19. dishonest 10. unstable 20. disagree
YELLOW LEVEL SPELLING LIST #22: Suffixes
er [more] est [most] er [a person who does]
1. rough rougher roughest 2. gentle gentler gentlest 3. bald balder baldest 4. tough tougher toughest 5. simple simpler simplest 6. humble humbler humblest 7. sticky stickier stickiest 8. greedy greedier greediest 9. homely homelier homeliest 10. fancy fancier fanciest 11. heavy heavier heaviest 12. curly curlier curliest 13. angry angrier angriest 14. lazy lazier laziest 15. hungry hungrier hungriest 16. dirty dirtier dirtiest 17. handy handier handiest 18. grouchy grouchier grouchiest 19. adventure adventurer 20. discover discoverer YELLOW LEVEL SPELLING LIST #23: Doubling Final Consonants
1. scar scarred 2. drip dripping 3. skin skinned 4. swat swatted 5. drug drugged 6. quit quitting 7. blot blotter 8. slug slugger 9. slip slippery 10. blur blurry 11. flop floppy 12. jar jarful 13. dim dimmed 14. dim dimly 15. fit fitting 16. fit fitness 17. bag bagged 18. bag bagful 19. ship shipping 20. ship shipment
YELLOW LEVEL SPELLING LIST #24: Contractions
1. will not won’t 2. does not doesn’t 3. have not haven’t 4. would not wouldn’t 5. had not hadn’t 6. it will it’ll 7. they will they’ll 8. who will who’ll 9. where is where’s 10. what is what’s 11. here is here’s 12. you have you’ve 13. they have they’ve 14. we would we’ve 15. he would he’d 16. they would they’d 17. you would you’d 18. we are we’re 19. they are they’re 20. you are you’re YELLOW LEVEL SPELLING LIST #25: More Prefixes and Suffixes
un- [not] mis- [not, wrong, incorrectly]
-ful [full of] -ly [like, how] -ness [way of being]
1. inactive 11. wasteful 2. inability 12. forgetful 3. misfit 13. secretly 4. misused 14. instantly 5. misspell 15. totally
6. mistreated 16. easily [easy + ly]
7. misprinted 17. angrily [angry + ly]
8. thankful 18. merrily [merry + ly] 9. helpful 19. politeness 10. grateful 20. crunchiness [crunchy + ness]
YELLOW LEVEL SPELLING LIST #26: Final Review Test
1. animal 11. answered 21. rebuilding 2. parade 12. cough 22. angriest 3. between 13. bridge 23. scarred 4. surprise 14. address 24. wouldn’t 5. clothes 15. earthworm 25. totally 6. future 16. holidays 7. circle 17. emptying 8. prepare 18. cm or cm. 9. thousand 19. combining 10. piece 20. their