GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #1: Short Vowels

a e i o u

1. arithmetic 11. original 2. sandwich 12. tactic 3. practice 13. prosper 4. advertise 14. occur 5. alphabet 15. college 6. splendid 16. convince 7. mentally 17. supported 8. gentlemen 18. muscle 9. vinegar 19. insulting 10. disgust 20. luxury

GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #2: Long A Spellings

a_e ay ai a eigh ei

1. operate 11. container 2. escape 12. vacant 3. toothache 13. acre 4. replacement 14. potato 5. x-ray 15. native 6. decay 16. eighty-eight 7. essay 17. neighbor 8. despair 18. weight 9. raisin 19. reindeer 10. waistline 20. veil GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #3: Long E Spellings

e ee ea e_e ie ei

1. sesame 11. shield 2. recipe 12. thief 3. career 13. cashier 4. proceed 14. achieve 5. feature 15. ceiling 6. increase 16. either 7. complete 17. conceit 8. delete 18. deceit 9. grief 19. neither 10. relief 20. weird

GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #4: Long I Spellings

i_e y igh i gn i ye ei

1. describe 11. nylon 2. realize 12. highlight 3. excitement 13. design 4. dynamite 14. icicle 5. tyrant 15. silence 6. deny 16. horizon 7. cyclone 17. diary 8. style 18. island 9. hydrant 19. rye 10. bicycle 20. height GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #5: Long O Spellings

o o_e ow oa ou

1. cocoa 11. approach 2. tornado 12. cockroach 3. piano 13. gloat 4. grocery 14. unknown 5. ocean 15. sorrowful 6. motto 16. ownership 7. total 17. although 8. tomato 18. poultry 9. omit 19. thorough 10. trombone 20. borough

GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #6: Long U and /oo/ Spellings

u u_e ew ue ui ou

1. annual 11. jewel 2. utensil 12. curfew 3. computer 13. continue 4. community 14. avenue 5. perfume 15. recruit 6. confused 16. bruise 7. costumes 17. coupon 8. useless 18. cougar 9. usable/useable 19. wound 10. interview 20. through GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #7: R Controlled Vowel Spellings

ar er ir or ur

1. regular 11. confirm 2. popular 12. miracle 3. argument 13. corridor 4. article 14. refrigerator 5. remarked 15. enormous 6. error 16. urgency 7. governor 17. furniture 8. conserve 18. curtain 9. external 19. disturbing 10. consider 20. rumor

GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #8: R Controlled Vowel Combinations air are ear eer ire ore oar ure

1. flair 11. desire 2. affair 12. entire 3. flare 13. inquire 4. declare 14. inspire 5. appear 15. require 6. weary 16. galore 7. rehearse 17. cardboard 8. pearl 18. culture 9. jeer 19. mixture 10. pioneer 20. insure GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #9: /ow/ and /oi/ Spellings

ow ou oi oy

1. however 11. country 2. browse 12. appointment 3. allowance 13. moisture 4. rowdy 14. poise 5. scowl 15. poisonous 6. doubt 16. oyster 7. fountain 17. voyage 8. surrounding 18. decoy 9. mountain 19. annoying 10. pronounce 20. soybean

GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #10: Homophones

1. allowed 11. least 2. aloud 12. leased 3. due 13. root 4. dew 14. route 5. doe 15. suede 6. dough 16. swayed 7. paws 17. whether 8. pause 18. weather 9. seller 19. guessed 10. cellar 20. guest GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #11: Silent Letters

l k w b h g u n

1. salmon 11. exhibit 2. palm 12. resign 3. knowledge 13. assigned 4. sword 14. guardian 5. shipwreck 15. column 6. debt 16. autumn 7. doubt 17. hymn 8. graham 18. schedule 9. vehicle 19. stomachache 10. exhaust 20. mechanic

GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #12: /aw/ Spellings

aw all al au ough oa

1. awkward 11. autograph 2. withdrawn 12. sausage 3. awning 13. daughter 4. all ready 14. haul 5. already 15. vault 6. altered 16. automobile 7. altogether 17. ought 8. talkative 18. sought 9. alternative 19. broadcast 10. audio 20. abroad GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #13: /s/ and /j/ Spellings s c[e] c[i] c[y] sc j g[i] g[y] dge

1. signature 11. justice 2. several 12. jealous 3. similar 13. gesture 4. certain 14. generous 5. recently 15. genius 6. decision 16. register 7. circulate 17. imagine 8. cylinder 18. energy 9. scissors 19. fidget 10. fascinate 20. cartridge

GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #14: Double Consonants

cc ff ll mm rr ss zz

1. success 11. commute 2. piccolo 12. summon 3. buffalo 13. mammal 4. millipede 14. hurricane 5. trillion 15. cassette 6. syllable 16. passenger 7. pollute 17. messenger 8. llama 18. 9. controller 19. buzzard 10. comment 20. GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #15: Compound Words

1. elsewhere 11. lifeguard 2. scoreboard 12. halfback 3. background 13. homemade 4. roommate 14. woodland 5. otherwise 15. wheelbarrow 6. videotape 16. outstanding 7. headache 17. household 8. windshield 18. headquarters 9. overheard 19. fire escape 10. network 20. test tube

GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #16: Plural Spellings

s es ves ies

1. anchor/anchors 11. memory/memories 2. character/characters 12. battery/batteries 3. suffix/suffixes 13. country/countries 4. crutch/crutches 14. essay/essays 5. thief/thieves 15. x-ray/x-rays 6. belief/beliefs 16. hero/heroes 7. chief/chiefs 17. echo/echoes 8. safe/safes 18. rodeo/rodeos 9. victory/victories 19. trio/trios 10. treaty/treaties 20. piano/pianos GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #17: Adding Suffixes to –y Endings

s ies ize ed ied ing irregular

1. decoy/decoys 11. decay/decaying 2. beauty/beauties 12. rely/relies 3. injury/injuries 13. rely/relied 4. memory/memories 14. rely/relying 5. energy/energize 15. scurry/scurries 6. prepay/prepays 16. scurry/scurried 7. prepay/prepaid 17. scurry/scurrying 8. prepay/prepaying 18. apply/applies 9. decay/decays 19. apply/applied 10. decay/decayed 20. apply/applying

GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #18: Abbreviations

1. P.O./Post Office 11. ME/Maine 2. R.F.D./ 12. AK/Alaska Rural Free Delivery 3. co./company 13. CA/California 4. dept./department 14. CO/Colorado 5. bldg./building 15. NV/Nevada 6. Jr./Junior 16. MD/Maryland 7. Sr./Senior 17. MA/Massachusetts 8. govt./government 18. TX/Texas 9. M.D./Medical Doctor 19. MT/ 10. D.D.S./Doctor of 20. D.C./District of Dental Surgery Columbia GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #19: Adding Endings to Magic E Words

s ing ed ment 1. balance/balances 11. require/requiring 2. balance/balancing 12. require/requirement 3. suppose/supposed 13. improve/improves 4. suppose/supposing 14. improve/improving 5. believe/believes 15. improve/ improvement 6. believe/believing 16. amuse/amused 7. amaze/amazes 17. amuse/amusing 8. amaze/amazing 18. amuse/amusement 9. amaze/amazement 19. settle/settling 10. require/required 20. settle/settlement

GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #20: Homophones

1. pearl 11. bail 2. purl 12. bale 3. creek 13. chord 4. creak 14. cored 5. boarder 15. cord 6. border 16. links 7. quarts 17. lynx 8. quartz 18. there 9. wade 19. their 10. weighed 20. they’re GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #21: Prefixes

pre- [before] un- [not] re- [again] dis- [not, lack of] mis- [not, wrong] in- [not]

1. prehistoric 11. dissatisfied 2. prearranged 12. misfortune 3. precise 13. miscounted 4. unexpected 14. misleading 5. unnumbered 15. misbehaved 6. uncommon 16. misjudge 7. recaptured 17. independent 8. returnable 18. informal 9. disrespectful 19. incorrectly 10. discontinue 20. incomplete

GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #22: Suffixes er [ more] est [most] er, or [a person who does]

1. far farther farthest 2. costly costlier costliest 3. dreary drearier dreariest 4. juicy juicier juiciest 5. lively livelier liveliest 6. lovely lovelier loveliest 7. tasty tastier tastiest 8. spicy spicier spiciest 9. healthy healthier healthiest 10. wealthy wealthier wealthiest 11. advertise advertiser 12. promote promoter 13. treasure treasurer 14. produce producer 15. arrange arranger 16. navigate navigator 17. operate operator 18. invent inventor 19. instruct instructor 20. project projector GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #23: Doubling Final Consonants

1. occur occurred

2. occur occurs 3. control controlling 4. control controls 5. permit permitted 6. permit permits 7. prefer preferring 8. prefer prefers 9. forgot forgotten 10. forgot forgetting 11. forgot forgetful 12. admit admitted 13. admit admits 14. begin beginner 15. begin begins 16. travel traveling 17. focus focused 18. panel paneling 19. pedal pedaling 20. shovel shoveling

GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #24: Contractions 1. will not won’t 2. does not doesn’t 3. had not hadn’t 4. should not shouldn’t 5. could not couldn’t 6. it will it’ll 7. who will who’ll 8. they will they’ll 9. when is when’s 10. there is there’s 11. who is who’s 12. they have they’ve 13. we have we’ve 14. who would who’d 15. he would he’d 16. they would they’d 17. we would we’d 18. they are they’re 19. you are you’re 20. we are we’re GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #25: More Prefixes and Suffixes

ex- [out or beyond] com- [with] -ly [like, how] -ous [full of] -able [able to; likely to]

1. extracted 11. personally 2. exchanging 12. actually 3. expensive 13. various [vary + ous]

4. excavate 14. furious [fury + ous] 5. ex-president 15. adventurous 6. combined 16. hazardous 7. compartment 17. admirable 8. comfortable 18. adorable 9. competing 19. excitable 10. comparison 20. available

GREEN LEVEL SPELLING LIST #26: Final Review Test

1. vinegar 11. autumn 21. independent 2. neighbor 12. daughter 22. instructor 3. complete 13. energy 23. permitted 4. dynamite 14. success 24. they’ll 5. cocoa 15. outstanding 25. furious 6. annual 16. heroes 7. disturbing 17. applying 8. mixture 18. Sr. 9. allowance 19. improving 10. weather 20. their ORANGE LEVEL SPELLING LIST #1: Short Vowels

a e i o u

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. 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

l k w b h t

1. chalk 11. bomb 2. half 12. comb 3. known 13. crumb 4. knife 14. doorknob 5. knight 15. hour 6. knapsack 16. 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

s c[e] c[i] j g[e] g[i] g[y]

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

bb dd ll mm pp rr ss tt

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 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. 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. 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

l k w b h t g u

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. /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