Good Evening! Here are this week's Spelling words: The words are the same for all grades in my Language Arts Blocks. This week we are focusing on Holiday words that are related to Jesus' first arrival on Earth. The test will be this Thursday since Friday will be a Noon dismissal.

Here are the words:

celebrate, taxation, Magi, Nazareth, Bethlehem, shepherds, Caesar Augustus, Herodias, tidings, journey, Magnificat, Elizabeth, Zechariah, frankincense, reverence, caravan, generations, Herod Antipas, myrrh, adoration, angelic, worship, virgin birth, flocks.

Please remember homework assignments for this week as well:

Monday--Write Spelling Words 3 times each
Tuesday--Define Spelling Words
Wednesday--Write a Christmas story using all of the Spelling words and practice words for Test
Thursday--Test

Good Evening! I know it has been a while since I've posted on the blog but here are this week's spelling words for grades 5-8:

5th and 6th Grade:

These are review words since some students did not do as well as expected on the test:

install
youth
mutual
educate
museum
exhaust
community
cologne
thumbprint
knowledge
wristwatch
typewriter
kneeling
coffin
geography
typhoid
sophomore
fireproof
Pharaoh
enough

Bonus:

utensil
campaign
hyphen
affinity
discovery


7th and 8th Grade:

These are more commonly misspelled words:

mediocre
all right
camaraderie
necessary
misspell
miscellaneous
broccoli
embarrass
conscious
occasion
February
occurrence
receive
rhythm
fascinate
privilege
playwright
mathematics
government
independent

Bonus:
fluorescent
sacrilegious
disastrous
conscientious
mysterious

All Grades: Please write all missed words on the pre-test 3 times each for homework tonight.