Spelling Bee! Spelling Words...

Congratulations to Rigaud Chostel on a job well done at this year's School Wide Spelling Bee! He will be going on to Regional Spelling Bee in Miami next month to compete against the champions of all the other schools in the Southeastern Conference. Blessings and Success Rigaud! I would also like to add that I am very proud of all the contestants who participated and did their very best. Keep practicing and studying for next year for the chance at 'bee'ing next year's Spelling Champ!

Here are this week's Spelling Words:

5th and 6th Grades are continuing their study of the controlled /r/ sound using the letter combinations of /or/ and /ir/.  The /or/ sound is produced by the letter combinations of /or/ as in forward, and record, and /ore/ as in shore or pore. The /ir/ sound is produced by letter combinations of /eer/ as in deer or peer but also by /ear/ as in fear, or spear.

shore
explore
escort
inform
warmth
restore
ordeal
forever
ignore
spear
peer
smear
horrible
serious
ornament
enormous
weary
cherry
reindeer
history

Challenge Words
sustaining
assault
distinguish
lustrous
emerged

7th and 8th Grade's words are our last set of Latin Roots: viv, vit=live, life; spir=breathe; public, pop=people; pater=father; mater=mother. Remember to learn the roots to help you figure out the word parts. Separate the words by affixes such as the prefixes (at the beginning of the word), and suffixes (at the end of a word). Look at whether the word is a plural, past or present tense. Break your words into smaller parts to make it easier for you to learn them so that you can put them back together and spell them correctly. Attack word parts rather than words as a whole and the "elephant" is much easier to eat.

survival
conspire
popularity
revive
matriarchal
publicity
inspirational
vitality
aspirator
revitalize
patriarch
perspire
maternal
vivid
republic
survivor
paternity
respiration
matron
conspiracy

Challenge Words
emanating
delirious
tourniquet
unrelenting
ammunition


Spelling homework this week for all (Due Friday)

Monday: ABC order
Tuesday: Definitions
Wednesday: Sentences
Thursday: Pre-test
Friday: Test