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Spelling – Teaching Spelling

Posted in Education, Elementary Education, English, Exercises, K-12, K-12 Education, Learn, Learning, List of Spelling Words, Orthography, Practice Exercises, Primary Education, School, Spell, Spelling, Spelling Bee, Spelling Curriculum, Spelling Exercises, Spelling Lists, Spelling Practice, Spelling Resources, Spelling Rules, Spelling Series, Spelling Tests, Spelling Words, Study, Studying, Teach, Teacher, Teachers, Teaching, Teaching Spelling, Teaching Word Skills, Training, Vocabulary, Vocabulary Words, Word Families, Word Skills, Word Study, Words, tagged , , , , , , on May 13, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Spelling – Teaching Spelling – Spelling Word Lists

pipable

obesity

ossify

digit

nagging

cantonment

enculturate

tractile

ciguatera

prosody

minnow

elicitor

cumulus

greffier

spasmolytic

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Teaching Spelling – Words properly accented on the first Syllable

Posted in Basic Spelling Rules, Education, Elementary Education, English, K-12, K-12 Education, Learning, List of Spelling Words, McGuffey, Orthography, Practice, Practice Exercises, Primary Education, School, Spell, Spelling, Spelling Books, Spelling Curriculum, Spelling Exercises, Spelling Instruction, Spelling Lists, Spelling Practice, Spelling Resources, Spelling Rules, Spelling Sourcebook, Spelling Tests, Spelling Words, Study, Studying, Syllable, Syllables, Teach, Teacher, Teachers, Teaching, Teaching Spelling, Teaching Word Skills, Textbooks, Training, Vocabulary, Vocabulary Words, Word Families, Word Skills, Word Study, Words, tagged , , , on March 7, 2008| 3 Comments »

Lesson 187. Words properly accented on the first Syllable. 

con’strue    com’bat ant      pu’is sance
trav’erse    dis’pu tant      in’ter im
ramp’ant     gon’do la        au’top sy
ath’lete     pleth’o ra       tym’pa num
syr’inge     mis’chiev ous    wise’a cre
ex’tant      blas’phe mous    or’ches tral
brig’and     con’ver sant     im’po tent
con’cord     san’he drim      con’gru ent
dis’cord     con’tra ry       im’be cile
do’nate      pro’te an        pha’e ton
ob’long      dis’ci pline     ret’i na

Teaching Spelling – Spelling Words

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Spelling Homophones

Posted in Education, Homonyms, Homophone, Homophone List, Homophones, K-12 Education, List of Homophones, List of Spelling Words, McGuffey, Sound, Sounds, Spell, Spelling, Spelling Books, Spelling Homophones, Spelling Lists, Spelling Practice, Spelling Resources, Spelling Rules, Spelling Words, Teach, Teacher, Teachers, Teaching, Teaching Spelling, Vocabulary, Vocabulary Words, Word Skills, Word Study, Words, tagged , , , , , , , , on November 18, 2007| Leave a Comment »

Homophones – Words that sound alike and are spelled differently

Spelling – Teaching Spelling

Lesson 188.

roll, to turn over and over.    soar, to mount upward.
role, a part performed.         stake, a pointed stick.
sign, a token; a mark.          steak, a slice of flesh.
sine, a line in geometry.       step, a pace; a foot-print.
skull, part of the head.        steppe, a dreary plain.
scull, to impel a boat.         stoop, to bend forward.
sleeve, an arm cover.           stoup, a basin; a pitcher.
sleave, untwisted silk.         sum, the amount; whole.
slight, to neglect; feeble.     some, a part; a portion.
sleight, dexterity.             tale, that which is told.
soul, the immortal spirit.      tail, terminal appendage.
sole, bottom of the foot.       tare, allowance in weight.
sore, a hurt; painful.          tear, to rend; to lacerate.

Spelling Words Spelling Practice

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Spelling – Words spelled alike, whose Pronunciation and Meaning differ.

Posted in Education, K-12, K-12 Education, Learn, Learning, McGuffey, Pronunciation, Spell, Spelling, Spelling Practice, Spelling Words, Teach, Teacher, Teacher Development, Teachers, Teaching, Teaching Word Skills, Vocabulary, Vocabulary Words, Word Skills, Word Study, Words, tagged , , , , , , , , on October 23, 2007| Leave a Comment »

Lesson 172.

Words spelled alike, whose Pronunciation and Meaning differ.

aye, always.                  conjure, to enchant.
aye, an affirmative vote.     bow, a weapon.
chose, did choose.            bow, part of a ship.
chose, a thing; a chattel.    chap, a boy.
bass, a term in music.        chap, the jaw.
bass, a fish.                 gout, a disease.
conjure’, to implore.         gout, taste; relish.

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Teaching Spelling – Prefixes – FORE PRE ANTI

Posted in affix, AFFIXES, Education, Elementary Education, English, Exercises, K-12, K-12 Education, Learning, List of Spelling Words, McGuffey, Orthography, Prefixes, Primary Education, School, Spell, Spelling, Spelling Books, Spelling Curriculum, Spelling Exercises, Spelling Instruction, Spelling Lists, Spelling Practice, Spelling Resources, Spelling Rules, Spelling Sourcebook, Spelling Words, Teach, Teacher, Teachers, Teaching, Teaching Spelling, Textbooks, Training, Vocabulary, Vocabulary Words, Word Families, Word Games, Word Skills, Word Study, Words, tagged , , , , , , on September 30, 2007| Leave a Comment »

Affixes – Prefixes
Lesson 160.

Fore adds its own meaning to the word; as foretaste, to taste before; pre is from the Latin prae, before; ante (Latin), before. Anti (Greek), means against or opposite.

fore’sight   fore tell’er      fore bod’ing ly
fore’most    fore knowl’edge   fore de ter’mine
fore know’   fore’cas tle      pre med’i tate
pre fix’     pre cau’tion      pre oc’cu py
pre judge’   pre ced’ing       pre-em’i nent
pre serve’   pre des’tine      an te pas’chal
pre sage’    an’te past        an te mun’dane
pre text’    an’te date        an te nup’tial
fore warn’   an’ti pode        an ti cli’max
fore’front   an’ti dote        an ti feb’rile

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List of Homophones

Posted in Education, Elementary Education, English, Homonyms, Homophone, Homophone List, Homophones, K-12, K-12 Education, Learn, Learning, List of Homophones, List of Spelling Words, McGuffey, Orthography, Primary Education, School, Spell, Spelling, Spelling Books, Spelling Curriculum, Spelling Exercises, Spelling Homophones, Spelling Lists, Spelling Practice, Spelling Resources, Spelling Rules, Teachers, Teaching, Teaching Spelling, Vocabulary, Vocabulary Words, Word Games, Word Skills, Word Study, Words, tagged , , , , , , on September 22, 2007| Leave a Comment »

Homphone list

Lesson 154.

ruff, an article of dress.     roar, to make a loud noise.
rough (ruf), uneven.           row’er, one who rows.
retch, to vomit.               sail, a sheet of canvas.
wretch, a miserable person.    sale, the act of selling.
rode, did ride.                seen, beheld.
road, a way; route.            scene, a view.
rowed, did row.                seine, a net for fishing.
room, an apartment.            slay, to kill.
rheum, a serous fluid.         sleigh, a vehicle on runners.
sow, to scatter seed.          sley, a weaver’s reed.
sew (so), to use a needle.     seem, to appear.
so, thus; in like manner.      seam, a line of junction.

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Affixes – Ist, ster, ee, and ess as Suffixes

Posted in affix, AFFIXES, Education, Elementary Education, English, K-12, K-12 Education, Learn, Learning, List of Spelling Words, McGuffey, Spell, Spelling, Spelling Books, Spelling Curriculum, Spelling Exercises, Spelling Instruction, Spelling Lists, Spelling Practice, Spelling Resources, Spelling Rules, Spelling Words, Suffixes, Teaching Spelling, Vocabulary, Vocabulary Words, Word Families, Word Skills, Word Study, Words on September 14, 2007| Leave a Comment »

Lesson 150.

Ist, ster, ee, and ess, generally signify the person who, or thing which.
The last is an affix denoting the feminine gender.

aur’ist     phys’i cist     pi a’nist
tap’ster    chor’is ter     for’est er
grant ee’   mort ga gee’    as sign ee’
em’press    shep’herd ess   mar’chion ess

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