Speller's League (Advanced Spelling Lists)

This packet includes advanced spelling take home lists as well as a parent note about the Speller’s League. Each of these lists have a more difficult list that follows the same word pattern as the McGraw Hill Wonders 3rd grade program. This packet includes clear instructions how to use these lists in your class to differentiate spelling practice for your advanced learners.

Advanced Lists include the following word patterns:
Unit 1:
* Short a , i
* Short e, o, u
* Final e
* Long a
* Long o

Unit 2
* Long i, Long u
* Long e
* Words With Silent Letters
* Three Letter Blends
* Digraphs

Unit 3:
* r-controlled vowels /ûr/
* r-controlled vowels /är/, /ôr/
* r-controlled vowels /âr/, /îr/
* prefixes pre-, dis-, mis-
* diphthongs

Unit 4:
* variant vowels /ϋ/, /ύ/
* plural words
* variant vowels /ô/
* homophones
* soft c and g

Unit 5:
* Compound Words
* Inflectional Endings –ed, -ing, -s
* Closed Syllables VC/CV
* Inflectional Endings y to i
* Syllables CVC

Unit 6:
* Prefixes un-, re-, pre-, and dis-
* Consonant +le Syllables
* Vowel Team Syllables
* R-Controlled Vowel Syllables
* Suffixes –ful, -less, and -ly