Week 17 Keep at school Week 17 Bring home
Skill: Vowel R Control: er; err; ear Skill: Vowel R Control: er; err; ear
Use these words for your word work: Use these words for your word work:
earn rehearse earn rehearse
earning rehearsal earning rehearsal
learned searchlight learned searchlight
unlearned yearn unlearned yearn
research sheriff research sheriff
unheard American unheard American
unearthly numeric unearthly numeric
early merit early merit
earthquake heroism earthquake heroism
earthworm sterilize earthworm sterilize
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Week 18 Keep at school Week 18 Bring home
Skill: Vowel R Controlled: air; oar Skill: Vowel R Controlled: air; oar
Use these words for your word work: Use these words for your word work:
hoarding fairly hoarding fairly
soared prairie soared prairie
roaring airtight roaring airtight
boardwalk repaired boardwalk repaired
blackboard repairable blackboard repairable
overboard unfairly overboard unfairly
cardboard scoreboard cardboard scoreboard
boarding hairsplitting boarding hairsplitting
dairy unfairness dairy unfairness
repairman uproar repairman uproar
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Week 19 Keep at school Week 19 Bring home
Skill: Derivational and Inflectional Skill: Derivational and Inflectional Suffix:
Suffix: er one who, that which; er one who, that which; comparative
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thicker toaster thicker toaster
brighter dipper brighter dipper
softer washer softer washer
smarter heater smarter heater
sweeter clipper sweeter clipper
richer steamer richer steamer
quicker hanger quicker hanger
higher marker higher marker
cooler highlighter cooler highlighter
pitcher computer pitcher computer
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Week 20 Keep at school Week 20 Bring home
Skill: Inflectional Suffixes: est Skill: Inflectional Suffixes: est
superlative adjective superlative adjective
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longest quickest longest quickest
neatest highest neatest highest
smartest strongest smartest strongest
brightest newest brightest newest
narrowest darkest narrowest darkest
saddest cheapest saddest cheapest
thinnest deepest thinnest deepest
calmest furthest calmest furthest
fattest flattest fattest flattest
cleverest nearest cleverest nearest
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Week 21 Keep at school Week 21 Bring home
Skill: Inflectional Suffixes: -er, -est, Skill: Inflectional Suffixes: -er, -est, ed,
ed, es. Change y to i es. Change y to i
Use these words for your word work: Use these words for your word work:
sillier pennies sillier pennies
hungrier worried hungrier worried
loveliness carries loveliness carries
happier replied happier replied
easier ladies easier ladies
laziest greedier laziest greedier
angrier business angrier business
jumpier lovelier jumpier lovelier
grumpiest angriest grumpiest angriest
easiest happiness easiest happiness
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Week 22 Keep at school Week 22 Bring home
Skill: Inflectional and Derivational Skill: Inflectional and Derivational
Suffixes Suffixes
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easily cloudiness easily cloudiness
loveliness busily loveliness busily
greediness sloppiness greediness sloppiness
sleepiness lazily sleepiness lazily
dreariness loneliness dreariness loneliness
weariness silliness weariness silliness
kindliness noisily kindliness noisily
shininess friendliness shininess friendliness
laziness merriment laziness merriment
business prettiness business prettiness
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Week 23 Keep at school Week 23 Bring home
Skill: Schwa Skill: Schwa
Use these words for your word work: Use these words for your word work:
alarm president alarm president
amount pencil amount pencil
total animal total animal
rival second rival second
student tomatoes student tomatoes
problem other problem other
depend common depend common
taken dozen taken dozen
enter mountain enter mountain
limit famous limit famous
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Week 24 Keep at school Week 24 Bring home
Skill:Vowel Alternations from base word Skill: Vowel Alternations from base
– long vowel to short vowel & schwa word – long vowel to short vowel &
schwa
Use these words for your word work: Use these words for your word work:
preside debt preside debt
president debit president debit
soft mine soft mine
soften mineral soften mineral
habit person habit person
habitat personality habitat personality
nature type nature type
natural typical natural typical
major sign major sign
majority signal majority signal
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