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- a lota lot, as in, there are a lot of people in the world
- addedadded, as in, I added sugar to the batter
- additionaddition, meaning the act of adding
- againagain, as in, I would like to hear that song again.
- alphabetalphuhbet, as in, what can you spell with your bowl of alphuhbet soup
- alwaysalways, as in, she always brushes her teeth before she goes to bed.
- areaarea, as in, there is snow forecasted for the area.
- assignmentassignment, as in, your assignment for tonight is to study your spelling words
- AugustAugust, meaning the eighth month of the year
- autumnautum, as in, autum leaves fall from the trees
- averageaverage, as in, I will average your test results as a percentage
- balancebalance, as in, I can balance a spoon on my nose
- bangedbanged, as in, the big bad wolf banged on the door
- becausebecause, as in, we used our umbrellas because it was raining.
- beginningbeginning, meaning starting
- believebelieve, as in they strongly believe it
- blurtedblurted, as in, he blurted out the answer without raising his hand.
- bonusbonus, as in, I got bonus points for spelling extra words correctly
- bouncedbounced, as in, the ball bounced around the room
- broughtbrought, as in, Mom brought me to school today because I missed the bus.
- capturedcaptured, as in, the little boy captured a butterfly in his net
- careercareer, as in, robbing banks is a very wrong career choice
- caughtcaught, as in, I caught the egg in the egg toss game, but Jay did not.
- cheatcheat, as in, it's not right to cheat in a game
- circlecircle, as in, a circle is a perfectly round shape
- comingcoming, as in, the police are coming to get you
- costumecostume, as in, I don't have a costume for my part in the play yet
- coughcough, as in, I'm developing a cough, maybe I'm getting sick
- crawledcrawled, as in, the baby crawled under the table
- creptcrept, as in, I crept up the stairs
- criedcried, as in, the baby cried
- dasheddashed, as in, I dashed down the hall to catch him before he left
- declareddeclared, as in, that's not right, he declared
- decoratedecorate, as in, we'll need to decorate the house once we move in
- denieddenied, as in, the president denied that he ever did anything wrong in his entire life
- dictationdictation, as in, we listened to the dictation of the court case
- differentdifferent, as in, Joey is wearing two different socks.
- discovereddiscovered, as in, columbus decided the earth was round and discovered america in 1492
- divisiondivision, as in, doctrinal errers caused division amongst christian believers
- dodgedodge, as in, have you ever played dodge ball?
- doesn'tdoesn't, as in, it doesn't matter
- elementaryelementary, as in, elementary school is known to some as grammar school
- enoughenough, as in, I've had enough to drink
- everyevery, as in, you must get every word correct in order to achieve 100%
- fallfall, as in, if you fall while skating, get back up and try again
- favoritefavorite, as in, my favorite ice cream flavor is double-fudge chocolate chip
- fortyforty, meaning one more than thirty-nine
- fourthfourth, meaning one more than third
- fractionfraction, as in, a piece of pie is a fraction of the pie
- generalgeneral, as in, I have a general rule of not being rude to people
- geometrygeometry, as in, you can learn about measuring shapes in geometry
- graphgraph, as in, the owl showed me a graph of my spelling progress
- hammeredhammered, as in, the roof installers hammered all day long
- handwritinghandwriting, as in, Julie has beautiful handwriting.
- harmedharmed, as in, I didn't mean to throw the ball in your face, I hope you aren't harmed
- hundredhundred, as in, one hundred years is a century
- increaseincrease, as in, an increase in taxes is a decrease in freedom
- injuredinjured, as in, the football player was injured in the game and had to stay on the sidelines
- interrogatedinterrogated, as in, the investigator interrogated the witness
- knockedknocked, as in, he knocked before entering
- languagelanguage, as in, do you know another language besides English?
- leaveleave, as in, Susan has to leave to go to a doctors appointment.
- logicallogical, as in, the logical conclusion is that the president is guilty
- lumberedlumbered, past tense, meaning to have cut down trees
- mathematicsmathematics, as in, arithmetic is simple mathematics
- measuremeasure, as in, mom will measure my height to see how tall I am
- mentionedmentioned, as in, I mentioned that your shoes were untied, why didn't you tie them
- moanedmoaned, as in, the old man moaned about his aches and pains
- multiplicationmultiplication, as in, do you know your multiplication tables?
- mumbledmumbled, as in, he mumbled the response because he wasn't sure of his answer
- mutteredmuttered, meaning to say indistinctly in a low tone
- ninetyninety, as in ninety percent correct is a pretty good score
- noticednoticed, as in, I noticed that you still haven't tied your shoes, what's the problem
- onceonce, as in, once upon a time.
- paragraphparagraph, as in, write a paragraph about your pet
- parentsparents, as in, my mom and my dad are my parents
- peerpeer, as in, if you peer over the wall, you'll see them there
- perhapsperhaps, as in, perhaps I should tell the nurse about these bumps I have.
- probablyprobably, as in, you probably don't remember the talking moose
- purchasedpurchased, as in, we just purchased a new i-mac
- questionedquestioned, as in, the lawyer questioned the witness
- raiseraise, as in, Teacher says to raise your hand instead of yelling out the answer.
- refuserefuse, as in, why do you refuse to tie your shoes
- repliedreplied, as in, the brilliant and attentive share-ware author promptly replied to my e-mail
- respondedresponded, as in, the brilliant and attentive share-ware author responded promptly to his e-mail
- revealreveal, as in, the presenter opened the curtain to reveal the latest product
- roughrough, as in, sand paper has a rough surface
- SaturdaySaturday, as in, I watch cartoons on Saturday morning
- scamperscamper, meaning to run quickly and lightly
- sciencescience, as in, my favorite science class was physics
- seizeseize, meaning to take control
- SeptemberSeptember, as in, September is the ninth month of the year
- seventy70, meaning the number one more than 69
- shoutedshouted, as in, after counting he shouted, ready or not here I come
- sizzlesizzle, as in, the sizzle of the steaks on the grill makes me hung-gree
- social studiessocial studies, as in, I learned about china in my social studies class.
- specialspecial, as in, Grandpa says I am his special grandchild.
- spiedspied, as in, the other team spied on us to try to learn our plans
- splendidsplendid, as in, if you spell a word correctly, I might say, splendid
- springspring, as in, when it's spring in Australia, it's fall in the united states
- sprintsprint, as in, after the long run, the runners broke into a sprint for the last several yards
- squaresquare, meaning the shape with four equal sides
- straightstraight, as in, We have to stand in a straight line and be quite before we go in from recess.
- strangestrange, as in, we're having strange weather today
- subtractionsubtraction, meaning the act of subtracting.
- suggestsuggest, as in, may I suggest the delicious rueben sandwich for lunch?
- summersummer, as in, where do you go for the summer
- suresure, as in, are you sure you want to quit?
- teasetease, as in, those who tease others are ignorant
- telephonetelephone, as in, ring, ring, would you please answer the telephone?
- thirtythirty, as in, 3 decades equals thirty years
- thirty-three33, meaning the number one more than 32
- thoughtthought, as in, I thought of a better way to catch a mouse
- thousandthousand, as in, a single step starts a journey of a thousand miles
- tiptoetiptoe, as in, to walk extra quietly, you can tiptoe
- tonighttonight, as in, what's for dinner tonight mom
- triangletriangle, meaning the shape with 3 sides
- twilighttwilight, meaning when the sun is just below the horizon
- valleyvalley, as in, high a-top the mount-tin, he could see the valley below
- wanderwander, as in, the cats wander our neighborhood at night
- werewere, as in, when were you outside
- wherewhere, as in, do you know where my shoes are?
- whisperedwhispered, as in, be quiet, mom whispered, the baby's sleeping
- winterwinter, as in, does it snow in your town in the winter?
- writingwriting, as in, knowing how to spell makes writing easie
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