Spelling Words
We give the students a pre-test each week and if they get a 87% or above they will have the challenge words for that next week.
Charlotte’s Web Week 4
miracle, action, famous, crisp, bacon, terrific, package, ground, morning, straw, community, pitchfork, dictionary, beautiful, message
Charlotte’s Web Week 3
boast, peace, event, rotten, cellar, clever, horrible, promise, stomach, serious, unusual, whisper, conversation, something, imagination
Charlotte’s Web Week 2
morals, conscience, trough, morsel, sheep, gosling, spin, slops, salutations, gander, goose, detested, glutton, summer, news
Charlotte’s Web Week 1
Charlotte, web, spider, runt, springtime, farm, animals, barn, Wilbur, injustice, breakfast, reconsider, pigpen, feelings, escape
Winn Dixie Week 3
sorrow, strum, Opal, because, preacher, sandwiches, Winn Dixie, friends, melancholy, pathological
Bonus words: appreciate, complicated
Winn Dixie Week 2
thunderstorm, lozenge, library, party, guitar, friendship, church, prayed, smiled, singing
Bonus: imitated and whimpering
Winn Dixie Week 1
gerbil, sermon, pride, grand, trembling, retriever, potluck, congregation, constellations, trustworthy
Bonus: irritating, peculiar
Mouse and Motorcycle
waste, basket, wastebasket, handle, bars, handlebars, motor, cycle, motorcycle, cunning ****Bonus words: croquet, exhilarated, exterminated, incinerator, permission
Boom Town
Regular-belong, hotel, focus, miner, pupil, begin, music, future, behind, tiger, become, motel, baker, cabin, ocean
Challenge-delicious, filling, pastries, tasty, crumbs, miners, nuggets, skillet, stagecoach, settle, landmark, shadow, bakery, traders, traveler
Yippee Yay
Regular– cowboys, horses, corral, winter, always, cactus, garden, tender, fifteen, basket, welcome, lasso, market, until, Monday
Challenge–pillows, curtain, feather, mattress, bedspread, surprise, kitchen, children, critters, stampede, compete, tractors, practice, captured, fifteen
Leah’s Pony
Regular– sometimes, pickup, dishwater, notebook, upstairs, football, sunshine, outdoors, hallway, timeout, doorway, sunset, bookcase, everyone, everything
Challenge– cornfields, serious, bargain, astonish, debt, county, auctioneer, clutched, glistened, galloped, understanding, neighborhood, windowpanes, bedsprings, sunburned
Lon Po Po
Regular- pulled, begged, hugged, silly, correct, latter, matter, supper, common, lesson, setting, collect, bottles, different, jelly
Challenge- fairy tale, cultural, grandma, courage, weave, characters, tender, brittle, embraced, dusk, cunning, latch, delighted, difficulty, pretended
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears
Regular– curl, birth, burned, perfect, thirty, church, firm, skirt, clerk, jerked, dirt, shirt, person, purse, term
Challenge-fault, wrong, error, trouble, reason, satisfied, duty, council, mischief, nonsense, tidbit, mosquitoes, perfection, personality, iguana
Coyote Places the Stars
hear, one, won, way, heard, flower, our, flour, weigh, here, beat, herd, beet, hair, hare
Ramona Forever
started, card, park, smart, star, shark, mark, barber, party, pardon, bark, tart, carpet, farther, barn
Thanksgiving Words
Regular: thanksgiving, family, dinner, because, holiday, turkey, potatoes, pumpkin, thankful, prayer
Challenge- gratitude, cornucopia, Massachusetts, utensils, maize, tradition, Plymouth, bountiful, council, Mayflower
Rosie
Regular-crown, proud, however, count, crowded, around, south, loud, house, shouted, howl, growl, bounce, fountain, sound
Challenge- special, companion, trust, trained, behave, firm, confident, comfortable, equipment, program, appointment, approach, badges, breeds, harness
Little Grunt
Regular-joyful, choice, voice, joint, moist, spoil, royal, annoy, noise, employ, soil, loyal, boiled, destroy, pointy
Challenge-earthquake, volcano, hurricane, weather, rumble, dinosaur, invite, lizard, tribe, brunch, peaceful, omelet, erupting, lava, escape
Wild Shots
Regular-space, stage, huge, fence, price, police, office, engine, badge, pencil, excite, force, range, ginger, giraffe
Challenge-creature, strange, peculiar, unusual, curious, delicate, survived, marine, collapsed, fangs, spines, tortoise, trusting, volcanoes, iguanas
Balto Words
Regular-shot, chance, match, watch, showed, shock, pushed, such, crash, chew, batch, hitched, sharp, mush, speech
Challenge-medicine, equipment, crutch, nurse, hospital, diphtheria, disease, treated, village, solid, telegraph, drifts, trail, temperature, guided
Turtle Bay
Regular-known, written, laugh, sphere, wreck, writer, wrong, wrap, wrench, knocked, knot, wring, enough, rough, wrinkle
Challenge-cork, rotten, rubbish, sponges, swords, eager, patiently, trained, wise, message, litter, tortoise, dolphin, sea horse, whale
Olympic Games
Regular-least, fast, just, burst, strip, stick, strike, artist, almost, student, strong, start, blast, straw, street
Challenge-events, competition, stroke, teammate, distance, ancient, host, stadium, compete, earned, record, ceremonies, medals, lighthearted, auditorium
Nate the Great
Regular – easy, grade, meet, late, seat, saved, pail, these, reach, name, raise, leave, gain, theme, scream
Challenge -specific, returned, detective, definitely, assistant, positive, case, mystery, solve, search, found, investigate, collapsed, architect, scream
Allie’s Basketball Dream
tight, while, show, stone, bright, whole, window, time, follow, close, flight, tide, grow, broke, below
Pepita Talks Twice
slip, fish, pick, rocks, lunch, gift, thing, inch, truck, pond, from, jump, socks, dish, thump
Officer Buckle Spelling Words
sat, felt, last, send, next, best, went, hand, stand, past, grand, stamp, belt, lend, checked
Hello! I am Monica Seastedt (Woods). This is my 8th year teaching. I have taught previously in Omaha Public Schools and at Heartland Family Service. I am a Saint Pius X/ Saint Leo alumni and am so excited to be back for another great year!