Spelling Test Mon Oct 8

1. tassel
2. plucky
3. murmur
4. bleakly
5. lanky
6. isolate
7. bleachers
8. nutritionist
9. meticulous
10. gullible
11. technically
12. perceptive
13. sweltering
14. magnificent
15. undaunted
16. clique
17. banister
18. whimsy
19. auburn
20. has been deleted - can't find it in a normal dictionary
21. mystical
22. myriad
23. bizarre
24. chameleon
25. sporadic
26. oasis
27. porous
28. pygmy

29. ancestor
30. carnivore
31. comprehend
32. duration
33. evident
34. extinct
35. ferocious
36. gigantic
37. obscure
38. option
39. premature
40. preserve
41. prey
42. puny
43. survive

We found 1-28 from books the kids are reading on their own. 29-43 came from their vocabulary book. They are writing definitions for 1-28 OR a sentence including each word. They have used 29-43 in vocabulary lessons in their workbooks. This is a long spelling list, so I gave them more than a week to study as well as the fact that we will have 8 bonus words. The point for a correct bonus word cancels the point loss for another word.
Before the test they get 1 point for each 10xs of a word - so writing each of the words on the whole list 10xs would be 43 points, which would mean they wouldn't even have to take the test. (I just realized that - maybe I won't point that out to the class.)
After a test they get half a point for each 10xs that they right a word, this would be applicable for past tests as well.