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Week 1
Bonus Words: composer, discovery

1. admire
2. canyon
3. magnify
4. cannon
5. lemonade
6. method
7. decorate
8. distance
9. swimming
10. strict
11. injury
12. tissue
13. modern
14. comedy
15. honesty
16. property
17. husband
18. clumsy
19. hundredth

20. dungeon

Phonics Focus: Spelling Words with short vowels
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Week 2
Bonus Words: encouragement, hopeless

1. ceiling
2. receipt
3. deceive
4. neither
5. leisure
6. protein
7. receiver
8. seize
9. field
10. achieve
11. belief
12. conceited
13. brief
14. relief
15. piece
16. shield
17. niece
18. diesel
19. grief

20. yield

Phonics Focus: Spelling Words with ei and ie
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Week 3
Bonus Words: impossible, musician

1. reduce
2. attitude
3. costume
4. absolutely
5. assume
6. sewer
7. New York
8. renew
9. review
10. viewpoint
11. interview
12. preview
13. value
14. continue
15. rescue
16. humid
17. universe
18. uniform
19. reunion

20. United States

Phonics Focus: Spelling Vowel Sounds in rule and view
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Week 4
Bonus Words: richest, unfriendly

1. report
2. order
3. sword
4. forty
5. enormous
6. explore
7. ignore
8. therefore
9. expert
10. service
11. determine
12. permanent
13. research
14. earning
15. worth
16. worst
17. thorough
18. attorney
19. disturb

20. purchase

Phonics Focus: Spelling Vowel Sounds with r
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Week 5
Bonus Words: expensive, governor

1. poetry
2. beautiful
3. thirteen
4. tongue
5. pieces
6. thousand
7. through
8. unusual
9. building
10. license
11. remodel
12. grateful
13. enemy
14. instrument
15. perform
16. prefer
17. judged
18. adjusted
19. soldier

20. neighborhood

Focus: Getting Letters in Correct Order
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Week 6
Bonus Words: impression, independence

1. moose
2. cobra
3. alligator
4. vanilla
5. banana
6. tomato
7. mustard
8. hula
9. picnic
10. barbecue
11. crocodile
12. coyote
13. koala
14. macaroni
15. catsup
16. polka
17. ballet
18. waltz
19. banquet

20. buffet

Focus: Spelling Words from Many Cultures
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Week 7
Bonus Words: submarine, transportation

1. doubt
2. fascinate
3. science
4. scenic
5. autumn
6. column
7. guilty
8. league
9. guardian
10. disguise
11. subtle
12. debt
13. reminiscent
14. descent
15. condemn
16. solemn
17. guidance
18. vague
19. fatigue
20. intrigue

Phonics Focus: Unexpected Consonant Spellings
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Week 8
Bonus Words: unfinished, beautiful

1. myself
2. themselves
3. hallway
4. homeroom
5. everything
6. teenage
7. teammate
8. skateboard
9. everybody
10.  doughnut
11. ice cream
12. locker room
13. tape recorder
14.  root beer
15. dead end
16. air conditioner
17. polka dot
18. roller coaster
19.  ice pack

20.  solar system

Phonics Focus: Spelling Compound Words 1
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Week 9
Bonus Words: classify, community

1. basketball
2. everywhere
3. outside
4. summertime
5. something
6. afterthought
7. cheerleader
8. quarterback
9. bookstore
10. courthouse
11. baby-sit
12. roller-skating
13. drive-in
14. self-control
15. part-time
16. ice-skated
17. ninety-five
18. brother-in-law
19. water-skied

20. old-fashioned

Focus: Spelling Compound Words 2
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Week 10
Bonus Words: communities, electricity

1. interested
2. usually
3. American
4. toward
5. business
6. vegetable
7. really
8. opposite
9. difficult
10. Christmas
11. magazine
12. apologize
13. multiply
14. jealousy
15. elementary
16. oxygen
17. Maryland
18. sensitive
19. laughter

20. disease

Phonics Focus: Spelling Words with no sound clue
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Week 11
Bonus Words: happiness, prettier

1. entrance
2. performance
3. appearance
4. clearance
5. insurance
6. Independence
7. difference
8. excellence
9. confidence
10. brilliant
11. important
12. pollutant
13. ignorant
14. hesitant
15. coincidence
16. intelligent
17. apparent
18. persistent
19. convenient

20. consistent

Focus: Spelling Suffixes -ance, -ence, -ant, -ent
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Week 12
Bonus Words: continuous, conversation

1. scarfs
2. staffs
3. sherriffs
4. reefs
5. chiefs
6. shelves
7. wolves
8. ourselves
9. knives
10. thieves
11. solos
12. stereos
13. studios
14. volcanoes
15. dominoes
16. buffaloes
17. quizzes
18. pants
19. scissors

20. measles

Phonics Focus: Spelling Irregular Plurals
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Week 13
Bonus Words: forgotten, nonliving

1. different
2. register
3. carnival
4. variety
5. atmosphere
6. favorite
7. pattern
8. understand
9. sentence
10. instance
11. elegant
12. aquarium
13. communicate
14. gasoline
15. factory
16. definite
17. Chicago
18. heavily
19. garage

20. illustrate

Phonics Focus: Spelling Vowels in Unstressed Syllables 
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Week 14
Bonus Words: swimming, unpleasant

1. slogan
2. citizen
3. urban
4. orphan
5. forgotten
6. kindergarten
7. propeller
8. encounter
9. conquer
10. appetizer
11. collector
12. dishonor
13. tractor
14. level
15. tunnel
16. easel
17. double
18. single
19. example

20. recycle

Phonics Focus: Spelling Vowels in Final Syllables
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Week 15
Bonus Words: valuable, dishonest

1. their
2. there
3. they're
4. wring
5. ring
6. chili
7. chilly
8. scent
9. sent
10. cent
11. overseas
12. oversees
13. patience
14. patients
15. cereal
16. serial
17. coarse
18. course
19. counsel

20. council

Spelling Homophones
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Week 16
Bonus Words: illegal, irresponsible

1. similar
2. doesn't
3. experience
4. forward
5. exactly
6. partner
7. drawer
8. expensive
9. develop
10. familiar
11. pigeon
12. tickling
13. penalty
14. frustrated
15. athletic
16. celebration
17. circling
18. helicopter
19. trembling

20. sparkling

Spelling Using Just Enough Letters
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Week 17
Bonus Words: misunderstood, performance

1. probably
2. cabinet
3. separate
4. wondering
5. clothes
6. average
7. beginning
8. restaurant
9. promise
10. aspirin
11. desperate
12. twelfth
13. skiing
14. unwritten
15. roughly
16. schedule
17. overrule
18. awfully
19. fishhook

20. temperature

Spelling Including All the Letters
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Week 18
Bonus Words: rearrange, replacement

1. answered
2. answering
3. decided
4. deciding
5. included
6. including
7. omitted
8. omitting
9. satisfied
10. satisfying
11. delayed
12. delaying
13. remembered
14. remembering
15. exercised
16. exercising
17. interfered
18. interfering
19. occurred

20. occurring

Spelling Adding -ed and -ing
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Week 19
Bonus Words: deodorize, different

1. connect
2. command
3. mirror
4. accomplish
5. according
6. allowance
7. college
8. address
9. Mississippi
10. recess
11. committee
12. immediate
13. barricade
14. interrupt
15. broccoli
16. collect
17. afford
18. possess
19. Tennessee

20. announce

Phonics Focus: One Consonant or Two?
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Week 20
Bonus Words: employee, international

1. human
2. humans
3. clean
4. cleanse
5. nature
6. natural
7. major
8. majority
9. poem
10.  poetic
11. equal
12. equation
13. unite
14. unity
15. bomb
16. bombard
17. muscle
18. muscular
19.  resign

20.  resignation

Spelling Related Words 1
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Week 21
Bonus Words: invasion, prehistoric

1. illegal
2. illogical
3. illegible
4. inexpensive
5. inaccurate
6. indirect
7. informal
8. incapable
9. incredible
10. impolite
11. improper
12. imperfect
13. impatient
14. imbalance
15. immature
16. irresponsible
17. irregular
18. irrational
19. irresistible

20. irreplaceable

Spelling Negative Prefixes
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Week 22
Bonus Words: signature, antifreeze

1. relaxation
2. exploration
3. occupation
4. destination
5. orientation
6. recommendation
7. determination
8. infection
9. collection
10. reaction
11. situation
12. television
13. generation
14. reflection
15. destruction
16. attention
17. deduction
18. reception
19. solution

20. convention

Spelling Suffixes -ation, -tion, -ion
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Week 23
Bonus Words: forecast, midnight

1. pretrial
2. prearrange
3. premeditated
4. prehistoric
5. precaution
6. postdate
7. postwar
8. postponement
9. postgraduate
10. overcook
11. overlook
12. overflow
13. overpopulated
14. undercover
15. undernourished
16. underweight
17. include
18. inhale
19.  exhale

20. exclude

Spelling Opposite Prefixes
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Week 24
Bonus Words: overpower, semifinal

1. originate
2. fortunate
3. activate
4. affectionate
5. considerate
6. obligate
7. productive
8. defective
9. constructive
10.  attractive
11. inventive
12. negative
13. creative
14. ownership
15. membership
16. hardship
17. relationship
18. friendship
19. championship

20. leadership

Spelling Suffixes -ate, -ive, -ship
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Week 25
Bonus Words: supermarket, underweight

1. it's
2. let's
3. that's
4. we'd
5. don't
6. there's
7. coach's
8. coaches'
9. man's
10. men's
11. you're
12. she'd
13. mustn't
14. o'clock
15. guide's
16. guides'
17. director's
18. directors'
19. city's

20. cities'

Spelling Using Apostrophes
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Week 26
Bonus Words: dinner, diner

1. since
2. sense
3. choose
4. chose
5. finally
6. finally
7. except
8. accept
9. beside
10. besides
11. recent
12. resent
13. access
14. excess
15. later
16. latter
17. metal
18. medal
19. personal

20. personnel

Spelling Easily Confused Words
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Week 27
Bonus Words: athlete, examine

1. outlast
2. account
3. astound
4. boundary
5. southeast
6. counter
7. sunflower
8. somehow
9. chowder
10. coward
11. disappointed
12. voices
13. tabloid
14. employee
15. joyful
16. applaud
17. faucet
18. caution
19. author

20. trauma

Phonics Focus: Spelling Vowel Sounds /oi/, /oy/, and /aw/
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Week 28
Bonus Words: pioneer, reindeer

1. automobile
2. autograph
3. automatic
4. autobiography
5. autopilot
6. telescope
7. telecast
8. telegram
9. telegraph
10. telephone
11. portable
12. import
13. export
14. transport
15. passport
16. microphone
17. headphones
18. symphony
19. saxophone

20. megaphone

Focus: Spelling Words from Greek and Latin
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Week 29
Bonus Words: acre, museum

1. social
2. precious
3. commercial
4. especially
5. artificial
6. financial
7. gracious
8. glacier
9. national
10. dictionary
11. motion
12. position
13. population
14. cautious
15. question
16. suggestion
17. mention
18. fraction
19. exhaustion

20. digestion

Phonics Focus: Spelling Words with ci and ti
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Week 30
Bonus Words: final, finality

1. direct
2. direction
3. history
4. historical
5. fact
6. factual
7. critic
8. criticize
9. produce
10. production
11. magic
12. magician
13. electric
14. electrician
15. distract
16. distraction
17. remedy
18. remedial
19. origin

20. original

Focus: Spelling Related Words 2
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