contain 620 new words of the minimum list. The lessons marked R-1,
R-2, R-3, R-4, are made up of words from the fourth grade lessons
which are most frequently misspelled by fifth grade children. In
addition to these eighty review words, there is one review lesson
containing homonyms. There are also two supplementary lessons made up
of words which are new but which are not so commonly used as those in
the minimum list. As in preceding grades, these supplementary lessons
are introduced in order to afford additional work for classes which
finish the regular lessons before the end of the year. There are also
two lessons containing names of the months, days of the week, and
certain abbreviations.
=Directions for Teaching.=--Read carefully the suggestions on pages vii
to xvi. Read also the suggestions to teachers of the first four
grades. See to it that your pupils attack their lessons in an
aggressive manner. The pupils in grade five do considerable work in
written composition, so it will be well to watch very closely the
errors made in such work. Have the pupils learn all words misspelled
in their written work, using the same method as in their regular
spelling lessons.
Remember that the lessons are arranged by weeks rather than by days.
The work for each week consists of one advance column and one review
column. The review column in each case is the fourth column preceding
the advance work. That is, it is made up of a week's work one month
old. For example, column 5 contains 20 new words to be learned in one
week. During the same week, column 1 should be reviewed. The lesson
for the first week consists of column 1, which is the advance lesson,
and of column R 1, which is the review.
R-1 R-2 R-3 R-4
running joined wrong broad
legal tax anyway cleaned
mental chapter greater eighty
process dread hurt everybody
booster farther junk froze
rural fully o'clock fruit
manual idea ordering granted
straight inspect anyhow kindest
enroll jar blew lamb
mamma kitchen chain leaf
rainy knowing enclosed liberty
owe dealing circus living
French expert gallon Mrs.
largely frozen greeting neat
cedar guess opening ocean
together moment noisy officer
term reached retail pencil
busy remind worm pretty
gain serve afterward program
intend valued among provided
Standard Number of Errors
IV. 13 IV. 8 IV. 8 IV. 7
V. 8 V. 4 V. 4 V. 3
VI. 5 VI. 2 VI. 2 VI. 2
1 2 3 4
acting charming copy shed
Bible chum wait birth
closer clever edge speed
crib colt won odd
depending drilling brace mass
glasses earning beef youth
grandfather flesh enjoy fuel
maple formed joke worse
overlooked globe favor hare
painted hardware until loud
pending joyful peace jaw
planted lighting reply main
posted likewise frame wage
printer loaded rough tread
renting lucky family score
stranger painter slipper scale
tested reaching wishes cure
trained respond united rye
whereby red nerve graze
candle sash caused creep
Standard Number of Errors
IV. 5 IV. 7 IV. 7 IV. 8
V. 2 V. 3 V. 3 V. 4
VI. 1 VI. 2 VI. 2 VI. 2
5 6 7 8
scare sore diner sewing
fifth gas burst steady
hers says listen dirty
ease whom powder ivory
scrap union pitcher turned
dose women voice eager
throw stuff linen bridge
tried crazy built freeze
checks tired fixed narrow
hasten force penny refuse
chore habit liked strike
notes piano taught insist
scrub cough rapid seemed
seems nurse finest caught
Ave. raise dairy valley
finds ought loyal comply
bulbs extra devil weary
grit appear organ reduce
dodge fourth await showed
weekly button blessed angry
Standard Number of Errors
IV. 8 IV. 8 IV. 8 IV. 8
V. 4 V. 4 V. 4 V. 4
VI. 2 VI. 2 VI. 2 VI. 2
9 10 11 12
admire needed placing eighteen
bundle bottom reaches northern
runner figured somebody thirteen
sentence comfort movement amounting
shadow throat informed withdraw
insure stating handsome including
friendly surface inviting industry
papered foolish contained breaking
circle carried English post-office
gaining message helpful homestead
cooler central improved workmanship
Easter helped changing housekeeping
boiler active checking handled
elbow shoulder intended inclosing
enlarge closing visited returning
formal opened dealings settlement
regain played stamped nevertheless
bracelet covered watching language
amounts damage anybody hereafter
charged quickly pavement production
Standard Number of Errors
IV. 8 IV. 8 IV. 8 IV. 8
V. 4 V. 4 V. 4 V. 4
VI. 2 VI. 2 VI. 2 VI. 2
13 14 15 16
picnic directed detail perfect
taxes fitting action capital
raising flavor ladies misplaced
repeat products latter writing
cheaper disposed manage subject
decline recovered parlor furnish
lowest discovered degree instead
cutting checked useful advance
stopped needle reason handling
proven cheerful season daughter
latest eleventh writer chairman
setting deeply second requested
conduct feeder record mountain
dancing German notice potatoes
devoted prevented direct answered
studies suffering cousin contract
hence crowded enjoyed treatment
skating coasting explain delightful
drafts divide married delivered
clearly shower highest answering
Standard Number of Errors
IV. 8 IV. 8 IV. 8 IV. 8
V. 4 V. 4 V. 4 V. 4
VI. 2 VI. 2 VI. 2 VI. 2
17 18 19 20
sew ordered though import
deer factory during changes
join middle enclose builder
daily lonesome address mistake
prize placed perhaps baseball
began breakfast providing suitable
public postal ashamed relations
color beaten cottage appoint
field extend already department
cheap awaiting express nearer
prove package Saturday months
chest history greatest expect
waist obtain delighted preach
kept square shipment proved
known finished painting cheese
judge fifteen pleasure sleepy
settle waiting trouble frankly
woman invite several prices
dealer orange training poultry
health require slippery writer's
Standard Number of Errors
IV. 8 IV. 8 IV. 8 IV. 10
V. 4 V. 4 V. 4 V. 5
VI. 2 VI. 2 VI. 2 VI. 3
21 22 23 24
buyer begun length ribbon
proof buggy normal adjust
spare sleet barrel notion
apply topic begged quoted
bluff chose submit unpaid
waste admit borrow employ
coach slept barley winner
honor upper weight famous
claim credit bigger gained
ample attend collar recess
lodge supply gotten served
blaze result object namely
level secure sleeve sorrow
aware couple debate misses
filing advice animal voting
shock dainty cities agreed
owned profit beauty offers
actor regret lonely artist
worst permit beyond factor
acted buying loving recite
Standard Number of Errors
IV. 10 IV. 10 IV. 10 IV. 10
V. 5 V. 5 V. 5 V. 5
VI. 3 VI. 3 VI. 3 VI. 3
25 26 27 28
points truly bond lbs.
roast account sign bulk
soak feel fee Tues.
thumb quite quit germ
warn regard view solo
bathe suppose aid local
blouse advise loss skirt
cloud to-morrow diet worry
friends desire fund pupil
gorge further text quiet
plait enclosing aim break
stew question base owner
strain acre grip fever
stroll balance duet owing
wealth else film shown
guard hoping gravy crowd
juice except limb model
kegs statement lazy touch
lease minute bowl weigh
stitch oblige knot clerk
Standard Number of Errors
IV. 9 IV. 10 IV. 10 IV. 10
V. 5 V. 5 V. 5 V. 5
VI. 3 VI. 3 VI. 3 VI. 3
29 30 31 32
saddle husband deserve Sunday
fitted parties illness Monday
insert putting neglect Tuesday
backed invoice reduced Wednesday
baking obliged sitting Thursday
struck evident stories Friday
forward product excited Saturday
against matters letting January
written climate breathe February
machine primary needing March
careful delayed offices April
student fashion captain May
greatly rapidly percent June
quarter noticed blossom July
correct plainly fullest August
lecture elected renewed September
holiday butcher serving October
include example silence November
pattern reserve uniform December
measure soldier although Christmas
Standard Number of Errors
IV. 10 IV. 10 IV. 10 IV. 5
V. 5 V. 5 V. 5 V. 2
VI. 3 VI. 3 VI. 3 VI. 1
33 34 S-1 S-2
Sun. feet fireman acres
Mon. needed solve argue
Tues. main stable border
Wed. weigh starve mason
Thurs. weight stiff acid
Fri. freeze stingy China
Sat. grip switch civil
Jan. birth tablet harm
Feb. won undo false
Aug. sewing unpack acute
Sept. base verse deny
Oct. break grocer shove
Nov. prize whisper envy
Dec. peace clothes feat
Co. waste drawing tool
Dr. shown happens attic
Mr. waist pretend voted
Mrs. fourth groom muddy
St. capital olive shave
Ave. wait launch veal
Standard Number of Errors
IV. 5 IV. 9 IV. 9 IV. 9
V. 2 V. 6 V. 6 V. 6
VI. 1 VI. 3 VI. 3 VI. 3
SIXTH GRADE DIRECTIONS TO SIXTH GRADE TEACHERS
The advance lessons numbered 1 to 32 inclusive contain 640 new words.
The supplementary list containing 80 new words is meant for schools
which, because of the long term or for other reasons, finish the
minimum list of words before the end of the year. The lessons marked
R-l, R-2, R-3, R-4, are made up of 80 words in the fifth grade list
which are most commonly misspelled by sixth grade children.
=Directions for Teaching.=--Read the preface and study with particular
care the suggestions given on pages vii to xvi. It would be well also
to read the suggestions given to teachers of the first five grades.
Give particular attention to the correction of all written work.
Remember that the lessons are arranged by weeks rather than by days.
The work for each week consists of one advance column and one review
column. The review column in each case is the fourth column preceding
the advance work. That is, it is made up of a week's work one month
old. For example, column 5 contains 20 new words to be learned in one
week. During the same week, column 1 should be reviewed. The lesson
for the first week consists of column 1, which is the advance lesson,
and of column R 1, which is the review.
R-1 R-2 R-3 R-4
fund pattern buying advise
habit caught fee collar
owing writing invoice fever
parties buyer oblige quarter
proof couple opened to-morrow
pupil forward rough its
quiet gotten scrap hoping
sigh voting aid measure
until minute crazy owing
barrel needed enclosing level
clerk question greatly obliged
color sew grip putting
dealer throw loss regard
handling although ought touch
husband ample picnic truly
model quite profit weigh
parlor breakfast shown loving
placing delayed break crowd
though feel explain further
account fourth shock waste
Standard Number of Errors
V. 5 V. 6 V. 7 V. 8
VI. 3 VI. 4 VI. 4 VI. 5
VII. 1 VII. 2 VII. 2 VII. 3
1 2 3 4
delivery entering improving accept
election dreadful performed herewith
continue dwelling crippled attack
property boarding requesting barrels
prospect following increasing cactus
shipping gentleman investment destroy
standard perfectly throughout pepper
enjoying Wednesday explained errand
properly directory addresses flowers
visiting intention regulation grower
relation happened containing nicer
promised reduction furnishing fabric
headache attending forwarding lemon
required countries friendship olives
gasoline obtained yourselves peaches
nineteen enjoyment deportment places
southern expressed Thanksgiving Day mitten
frighten presented headquarter regards
fourteen extending relationship sandy
outlined traveling collections cooky
Standard Number of Errors
V. 5 V. 5 V. 5 V. 5
VI. 3 VI. 3 VI. 3 VI. 3
VII. 1 VII. 1 VII. 1 VII. 2
5 6 7 8
polite million problem wired
foggy total included exact
samples duties private humor
secured payable expected issue
sections cigar advising moral
severe final furnished bury
melons polls foundation royal
twelfth carrier geography sunny
escort worthy companion curly
buttons pastor location appeal
cabbage modern directly common
canon watched progress assist
consent feature refreshment entire
insects collect extended notify
jealous jury conversation period
laundry refused promotion burner
listed ideal adventure caller
pickle burden expecting concert
publish fortune protected carbon
hinges female concluded memory
Standard Number of Errors
V. 5 V. 5 V. 5 V. 6
VI. 3 VI. 3 VI. 3 VI. 4
VII. 2 VII. 2 VII. 2 VII. 2
9 10 11 12
chilly personal encourage loam
presume reliable factories dirt
regular absolute inspector berth
special approved neglected due
advised attended ourselves piece
arrived commerce president loan
certain consider reception firm
connect honestly situation lose
justify increase instruction ache
liberal interest collection whose
musical moderate composition fault
natural prepared connecting passed
quality suffered connection taste
baggage charging consideration loose
bidding resulting construction lime
educate appointed correction wrap
happily corrected difference terms
seasons correctly instructed ditch
credits dangerous particular loans
instruct direction departments pity
Standard Number of Errors
V. 6 V. 6 V. 6 V. 7
VI. 4 VI. 4 VI. 4 VI. 4
VII. 2 VII. 2 VII. 2 VII. 2
13 14 15 16
queer important debating entirely
growth prepare gentlemen automobile
tight inquire believe effort
fare item attention section
chief lately information maybe
forced beautiful service arrange
group according future prompt
booth depot remember addressed
ninth forty condition recently
smooth hospital replying promptly
guide offered interested carefully
calm hello either allow
scarce channel advantage district
debts favorable different promise
strict February general instant
crew curtain therefore surprise
fern mentioned regarding mention
bass using arrive education
billed stayed success complete
braid fairly forenoon neighbor
Standard Number of Errors
V. 7 V. 7 V. 7 V. 7
VI. 4 VI. 4 VI. 4 VI. 4
VII. 2 VII. 2 VII. 2 VII. 2
17 18 19 20
alter chapel desired tanning
reset closet domestic weighed
gross seldom prepaid hurried
trial parent furnace minister
knows refund dentist supplied
limit cement entitle division
idle custom popular conclude
towel poetry average preacher
human apiece settled visitors
amply hereby bedroom complain
berry seller entered constant
ankle utmost failure current
ruin approve healthy rendered
abroad boarder sixteen director
manner brokers expects shopping
retire harmony sweater produced
tickle sleeper leading creamery
govern justice ironing exciting
potato observe wearing blooming
garage outlook receive cherries
Standard Number of Errors
V. 7 V. 7 V. 7 V. 7
VI. 4 VI. 4 VI. 4 VI. 4
VII. 2 VII. 2 VII. 2 VII. 2
21 22 23 24
remained vacant cases assure
mountains elope aloud easily
neighbors insult simply recent
wondering deem cellar effect
publisher width method volume
agreeable facts tongue system
machinery hymn sleigh social
oversight ideas height spirit
directors remit select avenue
preparing avoid toward author
addressing rifle violin prayer
durable drama camera excess
convention adopt wander liquid
pertaining bacon occurs search
considering satin fasten hungry
reputation motor enable others
permission avail secret league
blackberries arise relief surely
explaining apron parcel highly
remembering sweat likely compare
Standard Number of Errors
V. 7 V. 8 V. 8 V. 8
VI. 4 VI. 5 VI. 5 VI. 5
VII. 2 VII. 2 VII. 2 VII. 2
25 26 27 28
engine propose citizen adjusted
safely efforts capable soreness
poison thunder applied umbrella
desert useless courage landlady
decent possible grammar freshman
corset cashier prevail position
gloomy manager expired national
tomato decided affairs circular
relating absence portion purchase
theater support squeeze relative
earnest proceed reunion graduate
biggest concern journey supplies
consist neither disturb telegram
closely limited fearful discounts
grocery ability gallery commence
adopted assured instance indicate
colored attempt addition attached
tickled favored advanced maintain
shipper federal attain arranged
cabinet funeral confined hesitate
Standard Number of Errors
V. 8 V. 8 V. 8 V. 8
VI. 5 VI. 5 VI. 5 VI. 5
VII. 2 VII. 2 VII. 2 VII. 2
29 30 31 32
calves attacked invest New York
choice backward lettuce Chicago
clothe commands shipments Philadelphia
stalk carriage mileage Cleveland
debt catarrh questions Detroit
doubt combine muslin St. Louis
ghost composed nearest Boston
guest compared chickens Baltimore
laid condemned occurred Pittsburg
missed consult onions Los Angeles
priced culture oppose Buffalo
tract details eastern Milwaukee
route dismiss pamphlets Minneapolis
shipped materials partner Newark
signed fiction persons New Orleans
slight goodness persuade San Francisco
style forever procure Seattle
canned careless purple Washington
course granite quarrel Cincinnati
ere sprinkle scarcely Portland
Standard Number of Errors
V. 8 V. 9 V. 9 V. ( )
VI. 5 VI. 6 VI. 6 VI. ( )
VII. 2 VII. 3 VII. 3 VII. ( )
S-1 S-2 S-3 S-4
accent quinine kodak affect
members railway angel ashore
counter remains burial lemonade
affords sailor ceiling attempts
bearing session offend basement
Europe solely paragraph behave
confine subjects proceeds blister
garnet suburb quartet bloomers
griddle tackle reasons camping
hammer tartar diameter caved
humble wherein sandwich copied
induce homely suite driving
judging combined surround dropped
ignore relate suspect dizzy
mixture ditches tour dollars
outcome forage traveler darkness
packers grapevines housekeeper daytime
precious lying wholly fallen
pronounce major vinegar farmers
proposed injury carload finely
Standard Number of Errors
V. 9 V. 11 V. 11 V. 8
VI. 6 VI. 8 VI. 8 VI. 5
VII. 3 VII. 5 VII. 5 VII. 2
SEVENTH GRADE DIRECTIONS TO SEVENTH GRADE TEACHERS
The minimum lessons for this grade are numbered from 1 to 30 inclusive
and contain 600 new words. The supplementary lessons contain 60 new
words which are not so commonly used as those in the minimum lessons.
As in preceding grades, these supplementary lessons are introduced in
order to afford additional work for classes which finish the regular
lessons before the end of the year. The lessons marked R-l, R-2, R-3,
R-4, are made up of words from the sixth grade lessons which are most
frequently misspelled by seventh grade children.
=Directions for Teaching.=--Read carefully the suggestions on pages
vii to xvi. Read also the suggestions to teachers in the first six
grades. As in grades four, five and six, the spelling errors found in
pupils' compositions should be rigorously corrected.
Remember that the lessons are arranged by weeks rather than by days.
The work for each week consists of one advance column and one review
column. The review column in each case is the fourth column preceding
the advance work. That is, it is made up of a week's work one month
old. For example, column 5 contains 20 new words to be learned in one
week. During the same week, column 1 should be reviewed. The lesson
for the first week consists of column 1, which is the advance lesson,
and of column R 1, which is the review.
R-1 R-2 R-3 R-4
decided easily interested lose
either instant likely clothe
extended neither delivery missed
favored mention doubt Dr.
hospital remit fern shipped
relative replying item strict
piece perfectly loose choice
queer purchase mentioned maintain
system surprise passed February
telegram absence spirit maybe
Wednesday circular supplies using
ache graduate support ability
believe instance toward nineteen
consist manager accept choose
favorable receive addressed moral
growth particular attempt regarding
indicate supplied assured stayed
lately tight biggest course
limited cashier cellar forenoon
minister fabric concern hello
Standard Number of Errors
VI. 5 VI. 5 VI. 7 VI. 8
VII. 3 VII. 3 VII. 4 VII. 5
VIII. 2 VIII. 2 VIII. 2 VIII. 3
1 2 3
slightly forgotten extensive
appeared represent quotation
assembly complaint seventeen
selected youngster effective
struggle nightgown interests
supposed certainly patent
enrolled satisfied comfortable
procured increased instructive
followed selection improvement
restless accomplish considered
internal doubtless importance
accounts entertain reasonable
contents advertise interesting
distance forwarded republican
describe justified themselves
overalls published represented
presents treasurer circulation
gathered connected subscriber
availing difficult appointment
gratitude described expression
Standard Number of Errors
VI. 5 VI. 5 VI. 5
VII. 3 VII. 3 VII. 3
VIII. 2 VIII. 2 VIII. 2
4 5 6
attraction bride whether
adjustment awful anxious
federation usual realize
introduction Prof. patient
remembered refer banquet
introduced gland exactly
graduation decide nervous
manufacture error suggest
connections madam expense
educational salary society
frightened broker article
quotations copies library
approached policy thereto
entertainment really junior
stockholders actual opinion
considerable design inasmuch
publication college arrival
satisfaction affair deposit
transportation pardon salesman
international purpose securing
Standard Number of Errors
VI. 5 VI. 7 VI. 7
VII. 3 VII. 4 VII. 4
VIII. 2 VIII. 2 VIII. 2
7 8 9
favors exercise balances
pudding material contemplate
uneasy medicine handkerchief
accuse knowledge neighborhood
discuss splendid installed
occur valuable surprised
entry establish dependent
cartoon purchased distribute
studied argument apartment
figuring lovingly services
motion carrying depositors
Bro. accident establishing
therein bicycle conditions
attach customer observation
writers received passenger
awaken situated requirements
stylish arriving destroyed
matron earliest possibly
drawer happiness underwear
porter continued conclusion
Standard Number of Errors
VI. 7 VI. 7 VI. 7
VII. 4 VII. 4 VII. 4
VIII. 2 VIII. 2 VIII. 2
10 11 12
fierce territory orchard
freight character suggesting
haste prefer acquaint
hauled description approach
heir operation biscuit
niece commercial canoe
strength democrat bungalow
quote finally consumption
source available cultivate
brief accordance interview
choir confidence review
coarse develop ruffle
meant etc. trolley
mere fortunate engage
sense satisfy ferry
herein receiving thereafter
type entitled prospects
based generally Pres.
urge expensive transactions
grippe previous altitude
Standard Number of Errors
VI. 8 VI. 8 VI. 8
VII. 5 VII. 5 VII. 5
VIII. 3 VIII. 3 VIII. 3
13 14 15
evidently qualities signature
instructor substitute ordinary
literary compelled relieve
applicant formerly influence
impose honorable government
thereof instrument investigation
enrollment politics series
genuine choosing afford
believing electrical favorably
constitution transit attorney
disposal authorized journal
extreme contemplated institute
lining estimated candidate
personality identify merchandise
prosperous letters distribution
tatting mercantile similar
blizzard worrying exhibit
cushion disgusted considerably
equally realizing renewal
gradually admission succeed
Standard Number of Errors
VI. 8 VI. 8 VI. 9
VII. 5 VII. 5 VII. 6
VIII. 3 VIII. 3 VIII. 4
16 17 18
strictly barely assistant
studying engineering industrial
elsewhere orchestra sirup
lading crocheting arrangements
impression illustrated inquiry
announce succeeded auction
development exclusively appreciated
explanation supervisor principal
sincere civics usually
stationary criticize circumstances
confer attitude variety
jobber congratulate presence
transact electricity practical
decision existing assistance
moisture prosperity equipment
administration talent registration
employee appearance duplicate
excitement inquiries particularly
acceptance planned absolutely
organize athletics basis
Standard Number of Errors
VI. 9 VI. 10 VI. 10
VII. 6 VII. 7 VII. 7
VIII. 4 VIII. 4 VIII. 4
19 20 21
business practice safety
pleasant beginning unusual
appreciate experience surplus
necessary acknowledge typhoid
probably benefit coupon
receipt subscription disagreeable
sincerely awfully heretofore
opportunity secretary welfare
inst. successful assurance
proposition premium auditor
foreign magazine exceptional
institution association assignment
examination certificate confirm
university commission possession
imagine excellent attendance
additional literature demonstration
alfalfa annual assume
terrible organization correspond
separate remittance goodbye
envelope arrangement consequently
Standard Number of Errors
VI. 10 VI. 10 VI. 10
VII. 7 VII. 7 VII. 7
VIII. 4 VIII. 4 VIII. 5
22 23 24
privilege readily recommend
guarantee vicinity definite
rheumatism corporation correspondence
guaranteed crochet courtesy
schedule assigned judgment
data ninety courteous
Latin sympathy thoroughly
majority disease Chautauqua
suggested planning efficiency
control advisable approval
established original senior