Spelling Showdown
Spell the word meaning a large body of salt water.
What is ocean?
If you thought someone might have done something, but you were not certain, you ______ them.
What is suspected?
My partner and I will ______ on the science project.
What is collaborate?
The Latin root spect means “to look.” Which vocabulary word contains this root?
What is suspected?
Which spelling word contains the /sh/ sound?
A. soldier
B. pressure
C. sugar
D. measure
What is pressure?
Spell the word that completes this sentence:
“The firefighter told us to use ______ when entering the building.”
What is caution?
Rulers who use their power in cruel or unfair ways may be called this.
What are tyrants?
Please ______ the main character using details from the story.
What is describe?
The root scrib/script relates to writing. Which English word below is most closely related?
A. Describe
B. Dialogue
C. Collaborate
D. Tyrant
What is A. describe?
Which word contains the /zh/ sound, like the middle sound in vision?
A. caution
B. mission
C. measure
D. creation
What is measure?
Spell the word meaning the amount, size, or degree of something.
What is measure?
Two sides discuss their differences and try to reach an agreement. What vocabulary word describes this process?
What is negotiation?
The two characters had a ______ about how they could solve their problem.
What is dialogue?
The root quot- relates to “how many” or quoting. Which academic vocabulary word comes from this root?
What is quote/quotation?
Which TWO words contain the /sh/ sound?
A. mission
B. division
C. nation
D. measure
What are mission and nation?
Spell the word meaning a particular style of clothing that is popular at a certain time.
What is fashion?
A group or court that has the authority to make a judgment about a disagreement or case is called this.
What is a tribunal?
Complete the sentence with a Week 3 spelling word:
“The author released a newer ______ of the book.”
What is version?
Break dialogue into its Greek roots.
dia means “through/across,” and legein means “to speak.”
Based on the roots, what does dialogue involve?
Speaking or communicating between people.
Sort these words by their target sound:
creation – measure – division – caution
/sh/: creation, caution
/zh/: measure, division
Spell the word that completes this sentence:
“I truly ______ everything my parents and teachers do to help me succeed.”
What is appreciate?
Complete the sentence with the best academic vocabulary word:
“Instead of simply giving your opinion about the character, ______ evidence from the passage to support your answer.”
What is quote?
Complete all three sentences:
1. fiction
2. mission
3. nation
Match ALL FOUR words to their emphasized roots:
Roots:
A. tribunus
B. spect
C. negotiari
D. tyrann-
1. suspected → B. spect
2. tyrants → D. tyrann-
3. negotiation → C. negotiari
4. tribunal → A. tribunus
Sort ALL SIX words correctly:
pressure – usual – imitation – mission – version – fashion
/sh/: pressure, imitation, mission, fashion
/zh/: usual, version