Spelling Words: 9/4/17

Spelling Words: Week of September 4, 2017
r-controlled "a" and academic vocabulary
1. over
2. new
3. art
4. take
5. only
6. car
7. park
8. hard
9. barn
10. card
11. shark
12. dark
13. oh
14. eyes
15. date
16. hold

Dolch Sight Words: Week of September 4, 2017

1. always
2. around
3. because
4. been
5. before
6. best
7. both
8. buy



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