Commonly misspelled words worksheets
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Every famous misspelling has a trap: a double letter (really), a letter people double by mistake (until), or a silent sneak (friend). Know your word's trap and you own it.
Six grades, three different sets of words: 3rd to 6th grade share one. Print one here, or open a grade for examples and teaching notes.
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3rd grade
Third graders drill the classic spelling demons trap-first: say the word, name its trap (double letters in tomorrow, the silent sneak in friend), cover it, and write it from memory. Naming the trap is half of beating it.
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4th grade Core grade
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Fourth graders write the demons from memory, trap first: say the word, name its trap, cover it, then spell and check. The word list matches the frequently-misspelled sets schools drill.
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5th grade
Fifth graders keep the full demon list automatic in real writing, where 'beginning' and 'Wednesday' stop costing points on otherwise strong work.
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6th grade
Sixth graders use the same classic demon list as a review before middle school: say the word, name its trap, cover it, and write it from memory. Any word that still slips in their own writing, like 'different' or 'disappoint', goes back on the next sheet.
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7th grade
Seventh graders get their own list of middle school demons: accommodate, acknowledge, dilemma, receipt, threshold. Each word has one spot where people go wrong. Students say the word, name that spot, cover it, and write it from memory.
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8th grade
Eighth grade covers the words that still show up misspelled in adult writing: conscientious, hierarchy, indispensable, liaison, minuscule, supersede. Students name the trap in each word before they cover it and write it from memory.
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