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Labor Day Spelling Words

Words for the first Monday in September, from job and pay to architect and veterinarian, in three levels.

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List 1: Labor Day in ten words

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  1. 1.workerThe holiday honors the American worker.
  2. 2.unionA labor union helped plan the first parade.
  3. 3.holidayLabor Day became a national holiday in 1894.
  4. 4.picnicOur block has a picnic every Labor Day.
  5. 5.laborLabor is another word for work.
  6. 6.SeptemberIt falls on the first Monday of September.
  7. 7.jobEvery job helps the town run.
  8. 8.workHard work built this long bridge.
  9. 9.earnPeople earn a living in many ways.
  10. 10.restMonday is a day to rest.

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List 1: Labor Day in ten words 10

  • earn People earn a living in many ways.
  • holiday Labor Day became a national holiday in 1894.
  • job Every job helps the town run.
  • labor Labor is another word for work.
  • picnic Our block has a picnic every Labor Day.
  • rest Monday is a day to rest.
  • September It falls on the first Monday of September.
  • union A labor union helped plan the first parade.
  • work Hard work built this long bridge.
  • worker The holiday honors the American worker.

Level 1, List 2: short words 10

  • bus The bus driver knows every stop.
  • dig Crews dig the trench before sunup.
  • fix He can fix a flat tire fast.
  • help Many hands help the job go fast.
  • mop Please mop the shop floor at closing.
  • pay She saves part of her pay.
  • saw The saw cut the board in two.
  • team The team built a shed in a day.
  • tool Pick the right tool for the job.
  • van A white van brings the mail.

Level 1, List 3: people at work 10

  • barber The barber swept up the cut hair.
  • dentist The dentist counted my new teeth.
  • doctor The doctor looked in my sore ear.
  • driver The truck driver crossed three states.
  • farmer A farmer starts chores before sunrise.
  • grocer The grocer stacked the apples high.
  • janitor The janitor unlocked the doors at six.
  • painter A painter climbed to the top rung.
  • teacher Our teacher plans every lesson.
  • waiter The waiter carried four plates at once.

Level 2, List 4: the long weekend 10

  • fishing We went fishing off the old dock.
  • highway The highway was packed by Friday evening.
  • relax Dad likes to relax in the shade.
  • suitcase Pack your suitcase the night before the trip.
  • sunshine Late summer sunshine warmed the back steps.
  • swimming The town swimming pool closes after the holiday.
  • traffic Traffic crawled past the lake exit.
  • travel Many families travel before classes start.
  • visitors Visitors filled the beach one last time.
  • weekend Labor Day makes a three-day weekend.

Level 2, List 5: jobs that end in er and or 10

  • actor The actor learned every line by Tuesday.
  • author The author wrote for two hours every dawn.
  • carpenter A carpenter built the new front steps.
  • collector The toll collector waved us through.
  • gardener The gardener planted bulbs along the fence.
  • instructor The ski instructor went down the slope first.
  • operator The crane operator lifted the steel beam.
  • plumber The plumber crawled under the kitchen sink.
  • printer The printer inked the big press.
  • trainer The trainer taught the guide dog to wait.

Level 3, List 6: longer job names 10

  • accountant An accountant keeps track of the money.
  • architect The architect drew the library twice.
  • electrician An electrician wired the new gym.
  • engineer An engineer planned the footbridge.
  • journalist A journalist wrote about the factory reopening.
  • librarian The librarian found the atlas in seconds.
  • mechanic The mechanic found the loose belt.
  • pharmacist The pharmacist read the label aloud.
  • technician The technician repaired the cracked screen.
  • veterinarian The veterinarian treated the limping horse.

Level 3, List 7: working life 10

  • career She chose a career in welding.
  • contribution Every contribution to the project counted.
  • employer Her employer closed the shop for the holiday.
  • livelihood Farming has been their livelihood for generations.
  • movement The holiday grew out of the labor movement.
  • profession Teaching is a very old profession.
  • prosperity Workers built the prosperity of the country.
  • retirement Grandpa spends his retirement building birdhouses.
  • salary His salary is paid twice a month.
  • schedule My schedule is clear on Monday.

How it works

Labor Day honors working people, so 30 of these 70 words are job names. The traps are quiet ones: the ch of mechanic and architect, the double c of accountant.

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What the seven lists hold

List 1 is the day in ten words: worker, union, holiday, picnic, labor. Level 1, for kindergarten and 1st grade, has short words (pay, fix, tool) and people at work (teacher, farmer, barber). Level 2, for about 2nd to 4th grade, has the long weekend (travel, highway, suitcase) and jobs that end in er and or. Level 3, for 5th grade and up, has longer job names (electrician, architect) and working life (salary, career, livelihood). Treat the grades as a guide.

Er or or? The ear cannot tell

Gardener and operator end in the same sound, so the last two letters are learned word by word. List 5 has five of each. September is the only word that needs a capital while Capitals count is checked.

  • Plumber keeps a silent b from plumbum, the Latin word for lead.
  • Salary goes back to sal, the Latin word for salt.

Questions and answers

Which are the Labor Day weekend spelling words?

List 4, the long weekend: weekend, travel, highway, traffic, suitcase, visitors, relax, swimming, fishing and sunshine. Picnic and rest are in List 1.

Is it Labor Day or Labour Day?

Labor Day in the United States. The American Heritage Dictionary calls labour a chiefly British spelling of labor, and Canada, which keeps the holiday on the same Monday, writes Labour Day. The test here marks labour wrong.

How do you spell veterinarian?

V, e, t, e, r, i, n, a, r, i, a, n: twelve letters. Speech often drops the second e, and the American Heritage Dictionary records both ways of saying the word, so sound out every part while spelling it.

Which Labor Day words sound like another word?

Four have a common sound-alike: earn (urn), rest (wrest), team (teem) and grocer (grosser). The sentence read with each word tells which one is meant.

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