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St Patrick's Day Spelling Words

Words for March 17, from wee to prosperity: pick a list, press Start test and type what you hear.

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Level 1, List 1: short words

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  1. 1.jigWe learned a jig in music class.
  2. 2.weeThe wee kitten fit in my hand.
  3. 3.harpThe harp has many strings.
  4. 4.archThe rainbow made an arch over the hill.
  5. 5.mossSoft moss grew on the stone wall.
  6. 6.tealShe painted the door teal.
  7. 7.glenA stream ran through the quiet glen.
  8. 8.goldThe story ends with a pot of gold.
  9. 9.hillsFog rolled over the hills at dawn.
  10. 10.coinsHe counted the coins in the jar.

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Level 1, List 1: short words 10

  • arch The rainbow made an arch over the hill.
  • coins He counted the coins in the jar.
  • glen A stream ran through the quiet glen.
  • gold The story ends with a pot of gold.
  • harp The harp has many strings.
  • hills Fog rolled over the hills at dawn.
  • jig We learned a jig in music class.
  • moss Soft moss grew on the stone wall.
  • teal She painted the door teal.
  • wee The wee kitten fit in my hand.

Level 1, List 2: two syllables 10

  • buckle The buckle on my shoe came loose.
  • clover We looked for clover in the yard.
  • dancer The dancer tapped her heels and toes.
  • fiddle She tuned her fiddle before the dance.
  • lucky I found a lucky penny today.
  • parade Drummers led the parade past our school.
  • rainbow We painted a rainbow on the banner.
  • shiny She polished the shiny brass buckle.
  • sneaky A sneaky cat stole my seat.
  • tricky The tricky knot took time to untie.

Level 2, List 3: at the parade 10

  • bagpiper A bagpiper led the school band.
  • bleachers We found seats on the bleachers.
  • downtown The floats rolled through downtown at noon.
  • fiddler The fiddler tapped his foot in time.
  • marcher Each marcher carried a small flag.
  • necktie Grandpa wore a green necktie.
  • performer The last performer took a bow.
  • sidewalk We watched from the crowded sidewalk.
  • streamers Green streamers hung from the lampposts.
  • whiskers The actor wore orange whiskers.

Level 2, List 4: shamrocks and gold 10

  • charm She wore a lucky charm on her wrist.
  • emerald Her ring had a small green emerald.
  • forest The forest floor was covered in ferns.
  • fortune The pot held a fortune in gold.
  • greenery We decorated the hall with greenery.
  • nugget The miner found a nugget of gold.
  • olive He wore an olive green jacket.
  • riches The tale tells of hidden riches.
  • shamrock A tiny shamrock grew between the stones.
  • sprig She pinned a sprig of clover to her coat.

Level 3, List 5: the leprechaun of folklore 10

  • cobbler The cobbler fixed the heel of my boot.
  • cunning The cunning fox escaped the trap.
  • elusive The elusive bird flew off before we saw it.
  • enchanted The children walked into an enchanted forest.
  • folklore We read a book of Irish folklore.
  • leprechaun In the story, a leprechaun hid his gold.
  • magical The magical shoes danced by themselves.
  • mythical A dragon is a mythical creature.
  • shoemaker The shoemaker tapped a nail into the heel.
  • trickster The trickster in the tale fooled the king.

Level 3, List 6: Ireland and the day 10

  • countryside We drove through the green countryside.
  • cultural The fair was a cultural event for our town.
  • Dublin My cousin sent a postcard from Dublin.
  • festivity The festivity lasted until sunset.
  • Gaelic My grandmother knows a song in Gaelic.
  • Ireland My great-grandfather was born in Ireland.
  • Irish My neighbor bakes Irish soda bread.
  • limerick The class laughed at the silly limerick.
  • prosperity The card wished everyone health and prosperity.
  • seventeenth Our party is on the seventeenth.

How it works

Sixty words for March 17 in three levels of two lists. Level 1 has jig, clover and rainbow, Level 2 has the parade, shamrocks and gold, and Level 3 has leprechaun, Gaelic and prosperity.

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Three levels, from jig to leprechaun

Level 1 is for kindergarten and first grade: short words (wee, harp, moss) and two-syllable words (lucky, fiddle, buckle). Level 2, about second to fourth grade, has parade words (bagpiper, bleachers, streamers) and words for shamrocks and gold (emerald, sprig, nugget). Level 3, fifth grade and up, has the leprechaun of folklore (shoemaker, trickster, elusive) and Ireland and the day (Dublin, limerick, seventeenth). The grades are only our suggestion.

Four words that need a capital

Ireland, Irish, Dublin and Gaelic are in List 6. Capitals count starts checked, so ireland with a small i is marked wrong until that box, under Voice, speed and marking, is unchecked.

  • Leprechaun spells its k sound with ch and ends in aun.
  • Seventeenth is seven, teen and th: the day is March 17.

Questions and answers

How do you spell leprechaun?

L-e-p-r-e-c-h-a-u-n. It opens List 5 with the folklore words. In Irish folklore the leprechaun makes and mends shoes, which is why shoemaker and cobbler are beside it.

Is it elusive or illusive?

List 5 has elusive, hard to catch or find. Illusive means like an illusion. They sound the same, so the results flag illusive and show the sentence about the bird.

Is the list about the saint or the holiday?

The holiday. The words are about shamrocks, gold, the parade, folklore and Ireland, and none is about faith. Edit this list takes out any word a class does not need.

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