SITTON SPELLING
About the Program
Our classroom uses the research based Sitton Spelling program. The Sitton Spelling philosophy is that words aren't really "mastered" until they are spelled correctly in everyday writing. Many students can memorize words for a "Friday Test" but if there is no transfer to student writing, what's the point? Fourth graders are responsible to learn core words 336-500 from the list of 1200 words. Words are arranged on the list in the order of frequency of use in everyday writing. In addition, words on the “No Excuse” list are words that should have 100% mastery for fourth graders.
I will teach spelling lessons and strategies such as spelling rules, phonics, word patterns etc. Students will have classroom assignments to practice their spelling skills in context. Visual skills are developed and practiced such as proofreading. Each week for homework, students will work on five of the words on their "personal list" that need to be learned. Students will add words to this personal list as the words are spelled incorrectly in their everyday work. Parents can help by becoming their child's personal spelling editor and assisting with spelling. While the core word list may look easy, remember that these words, they are also the words that might be misspelled or used incorrectly in everyday written work.
How are students Assessed?
Students are assessed using their everyday writing. Random checks will be made to classroom assignments could be graded for spelling - science, social studies, language arts, math. .In addition, a cloze story test is given in which students listen to a passage read by the teacher and fill in the missing words in the story. These words come from the core word and priority word lists. Sentence dictation tests are also given. The teacher reads four sentences and the students write the sentences including using the correct punctuation. Again, nearly every word in the sentence dictation comes from the core word or "no excuses" priority word list.
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336 become
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364 town
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392 piece
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420 outside
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448 carry
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476 question
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337 grow
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365 complete
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393 surface
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421 power
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449 distance
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477 wide
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338 draw
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366 oh
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394 river
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422 problem
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450 although
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478 least
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339 yet
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367 person
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395 common
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423 longer
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451 sat
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479 tiny
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340 less
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368 hot
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396 stop
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424 winter
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452 possible
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480 hour
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341 wind
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369 anything
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397 am
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425 deep
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453 heart
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481 happened
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342 behind
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370 hold
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398 talk
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426 heavy
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454 real
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482 foot
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343 cannot
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371 state
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399 whether
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427 carefully
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455 simple
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483 care
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344 letter
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373 list
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400 fine
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428 follow
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456 snow
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484 low
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345 among
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373 stood
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401 round
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429 beautiful
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457 rain
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485 else
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346 able
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374 hundred
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401 dark
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430 everyone
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458 suddenly
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486 gold
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347 dog
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375 ten
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403 past
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431 leave
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459 easy
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487 build
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348 shown
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376 fast
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404 ball
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432 everything
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460 leaves
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488 glass
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349 mean
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377 felt
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405 girl
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433 game
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461 lay
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489 rock
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350 English
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378 kept
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406 road
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434 system
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462 size
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490 tall
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351 rest
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379 notice
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407 blue
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435 bring
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463 wild
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491 alone
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352 perhaps
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380 can't
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408 instead
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436 watch
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464 weather
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492 bottom
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353 certain
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381 strong
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409 either
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437 shell
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465 miss
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493 check
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354 six
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382 voice
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410 held
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438 dry
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466 pattern
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494 reading
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355 feel
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383 probably
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411 already
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439 within
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467 sky
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495 fall
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356 fire
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384 area
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412 warm
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440 floor
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468 walked
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496 poor
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357 ready
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385 horse
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413 gone
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441 ice
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469 main
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497 map
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358 green
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386 matter
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414 finally
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442 ship
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470 someone
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498 friend
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359 yes
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387 stand
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415 summer
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443 themselves
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471 center
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499 language
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360 built
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388 box
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416 understood
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444 begin
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472 field
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500 job
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361 special
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389 start
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417 moon
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445 fact
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473 stay
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362 ran
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390 that's
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418 animals
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446 third
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474 itself
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363 full
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391 class
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419 mind
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447 quite
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475 boat
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able
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check
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friend
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less
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ran
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summer
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alone
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class
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full
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letter
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reading
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surface
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already
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common
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game
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list
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ready
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system
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although
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complete
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girl
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longer
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real
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talk
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am
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dark
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glass
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low
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rest
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tall
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among
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deep
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gold
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main
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river
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that's
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animals
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distance
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gone
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map
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road
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themselves
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anything
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dog
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green
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matter
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rock
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third
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area
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draw
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grow
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mean
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round
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tiny
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ball
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dry
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happened
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mind
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sat
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town
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beautiful
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easy
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heart
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miss
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shell
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understood
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become
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either
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heavy
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moon
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ship
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voice
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begin
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else
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held
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notice
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shown
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walked
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behind
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English
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hold
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oh
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simple
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warm
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blue
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everyone
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horse
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outside
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six
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watch
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boat
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everything
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hot
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past
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size
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weather
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bottom
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fact
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hour
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pattern
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sky
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whether
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box
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fall
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hundred
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perhaps
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snow
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wide
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bring
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fast
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ice
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person
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someone
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wild
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build
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feel
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instead
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piece
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special
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winter
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built
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felt
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itself
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poor
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stand
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within
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can't
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field
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job
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possible
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start
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yes
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cannot
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finally
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kept
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power
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state
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yet
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care
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fine
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language
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probably
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stay
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carefully
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fire
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lay
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problem
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stood
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carry
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floor
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least
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question
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stop
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center
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follow
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leave
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quite
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strong
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certain
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foot
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leaves
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rain
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suddenly
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These are words 4th grade students are expected to spell correctly 100% of the time.
This list is the minimum competency for spelling.
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1 the
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18 his
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35 when
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52 them
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69 time
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86 way
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2 of
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19 they
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36 we
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53 then
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70 could
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87 find
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3 and
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20 at
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37 there
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54 she
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71 no
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88 use
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4 a
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21 be
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38 can
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55 many
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72 make
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89 may
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5 to
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22 this
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39 an
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56 some
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73 than
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90 water
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6 in
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23 from
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40 your
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57 so
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74 first
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91 long
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7 is
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24 I
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41 which
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58 these
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74 been
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92 little
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8 you
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25 have
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42 their
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59 would
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76 its
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93 very
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9 that
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26 or
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43 said
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60 other
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77 who
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94 after
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10 it
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27 by
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44 if
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61 into
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78 now
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94 words
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11 he
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28 one
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45 do
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62 has
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79 people
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96 called
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12 for
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29 had
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46 will
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63 more
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80 my
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97 just
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13 was
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30 not
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47 each
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64 her
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81 made
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98 where
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14 on
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31 but
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48 about
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65 two
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82 over
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99 most
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15 are
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32 what
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49 how
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66 like
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83 did
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100 know
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16 as
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33 all
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50 up
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67 him
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84 down
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17 with
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34 were
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51 out
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68 see
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85 only
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These are words 4th grade students are expected to spell correctly 100% of the time.
This list is the minimum competency for spelling.
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a
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could
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how
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of
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the
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up
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about
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do
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I
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on
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their
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was
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all
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each
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if
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one
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them
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we
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an
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first
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in
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or
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then
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were
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and
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for
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into
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other
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there
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when
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are
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from
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is
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out
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these
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which
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as
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had
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is
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said
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they
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will
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at
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has
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like
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see
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they're
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with
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be
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have
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make
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she
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this
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would
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been
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he
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many
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so
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time
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you
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but
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her
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more
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some
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to
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you're
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by
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him
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no
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than
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too
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your
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can
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his
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not
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that
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two
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what
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