Spelling

Reproducible Practice Pages PLUS Easy-to-Score Quizzes That Reinforce Spelling Rules and Skills

by Harold Jarnicki

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Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Syllab Syl lables les Have Have the the Beat Beat . . . . . .6 .6

The IGH Thing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 28

The Syl-laSyl-la-ble ble Thin Thing g . . .. . .. . .7

The I’s I’s Have It! It ! . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Quickie Quiz: Quiz: Syllable Syllabless . . . . . . . 9

Quickie Quiz: Quiz: I-IGH Words Words . . . 30

The Ruler of Plurals Says. . . . . 10

The TION and SION Show . . . . 31

Quickie Quiz: Plurals . . . . . . . . 13 13

Quickie Qui ckie Quiz Quiz:: TION TION and SION SION . 32 32

Suffix: Is This the End? . . . . . . 14 14

Soft G and C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 33

Groovy Suffix Suff ix X-Word . . . . . . . 16 16

Tongue Twisters / Soft G and C X-Word. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Quickie Quiz: Suff ixes . . . . . . . 17 17 The Silent Silent Letters . . . . . . . . . . 18 Silent Letter Mega Crossword . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Quickie Quiz Quiz:: Soft G and C . . . 35 Fun With With PH PH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 36 What’s the PH Word?. . . . . . . . 37

Quickie Quiz: Silent Letters. . . 22

Quickie Qui ckie Quiz Quiz:: PH Word Wordss . . . . . 38

AU … It’s It’s Painless! . . . . . . . . . . 23 23

Commonly Com monly Confused Confused Words Words . . 39 39

Quickie Quiz: Quiz: AU Words Words . . . . . 24 24

Commonly Com monly Confus Confused ed X-Wor X-Word d . 43

EI…IE…Oh! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Quickie Quiz: Commonly Confused Confus ed Words Words . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Groov Gr oovyy EI…IE EI…IE X-Wor X-Word d . . . . . . . 26 26 Quickie Quiz: EI…IE Words . . . 27

Answer Key

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I n n t r o d u c t i o n

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magine a classroom where students do not slump in their seats every time you announce it’s time for spelling; where spelling lessons and practice bring exciting opportunities along with a couple of laughs and a little competition; where students get emotionally involved in spelling fundamentals, and improvement is proudly displayed by students and recognized by teachers and parents. You might think such a c lassroom is merely a figment of my You imagination or a fantasy of some ambitiously naive first-year education grad. I can boldly claim that such is not the case. I have been teaching for about 20 years and, with the help of some games, a few jokes, and other gimmicks, have witnessed students get excited about spelling, grammar, vocabulary, and more. The No Boring Practice, Please! series is an extension of my classroom and one humble step toward helping kids do what comes naturally—learn. If you’re ready to add spice to your spelling lessons, then this book is for you. Carefully structured as a good basic course of study, the recipe for each lesson is simple. No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling dishes up straight spelling practice with a dash (or splash) of fun. Inside you’ll find a concoction of reproducible pages that cover syllabication, plurals, silent letters, spelling rules (and rule breakers), commonly confused words, and more. Flavored with engaging illustrations and an edgy design, each practice page is easy for kids to swallow. Best of all, you can serve these pages with only a minimal amount of teacher instruction.

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Each unit opens with a brief, simple explanation of a key spelling rule or concept in easy-to-understand language. Students are then challenged to apply what they are learning through practice pages, followed by a quick and easy-to-score quiz. Occasionally, you may want to add an extra exercise or practice test depending on students’ progress, but the units are designed to stand on their own. You may wonder what inspired me to write this book—and the rest of the No Boring Practice, Please! series. Let me start at the beginning. As a baby boomer’s hyperactive kid, I wasn’t a huge fan of school. Sitting at a desk most of the day was tough enough. Add a generous helping of dry spelling rules and my eyes would glaze over, roll back in my head, and send me into a near comatose state where hands on clocks ceased to move. Years passed. After a less- than-stellar career in rock ’n’ roll, I decided the teaching profession was a more lucrative gig. I had two specific goals: (1) to become the teacher I never had; and (2) add a little rock ’n’ roll to the school system. Like it or not, we are teaching a new breed of children—one that watches more than four hours of values-distorting TV each day, plays mindless video games on a regular basis, and gobbles up entertainment far more than nutriment. We welcome these mediasavvy kids into our classrooms and expect them to get excited about plurals, silent letters, and syllabication. Let’s get real! This is what drives the No Boring Practice, Please! series. The series is academically sound and rich in language-skill development, but all of its information is disguised by a hip design and comical illustrations that have lots of kid appeal. Think of the series as whole-grain oats packaged in a box of tutti-frutti breakfast cereal. I know that students can get excited about doing well in spelling, and I feel gratified to be part of the process. I hope the No Boring Practice, Please! series helps teach and inspire. May the force be with you. Sincerely, Harold Jarnicki


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Name ___________________________________________

Syllables Have the Beat

r y o u

ha nd s

d

c

! s

e

l e

-

- br

A syllable is a part of a word that has one vowel sound. Every word is made up of one or more syllables.

a n

a t e s y l

l e l a b

-

-

Syllable Rules ❶ Every syllable in every word must have one vowel sound.

One vowel sound = one syllable coat, flight, dog, gate

A consonant digraph is two consonants that make one sound. th, ch, sh, ph, wh

It’s a-bout the beat, man!

❷ Divide between two middle consonants . . . rab-bit, lit-tle, hap-pen

. . . BUT never split up a CONSONANT DIGRAPH. moth-er, feath-er, graph-ite, catch -er

❸ Sometimes a syllable can be a single vowel. o-pen, i-tem, e-vil

❹ If a syllable has a single middle vowel and a consonant on

each side, divide before the first consonant. o-pen, re-port, after

Warning! Rules work most of the time but not all the time.

❺ In words that end with a consonant plus -le (as in syllable), divide before the consonant preceding -le. lit-tle, fum-ble, bub-ble Tick-le breaks the rule! ❻ Divide any prefixes or suffixes. pre-view, hopeful, teach-er

Divide each word into syllables and write the number of syllables. Record the rule numbers that apply to each word. See the example.

WORD

IN SYL-LA-BLES

SYLLABLES

RULES THAT APPLY

broth-er

2

1, 2

brother riddle about disappear important communication 6


Name ___________________________________________

ong ) is D iph thong (d if- th make t wo vo wels tha t one s yllable.

T he Syl-la-ble T hing ou

Vo wels a, e, i, o, u y and w are

considered vo wels when the y are par t o f diph thongs.

a u

as in shout

as in caught

o i

ou

as in noise

“Diphthong,” now that’s a weird word!

aw

as in bought

ow

oy

as in cow

as in saw

oo

as in toy

as in boot Write three words for each diphthong.

ou

oi

au / o u ✻

ow

oy

aw

oo

✻ Did you know that au, ou, and aw can all have the same sound?

Use the clues and unscramble the syllables to form words. Check off each syllable as you use it. 1

1

M I N I B Y T E -

2

M I N I B Y T E -

2

f ul

t ion 1

d l e

rec

Across 3. No school; break 4. Tasty

2

d er

cor w on

Down

3

3

4

1. Space traveler 2. Letter system

e 5

4

f ough t noo ca

d e

bet

al

v a

li

pha tion

cious

t ro

nau t

as

Across

v ent

Down

3. Something that makes a wrong right 5. Awesome

1. Past tense of fight 2. Pasta, spaghetti 4. Happening


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T he Sy l-la-ble T hing

Continued

3

1

M I N I B Y T E -

2

car

p re an

c huc k

p e

3

ic

Across

tri

4. Funny drawing 5. Person walking

des

con

l e

toon

Down 1. Think hard; focus 2. Long, long ago 3. Quiet laugh

4

t or c e n

his

tra te

5

1

4

-

ble

3

Across 1. Little jump 4. You can have it, if it’s this 5. TV 6. Not the same

M I N I B Y T E

le t ion

t e

en t

va i l

z a

ni a

ho p

v i

4

5

Down 2. A group or club 3. Bathroom

f er

6

sion

or

a

2

le t

to i dif

g a

? t s e t e h t r o f y d H o w d o I s t u Syllable Rules • diphthong • • Practice dividing Learn the

Make it into a game! 8

Know what

.

Play with a friend!

and digraph are.

words into syllables.


Name: _______________________________________

Syllables A

Syllable Rule s:

S c c o r e :

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Mark each statement as TRUE (T) or FALSE (F).

___________

_____ 1. Every syllable must have one vowel sound. _____ 2. Every syllable must have one consonant sound.

B O O N N U U S S

_____ 3. Usually divide between two middle vowels.

(4 points)

_____ 4. Split up a consonant digraph into two syllables.

Organize these syllables into a word.

_____ 5. Sometimes a syllable can be a single consonant. _____ 6. Sometimes a syllable can be a single vowel.

chol

o

_____ 7. Divide before the consonant preceding -le, like this: un-cle.

p sy

_____ 8. A prefix is usually a syllable on its own.

gis t

_____ 9. Never split up one diphthong into two syllables. _____ 10. Usually divide between two middle consonants.

S c o r e : B Definitions c

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___________

1. Fill in the blanks to describe a consonant digraph. A consonant digraph is _______ consonants making _______ sound.

2. Circle the consonant digraphs in this group: th

sk

sh

tr

ph

3. Fill in the blanks to describe a diphthong. A diphthong is one _________________ made up of two _________________.

4. Circle the diphthongs in this group: uo

aw

c o r e : C Break It Down: Divide each word into syllables. S c

Word

In Syllables

Word

1. mother

11. astronaut

2. cattle

12. adventure

3. disappear

13. little

4. communication

14. report

5. frog

15. fought

6. riddle

16. alphabet

7. important

17. delicious

8. item

18. invention

9. open

19. noise

10. catcher

wo

oo

oi

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In Syllables

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Name ___________________________________________

The Ruler of Plurals Says... Follow my rules for plurals and you won’t go wrong!

one. Plural means more than

1 :

Plural Rule

Examples:

Most nouns form their plurals by adding s.

chair

chairs

lizard

lizards

Change these singular nouns to plurals.

Singular

Plural

Singular

1. book

6. bank

2. game

7. comic

3. dream

8. pizza

4. power

9. friend

5. skateboard

2 :

Plural Rule

Examples:

Plural

10. graph

For nouns ending in s, x, sh, or ch, add es.

box

boxes

bush

bushes

Change these singular nouns to plurals.

Singular

10

Plural

Singular

1. kiss

6. crush

2. fox

7. pass

3. knish

8. tax

4. beach

9. batch

5. watch

10. dress


Plural

The Ruler of Plurals Says...

3 :

Plural Rule

Continued

For nouns that end in y preceded by a consonant , change the y to an i , then add es. penny

Example:

pennies

lady

ladies

F i l l Read the story below. Then fill in the blanks using the words in the Box. e m u p ! But first, turn each word in the Box to plural. THEB

’

country party

city celebrity

lottery story

mummy possibility

O X

My Winning Tickets This is one of my true ________________. Honest! It all started when Aunt Wilma bought me three lottery tickets for my birthday. I mean, who gives a kid lottery tickets? I asked Dad to hold them for me. Then one day, I was hanging out at home, reading about the __________________ of ancient Egypt, when Dad broke the news: My ticket numbers came up in three different __________________! Suddenly, my future was filled with __________________! I could travel to foreign __________________. I could buy hundreds of basketballs. I could follow my favorite baseball team as they play in different __________________. I could even become one of those __________________ that end up on TV talk shows! I was planning all the __________________ I could throw for my friends to celebrate when Dad brought me back to reality with this reminder: You have to be 18 years old to actually win the lottery! What a bummer! Oh well … I guess my dreams can wait a few more years.

nouns ending in f or fe can be made plural by simply adding s. 4 : Most But the plural of some nouns that end in f or fe is formed by changing

Plural Rule

the f to v , then adding s or es. reef

Examples:

F i n d T h e s e W o r d s

reefs

knife

knives

Find the plurals for these words in the word search.

lea f

sel f

sa fe

k erchie f

chie f

shel f

roo f

wi fe

K B M O W L M

E F S P A P S

R R Y Y M Z D

C H I C A L H W I I P E E S H F V S S U N

E E F L E S L

F A E L L B O

S V V M F J C

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The Ruler of Plurals Says...

Continued

nouns ending in o preceded by a vowel , add s. For nouns ending 5 : For in o preceded by a consonant , add s or es.

Plural Rule

radio

Examples:

r d o w s s o C r a G o - G o 1

radios

superhero

superheroes

Across

Turn the clues into plurals by adding s or es.

2

3

9

4

5

6

7

8

10

11 12

1. Video 4. Zoo 7. Dodo 10. Portfolio 11. Hobo 14. Pro 15. Bongo 15. Silo 16. Lasso 17. Solo

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Down 2. Duo 3. Soprano 4. Zero 5. Trio 6. Mosquito 8. Stereo 9. Tomato 11. Hippo 12. Banjo 13. Hero

14 15

16

17

18

Plural Rule

then there are those few nouns that don’t follow any of the Plural 6 : And Rules. Either the spelling of the word changes to form the plural, or the word doesn’t change at all.

Example:

man

P l u r a l e ! S c r a m b l e! r S i n g u l a W o r d s

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men

child

children

sheep

Unscramble the words below. Hint: They’re all plurals of the words in the singular chart.

U n s c ra m b l e

goose

efte

o x

woman

nshciee

relvaa

mouse

Chinese

nteennaa

hetet

too th

salmon

ciem

smonal

deer

foo t

onmwe

seege

lar va

an tenna

reed

noex


sheep

Name: _______________________________________

Plurals A Plural Rules:

S c c o r e :

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B O O N N U U S S

___________

Mark each statement as TRUE (T) or False (F).

(4 points)

_____ 1. To pluralize all words that end in f , change the f to v then add s.

Write the plural of larva:

_____ 2. Some words that form plurals don’t end in s. _____ 3. Some words don’t change their spelling when they become plurals. _____ 4. For all words that end in o, add es to change them to plurals. _____ 5. Words that end in s do not need additional letters to become plurals. _____ 6. If a word ends in y preceded by a consonant, change the y to i, then add es to make it plural. _____ 7. Adding an s to the end of any word makes it plural. _____ 8. Some words do not follow any plural rules.

B Plural Forms: Spell the correct plural form of each word.

Singular

Pl ural

S c c o r e :

Singular

1. inch

11. tooth

2. ox

12. deer

3. chief

13. penny

4. radio

14. wife

5. potato

15. key

6. woman

16. country

7. goose

17. leaf

8. foot

18. piano

9. antenna

19. dish

10. tax

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___________

Pl ural

20. Chinese

C Find 10 Mistakes:

Circle 10 plural words that are spelled incorrectly. Write the correct spelling on the back of this page.

S c c o r e :

/ 20

___________

Willy likes to play his bongoes in the forest to the hum of mosquitos. He loves playing for childs, oxs, and puppys. One day Willy hopes to play his music in different citys. Of course he will take his dancing gooses and mouses with him. He hopes to be a big hit. His goal is to be one of the most famous bongo-playing heros ever. Until then, he just bothers all the men and womans in the village. No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources

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Name _____________________________________________

Suffix: Is This the End? 1 :

Rule

If a word ends with a Consonant Vowel-Consonant, double the final consonant when adding a suffix (a.k.a. the “CVC Rule”).

For words that don’t follow the CVC Rule, just add the suffix.

F o r exa m p l e:

These words break Rule

2:

Rule

F o r exa m p l e:

jump start

R u l e B r e a k e r s !

added le b a ll y s a is A su f f ix ord to w a f o d n e e h to t an ing. change i ts me

edited carpeting judgment

If a word ends in e, drop the e, then add the suffix. If the suffix is - ed , just add -d . dance race

For example:

BUT if the suffix begins with a consonant like - ly or -ment , leave the e on.

love place

dancing racing

e l e R u R u l ! s ! r s k e r r e a k e B r e

F or exa mp le: lovely placement

These words break R u l e 2.

true argue judge

flip

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ADD -ing flipping

ADD -ed flipped

danced raced

truly argument judgment

As the Royal Dude of Spelling, I command thee to make thy spelling better!

Follow the examples and fill in the charts.

WORD

running skipped hitting

jumped starting

edit carpet judge

1 .

run skip hit

WORD hope

ram

place

fit

care

sort

shape

camp

arrange

act

move


ADD -ing hoping

ADD -ment, -ly, or -ful

hopeful

Suff ix: Is This the End?

3 :

Rule

Here the rule works perfectly!

Continued

If a word ends in a consonant plus y (as in fry ), change the y to i and add any suffix that doesn’t begin with i . F o r exa m p l e:

try

trying

tried

tries

The word key ends in y , but a consonant doesn’t come before the y . So here the rule does not work perfectly. Pay attention:

key

keying

keyed

keys

Follow the examples and fill in the charts.

WORD marry

ADD -ing marrying

ADD -ed married

ADD -s marries

carry bury ferry play

S p e l l I t !

Spell these words correctly.

❶ happy + ness =_______________________

❻ beauty + ful =_______________________

❷ plenty + ful =_______________________

❼ hurry + ed =_______________________

❸ satisfy + s =_______________________

❽ party + s =_______________________

❹ healthy + ness =_______________________

❾ merry + ment =_______________________

❺ pity + less =_______________________

❿ funny + er =_______________________

Write the correct form of the word on the line. t c e r r C o She __________________ finished eating her broccoli. ❶ final I t ! That’s so cool!

❷ appear We saw a flash, then all of a sudden, a ghost __________________! ❸ beauty Those flowers are __________________. ❹ plan

We __________________ to go to the movies yesterday.

❺ happy

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Name _____________________________________________

Gr oo v y S u f f i x

Combine each word and suffix to complete the puzzle. 1 2

3

4

5 6 8

7

9 10

11

12

13

14

15

16

I think this is doable! 18

17 19 20

21

22 23 24

25

26

28

27

Across 5. hope + ing 7. true + ly 8. open + ed 10. win + ing 11. change + able 13. prepare + ing 14. rob + ery 15. shape + ing 16. final + ly

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Down 17. control + er 20. slide + ing 23. do + ing 24. carpet + ing 25. edit + ed 26. achieve + ment 27. scoop + ing 28. write + ing

1. achieve + ing 2. dive + ing 3. stubborn + ness 4. fly + ing 6. recreate + tion 9. nine + ty 11. change + ing 12. arrange + ment 13. plan + ed


18. fan + ed 19. judge + ment 21. lose + ing 22. hop + ing

Name: _______________________________________

Suffixes

S c c o r e : ___________ Circle each misspelled word. Then spell the words 24 correctly on the lines below. openned lovely sitting arrangeing trys monkeys beautyful famus robery swimming appearance hurryed campper arguement truely planner finaly skating satisfied skipping funnier actting

A Correction!

C o r r e c t i t h e r e:

/

1.

5.

9.

2.

6.

10 .

3.

7.

11 .

4.

8.

12 .

B Change It!

WORD

Spell each form of the word correctly.

S c c o r e :

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ADD -ing

1. flip 2. place

___________

B O O N N U U S S (12 points)

Sound out this word and spell it correctly:

beeyootifikashun

3. move 4. appear 5. hurry 6. play 7. control 8. edit

C Spell It Out:

Combine the words and suffixes below. Spell the words correctly.

1. happy + ness

11. lose + ing

2. prepare + ing

12. achieve + ment

3. recreate + tion

13. plenty + ful

4. fly + ing

14. fan + ed

5. die + ing

15. scoop + ing

6. beauty + fy

16. healthy + ness

7. carpet + ed

17. chop + ed

8. judge + ment

18. move + ment

9. dive + s

19. sky + s

10. nine + ty

ADD -ed

S c c o r e :

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Name ___________________________________________

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g.

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.

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b .

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l .

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h

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T he Silent Letters

Q u i e t , p l e a s e !

.

.

.

.

w .

t .

.

.

.

.

d

.

u

Some letters in words can be quite sneaky. They don’t make any sound at all. Check out these silent letters.

S i l l e n n t Silent W o o r r d d Wednesday C h h a a r r t handsome L e t ' s D o i t !

D hedge wedge

handkerchief badge edge

Silent T witch watch scratch match butcher

fasten castle listen

Silent L palm calm salmon calf half

Use the words on the chart to fill in the blanks below.

❶ Write three Silent D words that rhyme with each o ther.

______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ❷ Write two Silent T words that rhyme with each other.

______________________

______________________

❸ From the Silent L words, write the rhyming:

“lm” words:

______________________

______________________

“lf” words:

______________________

______________________

“alk” words:

______________________

______________________

“olk” words:

______________________

______________________

❹ Write the Silent D word that has three syllables. Put a hyphen between each syllable.

______________________ ❺ Write four Silent T words that have two syllables. Put a hyphen between each syllable.

______________________

______________________

______________________

______________________

❻ Write two Silent L words that have two syllables. Put a hyphen between each syllable.

______________________ 18

______________________


talk walk folk yolk almond

The Silent Letters

Continued

S i l l e n n t W W o o r r d d C C h h a a r r t

Silent K knife knee knot knit

L e t ' s D o i t !

know knew knob knock

Silent G gnaw gnu sign

Silent B

design foreigner

thumb numb crumb lamb

climbing bomb comb doubt


❶ Give a Silent K word for each definition.

Past tense of know : ______________________ You tie it: ______________________ Helps you open a door: ______________________ Leg joint: ______________________ Used to slice bread: ______________________ ❷ In the chart, all Silent K’s and Silent G’s are followed by what letter? _____

Do you know what a gnu is? No doubt you’ll find the answer on this page.

❸ Give a Silent G word for each definition.

Person from another country: ______________________ A pattern: ______________________ Type of antelope: ______________________ To chew on: ______________________ A symbol: ______________________ ❹ Most Silent B’s follow what letter?_______

The only word in our list that breaks this rule is ______________________ ❺ Write three rhyming Silent B words: ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ❻ Write the correct spelling for each of these phonetically spelled words.

kohm: ______________________

bom:

lam:

kliming: ______________________

______________________

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The Silent Letters

Continued

S i l l e n n t W W o o r r d d C C h h a a r r t Silent H

what when why which

L e t ' s D o i t !

where honest hour ghost

Silent W

write wrestling wrinkle whole wreck wrapper

wrong wrist wrote two sword

Silent U guest guess guitar guard building

guilty league tongue biscuit


❶ Which Silent H words are often used in questions? ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________

______________________

❷ Write three Silent H words (other than honest ) that begin with “hon-.” Hint: A dictionary may help. ______________________

______________________ ______________________

❸ Boo! What’s this Silent H word? ______________________ ❹ What two Silent W words don’t begin with w . ______________________ ______________________ ❺ Silent W word clues: Past tense of write: ______________________ What a smashed-up car might be called: ______________________ Attaches hand to arm: ______________________ All of something: ______________________ Use an iron to get rid of this: ______________________ I honestly can’t guess which guest is in the wrestling league.

Shh. . . Someone might hear you!

Not right: ______________________ Covers a present: ______________________ ❻ Most silent U’s follow what letter? ______ Write all the words that follow this rule. ______________________

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Name ___________________________________________

Le tt e r t n e l i S

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All the answers can be found in the Silent Word charts.

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1. Rock ‘n’ roll instrument 4. 50 percent 7. A very small fragment of bread, cake, or cookie 9. Royal home 11. One of a group 13. Peaceful, relaxed 14. A person from another countr y 15. Long, sharp weapon 18. Feeling of uncertainty 20. Never cheats or lies 21. Not innocent 23. Baby sheep 24. Not to run 27. To hear carefully 29. It can be tied tightly 30. 1+1 31. Without feeling 33. Going up a mountain 34. A nut 35. Verbalize 36. Major _________ Baseball

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Down 1. To estimate 2. Female wizard 3. Meat vendor 4. 60 minutes 5. Midweek day 6. Small, round type of bread 8. Baby cow 10. Where you’ll find your taste buds 12. What a mosquito bite makes you want to do

16. Four fingers and a _____ 17. This fish swims upstream 19. A structure 22. Part of an egg 25. Do it to a door to say you’re there 26. Used to style hair 28. Lets people know what’s for sale 29. Do it to make a sweater 32. The sheriff wears one

U N N S S C C R R A A M M B L L E ❶ rh ou

❹ grwon ________________

❼ tahcm ________________

❷ wenk ________________

❺ blam

❽ nefki

❸ stgoh ________________

❻ butod ________________

________________

________________

________________

❾ siltne ________________


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Name: _______________________________________

The Silent Letters Correct It!

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B O N U S

Circle the misspelled word in each sentence. Then spell it correctly on the line.

( 4 point s) Cir cle t he misspelled w or d.

1. Please come over on wensdae. ____________________________ 2. Lisin carefully to the instructions. ____________________________ 3. The teacher is writing with chok. ____________________________

sw or d f asten a mo nd

4. I used the egg yoke in a cookie recipe. ____________________________ 5. Ouch, I banged my nee! ____________________________ 6. Kliming that tree won’t be so easy. ____________________________ 7. She wants to disine a cool, new dress. ____________________________ 8. Don’t leave a single krum on the carpet! ____________________________ 9. We no where you live. ____________________________ 10. With those dark clouds, there’s no dowt it will rain. ____________________________ 11. My tung is blue! ____________________________ 12. Yikes! Was that a goste? ____________________________ 13. Shelly is playing in the Little Leeg this year. ____________________________ 14. I’ll right you a letter when I get there. ____________________________ 15. Gard your bike closely. ____________________________ 16. No resling inside. ____________________________ 17. They want to tear that bilding down. ____________________________ 18. I’ll play the gitar, while you play the drums. ____________________________ 19. Only to of us are going to the show. ____________________________ 20. Grandma makes delicious biskits. ____________________________ 21. I felt like such a foriner when I went to Spain. ____________________________ 22. My mom wants to nit me a sweater. ____________________________ 23. Haff the team is going to practice now. ____________________________ 24. Let’s wok. I’m too tired to run. ____________________________

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Name: _______________________________________

AU. . . It’s Painless!

c a u t i o u s t h g u n a c a u s e o u ca us e s t h g u h a u n t e t a pa us e d r e t h g s a u c e d a u ap pla us e r e a s t r o n a s l a u g h t u t

When you say these words, au makes the sound “ a w w w . ”

g h t y l u a l n i F p ! e m u Use the au words in the boxes to complete these sentences.

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1. After riding the Cosmic Crunch, I felt quite _______________.

Au-au-au! Look at that cute human!

2. Protecting the rights of animals is a good _______________. 3. My cousin is my mom’s niece and my uncle’s _______________.

R u l e B r e a k e r s

4. I love my spaghetti swimming in _______________. 5. He was very _______________ but he still broke his nose skateboarding.

because laughter aunt

6. I know my house is _______________ because I eat dinner with a ghost.

Why are these words Rule Breakers? Circle the correct answer.

7. Okay, ladies and gentlemen, please give him a big round of _______________. 8. The word “_______________” comes from ancient Greek meaning “space sailor.”

W o r d e a r r c h ! S e a

Circle five different ough words in this Word Search. Each word appears three times. Then write each word next to its definition below. Sometimes the sound “awww” makes is spelled ough .

F R U T H G U O H T

O O G H O U S O H E

U I T O U I O G U I

G G H T H G U O S G

H H G H U O G A U H

T T U G B U H U T T

A A O U O T T G H T

T I B O U G H T G H

B H U F O U G A U G

R A G O T A U I O U

O I O U G H U G H O

U G T H O U G H T R

G H I U I S U U I B

H G F R E U G H O H

T H G U O R B O U F

❶ because a. The s sounds like a z. b. The au sounds like a short o. c. You forgot your lunch. ❷ aunt a. Christmas is coming. b. The word ends in nt. c. The au sounds like a short a. ❸ laughter a. The au doesn’t sound like aw. b. The au sounds like a short a. c. Both a and b.

Definition Past tense of fight Looked for Past tense of buy Past tense of bring Past tense of think

! n u f e b o t t h g u o T h i s No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling


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Name: _______________________________________

AU Words

S c c o r e :

A What’s Right?

Circle the correctly spelled word that matches the definition.

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1. For that reason. a. becaus b. becauze c. becuase d. because 2. Sound of joy and merriment. a. laughter b. lafter c. lauter d. laugter 3. Your father’s sister. a. aunt b. ant c. aunnt d. auntt 4. Past tense of teach. a. tought b. taught c. taut d. tot 5. Past tense of buy. a. bought

b. bot

c. baught

d. bout

6. Made of tomatoes and put on spaghetti. a. ause b. saughse c. sauce d. cause 7. Momentary stop. a. paws

b. pauze c. pauce d. pause

8. Female child. a. doughter

b. daughter c. doter d. dauter


Spell bikawz correctly.

B Correct It!

Circle the 8 spelling mistakes in this story. Then spell them correctly in the Correction Box.

What’s All the Fuss? I was so happy we baught that house. It was in the perfect spot, up on a hill overlooking the park. Perfect. At least that’s what I thaught. Then things started to happen. That first night I heard a lot of strange noises outside my room. Then I smelled something really putrid, like rotten tomato sawss. I figured it was all in my imagination. “Gee, I should know better,” I laffed to myself. “It’s not like the place could be hawnted or something!” BOOM! I shot out of bed like a rocket.

“I’ve got to get out of here!” I yelled. “I’m getting nawseous!” I ran to the stairs, stubbed my toe, tripped, and rolled all the way to the bottom. Then I looked up in horror. “What’s all the fuss?” my mom asked. My Ant Wilma laughed, “Did the garbage trucks wake you?” “Oh, no,” I kawt myself, “I just came down for a drink.”

Correction Box

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6.

1.

4.

7.

2.

5.

8.


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___________

Can you spell “receipt”? Well I can, for I am The Spelling Queen. Now get to work!

Name ___________________________________________

EI. . . IE. . . Oh! It’s weird and I do mean “w-e-i-r-d.” Is it “ie” or “ei”? Let’s explore some rules and find out!

Rule

1 :

Rule

Use ie when the sound is long e . . . believe

field

2:

Write ei when the sound is NOT long e, like when the sound is long a. eight

weight

. . . except after c, then it’s ei. receive

ceiling

Words that break Rule friend

Rule breakers! Words that break Rule weird

neither

2:

mischief

1 : seize

All the ie and ei words are misspelled. Spell the words correctly. At the end of each sentence, write the rule number that applies to the misspelled word.

1 = Rule One 2 = Rule Two

3 = Breaks Rule One 4 = Breaks Rule Two

Example: aight I spent eight dollars for my green worms. ( 2 ) ❶ slay

It was fun to go through the snow on a _________________. (____)

❷ theef

The _________________ ran into a brick wall. (____)

❸ casheer

I got a job as a _________________ at Louie’s Quick Mart. (____)

❹ reseet

Ask for a _________________ just in case you want to return your CD. (____)

❺ vale

The bride’s face was covered by a _________________. (____)

❻ cownterfit

Security could tell that the money was _________________. (____)

❼ eethir

_________________we make a run for it, or wait here until the rain stops. (____)

❽ shreek

Did you hear me_________________ during that scary movie? (____) No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources

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Name _____________________________________________

E I . E I . . . I . E . y I v E G r o o v y o o

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C

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U 6

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All the words in the solution are “ie” and “ei” words.

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L 22

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Across 2. A large, grassy area 6. What a king or queen does (rhymes with rain) 7. Your length 9. To accept something as true 10. Loud, shrill scream 13. Thinking too highly of one’s self 15. A terribly sad feeling that comes with the loss of something 18. The overhead part of a room 20. Often harmless trouble 22. Strange 23. Leader of a church 25. To notice 26. A pal 28. Goods to be shipped

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Down 1. Fake, phony, bogus 3. 4 + 4 4. To grab or take over 5. Your brother’s daughter 8. Store clerk 11. Might cover a bride’s face 12. To get 13. Leader of a tribe 14. Sense of right and wrong 16. Alien 17. To give way


E

19. Someone who steals 21. Spare time 22. Measure of heaviness 24. Santa’s vehicle 27. To fool

Name: _______________________________________

EI . . . IE Words

S c c o r e :

A What’s Right?

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___________

Circle the correct spelling.

1. a. feild

b. feeld

c. field

d. fielde

2. a. hight

b. hieght

c. height

d. hite

3. a. seiling

b. ceiling

c. sieling

d. cieling

4. a. shreek

b. schriek

c. shriek

d. shreik

5. a. recieve

b. receiv

c. reeceive

d. receive

6. a. thief

b. theif

c. theef

d. thieff

7. a. forein

b. foureign

c. foriegn

d. foreign

8. a. slei

b. seighl

c. sliegh

d. sleigh

9. a. cashier

b. casheir

c. cascheir

d. kashier

b. chief

c. chieff

d. cheiff

10. a. cheif

B Sound and Spell

Sound out the words and spell them correctly.

S c c o r e :

Misspelled Word

Correctly Spelled “ie or “ei” Word

1. vayl

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2. eethur 3. kounturfit 4. frend 5. ate

B O O N N U U S S

6. beeleev

(10 points) Spell the ei or ie word that

7. conshuhnss

means “to take over.”

8. kuhnseetid 9. greef 10. frayt 11. wate 12. neece 13. misschif 14. preest 15. leeshure No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling


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Ay-yay-yay! One way to spell the long -i sound is igh !

Name _____________________________________________

T he IGH T hing

Use the igh words below to fill in the blanks. Note: Some words may be used more than once.

R a p might knight fright flight fight uptight i t u p ! bright night right plight light I just want to say that I’m all ____________________. I’m ready to learn day or ____________________. Just give me the word and I take ____________________. That’s ____________________! I’m a ____________________ ____________________. I don’t want to argue. I don’t want to ____________________. I’m a knowledge machine, King Arthur’s ____________________. I’m as loose as a goose, I’m not ____________________. That’s ____________________! I’m a ____________________ ____________________. Now I wish I may, I wish I ____________________ Have the courage, never have a ____________________. And I know that I can handle this ____________________ Because, I’m a ____________________ ____________________. Oh yeah! I’m a ____________________ ____________________. Take a word from Box A and pair it with a word from Box B. Write the new compound word in Box C.

M i x & M a t c h

Box A play

u p

moon Two words put together make a compound word!

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head

high t o

mid

Box B ht ligh t l ig ht ni ght l ig t tigh t sight w r ig h night

Box C


Name _____________________________________________

The I’s Have It ! height bite satellite

There’s more than one way to spell that long-i sound!

kite white dynamite Fahrenheit parasite

r Use the long -i words above to complete the crossword. e Across d 3. Opposite of black k Organism that lives off others r 4.5. An a explosive o 7. Tallness e r w 8. An object put into orbit around a planet b s Down 1. A scale used to measure s e temperature l 2. Flying toy on a string o 6. Mouth action u r C R

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E d d i t o o r r D D u u d d e Proofread this tense and exciting adventure. Circle and correct 10 spelling errors.

The Cliff-Hanger It was close to midnite when it occurred. What a frite I had! Everything happened so fast. First, there was a brite flash, then BOOM! A dynamight blast! For a couple of seconds, it got really hot. It must have been over a hundred degrees Fahrenhiet! My throat got so tite, I could hardly breathe! My skin was clammy. I thought this mite be it. A glowing green lite shone through my window. I was about to hide. . . yet, something made me get out of bed and peer outside. I looked hi and low. My eyes blurred for a moment, but when I looked up, I saw a huge dark shadow. Its hieght must have been at least eight feet!

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I-IGH Words A Spell it Correctl y Sound out each word in the chart and spell it correctly. Beware: Some words may not have an igh combination. . . but you’ll know that if you’ve studied!

S c c o r e :

Name: _______________________________________

Misspelled

Corrected

1. flite 2. knite 3. fite 4. bryte

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5. lite 6. kite 7. pairisyte 8. fairinhite 9. wyte

B O O N N U U S S

10. rite

(5 points)

11. satilite

What word means “a million units of computer information”?

12. hite 13. hedlite 14. nite (opposite of day) 15. dynamyte 16. frite 17. tite 18. myte 19. hi (opposite of low) 20. hilite

B What’s the Word?

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Write the correct word on the line.

1. Tallness _________________________ 2. An explosive _________________________ 3. Organism that lives off others _________________________ 4. An object put into orbit around a planet _________________________ 5. Sense that uses the eyes _________________________ 30


Name _____________________________________________

The TION and SION Show The English language may cause frustration. . .

When you hear the sound shuhn (say reservation, station, investigation) you usually spell it - tion. When you hear the sound zhuhn (say explosion, television, and division) you usually spell it - sion.

F i l l p ! Complete each word with the suffix -tion or - sion. ’ e m u

. . . and confusion!

1. The fireworks caused a brilliant explo___________ in the sky. 2. Using subtrac___________, I solved the math problem. 3. We had much prepara___________ to do to get ready for the trip. 4. The tough competi___________ made us a stronger team. 5. My dad read the morning edi___________of the newspaper. 6. I couldn’t make that important deci___________ without help. 7. You will need some suntan lo___________ when you go to the beach. 8. Sally got her vi___________ checked at the eye doctor. 9. Mr. Hill met his wife at the train sta___________. 10. The popula___________ of China is well over a billion! 11. In my science experiment, I had to come up with a good conclu___________. 12. A frac___________ is a part of a whole thing.

S y l l a b l e e!! S c r a m b l e Read each clue. Form the Answer using the Syllable Tiles. Use each tile once.

t i on

l a

lu

Clue

Answer

Repeated addition Talk with someone Your cousin A cut to the skin during an operation It fools your eyes

in

si o n

ver

c i c o n

Attack, takeover

mul

t i

t i on

re

v a

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sa

sio n

p li sion c a t ion

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Name: _______________________________________

-TION and -SION

S c c o r e :

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Find 20 M istakes

Circle each spelling error in the story. Then spell each word correctly in the chart below. Freebi e

Amphibian Nayshuhn Wilbur couldn’t believe his eyes. Was that really a frog? Wilbur cleaned his glasses. No, he thought, it had to be an iloozhuhn. Wilbur looked at his teacher. She was talking about multiplykashuhn. He looked outside again. The weather report didn’t call for prisipitayshuhn, but there was a low dark cloud over part of the school. Was this some sort of strange aberration? Or was he just feeling frustrayshuhn over his schoolwork? A frog bounced off the window. Wilbur stood up quickly, knocking his chair over. Konvursayshuhn stopped. “Wilbur, what are you doing? The math kompuhtishuhn is tomorrow. We still have a lot of preperashuhn to do,” said his teacher. “F-f-f-rogs! Out the window,” said Wilbur, drawing everyone’s atencion outside. Suddenly the room was filled with konfuzhuhn. Wilbur was covered in purrspirazion. There was a loud explotion and more frogs fell from the sky like presipitasion. Was it an alien invation? Would this be the day’s conclution? And then the principal’s salutashuhn could be heard. “Students and teachers, do not worry. The Science Department wishes to apologize for the interupption. They had an unfortunate situasion. They promise the strange precipitation will stop shortly. You may now return to addition, subtrakshuhn, and multiplication without further hesitashuhn. Just watch your step outside.” F r e e b i e 1.

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Nation

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7.

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Name ___________________________________________

Soft G and C Meet the Letter Softeners!

Wow! Now I can keep my words clean and my letters soft!

The Rules

g ia nt

If g is followed by any of the letter softeners, its sound will be /j/.

large

If c is followed by any of the letter softeners, its sound will be /s/.

c e nt

Rules Breakers

gy m

circle

c yclone

Sometimes the letter softeners don’t work. That means the c will sound like a k or ch even when it is followed by an e, i , or y . The g will sound like a /g/.

If you need a g or c softened, use an i , e, or y , okay?

C E T W I C E L Z R R M C C C

S E C N E T N E S Y S H N I C

T Y L B E E C S Q J U D G E M

N Y R E T G R G S O R A N G E

A P S A B Y A K E A R S G L J

I I R U S R L N S T M J C O U

G Y M N A S I U M C I R O U S

G M A G I C E T Y V I C Q N P

Q I E E I B I C Y C L E X G O

D D C D N I L P E N I G N E N

P X E O U O O I O N E P A C G

G M I C P L L H L N T C I E E

P H N S I I A C T I J U A I A

V U T C N D N L Y A H B R P P

A W E G B G E Z Q C D S R Y S No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling


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Name ___________________________________________

T o n g u e e r r s ! T w i s t e

Use a dictionary!

Make up tongue twisters using soft g and c words. Say them fast

A genuine giant general judged gymnastics. The excited cyclist circled the circus ceiling.

Your Turn! Soft-G Twister: _________________________________________________________________________________.

Soft-C Twister: __________________________________________________________________________________.

So f t -G a nd -C

1

3

Y

2

E I

4

S

L

C 6

5

C

Across 1. Overhead part of a room 3. One-eyed creature 5. Tornado 7. Citrus fruit 9. Law enforcers 10. Tricks and illusions 12. One who presides in court 14. Round shape 16. Very unfortunate 18. Motor 20. Representative 22. Study of the physical world 23. Place for car 25. Hundred years 26. Empty room or gap 27. Lie around 28. Sea creature useful in the kitchen 29. Two times

Down

2. Needed 4. Complete thought 6. Famous person 8. Your sister’s daughter 9. A part

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E 9

S

P 10

M

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D 14

I 16

15

T R

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C

L 18

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All the answers are soft-g and -c words!

Y

19

21

G 22

Y

I

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C

R

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X 25

26

U R 27

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P A

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O N

10. Buy it at a pharmacy 11. Kind and calm 13. To make a choice 15. Very large person 17. School room used for physical education

C

W

19. Turn, spin, rotate 21. Two-wheeled vehicle 24. To stimulate


Name: _______________________________________

Soft G and C Words Sound It Out:

S c c o r e :

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Sound out these phonetically spelled words and spell them correctly.

Phonetic Spelling

Correct Spelling

1. majik 2. peess 3. byesikuhl 4. jyeuhnt 5. seyeklaups 6. jimnayzeeuhm 7. syeklone 8. ayjuhnt 9. eksite 10. syeuhnss 11. spuhnj 12. guhrahj 13. seeling 14. jyerate 15. kneess 16. lounj 17. enjuhn 18. juhj 19. suhlebruhtee 20. surkuhl 21. jentuhl 22. meduhsuhn 23. orinj 24. diside 25. trajik No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources

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Name ___________________________________________

so u n d

Fun with PH

pharmacy

phony

graph

M a t c h Match each “ph” word below with its correct meaning. I t ! “ p h ” W o r d s

morph phobia phenomenon bibliography geography We don’t have words like these photograph in our planet! telephone pharmacy Philadelphia biography graph pharaoh phony phase phrase physical

" p h " W o r d S e a r c h ! Circle 20 “ph” words in this word search.

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A I H P L E D A L I H P

M Y H P A R G O E G L H

H P A R G O T O H P Q A

M e a n i n g s

Egyptian ruler fake of a material thing drugstore stage of development fear a few words together list of books life story to change to another form camera picture an exceptional thing or event study of Earth’s physical features diagram that shows data communication device city in Pennsylvania

K W V J J L K R K Q W R

N H Y M L Z K B N X G A

P R O P H E T D R R T O

R J Y C X P D X A N E H

A I B O H P H P Z N L P

N Y M Y H D H O M M E M

K M K R H M N O N E P W

Z G G H O P T Y S Y H B

L E W R P N A A H V O L


A L P M A H R R Q J N B

C H K H N H A L G K E P

H i n t : U se th e d ic ti o na r y .

He’s definitely got a “ph” phobia.

I P P P P H C R N O H M

S F Y M B C P C M A I N

Y M R Y M Z T M S A L B

H L H N N J Z E Y C C Z

P H E N O M E N O N B Y

Y H P A R G O I L B I B

Name ___________________________________________

W h a t ’ s t h e p p H

W o r r d ?

Fill in the blanks with the correct “ph” word.

morph

pharmacy

phase

arachnophobia phenomenon

Philadelphia

phantom

biography

phrase

bibliography

graph

physical

geography

pharaohs

nymph

photograph

phony

telephone

1. I read Martin Luther King Jr’s __________________________ to learn about his life. 2. She has ___________________________—she’s afraid of spiders. 3. Please repeat that __________________________. I couldn’t hear you. 4. Mr. Go went to the __________________________ to buy some aspirin. 5. __________________________ activity will make you strong. 6. The solar eclipse was quite a __________________________! 7. These pictures will look great in my __________________________ album. 8. Our teacher made us include a __________________________ with our project. 9. Let’s chart our answers using a bar __________________________. 10. Just be yourself. Don’t be __________________________. 11. __________________________ is a big city in Pennsylvania. 12. A dragonfly larva is called a __________________________. 13. Mom says my teenage sister is going through a __________________________. 14. Sorry I didn’t call you. Our __________________________ was out of order. 15. Watch out for the __________________________ ghost from the green lagoon! 16. The __________________________ of Egypt were buried with most of their riches. 17. That cow can __________________________ into a three -eyed monster! 18. In __________________________ class, we learn about our country.


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PH Words

Name: _______________________________________

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Phonetic Spelling

Correct Spelling

Phonetic Spelling

1. bibleeogruhfee

10. fohbeeuh

2. byeogruhfee

11. fohtuhgraf

3. fairoh

12. fonee

4. fantuhm

13. fraze

5. farmuhsee

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6. faze

15. jeeogruhfee

7. fenomuhnon

16. morf

8. filedelfea

17. nimf

9. fizuhkuhl

18. teluhfone

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Correct Spelling

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Write the most appropriate “ph” word in the blank.

1. In this ____________________ everyone is smiling. 2. King Tut was one of the most famous ____________________ of ancient Egypt. 3. A tadpole goes through more than one _______________ to become a frog. 4. The __________________ is ringing! Please answer it. 5. The baby genius is a __________________. 6. Dad’s story about the ghostly __________________ wasn’t scary. 7. When I saw our cat __________________ into a dog, I knew it was time to run. 8. We studied the __________________ of South America. 9. That list of books makes a good __________________. 10. I had to wait in line at the __________________ for my grandma’s medicine.

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What do you call the fear of open places?

Name ___________________________________________

Commonly Confused Words Some words sound alike, but they are not spelled alike.

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Commonl y confused TO: helps indicate a direction; connection to something Let’s go to the Sponge Boys concert. We all began to sing.

F ill in the blanks with t he cor rect word. 1. I want _______________ go _______________. 2. _______________ of you can sit in front.

TOO: more than enough; also That’s too much ice cream. Graham is coming, too.

3. _______________ is _______________ many _______________ ride on one bike.

TWO: spelling for number 2 Sonya has two goldfish. THERE: at that place Meet me over there.

4. _______________ house is over _______________.

T H E I R : belonging to them Joe’s cousins like their new house. THEY ’R E: contraction for “they are” They’re good storywriters.

5. _______________ going to meet us later. 6. _______________ in the bushes, _______________ hiding.

7. _______________ supposed to wait with me. YOUR: belonging to you Thanks for letting me borrow your bike.

8. _______________ flowers are growing!

YOU ’RE: contraction for “you are” You’re my best friend.

9. _______________ mom wants you to come as soon as _______________ finished.

ITS: belonging to it The bird built its nest in the tree. IT ’S: contraction for “it is” It’s a lovely day.

10. _______________ going to rain tonight. 11. The dog gobbled down _______________ dinner. 12. If _______________ too cold, I will stay in.


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Commonly Confused Words Round

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Commonl y Confused ALREADY: by this time We did that already .

F ill in the blanks with the cor rect word. 1. She is _______________ to leave. 2. We have been _______________ since morning.

ALL READY: prepared to do something We’re all ready to go.

3. I _______________ finished. 4. Are you _______________? Let’s go!

RIGHT: correct; opposite of left; part of immediately Jordy’s work is right . Turn right at the corner. Come here right away.

5. _______________ that in your book. 6. That was the _______________ thing to do. 7. _______________ that in the _______________ hand corner of the paper.

WRITE: mark down (on paper) I want to write a story.

8. Do it _______________ now ! WEAR: to have on She’s going to wear her soccer jersey. WHERE: in what place Where are you going?

9. _______________ is the party? 10. I don’t know _______________ to put that. 11. Are you going to _______________ the red hat? 12. _______________ your swimsuit to the park.

THREW: past tense of throw The catcher threw to second base. THROUGH: in one side and out the other; finished I had to climb through the window. I’m all through with work.

THAN: used mainly in comparisons Irvin is older than Katharine. THEN: means “at that time” or “soon after” We went to the park, and then we played tag.

13. I _______________ the garbage into the can. 14. Can you get _______________ the maze? 15. Put the thread _______________ the eye of the needle. 16. I _______________ the ball as hard as I could. 17. Until _______________, she had never laughed. 18. Run, _______________ walk. 19. I’d rather read _______________ dig that hole. 20. She’s looking better _______________ ever !

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Commonl y confused

F ill in the blanks with th e c or rec t w ord. 1. We need to dig a _______________.

WHOLE: all of it I ate the whole pie myself. HOLE: an empty place Don’t fall into that deep hole.

2. I have to complete the _______________ thing. 3. Watch out for the _______________ there. 4. The _______________ team will be at the game.

BREAK: come apart; no longer work; space If you break the lock, we won’t get in. Give me a break ! BRAKE: stop; stopping device Brake at the red light.

5. Let’s take a ten-minute _______________. 6. Step on the _______________. 7. _______________ before you hit the fence. 8. Don’t drop the dish or it will _______________. 9. _______________, I think I’ll stay home.

NO: negative

There’s no way I’m going. KNOW: to understand or be aware of I know the answer.

10. Does he _______________ your name? 11. My dad will _______________ the way. 12. There was _______________ one there.

NEW: just purchased or made The new car shone in the sun. KNEW: past tense of know I knew that yesterday. PIECE: a part of Please give her a big piece of pie. PEACE: calm I could feel peace out in the woods.

13. Jojo _______________ you were coming. 14. I _______________ the answer, but I have forgotten it. 15. We’re moving into our _______________ house.

16. Can I please have a _______________ of that? 17. He is having another _______________. 18. Let’s have _______________, not war!


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Commonl y confused WEATHER: atmospheric conditions The weather is so hot and humid. WHETHER: if it happens that I am not sure whether we are going or not.

F ill in the blanks with the cor rect word. 1. Pam is going _______________ you go or not. 2. It’s been lovely _______________ this summer. 3. He’s not sure _______________ he can attend. 4. We’ll check the _______________ before going.

ACCEPT: receive or agree with I want you to accept this award. Do you accept my idea? EXCEPT: not including He likes them all except for the blue one.

5. I can go every day _______________ Monday. 6. Sam won’t _______________ her present. 7. _______________ me as I am. 8. He’ll eat any vegetable _______________ beans.

HERE: in this place I’m here hiding in the bushes. HEAR: sense through the ear (auditory) Can you hear the waterfall?

9. I can _______________ all the instruments. 10. Come _______________ now ! 11. _______________ we go again. 12. Please _______________ what I have to say.

PLANE: aircraft We traveled over the mountains by plane. PLAIN: simple, not fancy I’ll wear a plain dress to the concert.

13. I’ll just have my pizza _______________ this time. 14. She is just a _______________ dog , but we love her. 15. Everything looked so tiny from the _______________. 16. It’s just _______________ old me!

PAST: before now In the museum, we see cool things from the past . PASSED: went by; advanced; handed to Faster cars passed the slow one. Sally passed into grade six! Bob passed her the ball.

17. Grandpa likes to talk about the _______________. 18. We all _______________ the drivers’ course. 19. She _______________ me when we raced. 20. It’s hard to remember some things about my _______________.

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Across 2. Mark down on paper 4. Stop! Hit the ______! 5. You dig it 6. To have on 7. Past tense of know 9. Before now 11. By this time 13. Not old 15. 1 + 1 16. You are 18. If it happens that 20. Not fancy

21. They are 23. In one end and out the other 25. Calm and quiet 26. Belonging to them 27. Aircraft 28. It is 29. Receive 30. At that place

Down 1. To understand or be aware of 2. In what place? 3. Soon after 4. To make into pieces 8. Atmospheric conditions 10. Past tense of throw 11. Prepared to do something 12. Belonging to you 13. Negative response 14. All of it

15. Indicates direction or connection 17. Correct 19. Sense through ears 21. Used to compare 22. Not including 24. In this place 25. Went by 26. Also 27. A part of 28. Belonging to it


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Commonly Confused Words

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Fill in the blanks with the Commonly Confused Words in Rounds 1 to 4. Hint: Keep the worksheets from Rounds 1 to 4 handy.

My Island Holiday ____________ not a story that is easy to tell, but I’ll try ____________ explain the ____________ thing. I hopped into my private ____________ at the ____________ of dawn. With a cloudless sky, the ____________ was perfect. I had been ____________ stressed for weeks. I was really looking forward ____________ some ____________ and quiet far, far away from civilization. I had been in the air for about ____________ hours before I ____________ something was wrong— very wrong. I could ____________ one engine cough and sputter. One of my engines stopped working. I tried to see ____________ the other one was going ____________. I took a quick look below me and saw an island. I would have ____________ fly ____________ the trees and make an emergency landing on the beach. I flew ____________ some coconut trees, knocking ____________ coconuts ____________ the ground. I was concentrating hard and managed ____________ touch down and stop without a problem. “At least ____________ I’m safe,” I said out loud. I heard some branches snapping. I looked left. I looked ____________. I couldn’t see anything. My heart started beating faster. I was just happy to be ____________, safe on the ground, but I was worried. I ____________ something or someone was watching me. I grabbed a branch and began to ____________ H-E-L-P in the sand. ____________ was that sound again. This time I saw ____________ it came from. I decided to investigate. I walked ____________ my ____________ and into the jungle. I could tell that someone had just run ____________. I kept walking in the same direction. Suddenly I found myself in a clearing surrounded by people and cameras. “____________ about time you got ____________” a woman with an English accent said. “We’ve had everything ____________ and waiting for you for an hour. What took you so long?” “This is all ____________ confusing,” I said. “____________ am I? Who are you?” “____________ on Bogo-Bogo Island! ____________ the newest winner of a million dollars!” 44 No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources

K Syllables Have the Beat! (p. 6) In Syl-la-bles Word

Number of Rules That Syllables Apply broth-er 2 1, 2 rid-dle 2 1, 2, 5 a-bout 2 1, 3 dis-ap-pear 3 1, 2, 6 im-por- tant 3 1, 4, 6 com-mu-ni-ca-tion 5 1, 2, 4, 6

brother riddle about disappear important communication

The Syllable Thing (pp. 7–8) Answers may vary, but could include: ou – out, about, snout, pout oi – oil, toil, boil, soil ow – now, bow, brow, chow au/ou – taught, astronaut, fought, thought oy – boy, decoy, Roy, annoy aw – paw, law, claw, draw oo – shoot, toot, loot, root 1

A S A T L R P O H V A C A T I O N A B E D L I C I OU S T T 2

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F O Mini-Byte 2 U G H C O R R E C T I V W ON D E R F U N T

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C P Mini-Byte 3 O R E N 3 C C H E I H N S U T T C 4 C A R T O O N K L R R 5 P E D E S T R I A N E C 2

H O P T R Mini-Byte 4 O G 4 A V A I L A B L E L N 5 T E L E V I S I O N T Z A 6 D I F F E R E N T I O N 3

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Quickie Quiz: Syllables (p. 9) Syllable Rules: 1. T 3. F 5. F 2. F 4. F 6. T

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C H I C A L H W I I P E E S H F V S S U N

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F A E L L B O

S V V M F J C

G S E V I W E S F D M I U V A O F R G W L W O Y V D Y E F R M N M W H F T X V S U S

Crossword a Go-Go 1

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Fill Me In stories; mummies; lotteries; possibilities; countries; cities; celebrities; parties

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Plural Scramble Chinese antennae mice women

deer feet larvae teeth

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salmon geese oxen

Quickie Quiz: Plurals (p. 13) Plural Rules 1. F 3. T 2. T 4. F

5. F 6. T

7. F 8. T

BONUS: larvae Plural Forms 1. inches 2. oxen 3. chiefs 4. radios 5. potatoes

6. women 7. geese 8. feet 9. antennae 10. taxes

11. teeth 12. deer 13. pennies 14. wives 15. keys

16. countries 17. leaves 18. pianos 19. dishes 20. Chinese

BONUS: psychologist Definitions : 1. two, one 2. th, sh, ph

3. sound, vowels 4. aw, oo, oi

Find 10 Mistakes bongos; mosquitoes; children; oxen; puppies; cities; geese; mice; heroes; women

Suffix: Is This the End? (pp. 14–15) Rule 1 and Rule 2: Try It! 6. rid-dle 12. ad- ven-ture 18. in-ven- tion Word ADD -ing 7. im-por-tant 13. lit-tle 19. noise ram ramming 8. i-tem 14. re-port 20. strong-er fit fitting 9. o-pen 15. fought sort sorting 10. catcher 16. al-pha-bet camp camping 11. as- tro-naut 17. de-li-cious act acting The Ruler of Plural Says… (pp. 10–12) hope hoping place placing Try it! care caring 1. books 6. banks 1. kisses 6. crushes shape shaping 2. games 7. comics 2. foxes 7. passes arrange arranging 3. dreams 8. pizzas 3. knishes 8. taxes move moving 4. powers 9. friends 4. beaches 9. batches 5. skateboards 10. graphs 5. watches 10. dresses Break It Down: 1. moth-er 2. cat-tle 3. dis-ap-pear 4. com-mu-nica-tion 5. frog

ADD -ed rammed fitted sorted camped acted hopeful/hopefully placement careful/carefully shapely arrangement movement


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Rule 3: Try It! Word

ADD -ing

ADD -ed

ADD -s

carry bury ferry play

carrying burying ferrying playing

carried buried ferried played

carries buries ferries plays

Spell It! 1. happiness 3. satisfies 5. pitiless 7. hurried 9. merriment 2. plentiful 4. healthiness 6. beautiful 8. parties 10. funnier Correct It! 1. finally 2. appeared

3. beautiful 4. planned

Groovy Suffix X-word (p. 16) 3

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Quickie Quiz: Suffix (p. 17) Correction! 1. opened 5. famous 2. arranging 6. robbery 3. tries 7. hurried 4. beautiful 8. camper flipping placing moving appearing hurrying playing controlling editing

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9. argument 10. truly 11. finally 12. acting flipped placed moved appeared hurried played controlled edited

6. beautify 7. carpeted 8. judgment 9. dives 10. ninety

11. losing 12. achievement 13. plentiful 14. fanned 15. scooping

The Silent Letter (pp. 18–20) Let’s Do It! (p. 18) 1. edge, hedge, wedge 2. watch, scratch, match 3. palm, calm; calf, half; talk, walk; folk, yolk 4. hand-ker-chief 5. butch-er, fas-ten, cas-tle, lis-ten 6. salm-on, al-mond

Unscramble 1. hour 2. knew 3. ghost

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4. wrong, grown 5. lamb 6. doubt

7. match 8. knife 9. listen

Quickie Quiz: Silent Letters (p. 22) 1. Wednesday 8. crumb 15. Guard 2. Listen 9. know 16. wrestling 3. chalk 10. doubt 17. building 4. yolk 11. tongue 18. guitar 5. knee 12. ghost 19. two 6. Climbing 13. league 20. biscuits 7. design 14. write 21. foreigner

22. knit 23. Half 24. walk

BONUS: amond AU … It’s Painless! (p. 23) Fill ’em Up! 1. nauseous 3. daughter 2. cause 4. sauce

BONUS: beautification Spell It Out! 1. happiness 2. preparing 3. recreation 4. flying 5. dying

Silent Letter Mega Crossword (p. 21)

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Let’s Do It! (p. 20) 1. what, when, why, which, where 2. Answers may vary, but could include: honesty, honor, honorable 3. ghost 4. two, sword 5. wrote, wreck, wrist, whole, wrinkle, wrong, wrapper 6. g; guest, guess, guitar, guard, guilty, league, tongue

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Change It! 1. flip 2. place 3. move 4. appear 5. hurry 6. play 7. control 8. edit

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Let’s Do It! (p. 19) 1. knew, knot, knob, knee, knife 2. n 3. foreigner, design, gnu, gnaw, sign 4. m; doubt 5. thumb, numb, crumb 6. comb, lamb, bomb, climbing

16. healthiness 17. chopped 18. movement 19. skies 20. carrier

Rule Breakers 1. b Word Search fought sought bought brought thought


2. c

5. cautious 6. haunted 3. c

7. applause 8. astronaut

Quickie Quiz: AU Words (p. 24) What’s Right? 1. d 3. a 2. a 4. b

5. a 6. c

Editor Dude 1. midnight 3. bright 5. Fahrenheit 7. might 2. fright 4. dynamite 6. tight 8. light

7. d 8. b

BONUS: because Correct It! 1. bought 2. thought

3. sauce 4. laughed

5. haunted 6. nauseous

EI … IE … Oh! (p. 25) Try It! 1. sleigh (2) 3. cashier (1) 2. thief (1) 4. receipt (1) Groovy EI…IE X-word (p. 26)

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5. veil (2) 7. Either (3) 6. counter feit (2) 8. shriek (1) 2

What’s the Word? 1. height 3. parasite 2. dynamite 4. satellite

11. satellite 12. height 13. headlight 14. night 15. dynamite

16. fright 17. tight 18. might 19. high 20. highlight

5. sight

BONUS: megabyte

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Quickie Quiz: I-IGH Words (p. 30) Spell It Correctly 1. flight 6. kite 2. knight 7. parasite 3. fight 8. Fahrenheit 4. bright 9. white 10. right, write 5. light

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Quickie Quiz: -TION and -SION (p. 32) Find 20 Mistakes 1. Nation 6. Conversation 11. perspiration 2. illusion 7. competition 12. explosion 3. multiplication 8. preparation 13. precipitation 4. precipitation 9. attention 14. invasion 5. frustration 10. confusion 15. conclusion

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16. salutation 17. interruption 18. situation 19. subtraction 20. hesitation

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Quickie Quiz: EI…IE Words (p. 27) What’s Right? 1. c 3. b 5. d 2. c 4. c 6. a Sound Out & Spell 1. veil 5. eight 2. either 6. believe 3. counterfeit 7. conscience 4. friend 8. conceited

7. d 8. d 9. grief 10. freight 11. weight 12. niece

Soft G and C (p. 33) Soft G and C Word Search

9. a 10. b 13. mischief 14. priest 15. leisure

BONUS: seize

The IGH Thing (p. 28) Rap It Up! Answers may vary; possible answers could be: right; night; flight; right; bright light; f ight; knight; tight; right; bright light; might; fright; plight; bright light; bright light Mix & Match highlight moonlight

The I’s Have It! (p. 29)

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