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A solid foundation in spelling not only prepares third-graders for academic success— it makes them stronger readers. The teacher-reviewed, teacher-reviewed, curriculum-based activities and exercises in this workbook will help your children catch up, keep up, and get ahead. Best of all, they’ll have lots of fun doing it! Some of the great features you’ll find inside are: WRITE IT RIGHT! Fill-in-the-blank exercises help distinguish the long or short letter sounds from sections such as You and the Letter “U” and Say Hey to “A.” GRID LOCK Grid games show how to break down syllables and compound words. ALTERNATE E NDINGS ALTERNATE Charts and activities teach kids multiple endings for verb tenses and plurals. CRISS CROSS Crossword puzzles review topics such as prefixes, suffixes, silent letters and more (ie: “1. Across: not expected” or “8. Down: more brave than”). Plus! CHECK IT! STRIPS Reinforce concepts and build confidence as kids check their own work.
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Chckig your awrs i par of th learing. Each section of the workbook begins with an easy-to-use Check It! strip. 1. Before Before beginning the activities, cut out the Check It! strip. 2. As you complete the activities on each page, check your answers. 3. If you find an error, you can correct it yourself.
Compoun Wors
1
Keywors A COMPOUND WORD is a word that’s made up of two words stuck together together,, like treehouse or skateboard or dogsled .
3 Check I!
READ the paragraph. Te words in bold are your keywords.
Page 1 Keywors
When it’s warm outside outside,, I like to play in my backyard all day.. I run in the grass barefoot day barefoot,, and I lie down in the bright sunshine.. Sometimes I play baseball or football with sunshine
1. backyard 2. barefoot 3. baseball 4. birthday 5. cupcake 6. football
7. grandmother 8. outside 9. popcorn 10. sometimes 11. sunset 12. sunshine
friends. Today Today is my birthday birthday,, so we’re having a party. My grandmother gave us each a yummy cupcake and some popcorn to eat. My friends will stay until sunset sunset,, when it gets dark. We’ll have a lot of fun, as long as it doesn’t rain!
FILL IN the blanks with the bold words in alphabetical order.
Page 2 Spli It! grandmother 3 grand + mother
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7.
2.
8.
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3.
9.
Blank Ou!
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10.
5.
11.
6.
12.
Bonus: 1. backpack 2. campfire 3. airplane 4. bedtime 5. handwriting 6. seasick
1. barefoot 2. backyard 3. birthday 4. baseball 5. cupcake 6. sunset 7. popcorn 8. outside
Page 4 Ad I Up
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Compound Words
Spli It! Which one of the keywords has more than two syllables?
__________________ How many syllables does it have?
______
Break it down: What What two smaller words make up the bigger word?
_____________ + _____________ When you split a compound word into syllables, start by breaking it down into the smaller words and putting a dot in between the words. Ten, if one of the words has more than one syllable (like mother ), ), put a dot between the syllables. SPLI the keywords into syllables, using dots to mark the breaks. Examples: skate•board, step•fa•ther
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backyard
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barefoot
2.
baseball
3.
birthday
4.
cupcake
5.
football
6.
grandmother
7.
outside
8.
popcorn
9.
sometimes
10.
sunset
11.
sunshine
12.
Compound Words
Blank Out!
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FILL IN the blanks with keywords. 1.
Without shoes or socks, your foot foot is is bare . You are ____________.
2.
The grassy yard yard in in the back back of of our house is the ____________.
3.
Every year you celebrate the day day of of your birth birth.. Happy ____________!
4.
If you hit a ball ball and and run to a base , you’re playing ____________.
5.
A small cake cake shaped shaped like a cup cup is is a ____________.
6.
After the sun has set , it’s it’s dark outside. Be home by ____________!
7.
If you heat up a kernel of corn corn,, it will pop . That’s called cal led ____________.
8.
When you go out out the the front or back side side of of your house, you’r you’re e ___________.
Bonus
Can you finish these sentences? 1.
A pack pack that that you fill with books and carry on your back back is is a ____________.
2.
When you camp camp in in a tent and roast marshmallows over a fire , that’s a ____________.
3.
A plane plane that that flies through the air air from from New York to London is an ___________.
4.
At night, when the clock clock says it’s it’s time time to to go to bed , it’s ____________.
5.
The words you are writing writing with with your pen in your hand hand is is ____________.
6.
If sailing on the sea makes you so sick sick you you throw up, you’re ____________.
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Compoun Wors
Ad It Up ADD UP the smaller words to make compound words. SPLIT the new words into syllables. FILL IN the blanks, using dots to mark the breaks. bed
+ room
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black + board
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book + case
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care
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court + room
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down + stairs
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fire
+ works
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foot
+ step
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high
+ way
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house + work
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10.
light
+ house
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11.
pea
+ nut
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12.
play
+ ground =
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+ free
shop + lift
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silk
+ worm
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snow + storm
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3 Check It! Cut out the Check It! section on page 1, and see if you got the answers right. 4
Duble Cnsnans
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Keywrds wo-syllable words with a DOUBLE CONSONAN in the wo-syllable middle (like middle ) are easy to split into syllables. Te dot goes
3 Check I! Page 5
READ the paragraph. Te words in bold are your keywords.
After soccer practice last week, I was in a hurry. Mom would worry and holler at me if I got home late. It was
Keywrds 1. carry 2. follow 3. holler 4. hurry 5. kitten 6. pillow
7. puddle 8. ribbon 9. rotten 10. shallow 11. soccer 12. worry
a rotten, rainy day. I was cold and grumpy. In my rush, I almost fell over a kitten in a shallow puddle! I picked her
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up so I could carry her home. I dried her off and tied a
Spli It!
ribbon around her neck. She fell asleep on my pillow. Now
she will follow me everywhere!
FILL IN the blanks with the bold words in alphabetical order order.. 1.
7.
2.
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3.
9.
4.
10.
5.
11.
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Page 7 Blank Ou! 1. kitten 2. carry 3. follow 4. hurry
5. worry 6. rotten 7. holler
Mix & Mah 1. attack 2. banner 3. collect 4. current 5. million
6. possess 7. pollute 8. tunnel 9. yellow 10. scatter
Page 8 Spolight Consonants: b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y, z Vowels: a, e, i, o, u (sometimes y)
Spli It! Double Consonants
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
hobby lasso merry sputter upper
Double Vowels
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
aardvark creepy needle scooper skiing
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Double Consonans
Spli It! SPLIT the keywords into syllables, using dots to mark the breaks. HINT: Remember, the split happens between the double letters.
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carry
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follow
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holler
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hurry
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kitten
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pillow
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puddle
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ribbon
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rotten
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shallow
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soccer
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worry
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Double Consonants
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Blank Out! FILL IN the blanks with keywords. k eywords. HIN:: Te answer words rhyme with the italicized words. HIN 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
____________. My dog, Barry , likes to ____________ his bone everywhere he goes. Turn left by the hollow hollow tree, tree, then ____________ the path. When Sonya’ Sonya’s s in a ____________, she moves so fast, she’s almost blurry . Don’t ____________ about Fido getting cold. He’s really furry ! I’ve never gotten even a card from Aunt Jill. Isn’t that ____________? My dad starts to ____________ when he gets hot under the collar . I’ve just written the cutest story about a
Mix & Match In each box, MACH MACH a syllable on the left lef t with a syllable on the right to make m ake a word. DRAW DRA W a line between the two syllables to match them. REWRIE the words you matched in the blanks. HIN:: All the words have a double consonant in the middle. HIN at
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Spolight Consns ad Vwels You Y ou know the difference between a consonant and a vowel, right? Let’s L et’s check your skills. List all the consonants in the alphabet:
List all the vowels in the alphabet:
Sk Up SORT the words into the categories. categori es. PUT the words in each list in alphabetical order.
creepy
hobby
lasso
scooper
merry
sputter
needle
aardvark
skiing
upper
Double Consonants
Double Doubl e Vowels Vowels
Example: puppy
Example: steeple
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3 Check I! Cut out the Check It! section on page 5, and see if you got the answers right. 8
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