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B L A C K L I N E M A S T E R S
Guided Spelling™
Developing Thoughtful Spellers
1001 Marina Village Parkway, Suite 110Alameda, CA 94501-1042800.666.7270collaborativeclassroom.org
GS-BM4
ISBN 978-1-59892-122-9
y(7IB5J8*TMLMMT( +;!z!”!z!”1001 Marina Village Parkway, Suite 110Alameda, CA 94501-1042800.666.7270collaborativeclassroom.org
Grade 4
Printed in Canada
B L A C K L I N E M A S T E R S
Guided Spelling™
Developing Thoughtful Spellers
Grade 4
Copyright © 2009 by Center for the Collaborative Classroom, Katherine K. Newman, and John Shefelbine
All rights reserved. Except where otherwise noted, no part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written permission of the publisher. For information regarding permissions, write to the Publishing Department at Center for the Collaborative Classroom.
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First edition published 2009.
Guided Spelling is a trademark of Center for the Collaborative Classroom.
Center for the Collaborative Classroom 1001 Marina Village Parkway, Suite 110 Alameda, CA 94501 (800) 666-7270; fax: (510) 464-3670 collaborativeclassroom.org
ISBN-13: 978-1-59892-122-9 ISBN-10: 1-59892-122-3
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Daily Guided Spelling Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Week 1 Homework Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Week 2 Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Week 3 Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Week 4 Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Week 5 Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Week 6-A Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Week 6-B Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Week 6-C Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Week 7 Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Week 8 Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Week 9 Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Week 10 Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Week 11 Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Week 12-A Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Week 12-B Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Week 12-C Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Week 13 Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Week 14 Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Week 15 Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Week 16 Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Week 17 Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Week 18-A Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Week 18-B Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Week 18-C Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Week 19 Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Contents
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Contents (continued)
Week 20 Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Week 21 Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Week 22 Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Week 23 Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Week 24-A Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Week 24-B Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Week 24-C Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Week 25 Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Week 26 Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Week 27 Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Week 28 Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Week 29 Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Week 30-A Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Week 30-B Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Week 30-C Homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Week 1 Activity: Homophones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Week 2 Activity: Whether to Double . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Week 3 Activity: Whether to Double . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Week 4 Activity: Contractions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Week 5 Activity: Capital Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Week 6 Activity: Silent Consonants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Week 7 Activity: Compound Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Week 8 Activity: Homophones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Week 9 Activity: Silent Consonants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Week 10 Activity: Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Week 11 Activity: Whether to Drop e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
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Week 12 Activity: Whether to Drop e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Week 13 Activity: Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Week 14 Activity: Adding Suffixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Week 15 Activity: Syllables -tion and -sion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Week 16 Activity: Possessives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Week 17 Activity: Syllables -tion and -sion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Week 18 Activity: Possessives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Week 19 Activity: Whether to Change y to i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Week 20 Activity: Building Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Week 21 Activity: Whether to Change y to i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Week 22 Activity: Building Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Week 23 Activity: Building Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Week 24 Activity: Opposites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Week 25 Activity: Homophones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Week 26 Activity: Opposites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Week 27 Activity: Unusual Plurals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Week 28 Activity: Doubling with Polysyllabic Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Week 29 Activity: Building Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Week 30 Activity: Doubling with Polysyllabic Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Spelling-Sound Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
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Week 1 Homework Practice Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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*1. catch *2. spend *3. skills *4. pond *5. lunches
*6. tracks *7. badge *8. a lot *9. cannot 10. through
11. off 12. field 13. what 14. young 15. spread
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Week 2 Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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10. don’t 11. won’t 12. wanted 13. touch 14. though 15. clue *16. lunches *17. badge
*18. pond *19. tracks *20. catch 21. field 22. young 23. cannot 24. spread 25. off
Challenge Words: whizzing, throbbed, knitting, waxed, juice
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Week 3 Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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*1. space *2. brain *3. clay *4. age *5. plain *6. sprayed *7. Ms. *8. Mr. 9. Miss
10. Mrs. 11. were 12. where 13. skipped 14. of course 15. won *16. mixed *17. scrubbed
*18. dressed *19. quitting *20. setting 21. though 22. touch 23. can’t 24. clue 25. won’t
Challenge Words: fade, upstairs, spare, strain, deaf
© Center for the Collaborative Classroom, Katherine K. Newman, and John Shefelbine GUIDED SPELLING™ 5
Week 4 Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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*1. finish *2. explain *3. until *4. became *5. public *6. unless *7. plastic *8. traffic 9. expect
10. insect 11. it’s 12. hitting 13. case 14. prove 15. blood *16. sprayed *17. Ms.
*18. clay *19. space *20. plain 21. won 22. Miss 23. were 24. of course 25. skipped
Challenge Words: insist, entertain, demonstrate, pace, soup
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Week 5 Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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*1. second *2. ago *3. upon *4. moment *5. open *6. hundred *7. even *8. idea 9. area
10. let’s 11. splitting 12. chair 13. afraid 14. again 15. against *16. finish *17. public
*18. plastic *19. unless *20. explain 21. prove 22. expect 23. it’s 24. blood 25. hitting
Challenge Words: honest, definite, garbage, robin, threat
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Week 6-A Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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*1. skills *2. spend *3. a lot *4. badge *5. lunches
6. field 7. spread 8. through 9. young
10. what *11. scrubbed *12. quitting *13. dropped
Challenge Words: waxed, whizzing, knitting, juice, throbbed
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Week 6-B Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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Challenge Words: upstairs, deaf, spare, fade, strain
*1. cutting *2. letting *3. mixed 4. though 5. don’t
6. wanted 7. won’t *8. age *9. brain
*10. sprayed *11. Mr. *12. plain 13. won
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Week 6-C Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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*6. until *7. unless *8. explain *9. finish *10. traffic
11. prove 12. expect 13. insect 14. case
Challenge Words: pace, demonstrate, insist, soup, entertain
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Week 7 Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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10. clapped 11. away 12. program 13. sudden 14. either 15. neither *16. upon *17. second
*18. ago *19. hundred *20. moment *21. even 22. chair 23. afraid 24. splitting 25. area
Challenge Words: stream, elementary, volunteer, beaver, fierce
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Week 8 Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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10. aid 11. center 12. person 13. meet 14. America 15. shoulder *16. reason *17. complete
*18. keep *19. least *20. probably *21. separate (2) 22. either 23. away 24. neither 25. problem
Challenge Words: servant, precious, skirt, hammer, burst
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Week 9 Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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10. beyond 11. science 12. clear 13. further 14. among 15. behind *16. return *17. whenever
*18. whether *19. birth *20. firm 21. center 22. better 23. shoulder 24. America 25. meet
Challenge Words: handsome, tide, mighty, sunshine, knight
© Center for the Collaborative Classroom, Katherine K. Newman, and John Shefelbine GUIDED SPELLING™ 13
Week 10 Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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10. modern 11. history 12. never 13. side 14. become 15. believe *16. fight *17. size
*18. ice *19. decide *20. all right 21. clear 22. strike 23. further 24. science 25. among
Challenge Words: admired, treasure, relax, advising, decorating
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Week 11 Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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10. everything 11. surface 12. slightly 13. saved 14. dance 15. breakfast *16. escaping *17. dividing
*18. traded *19. together *20. provided 21. history 22. side 23. never 24. certain 25. believe
Challenge Words: meadow, stroke, microscope, swallow, float
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Week 12-A Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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*1. even *2. open *3. idea *4. hundred *5. second 6. let’s
7. against 8. afraid 9. again 10. area *11. probably *12. energy
*13. least *14. separate (2) *15. between 16. sudden 17. problem
Challenge Words: robin, definite, threat, honest, garbage, elementary, beaver, fierce
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Week 12-B Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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*7. whenever *8. after 9. America 10. aid 11. center 12. shoulder
13. person *14. all right *15. shy *16. fright *17. decide
Challenge Words: volunteer, stream, burst, servant, precious, hammer, skirt, handsome
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Week 12-C Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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*1. type 2. further 3. beyond 4. among 5. science 6. behind
*7. smiling *8. escaping *9. waving *10. located *11. dividing
*12. together 13. become 14. modern 15. believe 16. history
Challenge Words: tide, knight, mighty, sunshine, decorating, relax, admired, treasure, advising
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Week 13 Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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*1. born *2. shore *3. start *4. form *5. mark *6. corner *7. forest *8. began 9. knowledge
10. matter 11. wife 12. wasting 13. alone 14. another 15. brother *16. yellow *17. known
*18. follow *19. coast *20. those *21. growth 22. saved 23. everything 24. dance 25. surface
Challenge Words: fort, orbit, argue, remind, target
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Week 14 Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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*1. huge *2. tool *3. include *4. drew *5. used to *6. produce *7. afternoon *8. different 9. figure
10. tonight 11. priced 12. shown 13. force 14. view 15. police *16. mark *17. forest
*18. shore *19. began *20. corner 21. knowledge 22. wife 23. matter 24. another 25. brother
Challenge Words: restaurant, proof, introduce, cured, jewels
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Week 15 Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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*1. action *2. discussion *3. television *4. information *5. attention *6. section *7. decision *8. question 9. future
10. driving 11. below 12. party 13. tube 14. answer 15. period *16. tool *17. huge
*18. afternoon *19. used to *20. drew 21. priced 22. police 23. view 24. force 25. shown
Challenge Words: canyon, emotions, protection, reward, vision
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Week 16 Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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*1. today’s *2. nation’s *3. nations’ *4. children’s *5. tree’s (one tree’s roots) *6. trees’ (many trees’ trunks) *7. women’s *8. village
9. language 10. window 11. morning 12. threw 13. population 14. parents 15. island *16. discussion *17. decision
*18. television *19. information *20. question *21. action 22. below 23. period 24. party 25. driving
Challenge Words: attic, envelope, wander, collar, ticket
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Week 17 Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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*1. shook *2. round *3. cow *4. wool *5. amount *6. flower *7. mountain *8. allow 9. temperature
10. order 11. cool 12. education 13. year’s (this year’s rainfall) 14. cover 15. discover *16. nations’ (many nations’ leaders)
*17. women’s *18. children’s *19. nation’s *20. tree’s 21. threw 22. parents 23. window 24. language 25. population
Challenge Words: playground, avenue, aloud, tower, owl
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Week 18-A Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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*1. wrote 2. known *3. approach *4. follow *5. coast 6. surface
7. spoke 8. saved 9. slightly 10. breakfast *11. shore *12. born
*13. forest *14. began *15. mark 16. alone 17. knowledge
Challenge Words: float, stroke, meadow, microscope, swallow, orbit, target, remind
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Week 18-B Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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1. wasting 2. brother 3. another *4. afternoon *5. huge *6. include
*7. produce *8. used to *9. different 10. force 11. figure 12. police
13. tonight *14. television *15. attention *16. discussion *17. decision
Challenge Words: argue, fort, jewels, cured, introduce, restaurant, proof, reward
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Week 18-C Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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*1. section *2. question 3. tube 4. period 5. answer 6. future
*7. nation’s (the nation’s capital) *8. trees’ (those trees’ apples) *9. today’s *10. village
*11. children’s *12. tree’s (this tree’s leaves) 13. population 14. island 15. morning 16. parents
Challenge Words: canyon, protection, emotions, vision, ticket, envelope, wander, attic, collar
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Week 19 Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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*1. replied *2. stories *3. copying *4. married *5. babies *6. activities *7. supplies *8. picture 9. nature
10. room 11. conditions 12. streets’ (many streets’ names) 13. understood 14. sugar 15. worry *16. allow *17. flower
*18. mountain *19. cow *20. shook 21. cover 22. order 23. temperature 24. discover 25. education
Challenge Words: groceries, fasten, alphabet, victories, relying
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Week 20 Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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*1. table *2. several *3. level *4. example *5. animal *6. travel *7. bicycle *8. general 9. single
10. addition 11. stones’ (stones’ sizes) 12. around 13. libraries 14. receive 15. iron *16. activities *17. picture
*18. stories *19. supplies *20. married 21. conditions 22. worry 23. understood 24. room 25. streets’
Challenge Words: colonial, label, whistle, saddle, sandwich
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Week 21 Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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*1. soil *2. destroy *3. fault *4. law *5. already *6. all ready *7. although *8. family 9. result
10. lake’s (the lake’s shoreline) 11. power 12. factories 13. little 14. machine 15. taught *16. several *17. travel
*18. example *19. general *20. table 21. libraries 22. around 23. single 24. stones’ 25. receive
Challenge Words: false, dinosaur, coins, straw, altogether
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Week 22 Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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*1. unimportant *2. recycle *3. disagree *4. unusual *5. recharge *6. disconnected *7. disobey *8. doctor 9. million
10. thousand 11. memories 12. total 13. noise 14. weigh 15. neighbor *16. destroy *17. all ready *18. law
*19. already *20. although 21. machine 22. result 23. little 24. lake’s (the lake’s shoreline) 25. factories
Challenge Words: legend, unconscious, guest, disapprove, reawaken
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Week 23 Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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*1. thoughtful *2. colorless *3. brightness *4. fearful *5. tasteless *6. friendliness *7. mouthful *8. office 9. president
10. colonies 11. physical 12. audience 13. uninteresting 14. height 15. weight *16. recycle *17. unusual
*18. doctor *19. disobey *20. unimportant 21. thousand 22. neighbor 23. memories 24. noise 25. million
Challenge Words: politeness, sorrowful, canoe, restless, motionless
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Week 24-A Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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7. discover 8. temperature 9. cool 10. cover *11. copying *12. babies
*13. supplies *14. activities *15. replied 16. sugar 17. nature
Challenge Words: owl, avenue, playground, aloud, tower, groceries, alphabet, fasten
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Week 24-B Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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*7. level *8. general *9. bicycle 10. libraries 11. iron 12. addition
13. receive *14. soil *15. already *16. fault *17. family
Challenge Words: victories, relying, saddle, sandwich, colonial, whistle, label, false
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Week 24-C Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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*7. recharge *8. recycle *9. disobey *10. disagree *11. unusual
*12. disconnected 13. thousand 14. million 15. weigh 16. total
Challenge Words: coins, straw, dinosaur, altogether, reawaken, legend, guest, unconscious, disapprove
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Week 25 Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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*1. nonfiction *2. misunderstanding *3. pregame *4. nonhuman *5. misbehaved *6. precooked *7. misspelled *8. student 9. direction
10. special 11. always 12. restudy 13. wireless 14. danger 15. ahead *16. fearful *17. thoughtful
*18. colorless *19. office *20. friendliness 21. colonies 22. president 23. weight 24. physical 25. audience
Challenge Words: misfortune, berries, preshrunk, nonpoisonous, closet
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Week 26 Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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*1. life *2. lives *3. halves *4. ourselves *5. teeth *6. sheep *7. potatoes *8. except 9. environment
10. join 11. disappear 12. darkness 13. secret 14. valley 15. control *16. nonfiction *17. misbehaved
*18. misunderstanding *19. pregame *20. nonhuman 21. direction 22. ahead 23. always 24. special 25. wireless
Challenge Words: salmon, tomatoes, oxen, volcanoes, calves
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Week 27 Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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10. unnumbered 11. lateness 12. misheard 13. wives 14. ocean 15. lie *16. except *17. sheep
*18. life *19. ourselves *20. potatoes 21. darkness 22. environment 23. secret 24. control 25. join
Challenge Words: propeller, polish, occurred, statue, preferred
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Week 28 Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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10. hardness 11. preseason 12. purpose 13. beginner 14. measure 15. wonder *16. forgetting *17. maybe
*18. controlled *19. beginning *20. remembered 21. ocean 22. lie 23. wives 24. misheard 25. difficult
Challenge Words: juiciest, curious, slimmest, employer, refrigerator
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Week 29 Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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10. misplaced 11. forward 12. unforgettable 13. tiniest 14. solve 15. serious *16. notice *17. quieter
*18. leader *19. easiest *20. actor 21. hardness 22. purpose 23. measure 24. beginner 25. wonder
Challenge Words: rescue, portable, inexcusable, reversible, disposable
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Week 30-A Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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7. physical 8. weight 9. height 10. uninteresting *11. misunderstanding *12. precooked
*13. misspelled *14. misbehaved *15. student *16. nonfiction 17. restudy
Challenge Words: motionless, canoe, politeness, restless, sorrowful, misfortune, nonpoisonous, berries
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Week 30-B Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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*7. except *8. halves 9. join 10. valley 11. environment 12. control
13. disappear *14. controlled *15. bottom *16. happened *17. beginning
Challenge Words: closet, preshrunk, tomatoes, salmon, calves, volcanoes, oxen, occurred
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Week 30-C Homework Name
Practice the memory steps for each word.Step 1: Read the word. Say the syllables to help you spell.Step 2: Underline any hard parts.Step 3: Cover the word. Say and write the word by syllables. Check.
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12. preseason 13. exact 14. measure 15. beginner 16. purpose
Challenge Words: statue, propeller, polish, preferred, slimmest, employer, juiciest, curious, refrigerator
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Week 1 Activity Name
HOMOPHONES
Work with a partner. Take turns reading each homophone below, using it in a sentence, and spelling it aloud as your partner checks.
1. through
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Week 2 Activity Name
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Week 3 Activity Name
WHETHER TO DOUBLE
In this activity, you will decide whether to double the last consonant in each base word before adding the suffix.First work by yourself to fill in each line below. Then take turns with your partner to read each word you have written, tell why you did or didn’t double, and spell the word aloud as your partner checks.
1. pop + ed = ________________________
2. great + est = ________________________
3. fit + ing = ________________________
4. thank + ed = ________________________
5. skip + ing = ________________________
6. click + ed = ________________________
7. jog + er = ________________________
8. yell + ing = ________________________
9. clap + ed = ________________________
10. keep + ing = ________________________
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Week 4 Activity Name
CONTRACTIONS
First work by yourself to write as many contractions as you can using just the words below. You may use each word more than once. Example: he’she, she, it, we, you, they, who, what, is, are, will, would, haveThen take turns with your partner to read each contraction you have written, use it in a sentence, and spell it aloud.
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Week 5 Activity Name
CAPITAL LETTERS
Names of countries, languages, months, and particular people are capitalized. First work by yourself to write examples in the boxes below. One example of a country is Mexico.Then take turns with your partner to read each word you have written, use it in a sentence, and spell it aloud.
Countries
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Languages
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Months
________________________________
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People
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Week 6 Activity Name
SILENT CONSONANTS
Part AFirst work by yourself. Read each word. Think of words that rhyme with the word and have the same silent consonant. Write the words on the lines below. Some items have more than one answer. The first answer is written for you.
1. yolk ____________________________________________________________
2. right ____________________________________________________________
3. calf _____________________________________________________________
4. could ___________________________________________________________
5. talk _____________________________________________________________
6. numb ___________________________________________________________
Part BWork by yourself to fill in the silent consonant in each word.
7. si__n
8. g__ost
9. autum__
10. __onest
11. r__inoceros
12. i__land
13. __onor
14. colum__
15. r__yme
Part CTake turns with your partner to read each word you have written, use it in a sentence, and spell it aloud as your partner checks.
folk
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Week 7 Activity Name
COMPOUND WORDS
First work by yourself to write as many compound words as you can using only the words below. You may use each word more than once. Example: anyoneno, any, some, every, body, time, one, how, where, thingThen take turns with your partner to read each compound word you have written, use it in a sentence, and spell it aloud as your partner checks.
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Week 8 Activity Name
HOMOPHONES
Work with a partner. Take turns reading each homophone below, using it in a sentence, and spelling it aloud as your partner checks.
1. your
2. you’re
3. no
4. know
5. made
6. maid
7. see
8. sea
9. new
10. knew
11. way
12. weigh
13. our
14. hour
15. hear
16. here
17. hi
18. high
19. red
20. read
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Week 9 Activity Name
SILENT CONSONANTS
First work by yourself. Read each word. Write one word that rhymes and begins with a silent consonant. The first one is written for you.Then take turns with your partner to read each word you have written, use it in a sentence, and spell it aloud as your partner checks.
Clue: Think about the silent consonants in these words: know, gnat, write.
1. quite ________________________
2. see _________________________
3. song ________________________
4. feel _________________________
5. fist _________________________
6. might _______________________
7. deck ________________________
8. sit __________________________
9. draw ________________________
10. crinkle ______________________
11. clock ________________________
12. bench _______________________
13. hen _________________________
14. plot _________________________
15. tap _________________________
16. hat _________________________
17. sing ________________________
18. flew ________________________
19. vote ________________________
20. wife ________________________
write
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Week 10 Activity Name
ABBREVIATIONS
First work by yourself. Read each abbreviation. Write the word that the abbreviation stands for.Then take turns with your partner to read each abbreviation and spell it aloud as your partner checks.
1. Mon. _______________________
2. Tues. _______________________
3. Wed. ________________________
4. Thurs. ______________________
5. Fri. _________________________
6. Sat. _________________________
7. Sun. ________________________
8. Dr. _________________________
9. Ave. ________________________
10. St. ___________ and ____________
11. Rd. _________________________
12. USA ________________________
__________________________________
13. in. __________________________
14. ft. __________________________
15. lb. __________________________
16. qt. __________________________
17. gal. _________________________
18. mph ________________________
19. etc. _________________________
20. Write the abbreviation for your state.
__________________________________
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Week 11 Activity Name
Base
wor
dSu
ffix
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s the
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se w
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end
with
a
cons
onan
t an
d th
en e?
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s the
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ou
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rite
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wor
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hake
ing
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eace
ful
3. i
nvite
ed
4. h
ope
less
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leva
teor
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rave
ly
7. a
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tole
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xcite
men
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ate
ness
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rop
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Week 12 Activity Name
WHETHER TO DROP e
In this activity, you will decide whether to drop e before adding a suffix.First work by yourself to fill in each line below. Then take turns with your partner to read each word you have written, tell why you did or didn’t drop e, and spell the word aloud as your partner checks.
1. endure + ing = ________________________
2. endure + ance = ________________________
3. safe + ly = ________________________
4. cure + able = ________________________
5. use + less = ________________________
6. fame + ous = ________________________
7. ripe + ness = ________________________
8. distribute + or = ________________________
9. require + ment = ________________________
10. provide + ing = ________________________
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Week 13 Activity Name
NUMBERS
First work by yourself to write each number in words. Then check your work with your partner. Discuss which parts of each word can be easily misspelled. Underline the easily misspelled parts.
1. 14 _____________________________
2. 19 _____________________________
3. 27 _____________________________
4. 35 _____________________________
5. 49 _____________________________
6. 52 _____________________________
7. 63 _____________________________
8. 78 _____________________________
9. 84 _____________________________
10. 96 _____________________________
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Week 14 Activity Name
ADDING SUFFIXES
In many of the following words, the base word was changed before the suffix was added. amazement, becoming, confusing, dancer, dropping, figured, finest, fixed, flipper, frozen, missed, noiseless, pitcher, quitter, sadness, saving, sniffing, sobbing, wagging, warmest, wasting, wettest, winner, zipperFirst work by yourself to decide whether a change was made, and if so, which change was made. Write each word in the column that describes what happened to the base word. Then take turns with your parner to read each word you have written, use it in a sentence, and spell it aloud as your partner checks.
The e was dropped.
The last consonant was doubled.
The base word was not changed.
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Week 15 Activity Name
SYLLABLES -tion AND -sion
Each word below is a clue for a related -tion or -sion word.First work by yourself to underline the letters that are a clue. Write the related -tion or -sion word. Then take turns with your partner to read each word you have written, tell why you wrote -tion or -sion, and spell the word aloud as your partner checks.
1. act ____________________________
2. impress ________________________
3. explode ________________________
4. prevent _________________________
5. decide __________________________
6. express _________________________
7. subtract ________________________
8. divide __________________________
9. discuss _________________________
10. select __________________________
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Week 16 Activity Name
POSSESSIVES
First work by yourself to write a sentence using each possessive word below. Then take turns with your partner to read each sentence you wrote and spell the possessive word as your partner checks.
1. dogs’ ____________________________________________________________
2. girl’s ____________________________________________________________
3. men’s ___________________________________________________________
4. horse’s __________________________________________________________
5. players’ __________________________________________________________
6. cat’s ____________________________________________________________
7. fishes’ ___________________________________________________________
8. children’s ________________________________________________________
9. today’s __________________________________________________________
10. women’s _________________________________________________________
11. princess’s _________________________________________________________
12. boys’ ____________________________________________________________
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Week 17 Activity Name
SYLLABLES -tion AND -sion
Each word below is a clue for a related -tion or -sion word.First work by yourself to underline the letters that are a clue. Write the related -tion or -sion word. Then take turns with your partner to read each word you have written, tell why you wrote -tion or -sion, and spell the word aloud as your partner checks.
1. invade _________________________
2. protect _________________________
3. possess _________________________
4. correct _________________________
5. conclude ________________________
6. invent __________________________
7. confess _________________________
8. decide __________________________
9. express _________________________
10. inspect _________________________
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Week 18 Activity Name
POSSESSIVES
First work by yourself to write each of the following words in the column that describes the type of possessive it is.brother’s, children’s, cousins’, father’s, geese’s, grandparents’, lion’s, men’s, mice’s, mother’s, parents’, sisters’, sons’, uncle’s, women’sThen take turns with your partner to read each word you have written, use it in a sentence, and spell it aloud as your partner checks.
singular possessive
plural possessive: plural noun ends with s
plural possessive: plural noun does not
end with s
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Week 19 Activity Name
Base
wor
dSu
ffix
Doe
s the
ba
se w
ord
end
with
a
cons
onan
t an
d th
en y
?
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s the
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beg
in
with
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th
at is
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te th
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ord.
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ed
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er
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ing
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tay
ing
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arry
ed
6. d
estr
oyed
7. e
arly
est
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orry
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Week 20 Activity Name
BUILDING WORDS
First work by yourself to write as many words as you can using just the base words and suffixes below. You may use each one more than once. Example: voterBase words: sad, complete, plain, vote, computeSuffixes: s, ed, ing, ly, er, estThen take turns with your partner to read each word you have written, use it in a sentence, and spell it aloud.
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Week 21 Activity Name
WHETHER TO CHANGE y TO i
In this activity, you will decide whether to change y to i before adding a suffix. First work by yourself to fill in each line below. Then take turns with your partner to read each word you have written, tell why you did or didn’t change y to i, and spell the word aloud as your partner checks.
1. carry + ing = ________________________
2. pretty + est = ________________________
3. enjoy + ing = ________________________
4. hungry + er = ________________________
5. spray + ed = ________________________
6. busy + ly = ________________________
7. identify + ing = ________________________
8. hurry + es = ________________________
9. pay + ing = ________________________
10. sleepy + ly = ________________________
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Week 22 Activity Name
BUILDING WORDS
First work by yourself to write as many words as you can using just the prefixes, base words, and suffixes below. You may use each one more than once. Example: uninterestedPrefixes: un, re, disBase words: interest, connectSuffixes: s, ed, ing, lyThen take turns with your partner to read each word you have written, use it in a sentence, and spell it aloud.
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Week 23 Activity Name
BUILDING WORDS
First work by yourself to write as many words as you can using just the base words and suffixes below. You may use each one more than once. Example: usefulBase words: use, fear, help, colorSuffixes: ful, less, nessThen take turns with your partner to read each word you have written, use it in a sentence, and spell it aloud.
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Week 24 Activity Name
OPPOSITES
First work by yourself. Change the suffix of each word so that the new word means the opposite of the first word. The first one is written for you.Then take turns with your partner to read each word you have written, use it in a sentence, and spell it aloud as your partner checks.
1. careful _________________________
2. hopeless ________________________
3. powerful ________________________
4. cloudy __________________________
5. thoughtless ______________________
6. painful _________________________
7. noisy ___________________________
8. lawless _________________________
9. mindful _________________________
10. tasty ___________________________
careless
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Week 25 Activity Name
HOMOPHONES
Work with a partner. Take turns reading each homophone below, using it in a sentence, and spelling it aloud as your partner checks.
1. some
2. sum
3. heard
4. herd
5. sun
6. son
7. whole
8. hole
9. clothes
10. close
11. already
12. all ready
13. write
14. right
15. main
16. mane
17. hair
18. hare
19. poor
20. pour
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Week 26 Activity Name
OPPOSITES
First work by yourself. Add one of the prefixes to each word so that the new word means the opposite of the first word. The first one is written for you.Prefixes: non, mis, un, disThen take turns with your partner to read each word you have written, use it in a sentence, and spell it aloud as your partner checks.
1. appear ______________________
2. fiction ______________________
3. usual _______________________
4. respect ______________________
5. spelled ______________________
6. dairy ________________________
7. friendly ______________________
8. understood ___________________
9. conscious ____________________
10. tie __________________________
11. matched _____________________
12. obey ________________________
13. hook ________________________
14. agree _______________________
15. infected _____________________
16. lock ________________________
17. like _________________________
18. safe _________________________
disappear
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Week 27 Activity Name
UNUSUAL PLURALS
First work by yourself. Write each plural word in the box that tells how the plural was formed. Write the singular next to the plural. The first one is written for you.Plural words: feet, geese, heroes, knives, leaves, men, mice, potatoes, radios, rodeos, stereos, thieves, tomatoes, wolvesThen take turns with your partner to read each word you have written, use it in a sentence, and spell it aloud as your partner checks.
The f or fe was changed to ves.
plural singular
1. _____________ _____________
2. _____________ _____________
3. _____________ _____________
4. _____________ _____________
Letters within the singular word were changed.
plural singular
5. _____________ _____________
6. _____________ _____________
7. _____________ _____________
8. _____________ _____________
The letters es were added.
plural singular
9. _____________ _____________
10. _____________ _____________
11. _____________ _____________
The singular word ends with a vowel and then o, so just s was added.
plural singular
12. _____________ _____________
13. _____________ _____________
14. _____________ _____________
feet foot
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Week 28 Activity Name
DOUBLING WITH POLYSYLLABIC WORDS
In this activity, you will decide whether to double the last consonant of a polysyllabic word before adding a suffix. First work by yourself to fill in each line below. Then take turns with your partner to read each word you have written, tell why you did or didn’t double, and spell the word aloud as your partner checks.
1. propel + er = ________________________
2. happen + ing = ________________________
3. quarrel + ed = ________________________
4. occur + ed = ________________________
5. suggest + ed = ________________________
6. forgot + en = ________________________
7. admit + ed = ________________________
8. orbit + er = ________________________
9. permit + ing = ________________________
10. explain + ing = ________________________
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Week 29 Activity Name
BUILDING WORDS
First work by yourself to write as many words as you can using just the prefixes, base words, and suffixes below. You may use each one more than once. Example: usingPrefixes: un, reBase words: use, believe, fill, forgetSuffixes: ing, ableThen take turns with your partner to read each word you have written, use it in a sentence, and spell it aloud.
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Week 30 Activity Name
DOUBLING WITH POLYSYLLABIC WORDS
In this activity, you will decide whether to double the last consonant of a polysyllabic word before adding a suffix. First work by yourself to fill in each line below. Then take turns with your partner to read each word you have written, tell why you did or didn’t double, and spell the word aloud as your partner checks.
1. edit + ing = ________________________
2. surround + ed = ________________________
3. admit + ing = ________________________
4. complain + ed = ________________________
5. permit + ed = ________________________
6. prefer + ing = ________________________
7. equal + ed = ________________________
8. discover + able = ________________________
9. commit + ed = ________________________
10. refer + ed = ________________________
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Spelling-Sound Chart
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