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Literacy by Design Spelling Masters

The Spelling Masters for grades 1–5 provide extra spelling practice to complement the spelling lists and

spelling routines provided in the Literacy by Design Comprehensive Teacher’s Guide.

These blackline masters provide activities to support the four kinds of words in the weekly spellings lists

found in the Comprehensive Teacher’s Guide.

• Spelling Words These words illustrate the week’s phonics or word study skill.

• High-Frequency Words (grades 1–2) or No Excuse Words (grades 3–5)

High-Frequency words in the Spelling List have been taught previously in the grade level or program.

The No Excuse Words, following Rebecca Sitton’s pedagogy, are words that students are expected to

spell correctly in their everyday writing.

• Challenge Words These words are often exceptions to the phonics or word study skill, or they

require a slightly higher level application or analysis.

• Personal Words These are words that a student may have trouble with in his or her writing.

These words are identified by the teacher and the student.

The Spelling Masters provide a variety of activities based on the works of Richard Gentry. These activities

allow students practice in

• recognizing the shape of each word (grade 1).

• categorizing words by phonics or word study feature (grades 2–5).

• typing words alphabetically or organized by other features (all grades).

• matching words to pictures (grade 1).

• understanding and producing words in the context of sentences, analogies, and puzzles (all grades).

• correcting the spelling of words in the context of letters, poems, and stories (all grades).

In addition, optional Challenge Activities allow more advanced students opportunities to build an

understanding of the unique features of these words and their relationships to other words through more

phonics, word study, and context-based activities.

A list of High-Frequency or No Excuse Words, a Spelling Strategy blackline master, and a complete

Answer Key are also available as PDFs.

Literacy by Design Spelling Masters Introduction

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Literacy by Design Grade 4 Theme 1 Week 1 Spelling Master 1

THEME 1 Short Vowels

Write each word in the correct place below. Then write your Personal Words.

Other Spelling Words

Your Personal Words

exoticthesemagicpencilrabbitnumberall

guitarjealous

mosttravelshowchickenbegancommonhappen

leopardquestion

Word Box

Short Vowel Words

Type your spelling words in alphabetical order.Then type another word with the same beginning sound.Type your Personal Words three times.

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THEME 1 Short Vowels

Underline each misspelled word in the passage and write the word correctly above it.

A chiken and a rabbit decided to travell together. They hoped a numbre of exciting things

would hapen on their adventure. So they packed their bags, and beggan their journey on a

warm, summer morning.

As the chicken and the rabbet followed the road out of town, they saw only comone things

like fences and fields.

“This is boring,” sighed the chicken. “Let’s sit down under theese trees and eat our lunch.”

While the chicken got out their sandwiches, the rabbit looked out over the fields.

“Look!” he whispered suddenly. The chicken followed the rabbit’s gaze and saw a large,

exotik bird. The bright and beautiful bird spread its lovely tail and put on quite a shouw. It

was a majic moment! The chicken and rabbit looked at each other. This trip was mostt

definitely going to be a wonderful adventure!

What’s That Sound? • Write more words that have the underlined sound.

jealous

leopard

guitar

Look around your house for more words with these sounds!

Spelling Challenge


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THEME 1 Initial Consonants

Write your spelling words in alphabetical order. Then write your Personal Words.

Your Personal Words

familypatioreasonjustvalleybuildingweather

phasedecimal

calledverymonstercalendarpoemaftersubtract

sciencewrist

Word Box

Spelling Words

Type your spelling words.Then type another word with the same ending sound.Type your Personal Words three times.

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THEME 1 Initial Consonants

building after calendar family patio poem reasonvalley subtract monster weather called just very

decimal phase science wrist

Write a spelling word that belongs in each group.

1. porch, terrace,

2. add, divide,

3. mountain, plain,

4. shed, castle,

5. man, couple,

6. ghost, dragon,

7. lightening, tornado,

8. before, during,

9. call, calling,

10. extremely, especially,

11. short story, novel,

12. question, answer,

13. math, history,

14. schedule, time line,

Rhyme Time • Write more words that rhyme with the words below.

phase

wrist

Ask your family to help you think of more words that rhyme with phase and wrist!

Spelling Challenge


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THEME 2 Consonant Blends



Your Personal Words

watergriprestrictstumplongbriskone

plasticapplaud

craftprobablyspinachcleverdentisttrafficmay

drainagesplendid

Word Box

Consonant Blend Words

Type your spelling words in alphabetical order.What are some other consonant blends?Type more words using different consonant blends.


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THEME 2 Consonant Blends

brisk clever craft dentist grip probably restrictspinach stump traffic long may water one

applaud drainage plastic splendid

Write the spelling word that completes each sentence and rhymes with the underlined word.

1. The sailors onto the rail of the ship during the storm.

2. If you take a walk around the pool, there is a risk you will slip.

3. The young boys jump over the old tree

.

4. The man watched his daughter as she

swam in the .

5. With great , my grandfather built a raft and floated down the river.

6. Mrs. Terracina has son and three daughters.

7. The principal will Billy’s privileges, because he kicked another student.

8. The artist worked on his graphic design

as he waited in .

9. The athlete knew she needed to be strong

to run such a race.

10. Have you ever known a magician as

as Houdini?

Building Words • Write more words by using the letters in each word.

drainage

splendid

Ask your family to help you think of more words using these letters!

Spelling Challenge


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THEME 2 Word Families


Your Personal Words

mattersnugglewomenonlywaychapterfloppy

acrobatcotton

marketthunderfindhabitdoormatusegiggle

penguinthreaten

Word Box

Spelling Words

Type your spelling words.Then type another word with the same beginningvowel sound.Type your Personal Words three times.

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THEME 2 Word Families


Last night I read a funny chaper in my book. It was about three woman who were the

best of friends. Every Wednesday they were in the habbit of shopping at the marcket together.

They would get up early, eat a quick breakfast, and make the long walk into the town’s center.

One Wednesday, one of the women bought a large, floppey dormat made of straw. On the

way home from the market, it started to thundre. Then it began to pour down rain! The

women snuggeled under the doormat to keep from getting wet.

They stayed dry for a while, but water soon began to drip through the straw mat. Drip.

Drop. Drip. Drop. It made them gigle.

The women decided it didn’t really mater

if they got wet. They walked the rest of the

waiy home in the rain.

Letter Check • Write more words that have the underlined letters.

penguin

threaten

Find more ui and thr words in a newspaper!

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THEME 3 Long Vowels



Your Personal Words

explodemistakesupposedidtelephonedescribehad

believeclimate

femalemadebaseballeveningbesidesunshineparachute

freestylelightning

Word Box

Long Vowel Words

Type your spelling words in alphabetical order.Type more words with a long vowel sound.Type your Personal Words three times.

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THEME 3 Long Vowels


Dear Randy,

The basball game was great! I’ll try to deskribe the eveing as

best I can. It was the bottom of the eighth inning, and the bases

were loaded. Patsy hit the ball so hard it seemed to explod off her

bat. The ball sailed over the fence just as the last ray of sonshine

left the sky. It went so high, it flew over the telefone pole!

The announcer said it was the pitcher’s miztake, but I think

Patsy would have hit that grand slam, no matter what! I supose I

could be wrong, but I think she is one of the greatest femail players

of our time.

Your friend,

Cal

What’s That Sound? • Write more words with the underlined sound.

climate

freestyle



Spelling Challenge

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THEME 3 Nouns



Your Personal Words

puddingshouldermysiblingblisterfossilwho

cyclonethermometer

artisthospitalrestaurantnotcolonygrocernow

futureheadache

Word Box

Nouns

Type your spelling words in alphabetical order.Type an adjective that describes each noun.Type your Personal Words three times.

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THEME 3 Nouns

artist blister colony fossil grocer hospital puddingrestaurant shoulder sibling my not now who

cyclone future headache thermometer

Write the spelling word that completes each analogy.

1. Doctor is to as teacher is to school.

2. is to grocery as baker is to bakery.

3. Cucumber is to vegetable as

is to dessert.

4. Hip is to leg as is to arm.

5. Brother is to as son is to child.

6. Creative is to as fast is to runner.

7. is to food as department store is to clothes.

8. is to later as hot is to cold.

9. We is to our as I is to

.

10. Ants are to as sheep are to herd.

11. Burn is to as cut is to scar.

12. Pause is to paws as knot is to

.


Syllable Check • Write more words that have the same number of syllables.

thermometer (ther / mom / e / ter)

cyclone (cy / clone)

Ask your family to help you think of more words with two or four syllables!

Spelling Challenge

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THEME 4 Proper Nouns



Your Personal Words

EvergladesMexicoCanadabeenPacific OceanthanJupiter

FrankensteinAntarctica

firstChallengerAmericansoonCubaCongress

Word Box

Proper Nouns

Thomas EdisonParliament

Lewis and Clark

Type your spelling words in alphabetical order.Then type another proper noun with the samebeginning sound.Type your Personal Words three times.

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THEME 4 Proper Nouns


My class is studying geography. We each had to choose a place to write a report on.

I chose the Pasific Oceen because I love whales. My friend, Josh, chose the Evrglads

because he thinks alligators are the coolest animals on Earth! Marta chose Kuba. Her

parents are from there, but she is an Amerecan. Meg picked

Mexcio, and Roberto picked Caneda.

Stacy’s first choice was Jupitre, but Mr. Tate said the place

has to be on this planet! So Stacy chose the path of Lewes and

Klark, and Mr. Tate said that was okay.

We have all bene working hard on our reports, and I think my

report will finally be ready soone! Roberto will be the furst to give

his report in front of the class. I can hardly wait to hear about all

the interesting places.

Building Words • Write more words using the letters in each word.

Frankenstein

Parliament


Spelling Challenge


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THEME 4 Reference Materials


Your Personal Words

systemenergyalphabetInternetagainresearchpuzzle

dictionarymystery

neighborglossarymaketimereferencenocould

thesaurusvocabulary

Spelling Words

Word Box

Type your spelling words.Then type an adjective that describes each noun.Type your Personal Words three times.

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THEME 4 Reference Materials

again alphabet energy glossary Internet neighbor puzzlereference research system could make no time

dictionary mystery thesaurus vocabulary

Write a spelling word to solve each riddle.

1. I am all the letters in a language. What am I?

2. I am the person living next door. What am I?

3. I am a book of definitions. What am I?

4. I am a book of synonyms and antonyms. What am I?

5. I connect computers around the world. What am I?

6. I am hours, minutes, and seconds. What am I?

7. I can be either a jigsaw or a crossword. What am I?

8. I am needed to do work. What am I?

9. I describe when something is repeated. What am I?

10. I am an investigation or experiment. What am I?


vocabulary

mystery

Find more ary and my words in a magazine!

Spelling Challenge


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THEME 5 Synonyms and Antonyms


Your Personal Words

seepunyquiettwoansweridealperfect

examinefamiliar

himweakdeliciousnoisyliketastyresponse

inspectstrange

Word Box

Spelling Words

Type your spelling words.Which spelling words are antonym or synonym pairs?Type each antonym or synonym pair.

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THEME 5 Synonyms and Antonyms

answer delicious ideal noisy perfect puny quietresponse tasty weak him like see two

examine familiar inspect strange

Use your spelling words to write a synonym to each underlined word.

1. We finished the whole apple pie, because it was so delicious.

2. The students waited for the teacher to give them an answer.

3. When she tried the dress on, she realized it was the perfect size.

4. The weak man couldn’t lift the weights above his head.

5. The loud marching band could be heard for miles.

6. Kenny has a couple of red lollipops in his lunch box.

7. Sofia’s shirt is similar to Ingela’s shirt.

8. We like to go to the cabin because it’s so peaceful and relaxing there.


strange

inspect

Ask your family to help you think of more words that rhyme with strange and inspect!

Spelling Challenge


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THEME 5 Multiple-Meaning Words


Your Personal Words

templehershowerswallowpresentdiamondhas

atmospherebuffet

cobblerstablemorebatterpupilintoscour

columnneutral

Word Box

Spelling Words

Type your spelling words.Type each word that has more than one meaning.Type your Personal Words three times.

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THEME 5 Multiple-Meaning Words


Antonio was a cobler of many years.

He was esteemed and admired by all his peers.

Each morning he got up and took a shouer.

Then his workshop he would scrub and scower.

The room sparkled like a dimond by six o’clock.

Then he’d make shoes until his customers knocked.

When the tempel bell rang at the stroke of nine,

There were dozens of people waiting in line.

Yes, Antonio was happy—except for one thing.

Across the street, the stabble owner thought he was king.

“He hass no sense and isn’t tidy!” the cobbler cried.

“I will try to swalow my anger and let it slide.”

But this only made poor Antonio moore mad inside.

And to this presant day, the cobbler is fit to be tied.

Story Time • Write a short story on another sheet of paper. Use the words atmosphere and neutral. Try to use multiple meanings of the words in your story!

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THEME 6 Homonyms


Your Personal Words

theirsentpourpeaceappleotherflower

cerealpatience

they’reporebutcentpiecetherescent

patientsserial

Word Box

Spelling Words

Type your spelling words.Which spelling words are homonym pairs?Type each homonym pair.

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THEME 6 Homonyms

they’re apple peace sent but piece centflower pour scent pore their there other

cereal patience patients serial

Write a spelling word for each clue on the line.

1. Another word for smell

2. The value of a penny

3. Means mailed or transported

4. A tiny opening in a plant or animal

5. To put tea from a pitcher into a glass

6. The opposite of here

7. Means belongs to them

8. A contraction for they and are

9. A red fruit that grows on trees

10. A rose, lily or tulip


patience

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Spelling Challenge


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THEME 6 Verbs



Your Personal Words

arguepracticestruggleaidimaginesurroundmany

continuegalloping

thenappearcomfortexercisecityshenotice

receivesucceed

Word Box

Verbs

Type your spelling words in alphabetical order.Then type another verb with the same beginning sound.Type your Personal Words three times.

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THEME 6 Verbs


Meny people strugle with working out regularly. Some say they don’t have enough time to

exersise. Others say they lack the enthusiasm.

Why not practise yoga? Imagin a form of exercise that is both fun and challenging.

You can do yoga at home. Or you can surrond yourself with other yoga learners by attending

a class. If you join a class, your instructor can aide you

with difficult poses and proper breathing patterns. In

just a few lessons, you may notise increased flexibility

and stronger muscles. Additionally, you may feel more

calm and relaxed.

No matter which citty or town you live in, you can

stay fit with yoga!


succeed

receive

Ask your family to help you think of more words that rhyme with succeed and receive!

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THEME 7 Skills Review

Type your spelling words in alphabetical order. Then write your Personal Words.

Your Personal Words

clownskisuporbitcountercompassaware

bulletinpromise

howfollowroughrepairthembeautycougar

quantitystomach

Word Box

Spelling Words


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aware beauty compass cougar counter follow orbitrepair rough skis how them up clown

bulletin promise quantity stomach

Write the spelling word for each clue in the puzzle.

Across 1. A very pretty person or thing

2. Mechanics do this to cars

3. A member of the cat family

4. You can use these on snow or water

Down 5. To notice what’s going on around you

6. Shows you north, south, east or west

7. Sandpaper feels this way

8. Planets do this around the sun

Story Time • Write a short story on another sheet of paper. Use the words stomach and quantity.

Spelling Challenge


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THEME 7 Word Endings ed, ing, and s


Your Personal Words

aboutinvitedmasseseachcountriesnerveswill

committedinstead

wolvesmillionsdoworryinglosingshareddonkeys

oxenpotatoes

Word Box

Spelling Words

Type your spelling words.Then type another word with the same beginning sound.Type your Personal Words three times.

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THEME 7 Word Endings ed, ing, and s


Every day milyons of donkeys are put to work around the world. They are used to pull

carts, guard sheep and plow fields. Donkeys are also kept with horses. This is because they

calm the nervs of edgy horses.

Donkeys are used for recreational purposes, too. Resort guests are often invitted to take

donkey rides along the beach. People march alongside donkeys in town parades.

Many people have been worring aboute

the massess of donkies that need help. Many

countreys have started shelters for

mistreated donkeys. They give medical care

to eeach donkey that comes through their

gates. Their shard concern for the health and

safety of donkeys keeps many animals alive.

Happy Endings • Write more words that have these endings.

committed

potatoes

Find more words with these endings in a book!

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THEME 8 Adjectives


beemodernSpanishfavoriteenormousifimportant

endangeredenergetic

twelvesaidheroicjollybypurplefrantic

genuinehilarious

Word Box

Type your spelling words in alphabetical order.Then type a word that each adjective describes.Type your Personal Words three times.

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THEME 8 Adjectives


Dear Juliana,

Here is a copy of my favorit book. It is a moudern tale about a heroike,

Spanesh bee. As the story begins, twelv small villages are getting ready for an

importent festival. Everyone is joly as they prepare for the enourmous event.

They hang purpel and yellow banners, prepare special, ethnic foods, and set up

hundreds of tables. Suddenly they realize something is missing, and they don’t

know what to do. The villagers become frantik and are afraid the festival will

be a failure.

This is where the smart, Spanish bea saves the day. Iff I tell you any more,

I’ll ruin the ending. Have fun reading!

Love,

Uncle Ted


endangered

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THEME 8 Prefix un


Your Personal Words

unspokenunafraidunbuttonuncomfortableanwhenunwelcome

uncleunconscious

unknownunusedweunbeatenuncertaincanuninteresting

uniteunreasonable

Word Boxun Prefix Words


Type your spelling words in alphabetical order.Then type the root word of each un prefix word.Type your Personal Words three times.

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THEME 8 Prefix un

unafraid unbeaten unbutton uncertain uncomfortable uninterestingunknown unspoken unused unwelcome an can we when

uncle unconscious unite unreasonable

Answer each question with a spelling word.

1. What might you do to your coat before you take it off?

2. What might you call a boring story?

3. How might you feel if you sat on a hard chair for many hours?

4. How might you describe a soccer team that has never lost a game?

5. How might you describe ants at a picnic lunch?

6. How might you describe a very brave person?

7. How might you describe a brand new toy?

8. What might you be if you aren’t sure of the answer?

Prefix Words • Write more words with the un prefix.

unreasonable

False Friends • Write more words that have the same letters, but aren’t really un prefixes!

uncle

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Your Personal Words

nonfictionknowindirectwheredisgustinformalwould

disengagedissatisfied

disagreewerenonsensediscontinueinactivedisapprovenonstop

injureinnocent

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non Prefix Words

in Prefix Words

dis Prefix Words

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inactive disapprove disagree nonfiction where would informalnonstop disgust indirect know discontinue nonsense were

disengage dissatisfied injure innocent

Write a synonym for the underlined words.

1. Brooke and I often fight over silly things.

2. They are going to stop selling junk food in our school cafeteria.

3. Ray couldn’t sleep because of the steady noise outside.

4. His new book on the Civil War is based on fact.

5. Many people thought that putting a man on the moon was foolishness.

6. Tony has a strong dislike for bananas.

7. Most days we wear casual clothes, but today we had to dress up.

8. The principal is going to scold us for the prank we played on our teacher.

9. The only way to the cabin was a long, winding road.

10. The scared possum was motionless.

Prefix Words • Write more words with the in prefix.

informal

False Friends • Write words that have the same letters, but aren’t really in prefixes!

injure

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THEME 9 Prefixes re, pre



Your Personal Words

prepaidrelocatelittlerewritepeoplepreviewbring

precautionpresident

precookrefuelpreschoolwhichrecoverprehistoricrestore

reappearreunite

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Prefix means again

Prefix means before

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Long ago most peeple grew their own food. They couldn’t buy prekooked food from the

store. Also, there was no TV! Families couldn’t watch shows, see preveiws for new movies,

or get the news at home. There were no telephones or prepayed phone cards, either. People

counted on letters to breing news from far away, wich was often a slow process.

Long ago it was also hard for people to travel. They couldn’t simply refeul a car and

drive. This was one reason the country’s capital was reelocated from Philadelphia to

Washington D.C. It was a better place to build the president’s home, the White House. But

the original White House burned in 1814. So litle of what you see today is the original White

House building. Only parts of the building were rekovered and most had to be restoored.

People can’t rerite history, but they can learn a lot from it!

Prefix Words • Write more words that have the re and pre prefixes.

reappear

precaution

False Friends • Write words that have the same letters, but aren’t really re and pre prefixes!

realize

president

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I’vefaceshould’veyou’vefromthey’llhaven’t

could’vemustn’t

one’swhat’sorthat’llyou’dshouldn’tI

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Inas and Rita have free time now that school is out for the summer.

“Wha’ts your plan?” asks Inas.

“i’ev never been to that art museum on Sherman Avenue,” says Rita.

“That’l be fun!” Inas exclaims. “Let’s go!”

“I hav’ent eaten yet, so would you mind if we got some

food to go frum the sandwich shop?” asks Rita. “They have

really great turkey and avocado sandwiches.”

“We sholdn’t take food or drink into the museum,” says Inas.

“I can eat my sandwich before we go inside,” Rita answers.

“There’s Jo and May. Do you think theey’ll want to go, too?”

“Youh’d better hurry and ask before they get on that bus!”

“Jo! May! Wait! You must’nt miss out on the fun!”


could’ve

who’d

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qtJan.feelMrs.ftAve.at

Bldg.Blvd.

galNYWed.beMr.Dr.idea

Corp.Hwy.

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Ave. Dr. ft gal Jan. Mr. Mrs.NY qt Wed. at be feel idea

Bldg. Blvd. Corp. Hwy.

Finish each sentence with a spelling word.

1. I deliver homemade jam to customers in New York City, .

2. Today is , the 15th of .

3. My first delivery is one of jam to Dr. Ames.

4. Dr. Ames lives just off 118th near the park.

5. My second stop is and Gibson’s house.

6. I have an that stop will take me a long time. Mrs. Gibson loves to chat!

7. My last stop is about 50 from the Gibson’s.

8. I should finished by lunchtime!

Short and Sweet • Write more words with their abbreviations.

Bldg. (Building)

Hwy. (Highway)

Ask your family to help you think of more words that can be abbreviated!

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anyoneyourselffallenminethoseitsfine

everybodyourselves

mesomethingmyselfguessnobodysomeonehave

severalwhom

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anyone yourself fallen mine those fine its meguess something myself nobody have someone

everybody ourselves several whom


1. “You must work hard and help ,” said the mother elf to her child.

2. clothes are dirty, but these are clean.

3. This line divides your half from .

4. The cat sits in favorite spot on the sunny window ledge.

5. I am waving to Danny and Darnell, but I don’t think they see .

6. I’m not sure where they are, but my is they went to play chess.

7. I would get the book down , but I can’t reach the top shelf.

8. Grampa said I picked out a pine for the holiday season this year.


everybody

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Your Personal Words

faultwrongfixexpandwateredfinestgone

obeyedshoed

saladMemorial Dayformgreatmoistripenurses

shooedwidth

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This year’s Memoral Day was the finnest yet. We decided to expande our traditional

small picnic to include everyone who worked at the clinic. Everyone pitched in.

Dr. Abekaled brought a delicious sallad with rype avocados on top. Two of the nursses

baked a miost carrot cake for dessert. Julie, our receptionist, grilled pork sausages for

everyone. Taylor and Sam made a peach and kiwi punch. Something must have gon wroong

when they mixed it, because it was wattered down. Nurse Tally came to the rescue. She said

she could fixe the tastless drink before it was time to eat.

After the picnic, we talked, played badminton,

and Dr. Shoal even took a nap in the sun. It was a

graet, relaxing day!


obeyed

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usuallyalwaysfunnyfarthertomorrowgoldsleepily

basicallyespecially

eagerlygoingquitelatergameforwardforever

eventuallyfrequently

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Jake and Joy alwaiys look fourward to vacation.

But they can never agree on a location.

Jake usally suggests some place by the sea –

“Gould sand and blue water make me feel free.”

Joy, however, doesn’t quitte feel the same –

“Give me a forest, a trail, and I’m gam.”

Jake prefers to go somewhere close to home.

If Joy could decide, much farether they’d roam.

“Eventualy we must decide,” says Jake one day.

“Are we goiing to the forest or to the bay?”


especially

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Your Personal Words

acrossbelowgladabovewithintowardworld

beneathbeyond

glassagainstaroundtrybehinddownduring

exceptthrough

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above across against around behind below duringdown toward within glass glad try world

beneath beyond except through


1. Carrots and turnips grow the ground.

2. The president sensed that everyone was his idea when nobody clapped.

3. The only chair left at the conference table was from my boss.

4. The dove flew the trees and disappeared into the sky.

5. We walked the town and visited many shops.

6. Everyone watched as the princess walked the stairs in her beautiful gown.

7. The brave knight held his sword high and began walking the dragon.

8. The boy found a shiny piece of in the grass.

9. It is windy today, so I will to fly my new kite at the park.

10. A loud cry of pain came from Cody when the baseball hit him in the shin.


beneath

through

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THEME 13 Suffixes ful, able, less



Your Personal Words

beautifullovableturtleagelessthoughtlesswishTV

constabledoubtful

forgetfulpennilesscountlessenjoyablewordagreeablewonderful

excitablesuccessful

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Suffix means full of

Suffix means what something

can be

Suffix means without

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ageless agreeable beautiful countless enjoyable wish lovablepenniless thoughtless wonderful forgetful turtle TV word

constable doubtful excitable successful

Write a spelling word that belongs in each group.

1. desire, hope,

2. pretty, attractive,

3. snake, alligator,

4. nice, pleasant,

5. letter, sentence,

6. a lot, many,

7. great, super,

8. timeless, long-lived,

9. delightful, fun,

10. computer, radio,


excitable

doubtful

Ask your family to help you think of more words with these endings!

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Your Personal Words

attentionsicknesswaitshipmenthappinesselectionwinter

argumentcement

pavementwarmfreshnesswindcreationchampionamusement

educationgovernment

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ness Suffix Words

ion and tion Suffix Words

ment Suffix Words

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amusement winter attention sickness pavement happiness waitwind freshness election champion warm shipment creation

argument cement education government


Some sports have been around for many, many years. These traditional sports include

soccer, golf, and tennis. In more recent years, we have seen the creetion of some new sports.

These sports include snow sailing and winde surfing. Such activities are often called

extreme sports.

Some extreme sports are played during the wintre. Others are practiced during the

warme months. They often gain atention because they involve dangerous stunts or tricks.

Experienced snowboarders can do fantastic jumps, spins, and tricks on their boards. You

might say snowboarding is like skateboarding, except that the snow is replaced with pavment.

Today we get much hapiness and amusmente from extreme sports.

Syllable Check • Write more words that have the same number of syllables.

education(ed / u / ca / tion)

Look around your house for more words with four syllables!

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Your Personal Words

steadilyquietlyangrilywetfriendlyplayfullywash

replystrangely

regretfullywe’llhopefullywenteasilyexactlytruthfully

surelythoughtfully

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ly Suffix Words

fully Suffix Words

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playfully truthfully angrily friendly hopefully quietlywash regretfully went wet steadily we’ll exactly easily

reply strangely surely thoughtfully

Write an antonym for the underlined words.

1. The ground was very dry because it hasn’t rained in months.

2. The kids woke up their parents as they noisily fixed breakfast in the kitchen.

3. The weather in Texas can change suddenly without warning.

4. The men came to the shop just before it closed.

5. The boy acted dishonestly when he cheated on his math test.

6. The three sisters skipped happily to the swimming pool.

7. Tommy got in trouble because he was mean to the new student.

8. We watched in despair as our favorite team quickly began to lose the game.

9. The principal spoke to us seriously about our bad behavior.

10. The two jars of jelly cost about five dollars.

Suffix Words • Write more words with the ly suffix.

strangely

False Friends • Write words that have the same letters, but aren’t really ly suffixes!

reply

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THEME 14 Conjunctions


Your Personal Words

eithersinceunlesswellyounguntilyet

angelangle

wheneverzoothoughalthoughbecausewhilewrite

liarpleasure

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Dear Henrik,

I’m sad you are moving away. My mom said I probably won’t

get to see you untill summer vacation, becuase your family is

moving to a different state. But I have an idea! Sinse you will be so

far away, I thought we could be pen pals. Althogh we won’t get to

see each other that often, we can writte to each other as much as

we want. We can write wenever something exciting happens, or just

when we want to say hello.

I hope this letter finds you wel, and I can’t wait to see you this

summer! We can go to the zooe or the ballpark wile you are here.

Ither is fine with me!

Write soon.

Your friend and pen pal,

Jonas

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THEME 15 Interjections


Your Personal Words

breathefashionhoorayyellouchyeakeep

ceasecelebration

amazingcarefreemerithearpartnerhatgigantic

eurekaugh

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THEME 15 Interjections

amazing hat yea breathe yell partner ouchmerit carefree fashion keep gigantic hooray hear

cease celebration eureka ugh

Write the spelling word that completes each analogy.

1. Sister is to sibling as wife is to

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2. Loud is to as soft is to whisper.

3. Ear is to as eye is to see.

4. is to throw away as look is to find.

5. Small is to tiny as is to big.

6. Smart is to intelligent as

is to unworried.

7. is to happiness as grr is to anger.

8. Shoe is to foot as is to head.


celebration

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Your Personal Words

strawberryskyscraperloudspeakerhellojayheadquarterslifeguard

audiotapeearthquake

forty-sixmotorcyclegood-byehennightmarenewspapershurt

homesteadwindshield

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Timothy likes to go to school. He enjoys science, and he even likes history. But Timothy’s

absolute favorite subject is language arts. In his language arts class, Timothy reads many

interesting books and newpapers. This week they read an article about a strawbery farmer.

Before that, his class read about fourty-six motorcicle riders. The motorcyclists road around

the United States and saw many interesting places.

Timothy also writes a lot in his language arts class. Last week he wrote a poem about a

hene and a blue jaiy who were best friends. One day the hen had a nightmar. She dreamed a

hungry fox was trying to hurte her. Luckily, the blue jay spotted the fox and called out to her

just in time!

Now Timothy is working on a story about a lifegaurd living in San Diego, California. He

can’t wait to share his story with the class.

Syllable Check • Write more words with the same number of syllables.

earthquake (earth / quake)

audiotape (au / di / o / tape)

Ask your family to help you think of more words with two or four syllables!

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Your Personal Words

waggedadmittedhoppinghibeginningstarringhot

controlledhoping

knottedquittingshoppedhidhorsetotallycoolly

slipperystaring

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Yesterday I saw a movie staring a hors and a dog. The movie took place on a farm in

Kansas. One summer day, many strange things began to happen to the animals on the farm.

The farm cat waggd his tail like a dog, and the chickens started hooping like rabbits.

The horse suggested the summer heat was causing the animals to act this way. The dog

admited that it was extremely hote, but he didn’t think this was the reason for the animals’

strange behavior. The horse and dog decided to investigate. They looked all over the farmyard.

In the begining, they didn’t uncover any clues. They became discouraged, but they knew

qutting wouldn’t help their farm friends.

“Maybe we should stop looking and start watching,” said the dog. So they hidd behind the

big, red barn and waited. Soon they saw a mad scientist sneak into the barnyard. He was

testing a new machine on the animals. The horse neighed loudly and the dog bit the scientist’s

leg. The scared scientist ran away and never returned.

Story Time • Write a short story on another sheet of paper. Use the words slippery and hoping.

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THEME 16 Irregular Verbs


Your Personal Words

forgottentaughthidetornkindspeaktear

choosechose

forgettoreforgothighspokenspokehole

loselost

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forget tore taught hide high speak torntear spoke kind spoken hole forgotten forgot

choose chose lose lost

Write the spelling word for each clue in the puzzle.

Across 1. When you did not remember something

2. To say something

3. To keep out of sight

Down 4. To rip

5. A gap or opening

6. Nice or friendly

7. To be tall or far off the ground


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What can you do when you aren’t sure how to spell a word?

Think about the beginning sound of

the word that you want to spell. Then

think of another word that begins with

the same sound.

blue, block, black

Look for word families. Words in a word family rhyme.

sun, fun, run

Think about the shape of each letter in the word.

p a r k

If you are not sure how to spell a word,

take a guess. Then look up the word in

a dictionary.

de • li • cious

Circle or underline words in your writing that are new or difficult. Check those words in a dictionary.

Break the word into syllables and

think about how each syllable might

be spelled.

Sat ur day sur priseThink about any spelling rules you

know that can help you spell the word.

Literacy by Design Grade 4 Spelling Strategies

Spelling Strategies

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Grade 4 • No Excuse Spelling Words

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Literacy by Design Grade 4 No Excuse Spelling Words

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Grade 4 Spelling Master Answer Key

Literacy by Design Grade 4 Spelling Master Answer Key 1

Theme 1, Week 1Page 1Short Vowels: exotic, magic, pencil, rabbit, number, travel, chicken, began, common, happen, guitar, jealous, leopard, question; Other Spelling Words: all, these, most, show

Page 21. chicken, 2. travel, 3. number, 4. happen, 5. began, 6. rabbit, 7. common, 8. these, 9. exotic, 10. show, 11. magic, 12. most

Challenge: bus, fabulous or other words with the ous sound; set, rent or other words with the short e sound; ship, pit or other words with the short i sound

Theme 1, Week 2Page 1Words in ABC Order: after, building, calendar, called, decimal, family, just, monster, patio, phase, poem, reason, science, subtract, valley, very, weather, wrist

Page 21. patio, 2. subtract, 3. valley, 4. building, 5. family, 6. monster, 7. weather, 8. after, 9. called, 10. very, 11. poem, 12. reason, 13. science, 14. calendar

Challenge: raise, days or other words that rhyme with phase; fist, twist or other words that rhyme with wrist

Theme 2, Week 1Page 1Consonant Blends: brisk, clever, craft, grip, dentist, probably, restrict, spinach, stump, traffic, applaud, drainage, plastic, splendid, long; Other Spelling Words: may, one, water

Computer Corner: Students should type swim, place or other words with different consonant blends.

Page 21. grip, 2. brisk, 3. stump, 4. water, 5. craft, 6. one, 7. restrict, 8. traffic, 9. long, 10. clever

Challenge: rain, rage or other words made by using the letters in drainage; did, pen or other words made by using the letters in splendid

Theme 2, Week 2Page 1Words in ABC Order: acrobat, chapter, cotton, doormat, find, floppy, giggle, habit, market, matter, only, penguin, snuggle, threaten, thunder, use, way, women

Page 21. chapter, 2. women, 3. habit, 4. market, 5. floppy, 6. doormat, 7. thunder, 8. snuggled, 9. giggled, 10. matter, 11. way

Challenge: guide, build or other words with the letters ui; through, throw or other words with the letters thr

Theme 3, Week 1Page 1Long Vowels: explode, mistake, suppose, telephone, describe, female, made, baseball, evening, sunshine, parachute, believe, climate, freestyle, lightning, beside; Other Spelling Words: did, had

Page 21. baseball, 2. describe, 3. evening, 4. explode, 5. sunshine, 6. telephone, 7. mistake, 8. suppose, 9. female

Challenge: pride, kite or other words with the long i sound; pea, seed or other words with the long e sound

Theme 3, Week 2Page 1Nouns: pudding, shoulder, sibling,

blister, fossil, artist, hospital, restaurant, colony, grocer, cyclone, future, headache, thermometer; Other Spelling Words: my, who, not, now

Page 21. hospital, 2. Grocer, 3. pudding, 4. shoulder, 5. sibling, 6. artist, 7. Restaurant, 8. Now, 9. my, 10. colony, 11. blister, 12. not

Challenge: wonderfully, education or other words with four syllables; paper, elbow or other words with two syllables

Theme 4, Week 1Page 1Proper Nouns: Everglades, Mexico, Canada, Pacific Ocean, Jupiter, Lewis and Clark, Challenger, American, Cuba, Congress, Antarctica, Thomas Edison, Frankenstein, Parliament; Other Spelling Words: been, than, first, soon

Page 21. Pacific Ocean, 2. Everglades, 3. Cuba, 4. American, 5. Mexico, 6. Canada, 7. Jupiter, 8. Lewis and Clark, 9. been, 10. soon, 11. first

Challenge: tank, nest or other words made by using the letters in Frankenstein; part, liar or other words made by using the letters in Parliament

Theme 4, Week 2Page 1Words in ABC Order: again, alphabet, could, dictionary, energy, glossary, Internet, make, mystery, neighbor, no, puzzle, reference, research, system, thesaurus, time, vocabulary

Page 21. alphabet, 2. neighbor, 3. dictionary, 4. thesaurus, 5. Internet, 6. time, 7. puzzle, 8. energy, 9. again, 10. research

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Challenge: vary, January or other words with the letters ary; myself, gloomy or other words with the letters my

Theme 5, Week 1Page 1Words in ABC Order: answer, delicious, examine, familiar, him, ideal, inspect, like, noisy, perfect, puny, quiet, response, see, strange, tasty, two, weak

Page 21. tasty, 2. response, 3. ideal, 4. puny, 5. noisy, 6. two, 7. like, 8. quiet

Challenge: change, range or other words that rhyme with strange; collect, wrecked or other words that rhyme with inspect

Theme 5, Week 2Page 1Word in ABC Order: atmosphere, batter, buffet, cobbler, column, diamond, has, her, into, more, neutral, present, pupil, scour, shower, stable, swallow, temple

Page 21. cobbler, 2. shower, 3. scour, 4. diamond, 5. temple, 6. stable, 7. has, 8. swallow, 9. more, 10. present

Challenge: Short stories with the words atmosphere and neutral will vary.

Theme 6, Week 1Page 1Words in ABC Order: apple, but, cent, cereal, flower, other, patience, patients, peace, piece, pore, pour, scent, sent, serial, their, there, they’re

Page 21. scent, 2. cent , 3. sent, 4. pore, 5. pour, 6. there, 7. their, 8. they’re, 9. apple, 10. flower

Challenge: pat, piece or other words made by using the letters in patience; real, sail or other words

made by using the letters in serial

Theme 6, Week 2Page 1Verbs: aid, appear, argue, comfort, continue, exercise, galloping, imagine, notice, practice, receive, struggle, succeed, surround;Other Spelling Words: city, many, she, then

Page 21. Many, 2. struggle, 3. exercise, 4. practice, 5. Imagine, 6. surround, 7. aid, 8. notice, 9. city

Challenge: agreed, need or other words that rhyme with succeed; believe, relieve or other words that rhyme with receive

Theme 7, Week 1Page 1Words in ABC Order: aware, beauty, bulletin, clown, compass, cougar, counter, follow, how, orbit, promise, quantity, repair, rough, skis, stomach, them, up

Page 21. beauty, 2. repair, 3. cougar, 4. skis, 5. aware, 6. compass, 7. rough, 8. orbit

Challenge: Short stories with the words stomach and quantity will vary.

Theme 7, Week 2Page 1Words in ABC Order: about, committed, countries, do, donkeys, each, instead, invited, losing, masses, millions, nerves, oxen, potatoes, shared, will, wolves, worrying

Page 21. millions, 2. nerves, 3. invited, 4. worrying, 5. about, 6. masses, 7. donkeys, 8. countries, 9. each, 10. shared

Challenge: cared, started or other words that end in ed; tomatoes, sashes or other words that end in es

Theme 8, Week 1Page 1Adjectives: enormous, favorite, frantic, heroic, important, jolly, modern, purple, Spanish, twelve, endangered, energetic, genuine, hilarious; Other Spelling Words: bee, by, if, said

Page 21. favorite, 2. modern, 3. heroic, 4. Spanish, 5. twelve, 6. important, 7. jolly, 8. enormous, 9. purple, 10. frantic, 11. bee, 12. If

Challenge: end, dread or other words made by using the letters in endangered; air, hail or other words made by using the letters in hilarious

Theme 8, Week 2Page 1un: unspoken, unafraid, unbutton, uncomfortable, unwelcome, unknown, unused, unbeaten, uncertain, uninteresting, unconscious, unreasonable; Other Spelling Words: an, when, we, can, uncle, unite

Page 21. unbutton, 2. uninteresting, 3. uncomfortable, 4. unbeaten, 5. unwelcome, 6. unafraid, 7. unused, 8. uncertain

Challenge: unreal, unsure or other words with the un prefix; unify, unit or other words that start with un but aren’t really un prefix words

Theme 9, Week 1Page 1non: nonfiction, nonstop, nonsense; in: indirect, informal, inactive; dis: disgust, disapprove, disagree, discontinue, disengage, dissatisfied; Other Spelling Words: know, where, would, were, injure, innocent

Computer Corner: Students should note that referring to the third or fourth letter in each prefix word helps alphabetize the words.


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Page 21. disagree, 2. discontinue, 3. nonstop, 4. nonfiction, 5. nonsense, 6. disgust, 7. informal, 8. disapprove, 9. indirect, 10. inactive

Challenge: intake, inappropriate or other words with the in prefix; India, inch or other words that start with in but aren’t really in prefix words

Theme 9, Week 2Page 1re: relocate, rewrite, restore, refuel, recover, reappear, reunite; pre: prepaid, preview, prehistoric, precook, preschool, precaution; Other Spelling Words: little, people, bring, which, president

Page 21. people, 2. precooked, 3. previews, 4. prepaid, 5. bring, 6. which, 7. refuel, 8. relocated, 9. little, 10. recovered, 11. restored, 12. rewrite

Challenge: reword, renew or other words with the re prefix; pretest, precook or other words with the pre prefix; real, reader or other words that start with re but aren’t really re prefix words; pretty, press or other words that start with pre but aren’t really pre prefix words

Theme 10, Week 1Page 1Contractions: I’ve, should’ve, you’ve, they’ll, haven’t, one’s, what’s, that’ll, you’d, shouldn’t, could’ve, mustn’t, there’d, who’d; Other Spelling Words: face, from, or, I

Page 21. What’s, 2. I’ve, 3. That’ll, 4. haven’t, 5. from, 6. shouldn’t, 7. they’ll, 8. You’d, 9. mustn’t

Challenge: would’ve, I’ve or other words that end in ‘ve; they’d, you’d or other words that end in ‘d

Theme 10, Week 2Page 1Abbreviations: qt, Jan., Mrs., ft, Ave., gal, NY, Wed., Mr., Dr., Bldg., Blvd., Corp., Hwy.; Other Spelling Words: idea, be, feel, at

Page 21. NY, 2. Wed., Jan., 3. qt, 4. Blvd. or Ave., 5. Mr., Mrs., 6. idea, 7. ft, 8. be

(*Students may note that the abbreviation Dr. can be used in items 4 and 5 as either Drive or Doctor.)

Challenge: St. (Street), tsp (teaspoon) or other words and their abbreviations

Theme 11, Week 1Page 1Pronouns: anyone, yourself, mine, those, its, me, something, myself, nobody, someone, everybody, ourselves, several, whom; Other Spelling Words: fallen, fine, guess, have

Page 21. yourself, 2. Those, 3. mine, 4. its, 5. me, 6. guess, 7. myself, 8. fine

Challenge: shock, block or other words with the short o sound; bed, head or other words with the short e sound

Theme 11, Week 2Page 1Words in ABC Order: expand, fault, finest, fix, form, gone, great, Memorial Day, moist, nurses, obeyed, ripe, salad, shoed, shooed, watered, width, wrong

Page 21. Memorial Day, 2. finest, 3. expand, 4. salad, 5. ripe, 6. nurses, 7. moist, 8. gone, 9. wrong, 10. watered, 11. fix, 12. tasteless, 13. great

Challenge: talked, played or other words that end in ed; with, fifth or other words that end in th

Theme 12, Week 1Page 1Adverbs: always, basically, eagerly, especially, eventually, farther, forever, forward, frequently, later, quite, sleepily, tomorrow, usually; Other Spelling Words: funny, game, going, gold

Page 21. always, 2. forward, 3. usually, 4. Gold, 5. quite, 6. game, 7. farther, 8. Eventually, 9. going

Challenge: special, spice or other words made by using the letters in especially; free, net or other words made by using the letters in frequently; ball, say or other words made by using the letters in basically

Theme 12, Week 2Page 1Prepositions: across, below, above, within, toward, against, around behind, down, during, beneath, beyond, through, except; Other Spelling Words: glad, world, glass, try

Page 21. below, 2. against, 3. across, 4. above, 5. around, 6. down, 7. toward, 8. glass, 9. try, 10. within

Challenge: bench, been or other words with the letters be; though, thigh or other words with the letters th

Theme 13, Week 1Page 1ful: beautiful, forgetful, wonderful, doubtful, successful; able: lovable, enjoyable, agreeable excitable; less: ageless, thoughtless, penniless, countless; Other Spelling Words: turtle, wish, TV, word, constable

Page 21. wish, 2. beautiful, 3. turtle, 4. agreeable, 5. word, 6. countless, 7. wonderful, 8. ageless, 9. enjoyable, 10. TV


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Challenge: believable, dependable or other words that end in able; bountiful, wishful or other words that end in ful

Theme 13, Week 2Page 1ness: sickness, happiness, freshness; ion, tion: attention, election, creation, champion, education; ment: shipment, pavement, amusement, argument, government; Other Spelling Words: wait, winter, warm, wind, cement

Page 21. creation, 2. wind, 3. winter, 4. warm, 5. attention, 6. pavement, 7. happiness, 8. amusement

Challenge: explanation, understanding or other words with four syllables

Theme 14, Week 1Page 1ly: steadily, quietly, angrily, friendly, easily, exactly, strangely, surely; fully: playfully, regretfully, hopefully, truthfully, thoughtfully; Other Spelling Words: wet, wash, we’ll, went, reply

Page 21. wet, 2. quietly, 3. steadily, 4. went, 5. truthfully, 6. angrily, 7. friendly, 8. hopefully, 9. playfully, 10. exactly

Challenge: slowly, awkwardly or other words wth the ly prefix; fly, ally or other words that end in ly but aren’t really ly suffix words

Theme 14, Week 2Page 1Conjunctions: either, since, unless, until, yet, whenever, though, although, because, while; Other Spelling Words: well, young, zoo, write, angel, angle, liar, pleasure

Page 21. until, 2. because, 3. Since,

4. Although, 5. write, 6. whenever, 7. well, 8. zoo, 9. while, 10. Either

Challenge: Stories with the words angel and angle will vary.

Theme 15, Week 1Page 1Interjections: eureka, hooray, ouch, ugh, yea; Other Spelling Words: breathe, fashion, yell, keep, amazing, carefree, merit, hear, partner, hat, gigantic, cease, celebration

Page 21. partner, 2. yell, 3. hear, 4. Keep, 5. gigantic, 6. carefree, 7. Hooray or Yea, 8. hat

Challenge: cake, shape or other words with the long a sound; tea, geese or other words with the long e sound

Theme 15, Week 2Page 1Compound Words: strawberry, skyscraper, loudspeaker, headquarters, lifeguard, forty-six, motorcycle, good-bye, nightmare, newspapers, audiotape, earthquake, homestead, windshield; Other Spelling Words: hello, jay, hen, hurt

Page 21. newspapers, 2. strawberry, 3. forty-six, 4. motorcycle, 5. hen, 6. jay, 7. nightmare, 8. hurt, 9. lifeguard

Challenge: baker, teacup or other words with two syllables; wonderfully, absolutely or other words with four syllables

Theme 16, Week 1Page 1Words with Doubled Consonants: wagged, admitted, hopping, beginning, starring, knotted, quitting, shopped, totally, coolly, controlled, slippery; Other Spelling Words: hi, hot, hid, horse, hoping, staring

Page 21. starring, 2. horse, 3. wagged, 4. hopping, 5. admitted, 6. hot, 7. beginning, 8. quitting, 9. hid

Challenge: Short stories with the words slippery and hoping will vary.

Theme 16, Week 2Page 1Words in ABC Order: choose, chose, forget, forgot, forgotten, hide, high, hole, kind, lose, lost, speak, spoke, spoken, taught, tear, tore, torn

Page 21. forgot, 2. speak, 3. hide, 4. tear, 5. hole, 6. kind, 7. high

Challenge: bruise, shoes or other words that rhyme with choose; cost, frost or other words that rhyme with lost


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