Grade Spelling PRACTICE BOOK B 1VCMJTIFECZ.BDNJMMBO.D(SBX)JMM PG.D(SBX)JMM&EVDBUJPO BEJWJTJPOPG5IF.D(SBX)JMM$PNQBOJFT *OD 5XP1FOO1MB[B /FX:PSL /FX:PSL $PQZSJHIUªCZ.BDNJMMBO.D(SBX)JMM"MMSJHIUTSFTFSWFE/PQBSUPGUIJTQVCMJDBUJPONBZCFSFQSPEVDFEPS EJTUSJCVUFEJOBOZGPSNPSCZBOZNFBOT PSTUPSFEJOBEBUBCBTFPSSFUSJFWBMTZTUFN XJUIPVUUIFQSJPSXSJUUFO DPOTFOUPG5IF.D(SBX)JMM$PNQBOJFT *OD JODMVEJOH CVUOPUMJNJUFEUP OFUXPSLTUPSBHFPSUSBOTNJTTJPO PS CSPBEDBTUGPSEJTUBODFMFBSOJOH 1SJOUFEJOUIF6OJUFE4UBUFTPG"NFSJDB Unit • Our World New Beginnings First Day Jitters Short Vowels Keeping in Touch Dear Juno CVCe Pattern, Long Vowels a, i, o Building Communities Time For Kids: Whose Habitat Is It? Long a Antarctic Life Penguin Chick Long o People and Their Pets © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill The Perfect Pet Long i Unit Review Contents Pretest Practice Word Sort Word Meaning Proofreading Posttest Pretest Practice Word Sort Word Meaning 10 Proofreading 11 Posttest 12 Pretest 13 Practice 14 Word Sort 15 Word Meaning 16 Proofreading 17 Posttest 18 Pretest 19 Practice 20 Word Sort 21 Word Meaning 22 Proofreading 23 Posttest 24 Pretest 25 Practice 26 Word Sort 27 Word Meaning 28 Proofreading 29 Posttest 30 31, 32 iii Unit • Investigations The Strongest One Long e Wolves Wolf! Words with ch, tch Past, Present, and Future Time For Kids: What’s in Store for the Future? Words with th, wh, sh Out in Space The Planets in Our Solar System Words with thr, spr, scr, str Being a Writer Author: A True Story Words with wr, kn, gn Pretest 33 Practice 34 Word Sort 35 Word Meaning 36 Proofreading 37 Posttest 38 Pretest 39 Practice 40 Word Sort 41 Word Meaning 42 Proofreading 43 Posttest 44 Pretest 45 Practice 46 Word Sort 47 Word Meaning 48 Proofreading 49 Posttest 50 Pretest 51 Practice 52 Word Sort 53 Word Meaning 54 Proofreading 55 Posttest 56 Pretest 57 Practice 58 Word Sort 59 Word Meaning 60 Proofreading 61 Posttest 62 Unit Review 63, 64 iv © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Putting on a Performance Unit • Discoveries Food Around the World Stone Soup Words with /är / and /ôr / Solving Riddles One Riddle, One Answer Words with /är / Ecosystems in Balance Time For Kids: Saving the Sand Dunes Words with /ûr / Making Journeys The Jones Family Express Words with /ü/ /û /, and u ˙ Pretest 65 Practice 66 Word Sort 67 Word Meaning 68 Proofreading 69 Posttest 70 Pretest 71 Practice 72 Word Sort 73 Word Meaning 74 Proofreading 75 Posttest 76 Pretest 77 Practice 78 Word Sort 79 Word Meaning 80 Proofreading 81 Posttest 82 Pretest 83 Practice 84 Word Sort 85 Word Meaning 86 Proofreading 87 Posttest 88 © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill The Art of Illustrating What Do Illustrators Do? Words with /oi/ Pretest 89 Practice 90 Word Sort 91 Word Meaning 92 Proofreading 93 Posttest 94 Unit Review 95, 96 v Unit • Determination Cook-a-Doodle-Doo! Words with /ô/ Getting Along Seven Spools of Thread Words with /ou/ Protecting Our Natural Resources Time For Kids: Washington Weed Whackers Soft c and g Getting Involved Here’s My Dollar Homophones A Place of My Own My Very Own Room Plurals Unit Review vi Pretest 97 Practice 98 Word Sort 99 Word Meaning 100 Proofreading 101 Posttest 102 Pretest 103 Practice 104 Word Sort 105 Word Meaning 106 Proofreading 107 Posttest 108 Pretest 109 Practice 110 Word Sort 111 Word Meaning 112 Proofreading 113 Posttest 114 Pretest 115 Practice 116 Word Sort 117 Word Meaning 118 Proofreading 119 Posttest 120 Pretest 121 Practice 122 Word Sort 123 Word Meaning 124 Proofreading 125 Posttest 126 127, 128 © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill What’s Cooking? Unit • Challenges Making Money Boom Town Compound Words Making a Difference Beatrice’s Goat Adding -s, -ed, and -ing In Motion Time For Kids: A Carousel of Dreams Adding -s, -ed, and -ing Heroes The Printer VCCV Pattern Animal Architects © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Animal Homes VCV Pattern Unit Review Pretest 129 Practice 130 Word Sort 131 Word Meaning 132 Proofreading 133 Posttest 134 Pretest 135 Practice 136 Word Sort 137 Word Meaning 138 Proofreading 139 Posttest 140 Pretest 141 Practice 142 Word Sort 143 Word Meaning 144 Proofreading 145 Posttest 146 Pretest 147 Practice 148 Word Sort 149 Word Meaning 150 Proofreading 151 Posttest 152 Pretest 153 Practice 154 Word Sort 155 Word Meaning 156 Proofreading 157 Posttest 158 159, 160 vii Unit • Achievements A Castle on Viola Street Final / l/ e Unusual Animals Wilbur’s Boast Prefixes re-, un-, dis-, pre- Good Citizens Time For Kids: An American Hero Flies Again Final / r/ e Working Together Mother to Tigers Suffixes -ful, -less, -ly Raising Butterflies Home-Grown Butterflies Accented Syllables Unit Review viii Pretest 161 Practice 162 Word Sort 163 Word Meaning 164 Proofreading 165 Posttest 166 Pretest 167 Practice 168 Word Sort 169 Word Meaning 170 Proofreading 171 Posttest 172 Pretest 173 Practice 174 Word Sort 175 Word Meaning 176 Proofreading 177 Posttest 178 Pretest 179 Practice 180 Word Sort 181 Word Meaning 182 Proofreading 183 Posttest 184 Pretest 185 Practice 186 Word Sort 187 Word Meaning 188 Proofreading 189 Posttest 190 191, 192 © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Helping Our Neighbors Spelling Short Vowels: Pretest Name Fold back the paper along the dotted line Use the blanks to write each word as it is read aloud When you finish the test, unfold the paper Use the list at the right to correct any spelling mistakes 1 clap 2 step 3 sick 4 rock 5 luck 6 crop 7 snack 8 mess 9 head 10 10 shut 11 11 miss 12 12 stamp 13 13 jump 14 14 click 15 15 pond © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Review Words 16 16 cat 17 17 man 18 18 can Challenge Words 19 19 bathtub 20 At Home: Help your child practice the words he or she missed to prepare for the Posttest 20 anthill First Day Jitters • Book 1/Unit 1 Spelling Short Vowels: Practice Name Using the Word Study Steps LOOK at the word SAY the word aloud STUDY the letters in the word WRITE the word CHECK the word Did you spell the word right? If not, go back to step Find Rhyming Words sock truck rock sick dress mess dust mast trap track clam clap bump jump junk bunch fed hid head hide pick sick sock dock ramp fan sand stamp back snap sneak snack top tip crib crop 10 brick clock click cluck 11 kiss miss mist mask 12 cut shut cat sat 13 duck dark luck lark 14 pep pop step stop 15 bond plod plop pond First Day Jitters • Book 1/Unit At Home: Review the Word Study Steps to help your child spell new words © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Circle the word in each row that rhymes with the word in dark type Spelling Name e Final / r/: Posttest Look at the words in each set below One word in each set is spelled correctly Look at Sample A The letter next to the correctly spelled word in Sample A has been shaded in Do Sample B yourself Shade the letter of the word that is spelled correctly When you are sure you know what to do, go on with the rest of the page Sample A: Sample B: ൴ swimmer ൵ swimer ൶ swimmur ൷ swimmir Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ sistur sisster sister sistar ൴ ൵ ൶ ൷ doctor dokter docter doctar 11 Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ silvur silvher silver silvor ൴ ൵ ൶ ൷ sailor sailir sailer sailar Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ lattar latar lator later 12 ൴ ൵ ൶ ൷ sellar celler cellar celar Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ doller dollar dollor dollur ൴ ൵ ൶ ൷ dancer danser dancur dancir 13 Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ traylor trailor traler trailer ൴ ൵ ൶ ൷ toster tosteer taoster toaster Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ maior mayor mayore mayer 14 ൴ ൵ ൶ ൷ Decemeber Decembur December Decembir Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ wintir winter whinter wenter 10 ൴ ൵ ൶ ൷ riter writer writor writtor 15 Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ auther authur author arthor 178 An American Hero Flies Again Book 2/ Unit © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Ꭽ rivare Ꭾ rivur Ꭿ riverr ൳ river Spelling Suffixes -ful, -less, and -ly: Pretest Name Fold back the paper along the dotted line Use the blanks to write each word as it is read aloud When you finish the test, unfold the paper Use the list at the right to correct any spelling mistakes 1 careful 2 cheerful 3 helpful 4 colorful 5 harmful 6 peaceful 7 pitiful 8 painless 9 priceless 10 10 helpless 11 11 sleepless 12 12 rainless 13 13 helplessly 14 14 carefully 15 15 peacefully © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Review Words 16 16 doctor 17 17 dollar 18 18 December Challenge Words 19 19 wonderful 20 20 cloudless At Home: Help your child practice the words he or she missed to prepare for the Posttest Mother to Tigers • Book 2/ Unit 179 Spelling Suffixes -ful, -less, and -ly: Practice Name Using the Word Study Steps LOOK at the word SAY the word aloud STUDY the letters in the word WRITE the word CHECK the word Did you spell the word right? If not, go back to step X the Word careful pitiful barrel bashful harmful panel mindful peaceful anxiously carefully lovely towel peacefully hopeful awfully beautifully lost helpless speechless sleepless painless priceless rainless peaceful helplessly money happily luckily bubble cheerful helpful peaceful pitiful colorful careful busily priceless pitiful helpless 10 rainless 180 Mother to Tigers • Book 2/ Unit At Home: Review the Word Study Steps to help your child spell new words © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Put an X on the word that does not fit the pattern in each row Spelling Suffixes -ful, -less, and -ly: Word Sort Name careful cheerful helpful colorful harmful peaceful pitiful painless priceless helpless sleepless rainless helplessly carefully peacefully Pattern Power! Write the spelling words that end with each of these suffixes -ful -less 11 12 13 14 15 -ly © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill 10 Mother to Tigers • Book 2/ Unit 181 Spelling Suffixes -ful, -less, and -ly: Word Meaning Name careful cheerful helpful colorful harmful peaceful pitiful painless priceless helpless sleepless rainless helplessly carefully peacefully For each spelling word below write the base word The first one is done for you peaceful peace helplessly cheerful helpful harmful helpless colorful painless carefully 10 rainless 11 careful 12 sleepless 13 pitiful 15 peacefully Which has a base word that changes y to i when adding a suffix? 16 182 Mother to Tigers • Book 2/ Unit © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill 14 priceless Spelling Suffixes -ful, -less, and -ly: Proofreading Name There are six spelling mistakes in this paragraph Circle the misspelled words Write the words correctly on the lines below From behind the tree, the doctor observed the lion as he slept peacfully by the swamp The doctor knew that even though the lion looked pieceful, he needed to get some very important medicine To give the lion the medicine, the doctor would have to be very, very carefull Lions not like to be surprised The shot would be paneless, though Without it, the lion would be helples to fight the disease that was spreading in the jungle The doctor knew he had a hard job Yet, it was important to him to have a job that was helpfull to animals Writing Activity © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Write about a job in science you might want to have someday Use at least three spelling words in your paragraph Mother to Tigers • Book 2/ Unit 183 Spelling Suffixes -ful, -less, and -ly: Posttest Name Look at the words in each set below One word in each set is spelled correctly Look at Sample A The letter next to the correctly spelled word in Sample A has been shaded in Do Sample B yourself Shade the letter of the word that is spelled correctly When you are sure you know what to do, go on with the rest of the page Sample A: Sample B: ൴ careles ൵ carelest ൶ carelless ൷ careless Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ careful carefull carefol carefill ൴ ൵ ൶ ൷ peacfil peacefull peaceful peacefill 11 Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ sleeplass sleapless sleepless sleepliss ൴ ൵ ൶ ൷ cheerfil cheerful chearful cheerfull Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ pitiful pitefull pitifill pitifull 12 ൴ ൵ ൶ ൷ rainlass rainless raneless rainliss Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ helpfil helpfol helpful helpfull ൴ ൵ ൶ ൷ painlass painless painliss painluss 13 Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ helplessli helplissly helplesslly helplessly ൴ ൵ ൶ ൷ colorfil colorfol colorfull colorful Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ pricelass pricelass priceluss priceless 14 ൴ ൵ ൶ ൷ carefulli carefuly carefully carefilly Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ harmfil harmfill harmfull harmful 10 ൴ ൵ ൶ ൷ helpless helpliss helplass helplest 15 Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ peasefully peacefully peacefuly peacefilly 184 Mother to Tigers • Book 2/ Unit © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Ꭽ hopefull Ꭾ hopefill Ꭿ hopeful ൳ hopefle Spelling Accented Syllables: Pretest Name © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Fold back the paper along the dotted line Use the blanks to write each word as it is read aloud When you finish the test, unfold the paper Use the list at the right to correct any spelling mistakes 1 because 2 rubber 3 about 4 puddle 5 alive 6 behind 7 before 8 around 9 better 10 10 attract 11 11 kettle 12 12 hammer 13 13 attend 14 14 tickle 15 15 people Review Words 16 16 peaceful 17 17 helpless 18 18 carefully Challenge Words 19 19 believe 20 20 beaver At Home: Help your child practice the words he or she missed to prepare for the Posttest Home-Grown Butterflies Book 2/ Unit 185 Spelling Accented Syllables: Practice Name Using the Word Study Steps LOOK at the word SAY the word aloud STUDY the letters in the word WRITE the word CHECK the word Did you spell the word right? If not, go back to step Find and Circle X C Z A Q T E R A W P A B O U T Z B Z T P U B E C A U S E B T H D Y H C V R W F B E Z D R I V F A R O U N D L U N H K W Q R U D D E B D A L I V E Y Z N X B M M K K E T T L E F E N M T I C K L E X G R B E T T E R W Q T Z U C R A T T R A C T W P E O P L E J X Z J W 186 Home-Grown Butterflies Book 2/ Unit At Home: Review the Word Study Steps to help your child spell new words © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Where are the spelling words? Spelling Accented Syllables: Word Sort Name because rubber about puddle alive behind before around better attract kettle hammer attend tickle people Pattern Power! This week’s spelling words have syllables that are accented differently Divide the spelling list into words where the first syllable is accented and where the second syllable is accented Accented first syllable Accented second syllable 10 11 12 13 14 © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill 15 Home-Grown Butterflies Book 2/ Unit 187 Spelling Syllables: Word Meaning Name because rubber about puddle alive behind before around better attract kettle hammer attend tickle people What’s the Word? Complete each sentence with a spelling word I am reading a book butterflies going to sleep, butterflies look for a safe place to rest It would if a butterfly landed on your nose My mother bought a feeder that will yard butterflies to our have always found butterflies beautiful to watch Butterflies have eyes that allow them to see things that are them The butterfly will drink from a mud If you are good, you can the butterfly show with me I bought my mother a tea with butterflies painted on it 10 I love butterflies they are so colorful 11 It took us one hour to walk the pond Write a spelling word that matches each clue 12 Strong, elastic material 13 A hand tool 14 Not dead 15 Something that is improved 188 Home-Grown Butterflies Book 2/ Unit © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill What Does It Mean? Spelling Accented Syllables: Proofreading Name There are six spelling mistakes in this paragraph Circle the misspelled words Write the words correctly on the lines below Yesterday, I sat on the steps of school waiting for my mom to pick me up No other peeple were arround Most of the other kids were playing on the swing set I didn’t feel like playing I was behind in science and my teacher was not happy She said I had to bedder on my science paper to get a good grade The problem was I didn’t know what to write abowt Just then a butterfly flew up and landed on my hand It was beautiful and had wings with orange and black stripes It walked up my finger The ticle made me laugh and it flew away All of a sudden my mom drove up I didn’t get to show her the butterfly But then I realized that I could write about butterflies for my paper! I asked my mom if we could stop at the library befour we went home I couldn’t wait to learn more about butterflies Writing Activity © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Write about an experience you had with another creature Use at least three spelling words in your paragraph Home-Grown Butterflies Book 2/ Unit 189 Spelling Accented Syllables: Posttest Name Look at the words in each set below One word in each set is spelled correctly Look at Sample A The letter next to the correctly spelled word in Sample A has been shaded in Do Sample B yourself Shade the letter of the word that is spelled correctly When you are sure you know what to do, go on with the rest of the page Sample A: Sample B: ൴ apple ൵ apell ൶ appel ൷ appal Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ becawse because becoze becauze ൴ ൵ ൶ ൷ behind behund behend behinde 11 Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ kettle kettal kettel ketel ൴ ൵ ൶ ൷ ruber rubbir rubber rubbur Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ before befure befire beffer 12 ൴ ൵ ൶ ൷ hamer hammur hammir hammer Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ abowt aboute about abbout ൴ ൵ ൶ ൷ uhround arond arownd around 13 Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ atend attend attenned atrand ൴ ൵ ൶ ൷ pudle puddel puddile puddle Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ beter bettir bettar better 14 ൴ ൵ ൶ ൷ tickel tickul tickle tickal Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ allive alive alaive allave attract atract attrect attrackt 15 Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ people poeple peeple peopel 190 Home-Grown Butterflies Book 2/ Unit 10 ൴ ൵ ൶ ൷ © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Ꭽ beeside Ꭾ beaside Ꭿ beside ൳ besighed Spelling Name Unit Review Test Read each sentence If an underlined word is spelled wrong, fill in the circle that goes with that word If no word is spelled wrong, fill in the circle below NONE Read Sample A, and Sample B © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill NONE A In the winter, peeple walk around in heavy coats A B C A Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ B The doctor will check on my sister laeter E F G B ൴ ൵ ൶ ൷ My sisster likes it when there are many people around A B C Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ It is so peaceful in the winter when it is abowt to snow E F G ൴ ൵ ൶ ൷ The doctor may disagree with the nurse about when you A B will be able to leave the hospital C Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ I am unafraid of starting preskool in the winter E F G ൴ ൵ ൶ ൷ The colorful bird had little perple spots on his wings A B C Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ No one will be abel to see you if you stand behind the cellar E F G door ൴ ൵ ൶ ൷ She carefully walked around the puttle so she wouldn’t get dirty A B C Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ Peeple dislike feeling that they are helpless E F G ൴ ൵ ൶ ൷ The clerk gives a nickel for every colurful bottle you return A B C Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE 10 What is harmfull about going to the doctor? E F G 10 ൴ ൵ ൶ ൷ 11 My sister hopes to travul to Europe later this year A B C 11 Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ NONE Review Test • Book 2/ Unit 191 Spelling Name Unit Review Test NONE 12 He was unifraid of the dark cellar even when he was little 12 ൴ ൵ ൶ ൷ E F G NONE 13 It is peaceful to sit behind our purple house on the porch A B C 13 Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ 14 Lader in the winter, the puddle will turn to ice E F G 14 ൴ ൵ ൶ ൷ 15 Little animals are helples in harmful weather A B C 15 Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ 16 I dislike it when mom has to leave me behinde to travel E F G 16 ൴ ൵ ൶ ൷ NONE NONE NONE NONE 17 She must carefuly return the form to her preschool teacher 17 Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ A B C NONE 18 I bet you a nickel that there is a purple monster in the sellar 18 ൴ ൵ ൶ ൷ E F G NONE 19 Most people disagre that children are totally helpless A B C 19 Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ 20 The doctor carefully wrapped a bandage arownd her leg E F G 20 ൴ ൵ ൶ ൷ 21 My sister sold brownies for a nickle at the preschool A B C bake sale 21 Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ 22 The colorful bird will retern to her nest later E F G 22 ൴ ൵ ൶ ൷ 23 She is unafraid to travel in a calm and peacefull boat A B C 23 Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ 24 We disagree that you’ll be able to hop over the puddle E F G 24 ൴ ൵ ൶ ൷ 25 I dislick that she is about to go to that harmful place A B C 25 Ꭽ Ꭾ Ꭿ ൳ 192 Review Test • Book 2/ Unit NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill NONE ... Prefixes re-, un-, dis-, pre- Good Citizens Time For Kids: An American Hero Flies Again Final / r/ e Working Together Mother to Tigers Suffixes -ful, -less, -ly Raising Butterflies Home-Grown Butterflies... Adding -s, -ed, and -ing Heroes The Printer VCCV Pattern Animal Architects © Macmillan/ McGraw-Hill Animal Homes VCV Pattern Unit Review Pretest 129 Practice. .. 33 Practice 34 Word Sort 35 Word Meaning 36 Proofreading