Spelling practice book grade 4 TM 126p

Name Because of Winn-DixieREVIEW Home Activity Your child has learned to read, write, and spell words with the short vowel pattern VCCV.. Lewis and Clark and MeSORT Name Home Activity Y

Because of Winn-Dixie

SORT

Name

Home Activity Your child is learning to spell words with the short vowel pattern

vowel-consonant-consonant-vowel Say a word aloud and have your child identify the short vowel in the first syllable of the word.

Generalization Short a, e, i, o, and u are usually spelled a: admire,

e: method, i: finger, o: soccer, and u: custom

method engine

finger mitten intend

contest soccer

custom sudden gutter

Name Because of Winn-Dixie

PRACTICE

Home Activity Your child spelled words with short vowels in VCCV pattern Read the script aloud with

your child Have your child spell the list words with closed eyes.

Short Vowels VCCV

Classifying Write the list word that fits each group.

1 rules, game, winner, _

2 wheels, trunk, hood, _

3 foot, toe, hand, _

4 mistake, error, mishap, _

5 cotton, wool, silk, _

6 baseball, football, basketball, _

7 pancake, road, dough, _

8 otter, wolf, horse, _

9 mean, plan, aim, _

10 iron, attract, pole, _

11 meeting, gathering, assembly, _

12 habit, ritual, routine, _

13 hat, scarf, earmuffs, _

Context Clues Choose a list word to complete each sentence of

the script Write the word

14 Bowler 1: Hooray! I got a strike! Did you see it ?

15 Bowler 2: I your skill.

16 Bowler 3: The ball looked as if it had been shot from a

17 Bowler 1: My bowling is perfect!

18 Bowler 2: Then how come your ball just rolled into the ?

19 Bowler 1: All of a I just lost control of the ball

20 Bowler 1: You ! I think you enjoyed my mistake

magnet soccer mitten gutter

contest engine intend mammal

method sudden fabric happen

custom finger flatten cannon

Spelling Words

contest engine finger accident fabric soccer flatten mammal intend magnet rally custom mitten

happen admire cannon method gutter sudden rascal

Name Because of Winn-Dixie

PROOFREAD

Home Activity Your child identified misspelled words with short vowels in VCCV pattern Say each

spelling word Ask your child to name the short vowel in the first syllable.

Short Vowels VCCV

Proofread a Newspaper Column Circle five misspelled words

in the newspaper column Write the words correctly Then write

the sentence that has a punctuation mistake correctly

Roof Rally

By Dan Green

Most days I idmire that little rascle, the

squirrel That furry little mummal is always

busy Its usual costum is to keep busy

burying food all day long On one recent day

a squirrel decided to take a break He brought

twenty of his cusins and held a rally on my

roof The noise was terrible! How could this

happen? Stop it, I shouted They scampered

over the gutter and ran away It was good to

have peace and quiet again

1 _ 2 _

3 _ 4 _

5 _ 6

Proofread Words Circle the correctly spelled word

Write the word

7 cannon cannen kannon 7 _

8 mignet magnet manget 8 _

9 accident ecident eccident 9 _

10 ingune engine ingine 10 _

11 soccor socor soccer 11 _

12 fabrik fibrak fabric 12 _

admire magnet contest method custom rally soccer engine sudden finger accident mitten intend fabric flatten rascal gutter mammal happen cannon

Spelling Words

Frequently Misspelled Words

with cousin

cannon magnet accident engine soccer fabric

admire rascal

mammal custom

cousins “Stop it!” I shouted.

Name Because of Winn-Dixie

REVIEW

Home Activity Your child has learned to read, write, and spell words with the short vowel pattern

VCCV Ask your child to quiz your spelling of these words Make a mistake with each word and have

your child correct it.

Short Vowels VCCV

Riddle Read the riddle To find the answer, write the list word that fits

each clue Then copy the numbered letters onto the numbered lines below

Riddle: What weighs 5,000 pounds and wears glass slippers?

magnet soccer mitten gutter

contest engine intend mammal

method sudden fabric happen

custom finger flatten cannon

Lewis and Clark and Me

SORT

Name

Home Activity Your child is learning to spell words with long vowel sounds spelled ai, eigh, ay, or igh

To practice at home, have your child look at the word, say it, spell it, and then spell it with eyes closed.

Generalization Long a is sometimes spelled ai, eigh, or ay: braid, weigh,

spray Long i is sometimes spelled igh: sigh

spray dismay

sigh right height slight thigh tight frighten

Name Lewis and Clark and Me

The chances of scoring seemed (1) .

Young Pee Wee lacked weight, strength, and (2) .

He fell down with a (3) .

The ball bounced off his (4) ,

And it soared through the goal on the (5) .

Fishing Trip

The fisherman left home at (6)

And patiently set out with his (7) .

But the fish just weren’t bitin’

Did the fisherman (8)

Those fish that refused to be (9) ?

Winter Drive

As we drove down the icy (10)

With our windshield covered with (11) ,

We started to (12)

The idea of a (13) .

It was slow going, to our (14) .

Word Groups Write the missing list word list word that belongs in each group

15 ponytail, pigtails, 16 wheat, rice, 17 feature, characteristic,

right spray thigh frighten

weigh braid tight dismay

eight bait raisin freight

detail grain trait sleigh

slight height sigh thigh right

eight bait

frighten freight

highway spray weigh sleigh dismay

braid grain trait

raisin detail tight

Name Lewis and Clark and Me

PROOFREAD

Home Activity Your child identified misspelled words with ai, eigh, ay, and igh Take turns quizzing

each other on the spelling words.

Long a and i

Proofread Directions Read the following directions for

making a wood puppet Circle five misspelled words and

write them correctly on the lines Change the sentence

fragments to a complete sentence and write the sentence

Make sure you all ways work carefully with tools.

Measure wood for the hight you want.

Sand the wood in the direction of the grain

Cut ate pieces for jointed arms and legs

Spray on paint.

Braid some wool for hair.

Glue the hair on tite

Add detale

Make sure the puppet Works

with right and left hands

1 _ 2 _

3 _ 4 _

5 _ 6 _

_

Finish the Sentences Circle the underlined list word that is

spelled correctly Write the word

7 The freight frate train has over 150 cars.

8 This kind of raysin raisin has no seeds.

9 The horses pulled the sleigh slay

10 The thy thigh bone is the strongest bone in the body

11 Your answer is rite right

12 Generosity is a good treight trait to have.

13 “I forgot my homework,” he said with dismay dismeigh.

14 “Bring it in tomorrow,” his teacher said with a sy sigh.

sigh right weigh eight detail height spray braid bait grain

slight thigh tight raisin trait highway frighten dismay freight sleigh

vacation always might

always height

eight tight

detail Make sure the puppet works

with right and left hands.

freight raisin sleigh thigh right trait dismay sigh

Name Lewis and Clark and Me

REVIEW

Home Activity Your child has learned to read, write, and spell words with these spelling patterns: ai,

eigh, ay, and igh Take turns saying and spelling the list words.

Long a and i

Analogies Write the list word that best completes the sentence.

1 Ground is to floor as scare is to .

2 Cold is to cool as plait is to .

3 Photo is to picture as moan is to .

4 Flat is to even as sled is to .

5 Cup is to mug as small is to .

6 Auto is to car as load is to .

7 Phone is to call as disappointment is to .

Word Search There are nine list words hidden in the puzzle Circle and write

each word you find

right spray thigh frighten

weigh braid tight dismay

eight bait raisin freight

detail grain trait sleigh

frighten braid sigh sleigh slight freight dismay

detail eight grain right highway raisin weigh height spray

Grandfather’s Journey

SORT

Name

Home Activity Your child is learning to spell words with long e and long o spelled ee, ea, oa, and ow

Have your child look at each word and point to the letters that make the long e and o sounds.

Generalization Long e is sometimes spelled ee or ea: sweet, each Long o

is sometimes spelled oa or ow: throat, rainbow.

throat float foam croak

below flown shallow rainbow grown hollow

Name Grandfather’s Journey

PRACTICE

Home Activity Your child wrote words with long e spelled ee or ea and long o spelled oa and ow Say

a word from the list and have your child write the word.

Long e and o

Opposites Write the list words that have the opposite or almost opposite meaning

to the words below

11 The ocean waves were white with .

12 Twins describe two people, and triplets

describe people

13 Spring is my favorite .

14 When I was sick, I had a sore .

15 Some ocean plants are called .

16 When I lost my voice, I could only like a frog.

17 The bald is the national bird of the United States.

18 Spelling is serious business, .

19 I saw a after the thunderstorm.

20 By the time I got the camera, the bird had away.

three float croak grown

least foam shallow seaweed

freedom flown eagle hollow

foam three

season throat seaweed croak eagle indeed rainbow flown

sweet least float greet grown hollow below each shallow freedom

Name Grandfather’s Journey

PROOFREAD

Home Activity Your child identified misspelled words with ee, ea, oa, and ow Ask your child to use

each list word in a sentence.

Long e and o

Proofread a Menu The restaurant owner is frantic! The new

menus have errors that must be fixed before dinner tonight

Circle five misspelled words and write them correctly Rewrite

the sentence that has a capitalization error

Seewead salad with vinegar and sesame seeds

Thre delight dish: shrimp, beef, and chicken

Hole crispy fried rainbow trout with lemon

butter sauce

White hollo mushroom caps stuffed with

crabmeat

Fresh vegetables in seeson

Chocolate cake with sweet whipped cream

Rootbeer float (vanilla or chocolate ice cream)

Coffee with hot milk foam

our Food is Organically grown

1 _ 2 _

3 _ 4 _

5 _ 6 _

Proofread Words Circle the correctly spelled word Write the word

9 shallow shalloe shallo

14 freedowm fredom freedom

sweet each three least freedom below throat float foam flown

greet season croak shallow eagle indeed rainbow grown seaweed hollow

Spelling Words

Frequently Misspelled Words

whole know

Name Grandfather’s Journey

REVIEW

Home Activity Your child has learned to read, write, and spell words with ee, ea, oa, and ow

Give your child clues about a list word Ask your child to guess the word and spell it.

Long e and o

Word Hunt The ten list words in the box below are hidden in the puzzle Circle

and write each word you find The words may go across, down, up, or diagonally

three float croak grown

least foam shallow seaweed

freedom flown eagle hollow

3

6

9

eaglerainbowindeedfreedomleast

throatseaweedshallowsweetgrown

below greet hollow float season croak

shallow sweet grown

The Horned Toad Prince

SORT

Name

Home Activity Your child is learning to spell words that end with the sound of long e spelled ie, ey, and y

Say a list word and have your child name the letters that spell the long e sound at the end of the word.

Long e

Word Sort Sort the list words by the long e spelling at the

end of the word.

Generalization Long e at the end of a word can be spelled ie, ey, and y:

calorie, money, happy.

finally country empty city breezy jury balcony steady misty

Name The Horned Toad Prince

PRACTICE

Home Activity Your child wrote words that end with the long e sound spelled ie, ey, or y Ask your

child to say sentences using list words.

Long e

Rhymes Write the list word that rhymes with the underlined word.

1 Are you ready? Take it slow and .

2 Go to Main and First Street, Molly That’s where you can

catch the

3 He paid a lot of money for the big jar of .

4 Let’s make a tally of the number of cars in the

5 Buffaloes are big and hairy They used to roam

across the

6 “He’s guilty!” the lawyer said with fury to the .

7 It was a pity he couldn’t take a trip to the .

8 Sailing boats is easy, when the wind is strong and .

9 “You’re one smart cookie,” said the coach to the

Synonyms Write the list word that means the same thing as

the word or phrase

honey country collie alley

valley empty breezy trolley

money city jury misty

steady trolley

honey alley prairie

jury city breezy rookie

balcony calorie movie collie hockey money valley finally country misty empty

Name The Horned Toad Prince

PROOFREAD

Home Activity Your child identified misspelled words that end with the long e sound spelled ie, ey, and

y Say a list word and spell it, stopping before the letter or letters that spell the long e sound at the end

of the word Have your child complete the word.

Long e

Proofread an Ad Jan wrote this ad to sell her dog Circle

five misspelled words Write the words correctly Then write

the sentence that has a capitalization mistake correctly

Dog For Sale

This colly is a honey of a dog! Very nice

and steadey Likes to play ball and hockie,

too We’re not asking a lot of monie for this

fine Dog He needs a good home because

we are probablie moving to the city

Correct the Sentences Cross out the misspelled list word in each sentence

Write the word correctly

7 Please put the trash cans in the ally 7 _

8 It took the pioneers a long time to cross the prairy 8 _

9 Every spring, we put our potted plants on the balconie 9 _

10 The mistie fog made it hard to see the road 10 _

11 The long trip is finallee over 11 _

13 The rokie had a successful season 13 _

16 I take the troley to the shops 16 _

prairie calorie honey valley money finally movie country empty city

rookie hockey collie breezy jury balcony steady alley trolley misty

Spelling Words

Frequently Misspelled Words

finally probably

Name The Horned Toad Prince

REVIEW

Home Activity Your child has learned to read, write, and spell words that end with the long e sound

Ask your child to quiz your spelling of these words Make a mistake with each word and have your child

honey country collie alley

valley empty breezy trolley

money city jury misty

Letters Home from Yosemite

SORT

Name

Home Activity Your child is learning to spell words with long u sounds spelled u-consonant-e, ew, oo,

ui, and u Have your child say the words and listen for the two different long u sounds.

Long u Sounds

Word Sort Sort the list words by the long e spelling at the

end of the word.

usual truth cruel pupil humor duty

Name Letters Home from Yosemite

PRACTICE

Home Activity Your child wrote words with long u sounds spelled u-consonant-e, ew, oo, ui, and u

Say a list word and have your child write it.

Long u Sounds

Antonyms Write the list word that has the opposite or nearly

the opposite meaning as the word

Synonyms Write the list word that has the same or nearly

the same meaning as the word

Definitions Write the list word that fits the definition.

11 the time when children must be indoors

12 a student

13 discolored skin caused by an injury

14 a riding toy with a platform, wheels, and a handlebar

15 funny or amusing quality

16 liquid taken from fruit or vegetables

flute scooter cruel humor

mood juice excuse duty

smooth cruise pupil curfew

Name Letters Home from Yosemite

PROOFREAD

Home Activity Your child identified misspelled words with u-consonant-e, ew, oo, ui, and u Ask your

child to use list words to make up a radio announcement or commercial.

Long u Sounds

Proofread a Script Read the script that a DJ will read on the

radio Circle six spelling errors and write the words correctly

Add quotation marks where they are needed

DJ: Good afternune, listeners Today, we’re

taking a crewse down memory lane I’m going

to play some smoothe sounds from the past

But first, here’s a word from our sponsor

Commercial Spot: Is it breakfast as usual?

How about a huge energy boost? Drink some

OranGee orange juce today Don’t confuse it

with other breakfast drinks!

DJ: Now, it’s time for the news! A high schewl

pupil suffered a huge bruze when he fell off

his scooter I have no clue what happened,

said the student

1 _ 2 _

3 _ 4 _

5 _ 6 _

Proofread Words Circle the word that is spelled correctly

Write the word

7 Abby likes to read stories that have some humor hewmor 7 _

8 The captain thrue threw a life jacket to each passenger 8 _

9 “There is no excus excuse for this mess,” said Mom 9 _

10 It’s always a good idea to tell the truth trueth 10 _

11 “Don’t stay out past curfoo curfew,” Dad warned 11 _

12 The huge hug truck rattled the windows as it passed 12 _

our house

Spelling Words

Frequently Misspelled Words

school too

usual huge flute mood smooth threw afternoon scooter juice cruise truth bruise cruel excuse pupil groove confuse humor duty curfew

Name Letters Home from Yosemite

REVIEW

Home Activity Your child has learned to read, write, and spell words with the long u sound spelled

u-consonant-e, ew, oo, ui, or u Write each long u spelling and ask your child to add letters to write a

list word with that spelling.

What Jo Did

SORT

Name

Home Activity Your child is learning to spell words that end with -s and -es To practice at home, have

your child say each word and spell it out loud.

Adding -s and -es

Word Sort Sort the list words by -s and -es endings.

Generalization Add -s to words ending in a vowel and y and to most

words: monkeys, friends Change y to i and add -es to words ending in a

consonant and y: supplies Add -es to words ending in sh, ch, s, ss,

x: taxes.

supplies taxes companies sandwiches hobbies daisies scratches counties memories bunches batteries

Name What Jo Did

PRACTICE

Home Activity Your child spelled words that end with -s or -es Say the singular form of the list word

and have your child say and spell its plural form.

Adding -s and -es

Multiple Meanings Some words can be either a noun (name of a person, place,

or thing) or a verb (word that shows action) Write the list word that can be used

to complete both sentences

1 The traffic d made everyone late

When the bus breaks down, it d our arrival.

2 The cat s the rug to sharpen its claws.

I got these s when I fell off my bike.

3 The government adds t to most things we buy.

Running marathons t my energy

4 The army s troops with food, clothing, and shelter.

Have you bought everything on your list of school s ?

5 Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet are p _ by Shakespeare

The harpist p soft music at weddings

6 It gets crowded when everyone b up by the door

Ten b of grapes were passed out to the team

Adding -s or -es Add -s or -es to make each word plural Write the word.

plays companies delays bunches

supplies costumes scratches batteries

taxes sandwiches counties donkeys

delays scratches taxes supplies plays bunches

monkeys costumes sandwiches counties donkeys hobbies teammates

holidays batteries companies daisies friends memories months

Name What Jo Did

PROOFREAD

Home Activity Your child identified misspelled words with -s and -es endings Ask your child to use

the words in Exercises 7-15 in a sentence.

Adding -s and -es

Proofread a Dialogue Read the dialogue and circle five

spelling mistakes Then write the words correctly Cross out

the punctuation error and write the sentence correctly

Rick: Which plays are you trying out for

Hal: I want to be in the one about six silly

monkeyes

Kim: I’m sure the costumees are itchy

Hal: You’re right! All that furry stuff

probably scratches alot

Kim: Ami, one of my friends, wants to try

out, too Acting is one of her hobbys

Rick: Well, I hope we all have good memores

1 _ 2 _

3 _ 4 _

5 _

6 _

Proofread Words Circle the correctly spelled word

Write the word

8 countys counties counteys

9 months monthes monthies

10 batterys batteryes batteries

11 teamates teammates teammats

12 supplies supplys supplyes

13 frinds frends friends

14 scratches skratches scrathes

15 daysies daisies dasies

Spelling Words

Frequently Misspelled Words

a lot because

monkeys friends plays supplies taxes holidays months companies costumes sandwiches hobbies daisies delays scratches counties teammates memories bunches batteries donkeys

Name What Jo Did

REVIEW

Home Activity Your child has learned to read, write, and spell words with -s and -es endings Have

your child color the -s and -es endings different colors.

Adding -s and -es

Word Search There are ten list words hidden in the puzzle Words are across

and down Circle and write each word you find

plays companies delays bunches

supplies costumes scratches batteries

taxes sandwiches counties donkeys

delays counties batteries donkeys friends plays holidays months

teammates memories hobbies taxes scratches costumes companies monkeys bunches supplies

Coyote School News

SORT

Name

Home Activity Your child is learning to spell irregular plural words Say a plural word aloud and have

your child say the singular form of the word.

Generalization Some plurals are formed by adding -s or -es: roofs,

potatoes Sometimes the spelling of the singular form changes: loaves

Some words do not change at all

teeth themselves lives

leaves halves loaves

moose sheep

Name Coyote School News

PRACTICE

Home Activity Your child wrote irregular plural words Say the singular form of each spelling word

Ask your child to say and spell the plural form.

Irregular Plurals

Words in Context Write a list word to complete the sentence.

1 When the siren sounded, people turned on their

2 The weather report warned that were on the way.

3 Then the on the trees began to sway.

4 Tiles began flying off .

5 Some people were so frightened that their chattered.

6 After the storm, people walked out onto their .

7 They wanted to see the damage for .

8 The tornado had divided the town into two .

9 In one half, the houses were stacked up like of bread.

10 In the other half, even on their vines had not been

disturbed

11 The neighbors pushed up their and went to work.

12 Everyone was grateful that no had been lost.

Definitions Write the list word that matches the definition.

13 values and ideals 13

14 stringed instruments 14

16 pictures on monitors 16

17 large members of the deer family 17

18 starchy foods with dark skins 18

potatoes roofs cuffs tomatoes

themselves halves beliefs hoofs

lives moose patios loaves

radios tornadoes leaves roofs teeth patios themselves halves

loaves tomatoes

cuffs lives

beliefs banjos cliffs videos moose potatoes hoofs sheep

Name Coyote School News

PROOFREAD

Home Activity Your child identified misspelled irregular plural words Say each spelling word

Ask your child to explain how the plural was formed.

Irregular Plurals

Proofread an E-mail The computer’s spelling and grammar

check isn’t working Circle five misspelled words Add the

missing period

Dear CityPal95,

Today I went to herd sheep with my cousin Later,

we dug up some potatoes In the afternoon, we

climbed the cliffes by the river When we got to the

top, we saw some mooses They shook their antlers

and stamped their hoofs Then thay ran away

Tomorrow we’re going to a picking party That’s when

everyone gets together to play guitars, banjoes, and

Proofread Words Circle the plural word that is spelled

correctly Write it on the line

6 rooves roofes roofs

7 teeth toothes tooth

8 radioes radios radis

9 loafs loaves loafes

10 potatos potates potatoes

11 themselves themselfs themselfes

12 cufes cuffs cuffes

Spelling Words

Frequently Misspelled Words

they went said

videos teeth potatoes themselves lives leaves cliffs roofs halves moose radios sheep cuffs beliefs patios banjos tornadoes tomatoes hoofs loaves

Name Coyote School News

REVIEW

Home Activity Your child has learned to read, write, and spell irregular plural words Take turns

quizzing each other on spelling the words Make a few mistakes for your child to correct.

Irregular Plurals

Word Search The ten list words in the box are hidden in the puzzle Circle and

write each word you find Words are across, down, and diagonal

Word Clues Write the list word that best answers the clue.

11 We can be very saucy! 11

12 I end sleeves 12

13 The first set is lost 13

14 We all think alike 14

15 Two make a whole 15

potatoes roofs cuffs tomatoes

themselves halves beliefs hoofs

lives moose patios loaves

tornadoesloavesvideoshoofsthemselvesmoosepatioslivespotatoesbanjos

tomatoes cuffs teeth sheep halves

Grace and the Time Machine

SORT

Name

Home Activity Your child is learning to spell words with ar and or Say a spelling word aloud, and have

your child tell whether he or she hears the sound of ar or or.

Words with ar, or

Word Sort Sort the list words by the vowel sounds in

arm and for.

Vowel sound in arm

Generalization The vowel sound in arm is often spelled ar: start The vowel

sound in for is often spelled or: morning.

morning forest form corner story storm Florida sport force forward

Name Grace and the Time Machine

PRACTICE

Home Activity Your child wrote words with ar and or Spell a list word Ask your child to say the word

and then use it in a sentence.

Words with ar, or

Missing Words Write a list word to finish the chapter titles.

Household Ecology

Chapter 1: Make nature your (1)

Chapter 2: Grow a healthy (2)

Chapter 3: Birds as (3) visitors

Chapter 4: Turn kitchen (4) into gold

Chapter 5: Your own woody (5)

Stories from the South

Chapter 1: “The (6) traveler”

Chapter 2: “(7) swamps”

Chapter 3: “Early (8) fishing in the Carolinas”

Your New Apartment

Chapter 1: House or (9) ?

Chapter 2: How NOT to (10) with your landlord

Multiple Meanings Read the definitions Write the list word that fits both meanings.

11 _ a shape or to make

12 _ sudden fear or a warning device

13 _ the place where two walls come together or to trap

14 _ to begin or to jump in surprise or fright

15 _ one floor of a building or a tale

16 _ strong wind with heavy rain or snow or to show anger

17 _ a game or contest or to wear

18 _ ahead or bold

19 _ having a thin, cutting edge or smart

20 _ active power or to make someone act against his or her will

garbage argue Florida sharp

form backyard apartment garden

alarm start sport Arkansas

partner garden backyard garbage forest

Arkansas Florida morning

apartment argue

Name Grace and the Time Machine

PROOFREAD

Home Activity Your child identified misspelled words with ar or or Say list words and spell them

incorrectly Have your child correct your mistakes.

Words with ar, or

Proofread a Travel Brochure Check the brochure before it

goes to the printer Circle six misspelled words Write the words

correctly Then correct the sentence fragment

All aboard! Daily sightseeing trains leave

Tallahassee at 6 A M in the morening Start your

day right With some delicious Flarida orange

juice Enjoy the view from the top storry of our

observation car Have lunch in everyone’s favarit

tearoom in Theodore, Alabama, and tour the

graden There’s just time to hike in the forest

around the Buffalo River before our last stop at

Little Rock, Arkansaw

Missing Letters Chose ar or or to complete each word

Then write the word

favorite morning

morning forest garbage form alarm corner story argue backyard start partner storm Florida apartment sport force forward sharp garden Arkansas

Start your day right with some delicious

Florida orange juice.

argue apartment sharp partner garbage forward sport storm force garden alarm

Name Grace and the Time Machine

REVIEW

Home Activity Your child has learned to read, write, and spell words with ar and or Use list words to

play Hangman with your child.

Words with ar, or

Crossword Puzzle Use the clues to finish the puzzle Words are list words.

2. A.M 7 strength 1 angle 4 garden

5 home 9 heavy rain 3 trash 8 woods

garbage argue Florida sharp

form backyard apartment garden

alarm start sport Arkansas

Name

Home Activity Your child is learning to spell words with ng, nk, ph, and wh Ask your child to circle list

words that have two consonants that stand for one sound in each list word.

Generalization Some words have two consonants that blend together:

among, think Some words have two consonants that are said as one

sound: graph, wheel.

graph nephew elephant

wheel whiskers whisper white wharf

Name Marven

PRACTICE

Home Activity Your child spelled words with ng, nk, ph, and wh Say a list word and have your child

spell the word and use it in a sentence

Consonant Pairs ng, nk, ph, wh

Context Clues Write a list word to complete each saying.

1 The never forgets.

2 The squeaky gets the oil.

3 He vanished in the of an eye.

4 Its fleece was as snow.

5 The wet dog was as smelly as a .

6 I therefore I am.

7 The weightlifter is as as an ox.

8 I ate until I felt as stuffed as a turkey.

Classifying Write the list word that fits into each group

think nephew white blink

blank belong shrink chunk

graph whiskers wharf skunk

whisper among blank young graph shrink trunk chunk nephew belong wharf whiskers

Name Marven

PROOFREAD

Home Activity Your child identified misspelled words with ng, nk, ph, or wh Ask your child to spell the

words he or she did not write when answering the questions on this page.

Consonant Pairs ng, nk, ph, wh

Proofread a Poster Andy made a poster for the team fundraiser

Circle six words that are spelled incorrectly Write the words

correctly Correct the run-on sentence Write it

Come to the white elefant sale!

Wen: Friday after Thanksgivin

Where: Kennedy School Gym

Why: To buy sports equipment for youg boys’

and girls’ sports teams

One person’s junk is another person’s

treasure, so bring a chunk of change to

spend Your children, nieces, and nefews

will benefit Everyone is welcome!

We need some stronge people to help with

set up come early

Proofread Words Write the underlined words correctly

Then follow the directions What you see may surprise you

8 Draw a large red dot in the middle of a sheet of graf paper

9 Stare at the dot for 30 seconds Don’t blin!

10 Then stare at a blanc wall for 15 seconds.

11 A wite wall works best

12 What color dot do you thik you will see?

Spelling Words

Frequently Misspelled Words

where when

Thanksgiving among

think blank graph young wheel nephew belong whiskers whisper elephant white shrink wharf trunk strong blink chunk skunk

We need some strong people to help

set up Come early.

graph blink blank white think

Name Marven

REVIEW

Home Activity Your child has learned to read, write, and spell words with ng, nk, ph, and wh Write the

words, leaving out the consonant pairs Have your child fill in the missing letters.

Consonant Pairs ng, nk, ph, wh

Double Puzzle Unscramble the list words and write the letters

on the lines Then write the numbered letters to answer the

think blank graph young wheel nephew belong whiskers whisper elephant white shrink wharf trunk strong blink chunk skunk

So You Want to Be President?

SORT

Name

Home Activity Your child is learning to spell words with ear, ir, our, and ur Read all the words in one

spelling category and ask your child which spelling of the vowel sound in girl all the words share.

Words with ear, ir, our, ur

Word Sort Sort the list words by the spelling of the vowel

Generalization The vowel sound in girl can be spelled ear, ir, our, and ur:

early, first, courage, return.

return surface purpose turkey turtle purse furniture curtain burrow hamburger survey

Name So You Want to Be President?

PRACTICE

Home Activity Your child spelled words with ear, ir, our, and ur Say a list word and have your child

spell the word and use it in a sentence

Words with ear, ir, our, ur

Missing Words Write two list words to complete each sentence correctly.

Baby Teddy is having his (1) (2) party today

Analogies Write list words to complete the analogies.

13 Hog is to pork chop as cow is to

14 Blanket is to warm as food is to

15 Eye is to saw as ear is to

16 Go is to come as leave is to

17 Read is to novel as write is to

18 Draw is to map as measure is to

surface early nourish burrow

purpose turtle purse hamburger

first birthday furniture survey

hamburger nourish heard return journal survey surface burrow

Name So You Want to Be President?

PROOFREAD

Home Activity Your child identified misspelled words with ear, ir, our, and ur Ask your child to write

courtesy and make up a journal entry about a time he or she was courteous.

Words with ear, ir, our, ur

Proofread a Journal Entry Sam made mistakes as she wrote

her diary entry Circle six misspelled words and write them

correctly Insert quotation marks where they are needed

Today was my birthday! I was up very

erly Usually I run right down to breakfast

but today I was as slow as a tertle As I

walked into the kitchen, I herd my family

yell, Surprise!

My family gave me a new purse and this

brand new jurnal! My friends took me out for

a hambirger at lunch For dinner, we had my

favorite—turkey! The only present I have to

retearn is a shirt that is too small

I’ll write more tomorrow,

Sam

1 _ 2 _

3 _ 4 _

5 _ 6 _

Proofread Words Circle the word that is spelled correctly

Write it on the line

7 courage corage curage

8 searface sirface surface

9 curtesy cirtesy courtesy

10 survey sourvey sirvey

11 bourrow birrow burrow

12 curtain courtain curtin

13 perse purse pirse

14 pirpose purpase purpose

Spelling Words

Frequently Misspelled Words

heard our

are

return courage surface purpose first turkey heard early turtle birthday journal courtesy nourish purse furniture search curtain burrow hamburger survey

Name So You Want to Be President?

REVIEW

Home Activity Your child has learned to read, write, and spell words with ear, ir, our, and ur Have your

child read each spelling word and then spell it with eyes closed.

Words with ear, ir, our, ur

Word Parts Draw a line to connect the first part of each list word

with its second part Then write the completed word on the line

surface early nourish burrow

purpose turtle purse hamburger

first birthday furniture survey

survey birthday early burrow purpose courage journal turkey hamburger return

nourish curtain surface turtle