Reproducible Practice Pages PLUS Easy-to-Score Quizzes That Reinforce Spelling Rules and Skills by Harold Jarnicki New York • Toronto • London • Auckland • Sydney New Delhi • Mexico City • Hong Kong • Buenos Aires No Boring Practice, Please © Spelling © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources Scholastic Inc grants teachers permission to photocopy the activity sheets from this book for classroom use No other part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher For information regarding permission, write to Scholastic Inc., 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012 Cover by Jaime Lucero Cover illustrations Mike Moran Interior design by NEO Grafika Illustrations by Kelly Kennedy ISBN 0-439-53149-7 Copyright © 2005 by Harold Jarnicki All rights reserved Printed in the U.S.A 10 40 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 No Boring Practice, Please © Spelling © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources Introduction Syllables Have the Beat The IGH Thing 28 The Syl-la-ble Thing The I’s Have It! 29 Quickie Quiz: Syllables Quickie Quiz: I-IGH Words 30 The Ruler of Plurals Says 10 The TION and SION Show 31 Quickie Quiz: Plurals 13 Quickie Quiz: TION and SION 32 Suffix: Is This the End? 14 Soft G and C 33 Groovy Suffix X-Word 16 Tongue Twisters / Soft G and C X-Word 34 Quickie Quiz: Suffixes 17 The Silent Letters 18 Silent Letter Mega Crossword 21 Quickie Quiz: Soft G and C 35 Fun With PH 36 What’s the PH Word? 37 Quickie Quiz: Silent Letters 22 Quickie Quiz: PH Words 38 AU … It’s Painless! 23 Commonly Confused Words 39 Quickie Quiz: AU Words 24 Commonly Confused X-Word 43 EI…IE…Oh! 25 Quickie Quiz: Commonly Confused Words 44 Groovy EI…IE X-Word 26 Quickie Quiz: EI…IE Words 27 Answer Key 45 No Boring Practice, Please © Spelling © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources I ntroduction I magine a classroom where students not slump in their seats every time you announce it’s time for spelling; where spelling lessons and practice bring exciting opportunities along with a couple of laughs and a little competition; where students get emotionally involved in spelling fundamentals, and improvement - B Y T Edisplayed by students and recognized by teachers and M I NisIproudly parents MINI-BYTE You might think such a classroom is merely a figment of my imagination I - B Y T E or a fantasy of some ambitiously naive first-year MIN education grad I can boldly claim that such is not the case I have teaching for about 20 years and, with the help of some games, a I-BY M I Nbeen TE few jokes, and other gimmicks, have witnessed students get excited about spelling, grammar, vocabulary, and more MINI-BYTE The No Boring Practice, Please! series is an extension of my classroom and one humble step toward helping kids what comes naturally—learn If you’re ready to add spice to your spelling lessons, then this book is for you Carefully structured as a good basic course of study, the recipe for each lesson is simple No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling dishes up straight spelling practice with a dash (or splash) of fun Inside you’ll find a concoction of reproducible pages that cover syllabication, plurals, silent letters, spelling rules (and rule breakers), commonly confused words, and more Flavored with engaging illustrations and an edgy design, each practice page is easy for kids to swallow Best of all, you can serve these pages with only a minimal amount of teacher instruction No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources Each unit opens with a brief, simple explanation of a key spelling rule or concept in easy- to-understand language Students are then challenged to apply what they are learning through practice pages, followed by a quick and easy- to-score quiz Occasionally, you may want to add an extra exercise or practice test depending on students’ progress, but the units are designed to stand on their own You may wonder what inspired me to write this book—and the rest of the No Boring Practice, Please! series Let me start at the beginning As a baby boomer’s hyperactive kid, I wasn’t a huge fan of school Sitting at a desk most of the day was tough enough Add a generous helping of dry spelling rules and my eyes would glaze over, roll back in my head, and send me into a near comatose state where hands on clocks ceased to move Years passed After a less- than-stellar career in rock ’n’ roll, I decided the teaching profession was a more lucrative gig I had two specific goals: (1) to become the teacher I never had; and (2) add a little rock ’n’ roll to the school system Like it or not, we are teaching a new breed of children—one that watches more than four hours of values-distorting TV each day, plays mindless video games on a regular basis, and gobbles up entertainment far more than nutriment We welcome these mediasavvy kids into our classrooms and expect them to get excited about plurals, silent letters, and syllabication Let’s get real! This is what drives the No Boring Practice, Please! series The series is academically sound and rich in language-skill development, but all of its information is disguised by a hip design and comical illustrations that have lots of kid appeal Think of the series as whole-grain oats packaged in a box of tutti-frutti breakfast cereal I know that students can get excited about doing well in spelling, and I feel gratified to be part of the process I hope the No Boring Practice, Please! series helps teach and inspire May the force be with you Sincerely, Harold Jarnicki No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources your hands a p nd a Cl Name _ ce Sy llables Have the Beat -le A syllable is a part of a word that has one vowel sound Every word is made up of one or more syllables -br a ! les b te syl -la Syl lable Rules ❶ Every syllable in every word must have one vowel sound One vowel sound = one syllable coat, flight, dog, gate MINI-BYTE A consonant digraph is two consonants that make one sound th, ch, sh, ph, wh ❷ Divide between two middle consonants It’s a-bout the beat, man ! rab-bit, lit- tle, hap-pen BUT never split up a CONSONANT DIGRAPH moth-er, feath-er, graph-ite, catch-er MINI-BYTE ❸ Sometimes a syllable can be a single vowel o-pen, i- tem, e-vil E M I N I -IfBaY T syllable has a single middle vowel and a consonant on ❹ each side, divide before the first consonant re-port, af- ter E M I N I❺- InBo-pen, T Y words that end with a consonant plus -le Warning! Rules work most of the time but not all the time (as in syllable), divide before the consonant preceding -le lit- tle, fum-ble, bub-ble Tick-le breaks the rule! MINI-BYTE ❻ Divide any prefixes or suffixes pre-view, hope-ful, teach-er Ch Divide each word into syllables and write the number of syllables Record the rule numbers that apply to each word See the example WORD I N SYL-LA-BLES SYLLABLES RULES THAT APPLY broth-er 1, brother riddle about disappear important communication No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources Name _ T he Sy l-la-ble T hing ou Vowels a, e, i, o, u as in caught “Diphthong,” now that’s a weird word! o u MINI-BYTE as in noise as in bought aw as in saw E ow oy T Y B I N as in cow as in toy M I oo Ch as in boot E T Y B I N MI Write three words for each diphthong oi ow au/ou ✻ oy aw E T Y B I N I M E T Y B I N MI oi y and w are considered vowels when they are part of diphthongs ou ✻ au as in shout hong) is Diphthong (dif-t make two vowels that one syllable oo Did you know that au, ou, and aw can all have the same sound? Ch Use the clues and unscramble the syllables to form words Check off each syllable as you use it M I N I - B Y T E 1 MINI-BYTE MINI-BYTE No school; break Tasty MINI-BYTE 3 won MINI-BYTE e fought noo ca de der cor Letter system MINI-BYTE dle rec MINI-BYTE I - B Ytraveler M1.I NSpace TE MINI-BYTE Across MINI-BYTE Down ful tion bet al va li pha tion cious tro naut as Across ven t Down Something that makes a wrong right Awesome Past tense of fight Pasta, spaghetti Happening No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources IN I - B YT hing TE TM he Sy l-la-ble Continued MINI-BYTE car pre an NI-BYTE M IAcross c huc k pe tri Funny drawing Person walking NI-BYTE M IDown hard; focus E M I N1.2.IThink B Y Long, longT ago le tor cen MINI-BYTE Little jump You can have it, if it’s this TV Not the same ble M I N I - B Y T Ele te vail ni a hop vi tion Down A group or club Bathroom fer sion or a Across MINI-BYTE za his trate MINI-BYTE des toon Quiet laugh en t ic let toi dif ga est? t e h t r o f y d u t s I How Make it into a game! • • • Learn the Syllable Rules Play with a friend! Know what diphthong and digraph are Practice dividing words into syllables No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources Name: _ Syllables A Syllable Rules: Score: Mark each statement as TRUE (T) or FALSE (F) _ _ Every syllable must have one vowel sound _ Every syllable must have one consonant sound /20 BONUS _ Usually divide between two middle vowels (4 points) _ Split up a consonant digraph into two syllables Organize these syllables into a word _ Sometimes a syllable can be a single consonant _ Sometimes a syllable can be a single vowel chol o _ Divide before the consonant preceding -le, like this: un-cle psy _ A prefix is usually a syllable on its own gist _ Never split up one diphthong into two syllables _ 10 Usually divide between two middle consonants Score: B Definitions _ /16 Fill in the blanks to describe a consonant digraph A consonant digraph is _ consonants making _ sound Circle the consonant digraphs in this group: th sk sh tr ph Fill in the blanks to describe a diphthong A diphthong is one _ made up of two _ Circle the diphthongs in this group: uo aw C Break It Down: Divide each word into syllables S c o r e : Word In Syllables Word mother 11 astronaut cattle 12 adventure disappear 13 little communication 14 report frog 15 fought riddle 16 alphabet important 17 delicious item 18 invention open 19 noise 10 catcher wo oo _ oi /60 In Syllables 20 stronger No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources Name _ The Ruler of Plurals Says Follow my rules for plurals and you won’t go wrong! Plural means more than one MINI-BYT E M I N IC- Bh Y T Plural Rule E 1: Examples: Most nouns form their plurals by adding s chair chairs lizard lizards E MINI-BYT Change these singular nouns to plurals Singu l a r Plural E MINI-BYT Singu l a r book bank E game comic dream pizza power friend MINI-BYT 10 graph skateboard Plural Rule 2: Examples: Plural For nouns ending in s, x, sh, or ch, add es box boxes bush bushes Ch Change these singular nouns to plurals Singu l a r 10 Plural Singu l a r kiss crush fox pass knish tax beach batch watch 10 dress No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources Plural g Name _ T o ng u e T w is te rs ! Use a dictionary! Make up tongue twisters using soft g and c words Say them fast A genuine giant general judged gymnastics The excited cyclist circled the circus ceiling a p Turn! RYour u p ! Twister: i t Soft-G _ & Mix Soft-C Twister: tch M a edd -C bl an raftm-G S cSo Up Y S C C Across Sy ll ab le Sc m bl e! L Overhead part of a room One-eyed creature Tornado Citrus fruit Law enforcers 10 Tricks and illusions 12 One who presides in court 14 Round shape 16 Very unfortunate 18 Motor 20 Representative 22 Study of the physical world 23 Place for car 25 Hundred years 26 Empty room or gap 27 Lie around 28 Sea creature useful in the kitchen 29 Two times E I N A S S E P 10 M 12 13 11 I C D 14 I 16 15 T R 17 G C L 18 20 19 21 G 22 I Y R 23 C 34 24 X 25 26 U R 27 28 P A C U N 29 O N W Down Needed Complete thought Famous person Your sister’s daughter A part All the answers are soft-g and -c words! Y 10 Buy it at a pharmacy 11 Kind and calm 13 To make a choice 15 Very large person 17 School room used for physical education 19 Turn, spin, rotate 21 Two-wheeled vehicle 24 To stimulate No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources Name: _ Soft G and C Words Sound It Out: Score: _ /100 Sound out these phonetically spelled words and spell them correctly Phonetic Spell ing Correct Spel l ing majik peess byesikuhl jyeuhnt seyeklaups jimnayzeeuhm syeklone ayjuhnt eksite 10 syeuhnss 11 spuhnj 12 guhrahj 13 seeling 14 jyerate 15 kneess 16 lounj 17 enjuhn 18 juhj 19 suhlebruhtee 20 surkuhl 21 jentuhl 22 meduhsuhn 23 orinj 24 diside 25 trajik No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources 35 Name _ so u n d Fun with P H pharmacy phony graph M at ch Match each “ph” word below with its correct meaning S pIte! l l I t !“p h” Words Meanings Egyptian ruler fake of a material thing drugstore stage of development fear a few words together list of books life story to change to another form camera picture an exceptional thing or event study of Earth’s physical features diagram that shows data communication device city in Pennsylvania morph Fi nd Th es e phobia Wo rd s phenomenon Plural Search! bibliography geography We don’t have words like these photograph in our planet! telephone pharmacy Philadelphia biography graph pharaoh phony phase phrase physical word -G o H i n t : Use th e dictionary He’s definitely got a “ph” phobia l le! "p h" W o rd S ea rc h! y Circle 20 “ph” words in this word search Correct It ! ! Match Up! 36 A I H P L E D A L I H P M Y H P A R G O E G L H H P A R G O T O H P Q A K W V J J L K R K Q W R N H Y M L Z K B N X G A P R O P H E T D R R T O R J Y C X P D X A N E H A I B O H P H P Z N L P N Y M Y H D H O M M E M K M K R H M N O N E P W Z G G H O P T Y S Y H B L E W R P N A A H V O L No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources A L P M A H R R Q J N B C H K H N H A L G K E P I P P P P H C R N O H M S F Y M B C P C M A I N Y M R Y M Z T M S A L B H L H N N J Z E Y C C Z P H E N O M E N O N B Y Y H P A R G O I L B I B Name _ Fill in the blanks with the correct “ph” word What’s the pH Wo rd? morph arachnophobia phenomenon bibliography geography photograph phase phantom phrase physical nymph telephone pharmacy Philadelphia biography graph pharaohs phony I read Martin Luther King Jr’s to learn about his life She has _—she’s afraid of spiders Please repeat that I couldn’t hear you Mr Go went to the to buy some aspirin activity will make you strong The solar eclipse was quite a ! These pictures will look great in my album Our teacher made us include a with our project Let’s chart our answers using a bar 10 Just be yourself Don’t be 11 is a big city in Pennsylvania 12 A dragonfly larva is called a 13 Mom says my teenage sister is going through a 14 Sorry I didn’t call you Our was out of order 15 Watch out for the ghost from the green lagoon! 16 The of Egypt were buried with most of their riches 17 That cow can into a three-eyed monster! 18 In class, we learn about our country No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources 37 Name: _ PH Words Score: _ /54 A Spell Correctly: Write the correct spelling of each of these phonetically spelled “ph” words Phonetic Spelling Correct Spelling Phonetic Spelling bibleeogruhfee 10 fohbeeuh byeogruhfee 11 fohtuhgraf fairoh 12 fonee fantuhm 13 fraze farmuhsee 14 graf faze 15 jeeogruhfee fenomuhnon 16 morf filedelfea 17 nimf fizuhkuhl 18 teluhfone B Fill It In: Correct Spelling Score: _ Write the most appropriate “ph” word in the blank /30 In this everyone is smiling King Tut was one of the most famous of ancient Egypt A tadpole goes through more than one _ to become a frog The is ringing! Please answer it The baby genius is a Dad’s story about the ghostly wasn’t scary When I saw our cat into a dog, I knew it was time to run We studied the of South America That list of books makes a good 10 I had to wait in line at the for my grandma’s medicine 38 No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources BONUS (16 points) What you call the fear of open places? Name _ Commonly Confused Words Round Some words sound alike, but they are not spelled alike Commonl y confused TO: helps indicate a direction; connection to something Let’s go to the Sponge Boys concert We all began to sing F ill in the blanks with the cor rect word I want _ go _ _ of you can sit in front TOO: more than enough; also That’s too much ice cream Graham is coming, too _ is _ many _ ride on one bike TWO: spelling for number Sonya has two goldfish TH ER E: at that place Meet me over there _ house is over _ TH E I R: belonging to them Joe’s cousins like their new house TH EY ’R E: contraction for “they are” They’re good storywriters _ going to meet us later _ in the bushes, _ hiding _ supposed to wait with me YO UR: belonging to you Thanks for letting me borrow your bike _ flowers are growing! YOU’RE: contraction for “you are” You’re my best friend _ mom wants you to come as soon as _ finished ITS: belonging to it The bird built its nest in the tree IT’S: contraction for “it is” It’s a lovely day 10 _ going to rain tonight 11 The dog gobbled down _ dinner 12 If _ too cold, I will stay in No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources 39 Name _ Commonly Confused Words Round Commonl y Confused ALREADY: by this time We did that already F ill in the blanks with the cor rect word She is _ to leave We have been _ since morning ALL READY: prepared to something We’re all ready to go I _ finished Are you _? Let’s go! RI GHT: correct; opposite of left; part of immediately Jordy’s work is right Turn right at the corner Come here right away _ that in your book That was the _ thing to _ that in the _ hand corner of the paper WR I TE: mark down (on paper) I want to write a story Do it _ now! WEAR : to have on She’s going to wear her soccer jersey WHERE: in what place Where are you going? _ is the party? 10 I don’t know _ to put that 11 Are you going to _ the red hat? 12 _ your swimsuit to the park THREW: past tense of throw The catcher threw to second base THROUGH: in one side and out the other; finished I had to climb through the window I’m all through with work 13 I _ the garbage into the can 14 Can you get _ the maze? 15 Put the thread _ the eye of the needle 16 I _ the ball as hard as I could THAN: used mainly in comparisons Irvin is older than Katharine THEN: means “at that time” or “soon after” We went to the park, and then we played tag 17 Until _, she had never laughed 18 Run, _ walk 19 I’d rather read _ dig that hole 20 She’s looking better _ ever! 40 No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources Name _ Commonly Confused Words Round Commonl y confused F ill in the blanks with the cor rect word We need to dig a _ WHOLE: all of it I ate the whole pie myself HOLE: an empty place Don’t fall into that deep hole I have to complete the _ thing Watch out for the _ there The _ team will be at the game BREAK: come apart; no longer work; space If you break the lock, we won’t get in Give me a break! BRAKE: stop; stopping device Brake at the red light Let’s take a ten-minute _ Step on the _ _ before you hit the fence Don’t drop the dish or it will _ _, I think I’ll stay home NO: negative There’s no way I’m going KNOW: to understand or be aware of I know the answer 10 Does he _ your name? 11 My dad will _ the way 12 There was _ one there NEW: just purchased or made The new car shone in the sun KNEW: past tense of know I knew that yesterday PI ECE: a part of Please give her a big piece of pie PEACE: calm I could feel peace out in the woods 13 Jojo _ you were coming 14 I _ the answer, but I have forgotten it 15 We’re moving into our _ house 16 Can I please have a _ of that? 17 He is having another _ 18 Let’s have _, not war! No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources 41 Name _ Commonly Confused Words Round Commonl y confused F ill in the blanks with the cor rect word Pam is going _ you go or not WEATHER: atmospheric conditions The weather is so hot and humid WHETHER: if it happens that I am not sure whether we are going or not It’s been lovely _ this summer He’s not sure _ he can attend We’ll check the _ before going ACCEPT: receive or agree with I want you to accept this award Do you accept my idea? EXCEPT: not including He likes them all except for the blue one I can go every day _ Monday Sam won’t _ her present _ me as I am He’ll eat any vegetable _ beans I can _ all the instruments H ERE: in this place I’m here hiding in the bushes HEAR: sense through the ear (auditory) Can you hear the waterfall? 10 Come _ now! 11 _ we go again 12 Please _ what I have to say PLANE: aircraft We traveled over the mountains by plane PLAIN: simple, not fancy I’ll wear a plain dress to the concert 13 I’ll just have my pizza _ this time 14 She is just a _ dog , but we love her 15 Everything looked so tiny from the _ 16 It’s just _ old me! PAST: before now In the museum, we see cool things from the past 17 Grandpa likes to talk about the _ 18 We all _ the drivers’ course PASSED: went by; advanced; handed to Faster cars passed the slow one Sally passed into grade six! Bob passed her the ball 19 She _ me when we raced 20 It’s hard to remember some things about my _ 42 No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources Name _ ly n o m m o C Confused 11 10 12 14 13 15 16 I’m all ready two confused too no weather or not my answers are write 18 17 19 20 22 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Across Mark down on paper Stop! Hit the ! You dig it To have on Past tense of know Before now 11 By this time 13 Not old 15 + 16 You are 18 If it happens that 20 Not fancy Down 21 They are 23 In one end and out the other 25 Calm and quiet 26 Belonging to them 27 Aircraft 28 It is 29 Receive 30 At that place To understand or be aware of In what place? Soon after To make into pieces Atmospheric conditions 10 Past tense of throw 11 Prepared to something 12 Belonging to you 13 Negative response 14 All of it 15 Indicates direction or connection 17 Correct 19 Sense through ears 21 Used to compare 22 Not including 24 In this place 25 Went by 26 Also 27 A part of 28 Belonging to it No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources 43 Name: _ Commonly Confused Words S u r v i v o r C h a llenge Score: _ /100 Fill in the blanks with the Commonly Confused Words in Rounds to Hint: Keep the worksheets from Rounds to handy My Island Holiday not a story that is easy to tell, but I’ll try explain the thing I hopped into my private at the of dawn With a cloudless sky, the was perfect I had been stressed for weeks I was really looking forward some and quiet far, far away from civilization I had been in the air for about hours before I something was wrong— very wrong I could one engine cough and sputter One of my engines stopped working I tried to see the other one was going I took a quick look below me and saw an island I would have fly the trees and make an emergency landing on the beach I flew some coconut trees, knocking coconuts the ground I was concentrating hard and managed touch down and stop without a problem “At least I’m safe,” I said out loud I heard some branches snapping I looked left I looked I couldn’t see anything My heart started beating faster I was just happy to be , safe on the ground, but I was worried I something or someone was watching me I grabbed a branch and began to H-E-L-P in the sand was that sound again This time I saw it came from I decided to investigate I walked my and into the jungle I could tell that someone had just run I kept walking in the same direction Suddenly I found myself in a clearing surrounded by people and cameras “ about time you got ” a woman with an English accent said “We’ve had everything and waiting for you for an hour What took you so long?” “This is all confusing,” I said “ am I? Who are you?” “ on Bogo-Bogo Island! the newest winner of a million dollars!” 44 No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources Key Syllables Have the Beat! (p 6) Word In Syl-la-bles brother riddle about disappear important communication broth-er rid-dle a-bout dis-ap-pear im-por- tant com-mu-ni-ca- tion Number of Rules That Syllables Apply 1, 2 1, 2, 1, 3 1, 2, 1, 4, 1, 2, 4, The Syllable Thing (pp 7–8) Answers may vary, but could include: ou – out, about, snout, pout oi – oil, toil, boil, soil ow – now, bow, brow, chow au/ou – taught, astronaut, fought, thought oy – boy, decoy, Roy, annoy aw – paw, law, claw, draw oo – shoot, toot, loot, root A S A T L R P O H V A C A T I O N A B D E L I C I O U S T T C H U C K L T O O N R R H O P T R O G A V A I L A B L E L N Mini-Byte T E L E V I S I O N T Z A D I F F E R E N T E E F L E S L F A E L L B O S V V M F J C G S E V I W E S F D M I U V A O F R G W L W O Y V D Y E F R M N M W H F T X V S U S T T M A T 15 B O N G OS E S 12 B A N J O A N Z O O S E O S O E S Q U I T O S I L OS 16 O E 18 S L A S S O S Plural Scramble Chinese antennae mice women deer feet larvae teeth D O D O S M T O R R T F O L I O S 13 T E R E O H E 14 P R O S O E O L O S salmon geese oxen Quickie Quiz: Plurals (p 13) Plural Rules F T T F F T F T BONUS: larvae I O N Quickie Quiz: Syllables (p 9) Syllable Rules: T F F F F T C H I C A L H W I I P E E S H F V S S U N 17 P E D E S T R I A N E C F O U N G O H C O R R E C T I ON V D W O N D E R F U L N E T R R Y Y M Z D I P P H I S Mini-Byte P R E O N C E N T C A R T E F S P A P S V I D E OS U O 10 O P O T 11 R H O B O E S Mini-Byte K B M O W L M C Find Those Words Crossword a Go-Go Mini-Byte Fill Me In stories; mummies; lotteries; possibilities; countries; cities; celebrities; parties T 10 T Plural Forms inches oxen chiefs radios potatoes women geese feet antennae 10 taxes 11 teeth 12 deer 13 pennies 14 wives 15 keys 16 countries 17 leaves 18 pianos 19 dishes 20 Chinese BONUS: psychologist Definitions: two, one th, sh, ph Break It Down: moth-er cat- tle dis-ap-pear com-mu-nica- tion frog Find 10 Mistakes bongos; mosquitoes; children; oxen; puppies; cities; geese; mice; heroes; women sound, vowels aw, oo, oi Suffix: Is This the End? (pp 14–15) Rule and Rule 2: Try It! rid-dle im-por- tant i- tem o-pen 10 catch-er 11 as- tro-naut 12 ad-ven- ture 18 in-ven-tion 19 noise 13 lit- tle 20 strong-er 14 re-port 15 fought 16 al-pha-bet 17 de-li-cious The Ruler of Plural Says… (pp 10–12) Try it! books games dreams powers skateboards banks comics pizzas friends 10 graphs kisses foxes knishes beaches watches crushes passes taxes batches 10 dresses Word ADD -ing ADD -ed ram fit sort camp act hope place care shape arrange move ramming fitting sorting camping acting hoping placing caring shaping arranging moving rammed fitted sorted camped acted hopeful /hopefully placement careful /carefully shapely arrangement movement No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources 45 Rule 3: Try It! Word ADD -ing ADD -ed ADD -s carry bury ferry play carrying burying ferrying playing carried buried ferried played carries buries ferries plays Spell It! happiness satisfies pitiless hurried merriment plentiful healthiness beautiful parties 10 funnier Correct It! finally appeared beautiful planned Groovy Suffix X-word (p 16) S T F L A I R O P E N E D V C I R N E 11 D I V I N N W I N N I N G P R E P A R I N G L O N N S E D I T E D N G R O B B E R Y 18 19 A C H I E V E M E N T N N Quickie Quiz: Suffix (p 17) Correction! opened famous arranging robbery tries hurried beautiful camper flipping placing moving appearing hurrying playing controlling editing beautify carpeted judgment dives 10 ninety C L I M B I N G T C O R D 17 A S A S T C L H M O 28 S T E N I G 34 A L M O N D D 36 L E AG U E T A L K 28 W R I T I N G argument 10 truly 11 finally 12 acting flipped placed moved appeared hurried played controlled edited 11 losing 12 achievement 13 plentiful 14 fanned 15 scooping The Silent Letter (pp 18–20) Let’s Do It! (p 18) edge, hedge, wedge watch, scratch, match palm, calm; calf, half; talk, walk; folk, yolk hand-ker-chief butch-er, fas- ten, cas- tle, lis- ten salm-on, al-mond E Unscramble hour knew ghost wrong, grown lamb doubt match knife listen Quickie Quiz: Silent Letters (p 22) 15 Guard crumb Wednesday 16 wrestling know Listen 17 building 10 doubt chalk 18 guitar 11 tongue yolk 19 two 12 ghost knee 20 biscuits 13 league Climbing 21 foreigner 14 write design 22 knit 23 Half 24 walk BONUS: amond AU … It’s Painless! (p 23) Fill ’em Up! nauseous daughter cause sauce BONUS: beautification Spell It Out! happiness preparing recreation flying dying 13 33 35 26 S C O O P I N G 10 C A L M 15 U SW F O R E I G N E R 16 I S U T 20 19 18 E D O U B T H O N E A U U 21 22 I G U I L T Y M Y 23 L A M B O 26 24 25 27 D W A L K L I C 29 I K K N O T N 31 30 32 N T WO M N U M B A 16 F I N A L L Y G 27 W C A S T L E H D O N E N W H A L F I T O C R U M B B 11 R WH I C H 12 S S 14 F A J N U 23 D O I N G 24 E C A R P E T I N G D P M 25 G U I T A R U E S B U T C A L 14 S H A P I N G N I S 17 N C ON T R O L L E R E M G 20 21 22 E S L I D I N G H N O O N E T 12 13 Silent Letter Mega Crossword (p 21) 10 C H A NG E A B L E T H R 15 Change It! flip place move appear hurry play control edit T R U L Y B I B N O G R N Let’s Do It! (p 20) what, when, why, which, where Answers may vary, but could include: honesty, honor, honorable ghost two, sword wrote, wreck, wrist, whole, wrinkle, wrong, wrapper g; guest, guess, guitar, guard, guilty, league, tongue C H O P I N G N E Happiness Let’s Do It! (p 19) knew, knot, knob, knee, knife n foreigner, design, gnu, gnaw, sign m; doubt thumb, numb, crumb comb, lamb, bomb, climbing 16 healthiness 17 chopped 18 movement 19 skies 20 carrier Rule Breakers b Word Search fought sought bought brought thought No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources c cautious haunted c applause astronaut Quickie Quiz: AU Words (p 24) What’s Right? d a a b a c Editor Dude midnight fright d b BONUS: because Correct It! bought thought sauce laughed haunted nauseous EI … IE … Oh! (p 25) Try It! sleigh (2) cashier (1) thief (1) receipt (1) Groovy EI…IE X-word (p 26) C S O U E R E I G N Z T B E L I E V E R aunt caught veil (2) Either (3) counterfeit (2) shriek (1) F 24 P R I E S T L E 10 I Syllable Scramble multiplication relation conversation incision 17 Y I E L D P E R C E I V E G E 27 26 S N F R I E N D E G C U E R H C 28 F R E I GH T Sound Out & Spell veil eight either believe counterfeit conscience friend conceited d d grief 10 freight 11 weight 12 niece 10 population 11 conclusion 12 fraction illusion invasion 16 salutation 17 interruption 18 situation 19 subtraction 20 hesitation E Soft G and C (p 33) Soft G and C Word Search I V E Quickie Quiz: EI…IE Words (p 27) What’s Right? c b d c c a 16 fright 17 tight 18 might 19 high 20 highlight sight Quickie Quiz: -TION and -SION (p 32) Find 20 Mistakes Nation Conversation 11 perspiration illusion competition 12 explosion multiplication preparation 13 precipitation precipitation attention 14 invasion frustration 10 confusion 15 conclusion 25 G H What’s the Word? height parasite dynamite satellite 11 satellite 12 height 13 headlight 14 night 15 dynamite The TION and SION Show (p 31) Fill ’em Up! explosion competition lotion subtraction edition vision preparation decision station F E 23 Quickie Quiz: I-IGH Words (p 30) Spell It Correctly flight kite knight parasite fight Fahrenheit bright white light 10 right, write high 10 height BONUS: megabyte I E L D I G N H E I G H T T E C C A S H R I E K H 11 I V 12 14 13 E C O N C E I T E D R 15 16 R T H E G R I E F O 18 L O C E I L I N G 19 E E R S T 21 20 E H M I S C H I E F C L 22 V W E I R E I I bright Fahrenheit might dynamite tight light a 10 b 13 mischief 14 priest 15 leisure BONUS: seize The IGH Thing (p 28) Rap It Up! Answers may vary; possible answers could be: right; night; flight; right; bright light; fight; knight; tight; right; bright light; might; fright; plight; bright light; bright light Mix & Match highlight moonlight The I’s Have It! (p 29) headlight tonight uptight eyesight F WH A H P A R A S I T midnight playwright Tongue Twisters! (p 34) Answers will vary K I T E T E E D Y N A M I T E H H E I G H T I B I T S A T E L L I T E No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources 47 Soft G and C X-word Quickie Quiz: PH Words (p 38) Spell Correctly bibliography 10 phobia biography 11 photograph pharaoh 12 phony phantom 13 phrase pharmacy 14 graph phase 15 geography phenomenon 16 morph Philadelphia 17 nymph physical 18 telephone C E I L I N G C Y C L O P S E C Y C L O N E T E P O L I C E N I E E C O R A N G E I E S S M AG I C E E N T A R 12 11 10 13 C E B J U D G E 14 D E C I R C L E I E A C 16 15 17 I T R A G I C G I E D I Y 21 20 N A G E N T M B 22 N S C I E N C E T A C 25 C E N T U R Y C L 19 E N G I N E 18 X A T E S P A C E Quickie Quiz: Soft G and C (p 35) Sound It Out agent magic excite piece 10 science bicycle 11 sponge giant 12 garage cyclops gymnasium 13 ceiling 14 gyrate cyclone Fill It In photograph pharaohs phase Y 24 G AR A G E 23 26 I 27 L O U N G E 28 M S P O N G E Y C I T T W I C E 10 pharmacy morph telephone phenomenon geography bibliography phantom Bonus: agoraphobia 29 15 niece 16 lounge 17 engine 18 judge 19 celebrity 20 circle 21 gentle 22 medicine 23 orange 24 decide 25 tragic Fun With PH (p 36) Match It! morph – to change to another form phobia – fear phenomenon – an exceptional thing or event bibliography – a list of books geography – study of Earth’s physical features photograph – camera picture telephone – communication device pharmacy – drugstore Philadelphia – city in Pennsylvania biography – life story graph – diagram that shows data pharaoh – Egyptian ruler phony – fake phase – stage of development phrase – a few words together physical – of a material thing Commonly Confused Words (pp 39–42) Round (p 39) They’re to, too There, they’re Two You’re Two, too, to Your Their, there Round (p 40) all ready all ready already all ready Write right Write, right right Where 10 where 11 wear 12 Wear 13 threw 14 through 15 through 16 threw 17 then 18 then 19 than 20 than Round (p 41) hole whole hole whole break brake Brake break No 10 know 11 know 12 no 13 knew 14 knew 15 new 16 piece 17 piece 18 peace Round (p 42) whether weather whether weather except accept Accept except hear 10 here 11 Here 12 hear 13 plain 14 plain 15 plane 16 plain 17 past 18 passed 19 passed 20 past Commonly Confused Crossword (p 43) W R I T E K B R A K E H H N H O L E W E A R K N E W PH Word Search R E W N 13 E 10 P A S T 14 H K N E W R T WO H 16 Y O U ‘ R E O 15 17 R P L A I N 20 22 T H E Y ‘ R E 21 24 E 26 T H E I R E 30 48 A 27 P L A N E I E C T H E R E 11 Philadelphia 16 pharaohs 17 morph 12 nymph 18 geography 13 phase 14 telephone 15 phantom 19 W H E T H E R A E D A T H R O U G H O O E 12 A L R E A D Y O T L U H L R E R 11 18 L E G H 23 What’s the PH Word? (p 37) phenomenon biography arachnophobia photograph bibliography phrase graph pharmacy 10 phony Physical Your, you’re 10 It’s 11 its 12 it’s X P E A C E E A P S 25 28 S I T A C C E P T D S ‘ S 29 Quickie Quiz: Confused Words (p 44) It’s; to; whole; plane; break; weather; too; to; peace; two; knew; hear; whether; too; to; through; past; two; to; to; here; right; there; knew; write; There; where; past; plane; through; It’s; here; all ready; too; Where; You’re; You’re No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources ... into our _ house 16 Can I please have a _ of that? 17 He is having another _ 18 Let’s have _, not war! No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic... good basic course of study, the recipe for each lesson is simple No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling dishes up straight spelling practice with a dash (or splash) of fun Inside you’ll find a concoction... Learn the Syllable Rules Play with a friend! Know what diphthong and digraph are Practice dividing words into syllables No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching