SPELLING no boring practice please

New York • Toronto • London • Auckland • Sydney New Delhi • Mexico City • Hong Kong • Buenos AiresReproducible Practice Pages PLUS Easy-to-Score Quizzes That Reinforce Spelling Rules and

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New York • Toronto • London • Auckland • Sydney New Delhi • Mexico City • Hong Kong • Buenos Aires

Reproducible Practice Pages PLUS Easy-to-Score Quizzes That Reinforce Spelling Rules and Skills

by Harold Jarnicki

No Boring Practice, Please © Spelling © Harold Jarnicki, Scholastic Teaching Resources

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Introduction 4

Syllables Have the Beat 6

The Syl-la-ble Thing 7

Quickie Quiz: Syllables 9

The Ruler of Plurals Says 10

Quickie Quiz: Plurals 13

Suffix: Is This the End? 14

Groovy Suffix X-Word 16

Quickie Quiz: Suffixes 17

The Silent Letters 18

Silent Letter Mega Crossword 21

Quickie Quiz: Silent Letters 22

AU … It’s Painless! 23

Quickie Quiz: AU Words 24

EI…IE…Oh! 25

Groovy EI…IE X-Word 26

Quickie Quiz: EI…IE Words 27

The IGH Thing 28

The I’s Have It! 29

Quickie Quiz: I-IGH Words 30

The TION and SION Show 31

Quickie Quiz: TION and SION 32 Soft G and C 33

Tongue Twisters / Soft G and C X-Word 34

Quickie Quiz: Soft G and C 35

Fun With PH 36

What’s the PH Word? 37

Quickie Quiz: PH Words 38

Commonly Confused Words 39

Commonly Confused X-Word 43 Quickie Quiz: Commonly Confused Words 44

Answer Key 45

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is proudly displayed by students and recognized by teachers andparents.

You might think such a classroom is merely a figment of myimagination or a fantasy of some ambitiously naive first-yeareducation grad I can boldly claim that such is not the case I havebeen teaching for about 20 years and, with the help of some games, afew jokes, and other gimmicks, have witnessed students get excitedabout spelling, grammar, vocabulary, and more

The No Boring Practice, Please! series is an extension of myclassroom and one humble step toward helping kids do what comesnaturally—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’llfind a concoction of reproducible pages that cover syllabication,plurals, silent letters, spelling rules (and rule breakers), commonlyconfused words, and more Flavored with engaging illustrations and anedgy design, each practice page is easy for kids to swallow Best of all,you can serve these pages with only a minimal amount of teacherinstruction

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No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling 5

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

media-savvy 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

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No Boring Practice, Please! Spelling

Syl lable Rules

❶Every syllable in every word must have one vowel sound

One vowel sound = one syllable

coat, flight, dog, gate

❷Divide between two middle consonants

rab-bit, little, hap-pen

BUT never split up a CONSONANT DIGRAPH.

moth-er, feath-er, graph-ite, catch-er

❸Sometimes a syllable can be a single vowel.

o-pen, i- tem, e-vil

❹If a syllable has a single middle vowel and a consonant on

each side, divide before the first consonant

o-pen, re-port, after

❺In words that end with a consonant plus -le

(as in syllable), divide before the consonant preceding -le.

little, fum-ble, bub-ble Tick-lebreaks the rule!

❻ Divide any prefixes or suffixes.

pre-view, hope-ful, teach-er

you r hands and

ce -le

-brate syl-la-bl es!

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

Syllables Have the Beat

A syllable is a part of a word that has one vowel sound

Every word is made up of one or more syllables

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“Diphthong,”

now that’s a weird word!

Write three words for each diphthong

Ch

Use the clues and unscramble the syllables to form words.

Check off each syllable as you use it.

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4 Funny drawing

5 Person walking

Down

1 Think hard; focus

2 Long, long ago

fer te

T he Syl-la-ble T hing Continued

• Learn the Syllable Rules

• Know what diphthong and digraph are

How do I study for the test?

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Syllable Rules: Mark each statement as TRUE (T) or FALSE (F).

_ 1 Every syllable must have one vowel sound

_ 2 Every syllable must have one consonant sound

_ 3 Usually divide between two middle vowels

_ 4 Split up a consonant digraph into two syllables

_ 5 Sometimes a syllable can be a single consonant

_ 6 Sometimes a syllable can be a single vowel

_ 7 Divide before the consonant preceding -le, like this: un-cle

_ 8 A prefix is usually a syllable on its own

_ 9 Never split up one diphthong into two syllables

_10 Usually divide between two middle consonants

Definitions

1 Fill in the blanks to describe a consonant digraph.

A consonant digraph is _ consonants making _ sound

2 Circle the consonant digraphs in this group: th sk sh tr ph

3 Fill in the blanks to describe a diphthong.

A diphthong is one _ made up of two _

4 Circle the diphthongs in this group: uo aw wo oo oi

Name: _

Break It Down:Divide each word into syllables.

Word In Syllables Word In Syllables

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Name _

The Ruler of Plurals Says

Plural means more than one.

Plural Rule 1 : Most nouns form their plurals by adding s.

Examples: chair chairs lizard lizards

Plural Rule 2 : For nouns ending in s, x, sh, or ch, add es.

Examples: box boxes bush bushes

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Read the story below Then fill in the blanks using the words in the Box.

But first, turn each word in the Box to plural

country party

city celebrity

lottery story

mummy possibility

Suddenly, my future was filled with ! I could travel to foreign

I could buy hundreds of basketballs I could follow my favorite baseball team as they play in different

I could even become one of those that end up on TV talk shows!

I was planning all the I could throw for my friends to celebrate when Dad brought

me back to reality with this reminder: You have to be 18 years old to actually win the lottery! What a bummer!

Oh well … I guess my dreams can wait a few more years.

The Ruler of Plurals Says Continued

Plural Rule 3 : For nouns that end in y preceded by a consonant, change

the y to an i, then add es.

Example: penny pennies lady ladies

Plural Rule 4 : Most nouns ending in f or fe can be made plural by simply adding s.

the f to v, then adding s or es.

Examples: reef reefs knife knives

K B M O W L M

E F S P A P S

R R Y Y M Z D

C C H I E F S

H A W P S V U

I L I E H S N

E E F L E S L

F A E L L B O

S V V M F J C

G E U G V M T

S S V W D N X

E F A L Y M V

V D O W E W S

I M F O F H U

W I R Y R F S

Find the plurals for these words in the word search.

leaf safe chief roof

self kerchief shelf wife

Plural Search!

Word

Search!

"ph"Word Search!

Match Up!

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Word

Search!

"ph"Word Search!

Match Up!

Plural Search!

Word

Search!

"ph S

"p

"ph h"Word S

Search!

Match Up!

Strictly

Plural Correct

It!

Plural Scramble!

Turn the clues into plurals by adding s or es

Unscramble the words below Hint: They’re all plurals

of the words in the singular chart

Singular

Words

nshciee nteennaa ciem onmwe reed

efte relvaa hetet smonal seege noex

Unscramble

Plural Rule 6 : And then there are those few nouns that don’t follow any of the Plural

Rules Either the spelling of the word changes to form the plural, or the word doesn’t change at all

Example: man men child children sheep sheep

Plural Rule 5 : For nouns ending in o preceded by a vowel, add s For nouns ending

in o preceded by a consonant, add s or es.

Examples: radio radios superhero superheroes

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Mark each statement as TRUE (T) or False (F).

_1 To pluralize all words that end in f, change the f to v

then add s.

_2.Some words that form plurals don’t end in s

_3.Some words don’t change their spelling when they

become plurals

_4.For all words that end in o, add es to change them to plurals

_5.Words that end in s do not need additional letters to become plurals

_6.If a word ends in y preceded by a consonant, change the y to i, then add es to make it plural

_7.Adding an s to the end of any word makes it plural

_8.Some words do not follow any plural rules

Plural Forms:

Spell the correct plural form of each word

Find 10 Mistakes: Circle 10 plural words that are spelled

incorrectly Write the correct spelling on the back of this page.

Singular Pl ural Singular Pl ural

Write the plural of larva:

Willy likes to play his bongoes in the forest to the hum of mosquitos He loves

playing for childs, oxs, and puppys One day Willy hopes to play his music in different

citys Of course he will take his dancing gooses and mouses with him He hopes to be

a big hit His goal is to be one of the most famous bongo-playing heros ever Until

then, he just bothers all the men and womans in the village

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A suffix is a syllable added

to the end of a wor d to change its meaning

Rule 1 : If a word ends with a

Consonant-Vowel-Consonant, double the final consonant when adding a suffix (a.k.a the “CVC Rule”).

Rule 2 : If a word ends in e, drop the e, then add the

suffix If the suffix is -ed, just add -d.

For words that don’t

follow the CVC Rule,

just add the suffix

Forexample: run running

skip skipped hit hitting

For example: dance dancing danced

race racing raced

For example: jump jumped

start starting

BUT if the suffix begins

with a consonant like -ly or

-ment, leave the e on

For example:

love lovely place placement

edit edited carpet carpeting judge judgment

R u ll e B r e a k e r s !!

R u ll e

B r e a ke r s !!

true truly argue argument judge judgment

C

Follow the examples and fill in the charts

flip flipping flipped hope hoping hopeful

I command thee to make thy spelling better!

Name _

These words break Rule 1.

These words break Rule 2.

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Rule 3 : If a word ends in a consonant plus y (as in fry), change

the y to i and add any suffix that doesn’t begin with i.

The word key ends in y, but a consonant doesn’t come before the y So here the rule does not work perfectly.

For example: try trying tried tries

Pay attention: key keying keyed keys

Follow the examples and fill in the charts

marry marrying married marries

carry bury ferry play

Suffix: Is This the End? Continued Here the r u l e

works perfectly!

C

Spell these words correctly

Write the correct form of the word on the line

Plural Search !

Word Search !

Match Up!

Spell It!

Plural Search !

❶final She finished eating her broccoli

❷appear We saw a flash, then all of a sudden, a ghost !

❸beauty Those flowers are

❺happy is a bowl full of chocolate

That’s

so cool!

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12 11

22

Groovy Suff ix Groovy Suff ix

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Sound out this word

and spell it correctly:

Spell each form of

the word correctly

Spel l It Out: Combine the words and suffixes below Spell the words correctly

A Correction! Circle each misspelled word Then spell the words

correctly on the lines below

openned lovely sitting arrangeing trys monkeys beautyful famus

robery swimming appearance hurryed campper arguement truely

planner finaly skating satisfied skipping funnier actting

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Silent D Silent T Silent L

Q u iiett ,, p lle as e!!

d

Tongue Twisters!

Wednesday handsome handkerchief badge

edge

hedge wedge

witch watch scratch match butcher

fasten castle listen

palm calm salmon calf half

talk walk folk yolk almond

Some letters in words can be quite sneaky They don’t

make any sound at all Check out these silent letters.

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Past tense of know:

You tie it:

Helps you open a door:

Leg joint:

Used to slice bread:

Person from another country:

A pattern:

Type of antelope:

To chew on:

A symbol:

The only word in our list that breaks this rule is

gnawgnusign

designforeigner

thumbnumbcrumblamb

climbingbombcombdoubt

S ii ll e n t W o r d C h a r t The Silent Letters Continued

Use the words on the chart to fill in the blanks below

Tongue Twisters!

Do you know what

a gnu is? No doubt you’ll find the answer

on this page.

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❶Which Silent H words are often used in questions?

❷Write three Silent H words (other than honest) that begin with “hon-.” Hint: A dictionary may help.

❸Boo! What’s this Silent H word?

❹What two Silent W words don’t begin with w

❺Silent W word clues:

Past tense of write:

What a smashed-up car might be called:

Attaches hand to arm:

All of something:

Use an iron to get rid of this:

Not right:

Covers a present:

❻Most silent U’s follow what letter?

Write all the words that follow this rule

Tongue Twisters!

Use the words on the chart to fill in the blanks below.

The Silent Letters Continued

Silent H Silent W Silent U

write wrestling wrinkle whole wreck wrapper

wrong wrist wrote two sword

guest guess guitar guard building

guilty league tongue biscuit

S ii ll e n t W o r d C h a r t

Shh Someone might hear you!

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17 16

20 18

33 35

36

34 30

Sil ent Letter

Across

1 Rock ‘n’ roll instrument

4 50 percent

7 A very small fragment of

bread, cake, or cookie

9 Royal home

11 One of a group

13 Peaceful, relaxed

14 A person from another country

15 Long, sharp weapon

10 Where you’ll find your taste buds

12 What a mosquito bite makes you

want to do

16 Four fingers and a _

17 This fish swims upstream

19 A structure

22 Part of an egg

25 Do it to a door to say

you’re there

26 Used to style hair

28 Lets people know what’s for sale

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Correct It!

Circle the misspelled word in each sentence Then spell it

correctly on the line

1 Please come over on wensdae

2 Lisin carefully to the instructions

3 The teacher is writing with chok

4 I used the egg yoke in a cookie recipe

5 Ouch, I banged my nee!

6 Kliming that tree won’t be so easy

7 She wants to disine a cool, new dress

8 Don’t leave a single krum on the carpet!

9 We no where you live

10 With those dark clouds, there’s no dowt it will rain

11 My tung is blue!

12 Yikes! Was that a goste?

13 Shelly is playing in the Little Leeg this year

14 I’ll right you a letter when I get there

15 Gard your bike closely

16 No resling inside

17 They want to tear that bilding down

18 I’ll play the gitar, while you play the drums

19 Only to of us are going to the show

20 Grandma makes delicious biskits

21 I felt like such a foriner when I went to Spain

22 My mom wants to nit me a sweater

23 Haff the team is going to practice now

24 Let’s wok I’m too tired to run

d

sword fasten amond

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1 After riding the Cosmic Crunch, I felt quite _.

2 Protecting the rights of animals is a good _.

3 My cousin is my mom’s niece and my uncle’s _.

4 I love my spaghetti swimming in _.

5 He was very _ but he still broke

his nose skateboarding

6 I know my house is _ because

I eat dinner with a ghost

7 Okay, ladies and gentlemen, please give him a

big round of _

8 The word “ _” comes from

ancient Greek meaning “space sailor.”

P S

Use the au words in the boxes to complete these sentences

caughttaughtdaughterslaughternaughty

causepauseapplause

cautiousnauseoushauntedsauceastronaut

Match Up!

Circle five different ough words in this Word

Search Each word appears three times Then write each word next to its definition below

G G H T H G U O S G

H H G H U O G A U H

T T U G B U H U T T

A A O U O T T G H T

T I B O U G H T G H

B H U F O U G A U G

R A G O T A U I O U

O I O U G H U G H O

U G T H O U G H T R

G H I U I S U U I B

H G F R E U G H O H

T H G U O R B O U

F T h iis o u g h tt tt o b e f u n!!

Sometimes the sound “awww” makes

Definition

because laughter aunt

Why are these words Rule Breakers? Circle the correct answer

❶ because

a The s sounds like a z

b The au sounds like a short o

c You forgot your lunch

❷aunt

a Christmas is coming

b The word ends in nt

c The au sounds like a short a

❸ laughter

a The au doesn’t sound like aw

b The au sounds like a short a

c Both a and b

R ule B rea k e rs

AU It’s Painless!

Au-au-au! Look at that cute human!

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Correct It! Circle the 8 spelling mistakes in this story

Then spell them correctly in the Correction Box

What’s All the Fuss?

I was so happy we baught that house It was in the perfect spot, up on a hilloverlooking the park Perfect At least that’s what I thaught

Then things started to happen That first night I heard a lot of strange noisesoutside my room Then I smelled something really putrid, like rotten tomato sawss

I figured it was all in my imagination “Gee, I should know better,” I laffed tomyself “It’s not like the place could be hawnted or something!”

BOOM! I shot out of bed like a rocket

“I’ve got to get out of here!” I yelled “I’m getting nawseous!”

I ran to the stairs, stubbed my toe, tripped, and rolled all the way to thebottom Then I looked up in horror

“What’s all the fuss?” my mom asked

My Ant Wilma laughed, “Did the garbage trucks wake you?”

“Oh, no,” I kawt myself, “I just came down for a drink.”

What’s Right? Circle the correctly spelled word

that matches the definition

1 For that reason a becaus b becauze c becuase d because

2 Sound of joy and merriment a laughter b lafter c lauter d laugter

3 Your father’s sister a aunt b ant c aunnt d auntt

4 Past tense of teach a tought b taught c taut d tot

5 Past tense of buy a bought b bot c baught d bout

6 Made of tomatoes and put on spaghetti a ause b saughse c sauce d cause

7 Momentary stop a paws b pauze c pauce d pause

8 Female child a doughter b daughter c doter d dauter

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