Name Boom Town SORT Short Vowels VCCV Generalization Short vowels are often spelled a: happen, e: lettuce, i: sister, o: collar, u: subject Word Sort Sort the list words by the short vowel in the first syllable a i happen winter basket sister napkin traffic o 10 collar e lettuce spelling lesson 11 monster u 12 supper 13 subject 14 suggest 15 puppet Spelling Words happen lettuce basket winter sister monster supper subject 10 11 12 13 14 15 lesson spelling napkin collar traffic suggest puppet Challenge Words 16 17 18 19 20 skillet picnic planet system pumpkin Challenge Words © Pearson Education a 16 _ planet u 17 _ pumpkin i 18 skillet 19 picnic 20 system Home Activity Your child is learning to spell words with short vowel sounds To practice at home, have your child look at the word, say it, spell it, and then tell you what short vowel sound is in each word Spelling Practice Book Unit Week Day 1 Name Boom Town PRACTICE Short Vowels VCCV Classifying Write the list word that belongs in the group Spelling Words lunch, breakfast, supper toy, animal, puppet cabbage, spinach, lettuce box, container, basket reading, math, spelling placemat, tablecloth, napkin happen lettuce basket winter sister monster supper subject lesson spelling napkin collar traffic suggest puppet Rhymes Finish each sentence Use a list word that rhymes with the underlined word Franco got a splinter when he built the shelves last winter My sister uses a mister to spray the plants I suggest that you get some rest 10 She will charge a dollar to sew your collar Making Connections Draw a line to connect the first syllable with the second syllable to make a list word Write each word you make Second Syllable hap- -son 11 sub- -ster 12 les- -fic 13 traf- -ject 14 mon- -pen 15 happen subject lesson traffic monster Home Activity Your child wrote words with short vowel sounds Have your child circle the VCCV (vowel-consonant-consonant-vowel) pattern in each list word Unit Week Day Spelling Practice Book © Pearson Education First Syllable Name Boom Town PROOFREAD Short Vowels VCCV Proofread a Sign The Rodriguez family stopped at a farmers’ market Circle four spelling mistakes on the sign Write the words correctly Then write the sentence correctly FRESH CORN We suggest grilled corn for supper? berries $3 a baskit sweet peas $2 a bunch melon $4 each letuce $1 a head happen lettuce basket winter sister monster supper subject lesson spelling napkin collar traffic suggest puppet summer an wintar squash for $3 basket lettuce and winter We suggest grilled corn for supper Frequently Misspelled Words Proofread Words Circle the word that is spelled correctly Write it © Pearson Education Spelling Words happen hapen _ happen manster monster _ monster spulling spelling _ spelling subject subjeck _ subject 10 traffick traffic 10 _ traffic 11 supper super 11 _ supper 12 seggest suggest 12 _ suggest then and with was Home Activity Your child identified and corrected words with short vowel sounds Have your child sketch a sign that contains several spelling words and frequently misspelled words Spelling Practice Book Unit Week Day 3 Name Boom Town REVIEW SORT Short Vowels VCCV Spelling Words father and mother, brother and sister morning and breakfast, evening and supper spring and autumn, summer and winter ice rink and skaters, street and traffic numbers and adding, words and spelling gears and clock, strings and puppet happen lettuce basket winter sister monster supper subject Riddle To find the answer, read a clue and write the list word When you have written all six words, the answer will appear in the boxes lesson spelling napkin collar traffic suggest puppet I run, but I not walk I tell you things, but I not talk What am I? a woven container green, leafy l vegetable learning time for a student 10 found around 10 a dog’s neck 11 the topic of a 11 s sentence 12 used to wipe 12 fingers or lips e u t t b a s k e t u c e l e s s o c o l l a r b j e c t n a p k i n n Home Activity Your child has been learning to spell words with short vowels Ask your child to name four of the most difficult words on the list Challenge your child to correctly spell the four words Unit Week Day Spelling Practice Book © Pearson Education Word Pairs Write the list word that completes each phrase Name What Boom About Town Me? SORT Plurals -s, -es Generalization Add -s to most words: plants Add -es to words that end in ch, sh, or ss: inches Change y to i and add es to most words that end with y: pennies Word Sort Sort the list words by the type of plural ending -s -ies pennies inches plants families bodies glasses wishes pockets glasses 10 11 12 13 14 15 lists copies parties bunches crashes supplies pencils wishes Challenge Words 10 plants pennies 11 pockets families 12 lists bodies 13 pencils copies 14 parties -es 15 supplies inches 16 17 18 19 20 bunches crashes Challenge Words -s © Pearson Education Spelling Words accidents libraries mysteries carpenters merchants -ies 16 19 accidents libraries 17 20 mysteries carpenters 18 merchants Home Activity Your child is learning to spell plurals To practice at home, have your child look at the word, note the plural ending, and then write the word Spelling Practice Book Unit Week Day Name What Boom About Town Me? PRACTICE Plurals -s, -es Categories Write the word that names the category Paper and pens are types of school Birthday and graduation are types of Grocery and Christmas are types of pencils parties plants Bushes and flowers are types of pennies inches plants families bodies glasses wishes pockets Colored and sharpened are types of Drinking and eye are types of Spelling Words lists copies parties bunches crashes supplies pencils supplies glasses lists Three family went on the camping trip The snake was thirty inch long Big bunch of balloons were tied to her bike 10 Our body need good food, exercise, and rest 10 11 My jeans have lots of pocket 11 12 I found some penny on the curb 12 13 She made three wish on her birthday 13 14 There were many crash during the ice storm 14 15 Let’s make some copy of the map 15 families inches bunches bodies pockets pennies wishes crashes copies Home Activity Your child spelled plurals that end with -s and -es Ask your child to explain how he or she knows which ending to use when making a word plural Unit Week Day Spelling Practice Book © Pearson Education Writing Plurals Write the plural of the underlined word in each sentence Name What About Me? PROOFREAD Plurals -s, -es Proofread a List Circle four spelling mistakes in Ben’s school supply list Write the words correctly Write the last sentence, using correct grammar and punctuation School supplys I need colored pencils folders with pocketes ruler with centimeters and inchs snacks–extras for friens lined paper Remember to turn in them copies of doctor records pennies inches plants families bodies glasses wishes pockets lists copies parties bunches crashes supplies pencils supplies pockets inches friends Remember to turn in those copies of doctor records Frequently Misspelled Words Proofread Words Fill in the circle to show the correctly spelled word Write each word © Pearson Education Spelling Words familys families familes crashs crashes crashies lists listes listies bunchs bunchies bunches 10 glassies glasses glasss 10 11 wishs’ wishs wishes 11 12 plantes plants plantts 12 friends presents his families crashes lists bunches glasses wishes plants Home Activity Your child identified and corrected misspelled plural nouns Have your child help you make a shopping list Include some list words Spelling Practice Book Unit Week Day Name What Boom About Town Me? REVIEW SORT Plurals -s, -es Rhymes Write the list word that rhymes pinches ashes crunches dishes classes rockets stencils fists ants 10 poppies 10 Spelling Words pennies inches plants families bodies glasses wishes pockets inches crashes bunches wishes glasses pockets pencils lists plants copies lists copies parties bunches crashes supplies pencils i p a r t i e s penny party body copy list plant inch p l k i g b u i e i e s x o n p n s t t h d c l n t l b i i d a i p i c w e x n e o d n e s z t s c e f c u a s l i s t s h i u w b y n e s e f i c o p i e s s Home Activity Your child has been learning to spell plurals Name the singular form of a list word and have your child spell the plural form of the word Unit Week Day Spelling Practice Book © Pearson Education Word Search Find the plural of each word below in the puzzle The word may be across, down, or diagonal Name Boom Alexander Town SORT Adding -ed, -ing, -er, and -est Generalization Some base words not change when adding -ed, -ing, -er, and -est: greatest Others change: planned, leaving, heavier Word Sort Sort the list words by -ed, -ing, -er, and -est -ed -er 10 pleased heavier 11 emptied angrier worried -est shopped 12 easiest -ing 13 greatest 14 strangest using 15 funniest getting Spelling Words 10 11 12 13 14 15 using getting easiest swimming heavier greatest pleased emptied leaving worried strangest freezing funniest angrier shopped swimming Challenge Words leaving 16 17 18 19 20 freezing Challenge Words -ed © Pearson Education 16 _ included 17 _ occurred -ing included occurred supplying scarier happiest -er 19 _ scarier -est 20 _ happiest 18 _ supplying Home Activity Your child is learning to spell words that end in -ed, -ing, -er, and -est To practice at home, help your child think of other words with these endings Spelling Practice Book Unit Week Day Name Boom Alexander Town PRACTICE Adding -ed, -ing, -er, and -est Rhymes Write a list word that rhymes with the underlined word Our latest invention is the Nobody is to be teased Everyone who had been weaving was We hopped out of the car and He is sneezing because it is The outside cartoon was about the sunniest day greatest leaving freezing pleased shopped funniest Spelling Words using getting easiest swimming heavier greatest pleased emptied leaving worried strangest freezing funniest angrier shopped Word Endings Add an ending to each word in parentheses to form a list word that completes the sentence heavier than that one (swim) I take swimming lessons twice a week (get) He is getting a watch for his birthday 10 (strange) That is the strangest bug I have ever seen 11 (easy) That is the easiest way to solve the puzzle 12 (use) I am using three different colors on my poster 13 (worry) He worried that he would be late 14 (empty) She emptied the waste basket in her classroom 15 (angry) She was angrier than I thought This box is Home Activity: Your child wrote words that end in -ed, -ing, -er, and -est Ask your child to find list words in which a consonant is doubled or an e is dropped before adding -ing (consonant doubled in getting, e dropped in using, leaving, freezing) 10 Unit Week Day Spelling Practice Book © Pearson Education (heavy) Name Talking Boom Town Walls REVIEW SORT Words with -tion, -sion, -ture Spelling Words question action fiction creature direction feature furniture culture sculpture division vacation vision collision mansion celebration Complete the Phrase Finish the list of things people Use words from the box celebration direction fiction question action vacation celebration read fiction call for action take a vacation ask a question change direction plan a Missing Vowels The vowels in these list words are missing Write the vowels to complete each word Write each word o n s c u l p t u r e c r e a t u r e 10 c o l l i s i o n 11 m a n s i o n 12 f e a t u r e 13 c u l t u r e 14 f u r n i t u r e 15 v i s i o n 10 11 12 13 14 15 division sculpture creature collision mansion feature culture furniture vision © Pearson Education d i v i s i Home Activity Your child has been learning to spell words that end with -tion, -sion, and -ture Ask your child to identify and spell the five most difficult list words 112 Unit Week Day Spelling Practice Book Name Two Boom BadTown Ants SORT Multisyllabic Words Generalization When spelling words with many syllables, look carefully at each word part Word Sort Sort the list words by the number of syllables the word has Spelling Words syllables syllables leadership overdoing 10 gracefully remarkable 11 refreshment unbearably 12 carefully impossibly 13 ownership misbehaving reappeared unprepared oncoming syllables 14 uncomfortable 15 unacceptable Challenge Words syllables syllables 16 20 incomprehensible outrageous 10 11 12 13 14 15 leadership gracefully refreshment uncomfortable overdoing remarkable carefully unbearably ownership unacceptable impossibly reappeared unprepared oncoming misbehaving Challenge Words 16 17 18 19 20 outrageous incomprehensible undoubtedly independence disadvantage © Pearson Education syllables 17 undoubtedly 18 independence 19 disadvantage Home Activity Your child is learning to spell words with many syllables To practice at home, have your child pronounce each word syllable by syllable before spelling it Spelling Practice Book Unit Week Day 113 Name Two Boom BadTown Ants PRACTICE Multisyllabic Words Spelling Words gracefully carefully reappeared leadership remarkable impossibly refreshment unbearably unprepared uncomfortable ownership oncoming overdoing unacceptable misbehaving Missing Syllables Add the missing syllables and write the list words The deer moved grace He was bear Watch out for That is a mark fort He took a lead cars carving! fresh in crowds position She gets tired from pos com Do the addition care 10 Sue was rude Juice is my favorite Sam is stubborn 10 gracefully unbearably oncoming remarkable refreshment uncomfortable carefully leadership overdoing impossibly 11 He was not prepared for the test 11 12 The sun appeared again from behind the clouds 12 13 The puppy kept behaving badly 13 14 My score on the test was not acceptable 14 15 He claimed to be the owner of the stray cat 15 unprepared reappeared misbehaving unacceptable ownership Home Activity Your child spelled words with many syllables Have your child draw lines to divide the list words into syllables 114 Unit Week Day Spelling Practice Book © Pearson Education Definitions Write the list word with the same meaning as the underlined words Name Two Bad Ants PROOFREAD Multisyllabic Words Spelling Words leadership remarkable impossibly refreshment unbearably unprepared gracefully carefully reappeared uncomfortable ownership oncoming overdoing unacceptable misbehaving Proofread an Explanation Olivia wrote about how to bowl Circle four spelling errors Write the words correctly Then add the missing comma Bowling is a remarkable sport Almost every body likes it You should start with good equipment Don’t use a ball that is unbareably heavy, and don’t settle for unconfortable shoes When it’s your turn, swing the ball back gracefully as you walk toward the pins Let go when you reach the line Always aim carefuly at the pins everybody uncomfortable Frequently Misspelled Words everybody everything unbearably carefully © Pearson Education Correct the Words Write the correct spelling of each misspelled word unaceptable oncomeing missbehaving inpossibly reapeared 10 leedership 10 unacceptable oncoming misbehaving impossibly reappeared leadership Home Activity Your child is learning to spell words with many syllables Have your child write a sentence using two or more of the list words Spelling Practice Book Unit Week Day 115 Name Two Boom BadTown Ants REVIEW SORT Multisyllabic Words Spelling Words gracefully carefully reappeared leadership remarkable impossibly uncomfortable ownership oncoming refreshment unbearably unprepared overdoing unacceptable misbehaving Word Maze Draw a path through the maze Follow the three-syllable words Write the words ownership reappeared carefully misbehaving impossibly refreshment leadership gracefully unbearably unprepared overdoing uncomfortable unacceptable oncoming remarkable unprepared gracefully leadership carefully refreshment ownership reappeared oncoming un a bear bly 10 hav mis ing 11 cept un a 12 ing o be ble ver 10 ac 11 12 unbearably misbehaving unacceptable overdoing Home Activity Your child has been learning to spell words with many syllables Help your child scan a page of a magazine or newspaper to find the word(s) with the most syllables 116 Unit Week Day Spelling Practice Book © Pearson Education Syllable Scramble Rearrange the syllables to make a list word Name Elena’s BoomSerenade Town SORT Related Words Generalization Related words often have parts that are spelled the same but pronounced differently: cloth, clothes Word Sort Sort the list words by words you know how to spell and words you are learning to spell Write every word words I know how to spell words I’m learning to spell Answers will vary Answers will vary 10 11 12 13 Spelling Words 10 11 12 13 14 15 cloth clothes nature natural able ability mean meant deal dealt please pleasant sign signal signature 14 15 Challenge Words © Pearson Education words I know how to spell Challenge Words 16 17 18 19 20 equal equation equator major majority words I’m learning to spell 16 Answers will vary 18 Answers will vary 17 19 20 Home Activity Your child is learning to spell related words To practice at home, have your child study each word that he or she wrote in the second column on this page, spell the word with eyes shut, and then write it Spelling Practice Book Unit Week Day 117 Name Elena’s BoomSerenade Town PRACTICE Related Words Spelling Words clothes mean pleasant cloth ability please nature meant sign natural deal signal able dealt signature Replacing Words Write list words to take the place of the underlined words I jumped out of the tub and put on my shirt and shorts It has been a nice day Did you write your name on the card? Dogs have the skill to hear high-pitched sounds Mom made a kerchief from a scrap of blue fabric Tom is never cruel to animals We went to the mountains to enjoy the environment Sara gave six cards to each player clothes pleasant sign ability cloth mean nature dealt Missing Words Write the missing word 10 His hand natural signal talent for music warned me to stop 11 A bat is the only mammal that is 12 That’s not what I 13 I can what I 14 Her able meant please signature 15 My big sister knows how to emergencies to fly on Saturday morning is on the credit card deal with most Home Activity Your child spelled related words Have your child pronounce each list word and use the word in a sentence 118 Unit Week Day Spelling Practice Book © Pearson Education She has a Name Elena’s Serenade PROOFREAD Related Words Proofread a Paragraph Circle four spelling errors and cross out the sentence that does not belong in the paragraph Write the words correctly Spelling Words When I grow up, I whant to design clothes I think I would be good at this I have the abilty to draw, and I like to deal with people I like to sketch outfits that pleese my friends My best friend is Rosa I am learning about cotton, wool, and other kinds of kloth want please deal dealt please pleasant sign signal signature ability cloth Proofread Words Circle the word that is spelled correctly Write it My bus driver is a pleasant plesant cloth clothes nature natural able ability mean meant person Frequently Misspelled Words want whole pleasant Wave to signel signal if you need help signal Will you be abel able to come to the party? © Pearson Education able Simon was reading a book about the wonders of nature natur nature Home Activity Your child spelled related words Have your child point out a pair of related list words and explain how the spellings differ Spelling Practice Book Unit Week Day 119 Name Elena’s BoomSerenade Town REVIEW SORT Related Words Spelling Words cloth ability please able dealt signature natural deal signal nature meant sign clothes mean pleasant Riddle Write the missing words Then use the numbered letters to solve the riddle What has eighteen legs and catches flies? p smile You have a I like being out in e a n ? m Are you to sit up? a Will you help? p What you l s a n t a t u e a n b l e e a r e s e l 5 a b a s e b a l l t e a m Hidden Words Each of the list words below contains a shorter list word related in spelling and meaning to the longer word Circle the short word Write both words d e a l t s i g n a t u r e m e a n t 10 s i g n a l 10 cloth, clothes deal, dealt sign, signature mean, meant sign, signal © Pearson Education c l o t h e s Home Activity Your child has been learning to spell related words Pronounce a list word Ask your child to name a related word and spell it 120 Unit Week Day Spelling Practice Book happen lettuce basket winter sister monster supper subject lesson spelling napkin collar traffic suggest puppet 10 11 12 13 14 15 Spelling Practice Book 10 11 12 13 14 15 lists copies parties bunches crashes supplies pencils pennies inches plants families bodies glasses wishes pockets Unit 1, Week Unit 1, Week 1 Plurals -s, -es Short Vowels VCCV © Pearson Education 10 11 12 13 14 15 leaving worried strangest freezing funniest angrier shopped using getting easiest swimming heavier greatest pleased emptied Unit 1, Week Adding -ed, -ing, -er, and -est 10 11 12 13 14 15 shadow cheese peach braid Sunday float thrown clean agree teeth dream grain coach display window Unit 1, Week Long Vowel Digraphs proud shower hour amount voyage choice avoid thousand prowl employ bounce poison annoy appoint broil 10 11 12 13 14 15 Unit 1, Week Vowel Sounds in out and toy Take-Home Word Lists UNIT 121 finish pilot even wagon music silent rapid female lemon pupil focus robot tulip camel salad 10 11 12 13 14 15 Spelling Practice Book 10 11 12 13 14 15 poodle pickle noodle saddle juggle uncle riddle handle trouble simple people middle table little gentle Unit 2, Week Unit 2, Week 10 11 12 13 14 15 scarecrow blueberry butterflies lawnmower campground sandbox toothbrush sunglasses football homework haircut popcorn railroad snowstorm earring Unit 2, Week Words Ending in Compound -le Words Syllable Pattern V/CV, VC/V © Pearson Education 10 11 12 13 14 15 splurge thrill strength squeak throne strawberry squeeze splash throw three square throat strike street split Unit 2, Week Words with spl, thr, squ, str father chapter other alphabet watch English weather catch fashion shrink pitcher flash athlete trophy nephew 10 11 12 13 14 15 Unit 2, Week Digraphs sh, th, ph, ch, tch Take-Home Word Lists UNIT 123 let’s he’d you’ll can’t I’d you’d haven’t hasn’t she’d they’ll when’s we’d they’d wasn’t didn’t 10 11 12 13 14 15 unhappy recall disappear unload mistake misspell dislike replace mislead disagree rewrite unroll unknown dishonest react 10 11 12 13 14 15 Unit 3, Week Unit 3, Week 1 Prefixes un-, re-, mis-, dis- Contractions © Pearson Education Spelling Practice Book 10 11 12 13 14 15 pocket brake change ridge jacket badge orange clock large page mark kitten judge crack edge Unit 3, Week 10 11 12 13 14 15 daily suddenly wireless quietly fairness cheerful painful beautiful safely kindness finally spotless worthless illness helpful Unit 3, Week Consonant Suffixes -ly, -ful, Sounds /j/ and /k/ -ness, -less thumb gnaw written know climb design wrist crumb assign wrench knot wrinkle lamb knob knit 10 11 12 13 14 15 Unit 3, Week Words with wr, kn, mb, gn Take-Home Word Lists UNIT 125 wolves knives feet men children women sheep heroes scarves mice geese cuffs elves banjos halves 10 11 12 13 14 15 Spelling Practice Book 10 11 12 13 14 15 perfect verb nerve worm thirsty workout earn third early world certain dirty herself earth word 10 11 12 13 14 15 pretest midpoint outgoing overtime overdue outside outfield prepaid midnight overflow outdoors outline overgrown prefix Midwest Unit 4, Week Unit 4, Week Unit 4, Week Prefixes pre-, mid-, over-, out- Irregular Plurals Vowels with r © Pearson Education 10 11 12 13 14 15 tourist organist lioness shipper chemist investor conductor dentist editor artist hostess actress swimmer seller tutor Unit 4, Week Suffixes -er, -or, -ess, -ist monster surprise hundred complete control sample instant inspect pilgrim contrast explode district address substance children 10 11 12 13 14 15 Unit 4, Week Syllable Pattern VCCCV Take-Home Word Lists UNIT 127 create medium piano idea radio video studio violin duo patio rodeo pioneer trio stadium audio 10 11 12 13 14 15 to too two week weak our hour stair stare flour flower write right new knew 10 11 12 13 14 15 Spelling Practice Book 10 11 12 13 14 15 false already flaw sausage applause walnut lawn small almost always because straw drawn also author Unit 5, Week Unit 5, Week Unit 5, Week Vowel Sound in ball Syllable Patterns Homophones CVVC, CVV © Pearson Education 10 11 12 13 14 15 daughter ought sought brought trough chalk stalk thought fought bought taught caught walk cough talk Unit 5, Week More Vowel Sound in ball rocky foolish rainy childhood selfish treatment movement neighborhood childish parenthood crunchy bumpy payment sleepy shipment 10 11 12 13 14 15 Unit 5, Week Suffixes -y, -ish, -hood, -ment Take-Home Word Lists UNIT 129 few school true goose fruit cookie cushion noodle bookmark balloon suit chew glue Tuesday bushel 10 11 12 13 14 15 Spelling Practice Book 10 11 12 13 14 15 afraid nickel sugar circus item gallon melon above another upon animal paper open family travel Unit 6, Week Unit 6, Week 1 Schwa Vowel Sounds in tooth and cook © Pearson Education 10 11 12 13 14 15 vacation mansion fiction feature sculpture vision celebration question creature furniture division collision action direction culture Unit 6, Week 10 11 12 13 14 15 ownership unacceptable impossibly reappeared unprepared oncoming misbehaving leadership gracefully refreshment uncomfortable overdoing remarkable carefully unbearably Unit 6, Week Words with -tion, Multisyllabic -sion, -ture Words 10 11 12 13 14 15 deal dealt please pleasant sign signal signature cloth clothes nature natural able ability mean meant Unit 6, Week Related Words Take-Home Word Lists UNIT 131 ... syllable to make a list word Write each word you make Second Syllable hap- -son 11 sub- -ster 12 les- -fic 13 traf- -ject 14 mon- -pen 15 happen subject lesson traffic monster Home Activity Your child... in -ed, -ing, -er, and -est To practice at home, help your child think of other words with these endings Spelling Practice Book Unit Week Day Name Boom Alexander Town PRACTICE Adding -ed, -ing,... in -ed, -ing, -er, and -est Name a base word and have your child explain how to add the ending Spelling Practice Book Unit Week Day 11 Name Boom Alexander Town REVIEW SORT Adding -ed, -ing, -er,