Spelling Lesson 29

Easily Misspelled Words

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Spelling TipSome words have unusual spellings that must be remembered.

1-7. Write the Core Words with one syllable. Circle any unusual spellings.

8-14. Write the Core Words with two syllables. Circle any unusual spellings.

15. Write the Core Word with three syllables. Circle any unusual spellings.

16-20. Write the Challenge Words. Circle any unusual spellings.

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I live on an ( 1 ) surrounded by the blue waters of the ( 2 ). I love exploring with my ( 3 ), Buddy. Every day we take ( 4 ) route on our explorations. We are never quite ( 5 ) what we shall find each time.

Sometimes it is cold out, but more ( 6 ) it is hot. We dress comfortably and wear a heavy ( 7 ) to go climbing. We always bring water with us.

Whose Is It?

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We use what we do not drink to ( 8 ) our hot faces and hands.

One day we saw a furry lamb. It was very small, and so it was probably a very ( 9 ) one. But ( 10 ) animal was it? We wanted to return the young thing to its owner. We told the lamb to come with us. It was surely born to ( 11 )!

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The lamb started to follow us around as if we were sweet as ( 12 ). The ( 13 ) to our question was right in ( 14 ) of our eyes. There was a farmhouse down the road. We went there to bring the lamb back to the rest of the flock. The farmer thanked us. I ( 15 ) we made both the farmer and the lamb happy!

The prefix dis- means not or the opposite of. add dis- to the underlined words.

16. Please appear early in the morning.

17. Their tricks will please you.

18. I want you to obey me.

19. Do not trust the other person.

20. We always agree on the answers.

21. I hope she gives the honest answer.

22. The note proves everything.

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Prefixes

Write the Core Words that fit the Clues.

1. There is water all around me but I never swim.

2. I am wet and salty.

3. I am a member of the family.

4. I come after a question.

5. I am what people should do when they see a traffic light.

6. I am what some people do when they do not know an answer.

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Make Clue Connections

Write the Core Words that complete the sentences.

7. High is to low as old is to ______.

8. Hand is to glove as foot is to ____.

9. Floor is to sweep as dish is to ____.

10. Car is to road as ship is to ____.

11. Big is to large as certain is to ___.

12. Top is to bottom as back is to ____.

13. Sour is to lemon as sweet is to _____.

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Spell it Right

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Climb and Spell

14-17. Follow the letter trail up the mountain. Along the way find four Core Words. Be careful not to trip over the silent letter in each word.

Write the Core Words in each group in the

order you would find them in a Dictionary.

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Use the Dictionary

18-20. often, ocean, obey

21-23. sugar, shoe, sure

24-26. young, whose, wash

27-30. another, answer, often, ocean

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Many farmers need help on their farms.

•Write a help-wanted ad for the newspaper. Tell what the job will be like.

•Use at least four Core Words from this lesson.

Here is one student’s help-wanted ad.

Find four misspelled words and write them correctly.

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