'kn' 'wr' 'wh' 'qu' knotted wringing whipped quitting knitting wronged

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11.1

Name Dear Family Member,

The spelling words for this week include the spelling alternatives ‘kn’, ‘wr’, ‘wh’, ‘qu’ at the beginning of the words and the suffixes –ing and –ed. These words are challenging because students may try to spell them with more common spellings. For example, they might want to spell whipped as wipped, or knotted as notted. Please remember to practice the spelling words for five to ten minutes each night.

‘kn’ knotted

‘wr’ wringing

‘wh’ whipped

‘qu’ quitting

knitting

wronged

whined

quacked

knocked Tricky Word: all

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11.2

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Directions: Have students complete the sentence with one of the words from the box.

Fill in the Blank angel

explain

solar

cockroach

entire

yesterday

halo

explode

invite

umpire

panel

1.

The ________________ said the batter was out!

2.

I asked the teacher to ________________ the math problem.

3.

If today is Sunday, what day was it ________________?

4.

Let’s ________________ Ted and Carl to dinner.

5.

A ________________ is an insect.

6.

Mister Smith drank so much cola, he said he felt as if he would ________________.

7.

The ________________ ________________ on the roof heats the house.

8.

There is a ________________ over the head of the ________________.

9.

Sam ate the ________________ cake. Unit 3 © 2013 Core Knowledge Foundation

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11.3

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Directions: Have students complete the sentence with one of the words from the box.

Fill in the Blank fried

reptiles

umpire

lie

siren

tie

cried

spider

exercise

pie

pilot

decide

1.

The airplane _____________ said we were going to take off.

2.

At the game, the ___________ said the player was out.

3.

Please _____________ a strong knot in the string on the kite.

4.

A _____________ has 8 legs and can weave a web.

5.

I like to eat _____________ after dinner.

6.

My Grandpa is scared of _____________ like snakes.

7.

I cannot tell a _____________!

8.

He fell and _____________.

9.

Did you _____________ what to wear today?

10. We had _____________ chicken for dinner. 11. My dad likes to jog in the morning for _____________. 12. A fire truck has a loud _____________. Unit 3 © 2013 Core Knowledge Foundation

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11.4

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Number the events in the order in which they happened.

The swimmers shot off.

Val was the winner!

A man’s booming voice filled the air.

Mark got to the pool in time for the 200 Free.

Kim was starting to look tired.

The man started listing the swimmers.

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