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Phonics and Writing Skills
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Phonics and Writing Skills
Help the student editors of the school nature newsletter polish a short article. Read each prompt carefully. For writing questions, use the sample answer as one possible response.
Notice the sounds and patterns
Look closely at how sounds and spelling patterns work in words.
1.In the newsletter sentence “The green geese floated past the beach,” identify the four vowel teams. Write each team and the word where it appears.
2.In the word “photograph,” the letters ph make the same sound as which spelling?
- f, as in fish
- sh, as in shell
- th, as in thin
- p, as in picnic
3.Split each word into syllables by placing a slash between the spoken parts: migration, habitat, and editor.
4.Match each suffix to what it means. Use each meaning once.
- -less
- -ful
- -ment
- the result or process of
- without
- full of
5.Add the suffix -ful to “beauty.” Write the new word and explain the spelling change.
6.True or false: In the word “hoping,” the final e in “hope” is dropped before adding -ing.
TrueFalse
Read, revise, and write
Use the passage below as the newsletter editor. It includes clues about meaning, spelling, and how ideas fit together.
7.Read the draft and summarize its main idea in one or two sentences.
At dawn, a flock of geese landed beside the marsh. Their arrival surprised hikers, but the birds soon began searching for plants and insects. Wetlands provide food and shelter for many animals. Protecting these habitats helps wildlife thrive. The nature club is planing a cleanup next Saturday, and volunteers will collect litter along the trail.
8.Find the misspelled word in the final sentence of the draft: “The nature club is planing a cleanup next Saturday.” Write it correctly and name the spelling pattern.
9.In the draft, what does “arrival” mean? Use the sentence to explain how you know.
10.Rewrite these two sentences as one sentence using “because”: “Wetlands provide food and shelter for many animals. Protecting these habitats helps wildlife thrive.”
11.Add one closing sentence to the newsletter draft. It should encourage readers to help protect local wetlands and connect to the main idea.
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