Vowel Teams
Which spelling pattern would best complete this word: r__n
Choices: ai, oa, ee
Answer: ea
What does the beginning part of this word tell us: preview?
Answer: before
How many beats do you hear in the word robot?
Answer: 2
A raccoon wrote this sign: “Pleez do not feed me pizza.” Fix ONE spelling mistake.
Answer: please
Which word would probably take the LONGEST to say?
Choices: frog, notebook, hippopotamus
Answer: hippopotamus
Which word has the same vowel sound as snow?
Choices: clock, goat, ship
Answer: goat
Which word means “not fair”?
Choices: unfair, replay, careful
Answer: unfair
Which word has three syllables?
Choices: tiger, butterfly, sunset
Answer: butterfly
Your teacher says:
“Bring _____ crayons to the carpet.”
Choices: there, they’re, their
Answer: their
A student gets stuck reading watermelon.
What should they do first?
Answer: chunk it into syllables
Which word does NOT belong?
Choices: beach, clean, bread
Answer: bread
What can you add to care to make a word meaning “someone who cares for others”?
Answer: -giver or caregiver
Where should this word be divided: napkin?
Answer: nap/kin
A student writes:
“I cant beleive school is almost over!”
Fix ONE tricky word.
Answer: can’t OR believe
Which word can be broken into TWO smaller real words?
Choices: sunshine, computer, elephant
Answer: sunshine
Which spelling makes the long “i” sound?
Choices: igh, ou, ea
Answer: igh
Which word has a suffix that means “full of”?
Choices: hopeful, rewrite, dislike
Answer: hopeful
Which word has the most syllables?
Choices: picnic, remember, celebration
Answer: celebration
Which word would make this sentence make sense?
“The alien forgot _____ homework on Mars.”
Choices: there, their, they’re
Answer: their
A robot reads this word like this:
“bas-ket-ball”
What word is the robot trying to read?
Answer: basketball
A student spells a word “nite.” What is the correct spelling?
Answer: night
What is the base word in misbehaving?
Answer: behave
Say this word in parts: vacation
Answer: va-ca-tion
You find a note that says:
“Meet me at the beech after school.”
What should the tricky word actually be?
Answer: beach
You are decoding a giant word and see these chunks:
“in-for-ma-tion”
What word did you decode?
Answer: information