Spelling rules
What do you usually add to make a word plural?
-s or -es
I’m hot, yellow, and in the sky. Spell me!
sun
T-C-A
CAT
Harry Potter goes to a school called what?
Hogwarts
Spell the word that means the opposite of daughter.
son
What rule do you use when a word ends with y (like “baby”) to make it plural?
change y to i and add -es
I have four legs but I cannot walk. You eat on me or do homework on me. Spell me!
table
O-O-K-B
BOOK
Who is the demigod son of Poseidon in a Rick Riordan series?
Percy Jackson
What word sounds the same as flower but means “a baking ingredient”? Spell me!
flour
What letters often make the /k/ sound at the end of words like back and stick?
ck
I’m what you wear on your feet, and I rhyme with “new.”
shoe
N-R-E-D-I-F
FRIEND
In which series do kids go into closets to find a magical world?
The Chronicles of Narnia
What word sounds the same as knight but means “a time of day”? Spell me!
night
What’s the rule for doubling a consonant before adding -ing (like “running”)?
If its a short vowel + consonant
I’m a number that rhymes with “door.” Spell me!
four
H-T-I-W-E
WHITE
Greg Heffley writes in his journal about middle school life. What is this series called?
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
What is the homonym for led? Spell me!
Lead
What do you add to words like “hop” to make them past tense?
-ed
(also double the consonants)
I’m round with no corners. I go on forever and have no end. Spell me!
circle
T-I-B-B-A-R
RABBIT
In this classic story a pig named Wilbur is saved by the words spun in a spider’s web. What is the book called?
Charlotte's Web
What is the homonym for past? Spell me!
Passed