Sorting Structure
Finding Families
Grasping Graphemes
Punctuation Party
Getting a Grip on Grammar
100

Name the base in the word "hopping."  (Remember to spell-out-loud!)

<hop>

100

Which word does not belong in the family?   (heat, heater, hot, heating)

hot
100

How many graphemes are building the base <play>?

3

100
Contract the two bases <it> and <is>.  Where does the apostrophe go?

it's

100

Name the noun in the phrase:  the wild turkey

turkey

200

Name the base in the word "hoping."  (Remember to spell-out-loud!)

<hope>

200

Name the family:  hoping, hopeful, hopeless, hoped

<hope>

200

How many graphemes are building the base <stripe>?

5

200

Contract the two bases <we> and <are>.  Where does the apostrophe go?

we're

200

Name the verb in the phrase:  ran across the street

ran

300

Name the base in the word "reaction."  (Remember to spell-out-loud!)

<act>

300

Which word does not belong in the family:  one, only, lonely, on, alone

on

300

Which grapheme is in the medial position in the base <feel>?

<ee>

300

Contract the two bases <will> and <not>.  How is the word rewritten?

won't
300

What is the prepositional phrase in the simple sentence: The wild turkey ran across the street.

across the street

400

Name the base in the word "misfiling."  (Remember to spell-out-loud!)

<file>

400

Name the family:  instruct, structure, destruction, constructing, reconstruct

<struct>

400

Which grapheme is in the final position in the base <clocks>?

<ck>

400

Rewrite the phrase with an apostrophe to signal a singular possessive noun:  The dog of Jon...

Jon's dog

400

What is the direct object in the simple sentence:  The wild kids threw the ball through their classroom window.

ball
500

Name the base in the word "structure."  (Remember to spell-out-loud!)

<struct>

500

Which word does not belong in the family:  they, their, theirs, there

<there>

500
How many graphemes are building the base <high>?

2

500

Rewrite the phrase with an apostrophe to signal a plural possessive noun:  the car of the girls.

the girls' car

500

How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence: During recess, the wild kids kicked the ball through the classroom window.

2:  

During recess 

and 

through the classroom window