HM Theme 3: Growing Up
Where the Red Fern Grows, 11/4/11
Please choose 20 words from the lists below: 10 from left, and 10 from right.
Use the words to complete spelling activities. Attach one sheet to the Spelling Activities sheet
with your words circled. PLEASE BE NEAT. Take the green copy home for practice.
minus
method
item
supply
whisper
spirit
tennis
adopt
instant
vital
stupid
panic
shiver
tulip
notice
elect
report
remind
value
orphan
rocket
farther
declare
captain
employ
volume
balance
lawyer
sheriff
author
require
poison
deserve
rescue
journey
relief
laundry
Congress
beware
expire
translate
symptom
monarch
license
aspire
crescent
misspell
flourish
column
merit
lapel
pageant
The spelling test is on Friday!
VCV, VCCV, and VCCCV Patterns
To spell a two-syllable word, divide the word into syllables. Look for spelling
patterns, and spell the word by syllables.
Divide a VCV word after the consonant if the first syllable has the short vowel
pattern. Divide the word before the consonant if the first syllable ends with a vowel
sound.
VC/V bal/ance
V/CV mi/nus
VCCV words are usually divided between the consonants. They can be divided
before or after two consonants that together spell one sound.
VC/CV law/yer
V/CCV au/thor
VCC/V meth/od
VCCCV words are often divided after the first of the three successive consonants.
When y spells a vowel sound, it is considered a vowel.
VC/CCV sup/ply
 HINT V= Vowel, and C= Consonant…
Write each Spelling Word under its syllable pattern.
VCV
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VCCV
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VCCCV
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