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A Symphony of Whales
Suffixes -Iy, -ful, -ness, -less
Generalization When adding -Iy, -ful, -ness, or -less, most base words
stay the same: safely, When the base word ends in y, change y to i:
beautiful.
Word Sort Sort the list words by the suffixes -ly, -ful,
-ness, and -less.
-Iy
-ful
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3.
11.
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12.
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-less
-ness
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14.
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Challenge Words
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15.
daily
suddenly
wireless
quietly
fairness
cheerful
painful
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17.
18.
19.
20.
anxiously
thoughtfully
cautiously
tardiness
breathless
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beautiful
safely
kindness
finally
spotless
worthless
illness
helpful
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16.
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Challenge Words
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-Iy
Spelling Words
-less
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20.
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Home Activity
Your child is learning to spell words with the suffixes -Iy, -ful, -ness, and -less.
Reread the generalization together. Have your child identify the words in which y changed to i
if¥" when a suffix was added.
Spelling Practice Book
Unit 3 Week 4 Day 1
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A Symphony of Whales
Suffixes -Iy, -tul, -ness, -less
Spelling Words
safely
illness
quietly
beautiful
worthless
wireless
kindness
helpful
fairness
finally
daily
cheerful
spotless
suddenly
painful
Word Endings Add an ending to the underlined word.
Then write the list word.
1. Do you floss your teeth day?
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2. We've final finished our tree house!
2.
3. We sneaked quiet up the steps.
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4. Cell phones are wire.
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5. Isn't fair important in any game?
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6. His bicycle was spot.
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7. Holding the door open is a help thing to do.
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8. His broken leg is pain.
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9. Her kind made everyone feel better.
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10. Then sudden the boat turned over.
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11. She is always cheer when she gets up.
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Context Clues Write a list word to complete the phrase.
12. drive
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as a wooden nickle
14. contagious
15.
as a swan
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Home Activity Your child spelled words with the suffixes -Iy, -ful, -ness, and -less. Have your
child pronounce each list word and identify the suffix.
Unit 3 Week 4 Day 2
Spelling Practice Book
Narne
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A Symphony of Whales
Suffixes -Iy, -ful, -ness, -less
Spelling Words
beautiful
worthless
wireless
safely
illness
quietly
kindness
helpful
fairness
finally
daily
cheerful
spotless
suddenly
painful
Proofread a Note Christy sent a note to her neighbor who is in the
hospital. Circle four spelling mistakes. Write the words correctly.
Add the missing punctuation mark.
Frequently
Misspelled
Words
Dear Mrs Nelson,
Please get well soon! I hope your illnes is not
very painful.
finally
really
I've been watering your roses dayly. The
yellow ones finnally bloomed. They look
beautiful and very cheerful I.
Love,
Christy
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Proofread Words Fill in the circle next to the word that is spelled
correctly. Write the word.
5.
0 suddennly
0 suddenly
0 suddenily
6.
0 worthyles
0 safly
0 quietly
0 kindnes
0 spotless
0 worthles
0 safely
0 quietily
0 kinness
0 spotles
0 worthless 6.
0 safelly
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0 qiuetly
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0 kindness ~ 9.
0 spottless 10.
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Home Activity Your child spelled words with the suffixes -Iy, -ful, -ness, and -less. Have your
child underline the base word in each list word. Remind your child to change i back to y when
necessary.
Spelling Practice Book
Unit 3 Week 4 Day 3
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Narne
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A Symphony of Whales
Suffixes -Iy, -ful, -ness, -less
Spelling Words
safely
illness
quietly
beautiful
worthless
wireless
kindness
helpful
fairness
finally
daily
cheerful
spotless
suddenly
painful
Code Words Use the code to write list words.
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Suffix Chart Fill in the missing list words in the chart.
base
-ful
-Iy
-ness
-less
7. help
8. spot
9. sudden
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10. fair
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11. pain
12.worth
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Home Activity Your child has been learning to spell words with the suffixes -Iy, -{ul, -ness,
and -tess. Give clues about a list word. Challenge your child to guess and spell the word.
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Unit 3 Week 4 Day 4
Spelling Practice Book