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Name

Firefighter!

SORT

Suffixes -ly, -ful, -er, -or

Generalization When suffixes -ly, -ful, -er, and -or are added to most words, the base word stays the same.

Sort the list words by their suffixes.

-ly

-er

1.

8.

2.

9.

3.

4. 5.

-ful

10. -or

11. 12.

6.

7.

-er Challenge Words

-ly

14.

13.

-or

Spelling Words 1. cheerful 2. visitor 3. slowly 4. weekly 5. teacher 6. helper

7. hardly 8. graceful 9. yearly 10. quickly 11. fighter 12. sailor

Challenge Words

13. gardener 14. competitor 15. extremely

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Home Activity Your child is learning to spell words with the suffixes -ly, -ful, -er, and -or. To practice at home, have your child point to each base word. Then have them say the base word and the base word with the suffix.

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81 Unit 5 Week 1 Day 1

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Pronouns

Firefighter!

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A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun or nouns. The words he, she, it, we, you, and they are pronouns.

Carlos is a vet. He helps animals. He takes the place of the noun Carlos.

Keesha and Paul are zookeepers. They also help animals. They takes the place of the nouns Keesha and Paul.

Write the pronoun that can take the place of the underlined word or words. Use he, she, it, we, or they.

1. Len Smith has a sick dog.

2. Len and I will take the pet to the vet.

3. People are waiting for the doctor.

4. Gina Jones helps the vet.

5. "Put the dog on the table," said Gina.

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6. Carlos Lopez helped the dog.

Home Activity Your child learned about pronouns. Together look for names of story characters in books. Ask your child to replace each name with the pronoun he, she, it, we, or they.

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81 Unit 5 Week 1 Day 2

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Firefighter!

APPLY TO WRITING

Pronouns

Draw a line from the underlined words to the pronoun that could take their place.

1. Maria Santos is a doctor. 2. Don and Sara Bell are dentists. 3. Ben Waters is a police officer. 4. Sue and I are firefighters.

We He They She

Write about someone in the community who helps others. Use he, she, it, we, you, or they in some of your sentences.

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Home Activity Your child learned how to use pronouns in writing. Use one of the numbered sentences above as the beginning of a story. Ask your child to make up more of the story. Help him or her use the pronouns he, she, it we, you, and they.

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Firefighter!

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Pronouns

Mark the letter of the pronoun that can take the place of the underlined word or words.

1. ?What do Carla and Denny want to be? A he B she C they

2. Carla wants to be a teacher. A He B She C You

3. Denny wants to be a pilot. A He B She C We

4. The job would be fun and exciting. A You B It C They

5. Juan and I want to write books. A You B She C We

6. Paul, Beth, and Ryan are not sure. A They B You C He

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Home Activity Your child prepared for taking tests on pronouns. Ask your child to write sentences about one or more people and then to replace their names with the pronouns he, she, it, we, you, or they.

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83 Unit 5 Week 1 Day 4

Name

Firefighter!

CUMULATIVE REVIEW

Pronouns

Write the pronoun that can take the place of each group of words. Use he, she, it, we, or they.

1. Ms. Johnson

4. Mr. Brown

2. Karen and I

5. the hoses

3. the fire truck

6. Dad and I

Circle the pronoun in each sentence that could take the place of the underlined word or words.

7. Dan said he will build buildings.

8. Rudy and I know we will work with animals.

9. Lily hopes she can be mayor.

10. Anita and Rashid say they will be firefighters.

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Home Activity Your child reviewed pronouns. Ask your child to point to three pronouns he or she wrote at the top of this page and use them in sentences about community helpers such as firefighters, doctors, or paramedics.

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Name

Firefighter!

PRACTICE

Suffixes -ly, -ful, -er, -or

Spelling Words cheerful visitor slowly weekly hardly graceful yearly quickly

teacher helper fighter sailor

Write a list word that means the same as each phrase.

someone who teaches every 365 days

someone who helps

1.

someone who fights

2.

someone who sails

3.

full of happiness

4.

5.

6.

Write list words that mean the same as the underlined words.

7. We meet every seven days. 8. We have a guest.

9. The turtle moves with little speed.

10. I barely had time to finish.

11. She walks rapidly. 12. The dancer is not awkward.

Home Activity Your child spelled words with the suffixes -ly, -ful, -er, and -or. Point to a word. Ask your child to identify the suffix and spell the word.

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Name

Firefighter!

PROOFREAD

Suffixes -ly, -ful, -er, -or

Spelling Words cheerful visitor slowly weekly hardly graceful yearly quickly

teacher helper fighter sailor

Read about Tracy's job. Circle three spelling mistakes. Write the words correctly. Then write the last sentence using correct grammar.

I am the music helpar. We have music class weekly. I help the teecher pass out song sheets and instruments. I put things away when we are threw. I works quickly.

Frequently Misspelled

Words

beautiful

through

1.

2.

3.

4.

Circle the word that is spelled correctly.

5. I can get ready _____.

quickly

6. Who was your _____?

visiter

7. The _____ cleaned the deck. sailor

8. It _____ ever snows there. hardly

9. We saw a _____ plane.

fightor

10. This is a _____ room.

cheerfull

quickle visitor sailer hardlie fighter cheerful

Home Activity Ask your child to name the three words they find the most difficult. Have your child divide each word and spell the base word and the suffix separately.

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Name

Suffixes -ly, -ful, -er, -or

Spelling Words cheerful visitor slowly weekly hardly graceful yearly quickly

Firefighter!

REVIEW

teacher helper fighter sailor

Use the base word and the new suffix to write a list word.

1. Change slower to a word

that ends with -ly.

1.

2. Change helpful to a word

that ends with -er.

2.

3. Change quickest to a

word that ends with -ly.

3.

4. Change harder to a word

that ends with -ly.

4.

5. Change sailing to a word

that ends in -or.

5.

6. Change teaching to a

word that ends in -er.

6.

Write the list words in the box in ABC order.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

graceful visitor cheerful yearly fighter weekly

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Home Activity: Your child has been learning to spell words with the suffixes -ly, -ful, -er, and -or. Look through printed material to find other words with these suffixes.

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