Fold back the paper along the dotted line. Use the blanks to write each word as it is read aloud. When you finish the test, unfold the paper. Use the list at the right to correct any spelling mistakes. / 1.______
2.______
3.______
4. ______
5. ______
6. ______
7. ______
8. ______
9. ______
10. ______ / 1. sugar
2. doctor
3. shower
4. labor
5. silver
6. crater
7. neighbor
8. shatter
9. vapor
10. actor

Using the Word Study Steps

1. LOOK at the word.4. WRITE the word.

2. SAY the word aloud.5. CHECK the word. Did you spell the

3. STUDY the letters in the word. word right? If not, go back to step 1.

silver vapor shower shatter crater

laborneighbor sugar doctor actor

A. Find and Circle

Find and circle each of the spelling words in this puzzle. Words may read forward, backward, upward, downward, or diagonally.

R / R / E / T / A / R / C / I / P / R / O / F / E / S / S / O / R / S
C / E / E / R / R / O / R / N / B / J / K / H / X / S / G / R / R / R
K / R / V / T / T / N / W / J / V / O / I / M / M / Y / M / O / E / R
O / O / G / L / R / O / B / H / G / I / E / N / S / Z / T / R / V / A
E / B / O / R / I / D / I / R / E / C / T / O / R / C / O / A / R / L
Q / A / V / W / E / S / R / A / G / U / S / J / O / Y / P / O / E / O
A / L / E / C / Q / W / M / H / J / C / O / D / A / O / X / O / C / H
C / W / R / R / U / Q / O / O / W / F / S / M / R / R / D / A / U / C
T / T / N / K / Z / X / X / H / C / S / H / A / T / T / E / R / A / S
O / M / O / D / P / S / S / Z / S / G / E / N / T / L / E / R / S / R
R / A / R / P / I / L / L / A / R / F / O / P / E / D / D / L / E / R

B. List the words below as you find them in the puzzle.

1. ______6. ______

2. ______7. ______

3. ______8. ______

4. ______9. ______

5. ______10. ______

silver vapor shower shatter crater

laborneighbor sugar doctor actor

Sort each spelling word by finding the sound and spelling pattern to

which it belongs. Write the spelling words with the /schwa-r/ spelled:

-or

1.______

2. ______

3. ______

4. ______

5. ______

-er

6. ______

7. ______

8. ______

9. ______

-ar

10. ______

silver vapor shower shatter crater

laborneighbor sugar doctor actor

A. What’s the Word?

Complete each sentence with a spelling word. Use the word box to check your spelling.

1. I went to the ______because I didn’t feel well.

2. The cookie recipe requires two cups of ______.

3. The meteorite left a huge ______in the ground.

4. We were lucky that the ball didn’t ______the window.

5. The ring was made of ______.

6. I take a ______when I am dirty.

B. Meaning Match

Write the spelling word that matches each clue below.

7. person in the movies ______

8. gas ______

9. hard work ______

10. traveling salesperson ______

A. Circle the misspelled words in the passage. Write the wordscorrectly on the lines below.

Mary and Carla were watching TV when the house shook. They worriedthat the windows would shattur. Outside, a mysterious vapur filled the air. They walked over to where a small krater had formed in the yard. Theyfound a strange stone marked with a code. They took it to a neighbur who was a professor at thelocal college. He was a scholar who knew about codes. “You’ve made anerror,” he said. “These are just scratches on a meteorite!”

1. ______3. ______

2. ______4. ______

B. Writing Activity

Write a paragraph about a mystery that needed to be solved. Usefour spelling words in your paragraph.

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