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1 WordStudy Vocabulary admitting amazing behaved existing followed occurred Start1 UNIT 14 Reproducible Tools, Activities, & Home Connections committed omitted echoing Name Date Parent Directions: Have your child read each word in the word bank and then write it in the appropriate column according to how the inflectional ending has been added to the base word. Name Date equipping Finish the Sentence Directions: Read each sentence and then look at the base word at the end of the sentence. Write the word on the blank line using the -ed or -ing ending that best completes the sentence. exclaiming excused possessed Word Bank rumbling surprised 1. The lion a loud growl when it saw us. (emit) 2. The road was being fixed so we around the construction. (detour) tangling Category Sort tangled controlled huddled explaining forbidding agreed prevented transferring equipping improved regretted vanished arguing surprised reminding committed echoing mistreated amazing e-drop Double No Change Word Cards (BLM 3) 3. The teacher will be our grades on our science project. (average) 4. My mom asked me which piece of fruit I to eat. (prefer) Name Date Jenny Thompson Jenny Thompson is a famous American swimmer. She has won twelve Olympic medals for swimming. In a book about her life, Fast Lane to Victory, Jenny is quoted as saying, I ve always competed because I just 5. The leaves on the ground when I walked through love swimming. them. (rustle) Jenny was born in Massachusetts in She and her three big brothers were raised by their mother. Jenny started swimming underwater when she was only seven Take-Home months old. Activity People (BLM could 6) not believe it when 6. I hope the policeman is for extra help with this they big saw crowd. a baby (radio) moving her arms and kicking her feet in a pool. Of course, no one would dream of letting any child so little swim alone. Jenny s mother and brothers stayed right by her. Classroom Activity (BLM 7) Jenny started racing for swim teams in Massachusetts when she was seven. At age 12, she switched to a swim club in Dover, New Hampshire. For a while, Jenny and her mom were driving 45 minutes each way to practice at the Guppey Pool in Dover. Jenny was soon setting records for her new team. Finally, the family moved to Dover to make getting to practice easier. After Jenny grew up, the Guppey Pool was renamed in her honor. It is now called the Jenny Thompson Pool. At fourteen, Jenny started winning races against swimmers from around the world. Before her first Olympics in 1992, Jenny was rated the top swimmer in the world in two events. Many people were hoping she might win five gold medals. Those hopes faded when she swam too slowly to win a spot in some of the final races. Still, Jenny won a silver medal and two gold medals that year. Afterwards, Jenny continued to win college meets and world meets. She went to the Olympics three more times and won nine more medals. When Jenny retired from swimming, she became a doctor. Reading Passage (BLM 9) B e n c h m a r k E d u c a t i o n C o m p a n y

2 Open and Closed Syllables and Inflectional Endings The vowel pattern in the final syllable determines the rule for adding inflectional endings. Final Syllable Vowel Pattern VCe Drop e excuse e + ed or ing = excused, excusing settle e + ed or ing = settled, settling Final Syllable Vowel Pattern VC Double the Final Consonant Other Patterns: VCC, VVC, VV, Open Vowel No Change prevent + ed or ing = prevented, preventing explain + ed or ing = explained, explaining borrow + ed or ing = borrowed, borrowing echo + ed or ing = echoed, echoing submit + t + ed or ing = submitted, submitting patrol + l + ed or ing = patrolled, patrolling Anchor Chart (BLM 1)

3 e-drop Double No Change Category Cards (BLM 2)

4 admitting existing amazing followed behaved occurred committed omitted echoing possessed equipping rumbling exclaiming surprised excused tangling Word Cards (BLM 3)

5 agreed improved appeared preferred averaging referring controlled reminding deciding repeated doubled submitted forbidding transferring huddled vanished Word Cards (BLM 4)

6 admitted operating arguing patrolling borrowing prevented detoured radioing emitted regretted explaining rustled huddling tangled mistreated transmitting Word Cards (BLM 5)

7 Name Date _ Category Sort Parent Directions: Have your child read each word in the word bank and then write it in the appropriate column according to how the inflectional ending has been added to the base word. Word Bank tangled controlled huddled explaining forbidding agreed prevented transferring equipping improved regretted vanished arguing surprised reminding committed echoing mistreated amazing e-drop Double No Change Take-Home Activity (BLM 6)

8 Name Date _ Finish the Sentence Directions: Read each sentence and then look at the base word at the end of the sentence. Write the word on the blank line using the -ed or -ing ending that best completes the sentence. 1. The lion a loud growl when it saw us. (emit) 2. The road was being fixed so we around the construction. (detour) 3. The teacher will be our grades on our science project. (average) 4. My mom asked me which piece of fruit I to eat. (prefer) 5. The leaves on the ground when I walked through them. (rustle) 6. I hope the policeman is for extra help with this big crowd. (radio) Classroom Activity (BLM 7)

9 Name Date _ Finish the Sentence Parent Directions: Have your child read each sentence and then look at the base word at the end of the sentence. Have your child write the word on the blank line using the -ed or -ing ending that best completes the sentence. 1. I not getting up early enough to go to the game. (regret) 2. My mom said if my brother and I, we could go to the movie. (behave) 3. We felt sorry for the puppy at the shelter that had been. (mistreat) 4. I told my sister that I would be her book for awhile. (borrow) 5. I to eating the last piece of fruit. (admit) 6. The doctor will be on Nikki s broken leg. (operate) Take-Home Activity (BLM 8)

10 Name Date _ Jenny Thompson Jenny Thompson is a famous American swimmer. She has won twelve Olympic medals for swimming. In a book about her life, Fast Lane to Victory, Jenny is quoted as saying, I ve always competed because I just love swimming. Jenny was born in Massachusetts in She and her three big brothers were raised by their mother. Jenny started swimming underwater when she was only seven months old. People could not believe it when they saw a baby moving her arms and kicking her feet in a pool. Of course, no one would dream of letting any child so little swim alone. Jenny s mother and brothers stayed right by her. Jenny started racing for swim teams in Massachusetts when she was seven. At age 12, she switched to a swim club in Dover, New Hampshire. For a while, Jenny and her mom were driving 45 minutes each way to practice at the Guppey Pool in Dover. Jenny was soon setting records for her new team. Finally, the family moved to Dover to make getting to practice easier. After Jenny grew up, the Guppey Pool was renamed in her honor. It is now called the Jenny Thompson Pool. At fourteen, Jenny started winning races against swimmers from around the world. Before her first Olympics in 1992, Jenny was rated the top swimmer in the world in two events. Many people were hoping she might win five gold medals. Those hopes faded when she swam too slowly to win a spot in some of the final races. Still, Jenny won a silver medal and two gold medals that year. Afterwards, Jenny continued to win college meets and world meets. She went to the Olympics three more times and won nine more medals. When Jenny retired from swimming, she became a doctor. Reading Passage (BLM 9)

11 Name Date _ Spelling Dictation Review Words New Words Sentence Spelling Dictation (BLM 10)

12 Name Date _ Spelling Peer Check Directions: Work with a partner. Follow the directions from your teacher to use this BLM to write your spelling words. First Try Second Try (if needed) Correct Spelling Spelling Peer Check (BLM 11)