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WORD SEARCH SPLIT IT!
Fill-in-the-blank exercises teach word roots by breaking down words into syllables.
ALTERNATE ENDINGS
Charts and activities show how adding suffixes can create new words.
CRISS CROSS
Crossword puzzles review topics such as homophones (ie: 5. Down: to welcome or receive Answer: accept).
Plus! CHECK IT! STRIPS Reinforce concepts and build confidence as kids check their own work. Give your child’s grades and confidence a boost with 4th Grade Spelling Success. SYLVAN LEARNING has been the premier provider of tutoring services in North America for 30 years. With over 1,100 learning centers in the U.S. and Canada, Sylvan has helped millions of children in grades pre-K through 12 realize their full potential. Sylvan provides individualized tutoring in its centers, at home, and online in subjects including reading, math, writing, and study skills. Visit www. educate.com to learn more.
SPELLING SUCCESS
Fun games help kids create new words by adding prefixes and then finding those words in a word search.
4th GRADE
A solid foundation in spelling not only prepares fourth-graders for academic success— it makes them stronger readers. The teacher-reviewed, curriculum-based activities and exercises in this workbook will help your children catch up, keep up, and get ahead. Best of all, they’ll have lots of fun doing it! Some of the great features you’ll find inside are:
SPELLING SUCCESS
A guide to building g better Spelling skills based on Sylvan’s proven techniques for or success
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U D I V I D N I N O I L L 2 MI
A L S U C C E S S STO R I E S ( a n d C O U
th GRADE
4
NTING!)
WORD SEARCH SPLIT IT!
Fill-in-the-blank exercises teach word roots by breaking down words into syllables.
ALTERNATE ENDINGS
Charts and activities show how adding suffixes can create new words.
CRISS CROSS
Crossword puzzles review topics such as homophones (ie: 5. Down: to welcome or receive Answer: accept).
Plus! CHECK IT! STRIPS Reinforce concepts and build confidence as kids check their own work. Give your child’s grades and confidence a boost with 4th Grade Spelling Success. SYLVAN LEARNING has been the premier provider of tutoring services in North America for 30 years. With over 1,100 learning centers in the U.S. and Canada, Sylvan has helped millions of children in grades pre-K through 12 realize their full potential. Sylvan provides individualized tutoring in its centers, at home, and online in subjects including reading, math, writing, and study skills. Visit www. educate.com to learn more.
SPELLING SUCCESS
Fun games help kids create new words by adding prefixes and then finding those words in a word search.
4th GRADE
A solid foundation in spelling not only prepares fourth-graders for academic success— it makes them stronger readers. The teacher-reviewed, curriculum-based activities and exercises in this workbook will help your children catch up, keep up, and get ahead. Best of all, they’ll have lots of fun doing it! Some of the great features you’ll find inside are:
SPELLING SUCCESS
A guide to building g better Spelling skills based on Sylvan’s proven techniques for or success
ACTIVITIES, EXER CI
SES,
AND
TIP
S T O
HE
LP
CA TC
H U D P, K EA H EEP U A P, A N D G E T
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Contents 1 Prefixes
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11 What’s a Root?
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2 NOT Prefixes
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12 More about Roots
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3 More Prefixes
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13 Even More Roots!
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4 Prefixes Everywhere!
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14 Roots: The Final Chapter
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5 Multiprefixed!
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Review
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15 Homophones
6 Meet the Suffixes
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16 Harder Homophones
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7 Total Suffixment!
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17 Word Challenge
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8 Is It Suffixable?
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9 Highly Suffixous
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10 The Last Suffixes
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Checking your answers is part of the learning. Each section of the workbook begins with an easy-to-use Check It! strip. 1. Before beginning the activities, cut out the Check It! strip. 2. As you complete the activities on each page, check your answers. 3. If you ďŹ nd an error, you can correct it yourself.
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Keywords A PREFIX is one or more syllables that contain meaning added to the beginning of a word. Here are three that should look familiar: “Pro-� means forward, positive, or supporting. “Con-� or “com-� means with or together. “Re-� means again. READ the paragraph. The words in bold are your keywords.
My friends and I started a project to raise money to send to Africa. We were confused about the process of fundraising, so we had a meeting. It was hard to communicate or propose any ideas because we all talked at once. We had to repeat ourselves many times. And Melissa (my best friend) was constantly complaining about how we were doing things. I tried to respect her opinion, but she kept rearranging all our plans. It was a relief when she left for ballet class. After that, we made lots of progress and had great ideas!
3Check It! Page 1 Keywords 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
communicate complaining confused constantly process progress project propose rearranging relief repeat respect
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represent produce reminding renew profit competing pronounce construct
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HINT: A preďŹ x is usually its own syllable. Also, when a syllable ends in a LONG vowel sound, it usually ends with a vowel, like this: patper. TIP: You usually use “com-â€? when the next letter is “p,â€? “m,â€? or “b.â€?
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Improvement
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new the books I haven’t finished yet.
The candy costs us $1 and we sell it for $2. That’s a dollar My art class is working together to How do you
struct a tower out of toothpicks.
nounce the word anemone?
We sent Jeremiah to the coach so he could With a little help, I can Our tennis team is Thanks for
fit!
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duce ten chocolate cream pies a day! peting in a major tournament.
minding me about the sneaker sale!
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I broke Mrs. Arora’s window and had to pay to get it
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Mickey won the burping
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pare Superman with Batman. They’re very different. test against broccoli. Join us!
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reposition
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an agreement between people
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retest
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to test again
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protest
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to take back
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contest
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make longer, draw out
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confuse
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to put in a different place
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refuse
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a competition
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contract
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to disagree
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retract
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garbage (or to say no)
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to puzzle or cause doubt
3Check It! Cut out the Check It! section on page 1, and see if you got the answers right. 6
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