4th-5th Grade Advanced Phonics Review
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Advanced
PHONICS
Fourth to Fifth Grade
Review
Written and Developed by Marnie Ginsberg, PhD
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Split & Write It
The goal of this activity is not a spelling test. It’s a process-based
activity that can help your student tune in more carefully to the
inside parts of words.
DIRECTIONS: Dictate the following words to your student. She may write them below but the dry erase board
is preferred. DoDictate the following words to your student. She may write them below but the dry erase board is
preferred. Don’t let her look at these words! Also, ask her to say each chunk as she writes each and to leave a space
between chunks. After she writes each word, give her the clues she needs to be able to spell it correctly.
WORDS TO
DICTATE
recovered disturbed unfamiliar receive
nonsense countless historian Napoleon
1.
9.
2.
10.
3.
11.
4.
12.
5.
13.
6.
14.
7.
15.
8.
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disappoint uncomfortable musical
interpretation forbidden indirect prayer
Review the Advanced Code Sounds
“You have learned so many challenging spellings this year for so many different sounds. What an amazing
mind you have! Since we’re on our next to last session for the year, let’s try to review the sounds and see
how many of their spellings you can remember.”
“On the left are pictures to help remind you about each sound. Try to write as much of the key sentence as
you can; I’ll help you.”
/oa/
/ee/
/ay/
/i_e/
Go home to show the boat to Joe.
As he dreams of cookies, he sees many of these.
They came to play with the eight great trains on the table.
I like to try to find the right pie.
Answers:
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Review the Sounds
“Read the following statements
and write ‘true’ or ‘false’ beside
each one.”
1. A warrior is timid and cautious.
2. A jewel can be rare, valuable, and precious.
3. The phone transmitted the data over the
clothing lines.
4. Blue and red combined produce purple.
5. Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer who was defeated
several times in various elections.
6. There are twice as many kangaroos as
people in Australia.
7. The diameter of the moon is less than the
distance from New York City to Los Angeles.
8. The largest animal that ever lived is currently
living, the blue whale.
9. When I am miserable, I am ecstatic.
10. People can sneeze while they are asleep.
Answers:
1. F 2. T 3. F 4. T 5.T 6. T 7. T 8. T 9. F 10. F
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