Proofread a Hiking Club Newsletter for Spelling

Use the proofreading passages after students have practiced the patterns in the shorter sheets. Have them say the word slowly and check each letter before writing.

Find and fix 12 misspelled words, like itinerery and accessable, in a hiking club newsletter. The directions on the page read: This club newsletter has 12 misspelled words. Cross out each one and write the correct spelling above it. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 8th grade spelling, and it works the same at home or at school. At home, a student can work through it alone and then go over it with you, which shows quickly what is solid and what needs another look. In class it works as independent practice, homework or a warm-up, and you can print one copy or a full set.

Homophones sound alike but have different spellings and meanings, such as cue and queue or flare and flair. Homophones in a Community Theater Review has students choose 12 correctly.

Some base words drop a letter, often a final e, to make the new word easier to say. Argue becomes argument and true becomes truly.

Many words from Italian and Spanish keep patterns from those languages, such as double consonants in spaghetti or a final o in mosquito.