Grade 5 · English Language Arts · Unit 8 of 21
Long Words: Chunk and Spell
Break long words into parts you know
What your child practises
Reading and spelling longer words by finding syllables, prefixes, suffixes and roots, and noticing common spelling patterns.
Prince Edward Island Curriculum curriculum outcome: 4.4; 10.2 · breaking long words into parts to read and spell them
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Which word ends with the "shun" sound spelled "sion"?
- nation
- decision
- motion
decision
Hint: Decision uses s-i-o-n.
Question 2
The word "unbelievable" has the suffix…
- -able
- un-
- -lieve
-able
Hint: -able comes at the end.
Question 3
Which is the root of "transportation"?
- trans
- tion
- port
port
Hint: Port means to carry.
Question 4
How many syllables are in "adventure"?
- 4
- 3
- 2
3
Hint: ad-ven-ture.
Question 5
How many syllables are in "elephant"?
- 2
- 4
- 3
3
Hint: el-e-phant.
Question 6
Reading a long word, a good strategy is to…
- guess the first letter
- skip it
- break it into chunks and sound out each
break it into chunks and sound out each
Hint: Chunk by syllable.