1. Day 1: Invitation to Notice Unit 5 Look at the following words: magicexistcreditdeposit staffdirectsplendidbusiness sensediscusscontestbuilding swiftinterestexactpromise habitthusactivesolve Write the words in a T-chart. short a or short eshort o, short i, or short u

2. Day 1: Invitation to Notice Write the words in a T-chart. short a or short eshort o, short i, or short u magicexist creditdeposit staffbusiness directdiscuss splendidcontest sensebuilding exactswift habitinterest activepromise thus solve

3. Day 2: Invitation to Collect This week’s words have short vowel sounds. 1. Look at the list of words from yesterday. Circle the letter combinations that make the short vowel sound in each word. 2. In your notebook, list as many other words that you can think of or that you find in your book that have a short vowel sound.

4. Day 3: Invitation to Define Write a spelling word to complete each analogy. Copy the whole analogy in your notebook. ◦ Horse is to ride as problem is to ______. ◦ Do is to act as be is to ______. ◦ Pen is to writing as trick is to ______. ◦ Foggy is to clear as vague is to ______. ◦ Remove is to add as withdraw is to ______. ◦ Bad is to good as horrid is to ______.

5. Day 4: Invitation to Write Choose four words from this week’s list and write a sentence for each of the words. (You will be writing 4 sentences.)

6. Day 5: Invitation to Edit Write a spelling word from the box to fill in each blank in the paragraph. Copy the whole paragraph in your notebook. promise business staff interest discuss direct swift Here is a chance for you to learn to sell tacos. You must have an ________ in Mexican food. You will have __________ contact with our cooking ___________. We promise customers __________ delivery. If you can ___________ to work six hours a week, stop in to _________ this great ___________ opportunity.