1. The document instructs students to play games on the Vocabulary and Spelling City (VSC) app to earn extra credit points. 2. To access the VSC app, students should log into Edmodo and click on the icon at the top left of their screen resembling a phone or calculator. 3. The teacher will give students one point of extra credit for each game played on VSC.

1. Please don’t forget to go to the Vocabulary and
Spelling City app and play the games! Just log
in to Edmodo and click on the icon at the top
left of your screen that looks like a phone or a
calculator. I will give one point of extra credit
for each of the games that you play on VSC.

2. Please don’t forget to go to the Vocabulary and
Spelling City app and play the games! Just log
in to Edmodo and click on the icon at the top
left of your screen that looks like a phone or a
calculator. I will give one point of extra credit
for each of the games that you play on VSC.

3. Study Guide

4. Commonly Confused Homophones
to/too
your/you’re
their/there/they’re
accept/except

5. there
There is, there are, there were
Over there
There are five kittens in the litter.
Even though the twister destroyed almost every
house in its path, there were three houses
that were completely untouched.
Look under that tree; there is a huge nest on the
top limb.

6. their
“Their” is a possessive pronoun.
All of the students closed their books.
The teachers sat together to eat their lunches.
Five babies sucked their thumbs.
The dogs wagged their tails.
Even though it wasn’t hot outside, the boys
zipped up their jackets.

7. they’re
they’re = they are
They’re never going to forgive you.
They’re going to see Frankenweenie this weekend.
Even though they’re old enough, they don’t smoke
or drink alcohol.
Look out for those dinosaurs! They’re going to eat
you!
They’re going to talk to their teacher.

8. there/their/they’re
______________ dog was a
scruffy little mutt named Harry.

9. there/their/they’re
Their dog was a scruffy little
mutt named Harry.

10. their/there/they’re
_________ is an owl in that tree
over __________.

11. their/there/they’re
There is an owl in that tree over
there.

12. there/their/they’re
Those kids are going to have to
start _____ homework earlier.

13. there/their/they’re
Those kids are going to have to
start their homework earlier.

14. there/their/they’re
__________ going to be mad
when they find out that
__________ are only two girls
in the class and twenty boys.

15. there/their/they’re
They’re going to be mad when
they find out that there are
only two girls in the class and
twenty boys.

16. there/their/they’re
Spelling Tip:
All three start with “THE”:
their
there
they’re

17. your/you’re
“Your” is a possessive pronoun. It describes
something that belongs to you:
your dad
your car
your attitude
your grades
your shoes
your dog
your friend

18. your/you’re
“You’re” is a contraction for “you are”:
You’re welcome. (You are welcome.)
You’re getting on my nerves! (You are getting on my
nerves!)
You’re too tall to go on that kiddie ride. (You are too
tall…)
While you’re reading, please be quiet. (While you
are reading…)
Even though you’re my friend, I won’t tell you the
secret. (Even though you are my friend…)
After you’re finished with that book, may I please
read it? (When you are finished with that book…)

19. your/you’re
When someone says “thank
you,” you should always reply
with “________ welcome.”

20. your/you’re
When someone says “thank
you,” you should always reply
with “you’re welcome.”

21. your/you’re
I asked the teacher if I was
solving the math problem
correctly.
She said, “_____ on the right
track.”

22. your/you’re
I asked the teacher if I was
solving the math problem
correctly.
She said, “You’re on the right
track.”

23. your/you’re
Please give this note to ____
teacher.

24. your/you’re
Please give this note to your
teacher.

25. your/you’re
_______ late! ______ father is
going to ground you for sure!

26. your/you’re
You’re late! Your father is going
to ground you for sure!
(You are late!)

27. your/you’re
_______ going to go to bed so
you can get _______ beauty
sleep.

28. your/you’re
You’re going to go to bed so you
can get your beauty sleep.

29. to/too
“Too” means “also”
I want to go see Frankenweenie, too!
She likes cake, and she likes ice cream, too.
“Too” is also used as a modifier:
You can never be too careful.
Mr. Chioffe was too sick to go to work.
Anna always felt that math was too difficult.
Even though she was too full to eat any more,
she somehow found room for ice cream. 

30. to/too
“To” is a preposition (like in, on,
out, under, around, outside, inside)
Let’s walk to the store.
I want to drive to the movies.
To the moon, Alice!

31. to/too
“too” is is used two ways:
to show intensity: too smart, too tall, too hard,
too salty, too cold, too hot. Imagine yourself
drawing out the “oo” sound when you read
the sentence.
For example: You might say, “You’re making me
go to bed tooooo early, Mom.”
But you would not say, “Let’s drive toooooo the
movies.” (I mean, that would just sound
weird! Right?)

32. to/too
The other way that “too” is used is when you
mean “also”:
I, too, liked the movie.
I liked the movie, too.
You two are going with us, too, aren’t you?
Haile is a great middle school. Braden River is a
great school, too.

33. to/too
When are we going ____ Target?

34. to/too
When are we going to Target?

35. to/too
This classroom is much ____ small for all of
these desks!

36. to/too
This classroom is much too small for all of
these desks!

37. to/too
Are you going ____ the homecoming dance,
____?

38. to/too
Are you going to the homecoming dance,
too?

39. to/too
Are you spending the night _____?

40. to/too
Are you spending the night, too?

41. accept/except
• To “accept” means to agree to take
something:
• She accepted the gift and opened it.
• The man accepted the offer to become
principal at the new school.
• Amanda was going to accept the award.

42. accept/except
“except”
Everyone except Nick made it on the basketball
team.
She could do all of the math equations except
the last one the test.
Andrea liked all of her teachers except one.
All of my fifth period class did their homework
except Jessica.

43. Would you please _______ this rose as a symbol
of my love?

44. accept/except
Would you please accept this rose as a symbol
of my love?

45. accept/except
We talk every day __________ Wednesday.

46. accept/except
We talk every day except Wednesday.

47. accept/except
She gets really embarrassed when she is
complimented on her beautiful hair. She has a
difficult time ___________ compliments.

48. accepting/excepting
She gets really embarrassed when she is
complimented on her beautiful hair. She has a
difficult time accepting compliments.

49. Spacing Rules
When you are typing you need to type:
ONE space after a comma
TWO spaces after a period
FIVE spaces for indenting a paragraph

50. Spacing Rule for Typing
How many spaces after a period?

51. Spacing Rule for Typing
TWO spaces after a period.

52. Spacing Rule for Typing
How many spaces to indent a new paragraph?

53. Spacing Rule for Typing
FIVEspaces to indent a new paragraph.

54. Spacing Rule for Typing
How many spaces after a comma?

55. Spacing Rule for Typing
Use ONE space after a comma.

56. Daily Edit Items
Proper nouns MUST be capitalized!
Chris Davis
Carlos E. HaileMiddle School
Bradenton, Florida
the White House
One Direction (the band)
President Obama

57. Book Titles
Always capitalize and underline book titles.
The Hunger Games
To Kill a Mockingbird
Stormbreaker

58. Short Stories, Plays, Poems
• Always capitalize and use quotation marks
around the titles of short stories and poems:
“Oranges”
“The Cremation of Sam McGee”
“The Monkey’s Paw”
“Raymond’s Run”

59. Question Mark?
When you are writing, be sure to always use a
question mark at the end of a question. It
seems simple, but I see questions all the time
written by students that are punctuated with
a period.