Hopping Thursday Homophones

5th Grade3rd Nine Weeks

2010-2011

onewon

one/wonOnly one student can win the “Student of the Year” trophy..

My sister won it last year.

palepail

pale/pailThe girl turned pale when she saw the bear.

She dropped her pail of berries.

pawspause

paws/pauseThe cat batted the toy mouse with her paws.

After a pause, she jumped on it again.

peakpeek

Peek/peakThe mountain peak was covered in snow.

It seemed to peek out from the clouds.

plainplane

plain/planeWe flew over the desert in a small plane.

It was flat and plain, without trees or bushes.

raiserays

rays/raiseI am going to raise the flag at dawn.

I will wait until I see the first rays of sunlight.

readred

read/redThis is the best poem, I have ever read!

It is called “Red Sky at Morning.”

reinrain

rein/rainAlex held the horse’s rein tightly.

It was hard to see the trail in the rain.

rightwrite

right/writeTyler writes with his right hand.

I write with my left hand.

roadrowed

road/rowedJohn ran down the road, but he was too late.

His sister rowed away with out him.