Inflectional Endings
Playing + ing
Play + er
Puppy + es
Playing
Player
Puppies
If a word ends in y what do we do to make it plural?
Give an example.
Army= Armies
What are the the titles of different sections called?
Headings
Give a long e vowel word.
Tea
What is the prefix to do something again.
Give a word for an example.
RE
Reread- to reread again
1)Write a word that ends in y.
2) Add endings est and er to the word.
Hint: should have 3 words on your boards.
Funny
Funnier
Funniest
Make the following singular nouns into plural noun.
1) Box
2) Arch
3) Forest
1) BoxES
2) ArchES
3) ForestS
True or False
Graphs are used in expository texts?
Give 1 example from our reading that used a graph.
True
the class pet graph.
Give a long i vowel word.
Bike
Adding the prefix mis to the word spell changes it to what and what does it mean?
Hint: 2 answers should be on your board.
Misspell
Spelled something wrong/ incorrectly
Add est to the following words.
Love
Leaky
Silly
Loveliest
Leakiest
Silliest
Change the singular noun boy into a plural noun.
Boy+s
Bonus use the singular and plural noun in one sentence. (you could get extra points)
The boy went to the park with the other boys.
What is the main idea of a text?
What the text is mainly about.
i, ie, igh, i_e, y are patterns for what?
long i patterns that result in words making the long vowel sound.
Bonus: what do all the long vowels sound like? (you can get an extra 300 points)
What is the definition of a prefix?
Is a word part that is added to the beginning of a word that changes the meaning of the word.
Add ed to the following words.
Clap
Apply
Study
Clapped
Applied
Studied
Change Key and toy to plural nouns.
What did we add or do to the end?
Keys
Toys
we just added an S
What are 2 key features in an expository text?
1. Gives true facts and information about a topic
2. Includes graphs, pictures, captions, and maps to help understand the text.
u, u_e, ew
e, ea, ee, e_e, ie, ey, y
These are the patterns for what long vowel?Give and example for each one.
u and e
Cube
Repeat
What does the prefix un mean?
Give an example.
Means not
UNhappy- not happy
Add inflectional ending to each word- er -ed or - es
Happy
Hurry
Supply
One inflection ending will be used for each word.
Happier (er)
Hurried (ed)
Supplies (es)
What are common nouns?
What are proper nouns?
Which one do we capitalize and why?
Give examples of each.
Common noun- person, place, or thing- lady, boy, school, book.
Proper nouns- Name a specific person, place, or thing- Steerman, Bennington, Legos.
We capitalize proper nouns because they are giving a specific name to the noun.
What does reread mean and why would we do this?
To go back and read something again.
To better understand the text, when something does not make sense, when text is unclear or difficult, is a good test taking strategy.
Identify the long vowel in each word.
Fireflies
Fewer
Cutest
sleepy
Freedom
Fireflies- long i
Fewer- long e
Cutest- long u
Sleepy- long e
Freedom- long e
Give an example of the prefix DIS and what does it mean?
DIS- not or the opposite
DISagree/ DISlike- not liking something/ not agreeing to or with something