Vocabulary Detectives
I am a person who rents a house or apartment from someone else. Who am I?
What is a tenant?
What is a prefix?
A group of letters added to the beginning of a word that changes its meaning.
Spell the word that means plants grown by farmers for food.
C-R-O-P
"We made a ______ before starting our science project."
plan
Which word does NOT belong?
crop – pond – lunch – demonstrate
demonstrate — it is a vocabulary word and the others are spelling words.
If a building looks old, worn out, and in poor condition, this word could describe it.
What is shabby?
If your teacher asks you to demonstrate how to solve a problem, what should you do?
Show how to do it.
Which word is spelled correctly?
A. luntch
B. lunch
C. lunsh
D. lounch
B. lunch
"The children like to ______ about their favorite books."
talk
Choose the correct spelling:
"The line was very _____."
A. loung
B. long
C. lonng
D. logn
B. long
This word describes something connected to a tribe or group of people with shared traditions.
What is tribal?
What are key details?
Important pieces of information that help us understand the main idea or text.
Unscramble this spelling word:
P – M – U – J
"We watched the boat sail away from the dock until the ______ disappeared."
ship
Complete the sentence with the best vocabulary word:
"Maria did not know what enormous meant, so she read the words around it to figure it out."
What reading strategy did Maria use?
context clues
I am a worker who supervises or is in charge of other workers.
What is a foreman?
Which vocabulary word completes the sentence?
"The __________ told the workers what jobs they needed to complete."
foreman
Which TWO spelling words rhyme?
A. gift and risk
B. long and pond
C. plan and than
D. stop and ship
plan and than
"The frog jumped into the ______."
pond
Find all THREE spelling words hidden in this sentence:
"The gift was placed next to the box, but I did not want to risk opening it early."
gift, next, risk
These are words around an unfamiliar word that help you figure out what it means.
What are context clues?
Read the sentence:
"The old house was shabby. Its paint was peeling, the windows were cracked, and the porch was falling apart."
Which clues help you understand shabby?
Peeling paint, cracked windows, and a falling-apart porch.
Correct ALL THREE misspelled words:
stopp — nexst — mes
stop — next — mess
"I will wait ______ my mom arrives."
until
You have 30 seconds! Spell all five words correctly:
ship – gift – pond – mess – crop
S-H-I-P, G-I-F-T, P-O-N-D, M-E-S-S, C-R-O-P