Jeopardy for Decoding

Syllable Types

100

Name the 6 different syllable types

Closed, Open, Vowel consonant e, Consonant -le, Vowel Teams, R- Controlled

200

Give three different examples of multisyllabic (2 or more syllables) words with vowel consonant e. 

Pirate, Active, Inhale, Compile, Impose, Bonfire, Textile, Frustrate 

300

Name 4 different vowel teams.

ai, ay, ee, ey, ea, oy, oi, aw, au, ou, oo, oa, oe, ow, ui

400

Give 2 examples of a consonant -le word. 

Cackle, inedible, hustle, topple, nozzle, ample, brittle, nestle

500

What are the 3 different sounds of y?

shy, puppy, yellow

Misc.

100

Who is the principal and vice principal of IAR? 

How many syllables are in the word principal?

Ms. Kapsinski, Dr. Lavecchia 

3

200

Which teacher on Team B has been teaching the longest? 

Mrs. Scheafer

300

What are the two pets that Ms. Cappelli has?

Fish and a dog

400

This 3 letter word refers to a mistake or error in a computer's code that needs to be fixed or removed

bug

500

To get to the main office from this classroom, you have to turn in this direction.

Left then right

Morphemes

100

This is the name for the main part of a word that hold the most meaning before you add prefixes or suffixes.

Baseword

200

In the word "remake", the prefix 're-" means this.

Again or Back

300

This type of word part like "sub-" or "pre-", is placed at the beginning of a word to change its meaning.

prefix

400

In words like construct or structure the Latin root 'struct' means this

to build

500

Give two examples that have the suffix -ive.

effective, active, defective, attractive, protective, selective

Random

100

Name two animals that live in Australia?

Kangaroo, alligators, Koala, capybaras 

200

What flavors are in a creamsicle? 

orange and vanilla 

300

what are two animals that can live in poisonous plants

frogs/toads and dragonflies

400

This term, most often used by Gen Z and Gen Alpha to describe nonsensical internet content, was named the 2024 Oxford Word of the Year.

Brainrot

500

This is the only letter that does not appear in the name of any U.S. states

Q

Suffixes

100

This is the suffix in the word jumping

-ing

200

suffixes are divided into two types vowel suffixes and this type

consonant suffixes

300

to add the suffix "ing" to the word hope, you must do this to the base word

drop the 'e'

Hoping 

400

To spell the word 'happiness', you must change the 'y' in happy to this letter before adding the suffix

what is i

500

this complex suffix makes the /shun/ sound and is found in words like vacation and action

tion