prefixes
What is a prefix? Give a few examples.
Letters added to the beginning of a base word that change its meaning.
What is a suffix? Give a few examples.
Letters added to the end of a base word that change its meaning.
What makes a c soft?
E
I
Y
More than one cat
Cats
A pear or pair of shoes?
Pair
Disrespect uses which prefix?
What does that prefix mean?
Dis
Not or the opposite of
What does the suffix -ful mean? Give an example.
Ful of
Thoughtful
E
I
Y
More than one pass
Passes
What is a homophone?
words that sound the same but don’t mean the same thing
If you want to do something over again what do you do?
REdo it
This suffix means without. Which is it?
-less
Example: Careless
Which word does belong? Why?
Grand
Great
Grant
Gentle
Gentle
It is a soft g
More than one box
Boxes
Do I bake with flower or flour?
Flour
This prefix means wrongly, what is it?
Mis
She is taller than her sister, but their brother is the tallest.
Which word doesn’t belong? Why?
Cell
Crust
Grace
Cyclone
Crust. It is a hard C
More than one couch
Couches
Spell and define using a sentence the different “there”s
There- the girls are over there.
Their- their house smells good!
They’re- they’re going to sleep now.
Add prefixes to change the meaning of the sentence.
I invited you to the party because of your behavior.
I UNinvited you from the party because of you
MISbehavior.
What do the suffixes -y and -ly mean?
-y means full of, example: snowy, full of snow
-ly means how something is done and turns a verb into an adverb, example: quickly, doing something in a quick way
Write a sentence using 1 soft c, 1 hard c, 1 soft g, and 1 hard g
Responses vary
Write a word that uses the plural spelling “ies”
Responses vary.
Spell and define using a sentence the 4 different “where”s
Where- where are we going to have recess today.
Wear- I’m wearing a hat.
We’re- We’re going on a trip in camp.
Were- were you going to tell me about the trip?