All about Words
What is the definition of multisyllabic words?
Words with more than one syllable.
Name one strategy you have learned in RAMP that help with comprehension in reading.
Cover and slide
Take the word apart
Using words you know (grouping words)
Understanding affixes.
What is a syllable?
What does the prefix -un mean?
Not or remove.
What is an affix (these are both suffixes and prefixes)?
An ending or beginning added to words to change the meaning.
What does this sentence mean?
It's raining cats and dogs.
It is raining very heavily.
How many syllables are in the word: Hippopotamus ?
5
What are the RAMP teachers' names?
Ms. Ritoch or Ms. R
Ms. Stahly or Ms. S
Ms. Worthington or Ms. W
Ms. Howard or Ms. H
Ms. McKinley or Ms. M
Use the word background (such as her background is Irish-American) in a sentence. You may not use this example.
Varies.
What is comprehension?
Understanding what you're reading.
Name two ways you can break up syllables.
Chop up your arm
Clap
How many syllables are in Lola's name
Just part of the word.
In this sentence what is Danielle feeling? And how do you know this?
Danielle looked down and frowned. She was disappointed her mom told her no, she couldn't spend the night at her friend's house.
Sad or disappointed.
She was disappointed or looked down and frowned.
Name the syllables in the word: algebra?
Al-ge-bra
True or False you can use pictures to understand the story better.
TRUE
Name three words that belong in the word family of sp-.
Spell
Spare
Spill
Sport
What is the Ring of Fire?
A patch of volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean that cause many earthquakes.
Break the word grandparents into syllables.
gr-and-par-ents.
What is your favorite vocabulary word you learned in RAMP and why?
Answers will vary