Inflectional Endings
Plural Nouns
Text Features
Long Vowels
Prefixes
100

Playing + ing 

Play + er 

Puppy + es 

Playing 

Player 

Puppies 

100

If a word ends in y what do we do to make it plural?

Give an example. 

Drop the y and add ies 

Army= Armies 

100

What are the the titles of different sections called?

Headings 

100

Give a long e vowel word. 

Tea 

100

What is the prefix to do something again. 

Give a word for an example. 

RE 

Reread- to reread again 

200

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 

200

Make the following singular nouns into plural noun. 

1) Box 

2) Arch

3) Forest 

1) BoxES

2) ArchES

3) ForestS 

200

True or False 

Graphs are used in expository texts?

Give 1 example from our reading that used a graph.

True 

the class pet graph.

200

Give a long i vowel word. 

Bike 

200

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  

300

Add est to the following words. 

Love 

Leaky 

Silly

Loveliest 

Leakiest 

Silliest 

300

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. 

300

What is the main idea of a text?

What the text is mainly about. 

300

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) 

300

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.

400

Add ed to the following words. 

Clap

Apply 

Study 

Clapped 

Applied 

Studied 

400

Change Key and toy to plural nouns. 

What did we add or do to the end?

Keys 

Toys 

we just added an S 

400

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. 

400

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 

400

What does the prefix un mean?

Give an example. 

Means not 

UNhappy- not happy

500

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)

500

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. 



500

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. 

500

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 

500

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