Let’s get started!

• Find your seat quickly and quietly

• Unpack your belongings

• Sort your baggie of prefix words

• Hold up a silent peace sign to signal you are finished

Spelling Words April 11th – 15th

thankful movement enjoyable slightly

humorous happiness homeless reader

government hurtful wearable friendly

courageous darkness fearless teacher

helpful agreement readable quietly

dangerous meanness wordless preacher

Suffixes

Definition: An affix attached at the end of a base word.

Suffixes & Meanings

• -ful

• -ment

• -able

• -ly

• -ous

• -ness

• -less

• -er

= full of

= state of

= able to

= in a way that is

= full of

= the act of

= without

= one who does

Today in Word Study…

How to Play

• Groups of 3• Choose game piece• Roll dice• Move game piece• Have group member tell you the prefix for that

game space (on list)• Player will tell group member meaning of that

prefix and give an example • First player to reach the end wins

Roller Coaster Spaces

• 1 = in- / not• 2 = re- / again • 3 = over- / too much • 4 = un- / not• 5 = dis- / opposite• 6 = non- / not• 7 = mis- / wrong• 8 = pre- / before• 9 = in- / not• 10 = re- / again

• 11 = over- / too much• 12 = un- / not• 13 = dis- / opposite• 14 = non- / not• 15 = mis- / wrong• 16 = pre- / before• 17 = in- / not• 18 = re- / again• 19 = over- / too much• 20 = un- / not