Nifty, Thrifty FiftyOctober

Language feature:

expend/expense/expensive are related in the same way that defend/defense/defensive and offend/offense/offensive are related.

expensiveStudents repeat the word 3 times. Students chant the letters in the word while clapping or taping.

Prefix Base Word Suffix

expense(a cost)

ive(makes a word into an

adjective)

Friendly definition/multiple meaning:

Something that cost a lot is expensive.

Students write word in their literacy notebooks.

Language feature: Just like “er,” “or” shows when someone does something. A “donor”

donates; an “actor” acts.

governorStudents repeat the word 3 times. Students chant the letters in the word while clapping or taping.

Prefix Base Word Suffix

govern (a person who rules over

others)

or(person or thing that

does something)

Friendly definition/multiple meaning:

A governor is in charge of a state; North Carolina’s governor is Bev Perdue

Students write word in their literacy notebooks.

Language feature:

Footprints in the snow often make an impression. The impression your attitude makes is pressed into people’s minds. Related words: depress/depression(pressed down); compress/compression(pressed together) REMEMBER “im” can also mean “not” other words in which “im” means “into/toward/within” are immigrants and imports

impressionStudents repeat the word 3 times. Students chant the letters in the word while clapping or taping.

Prefix Base Word Suffix

Im-(into/toward/within)

press( means “to press”)

ion(the action of)

Friendly definition/multiple meaning:

a shape created by pressing into another thing/the feeling someone gets about you based on your behavior

Students write word in their literacy notebooks.

Language feature:

Other words with the prefix “in-” are “inactive” and “inconvenient.”The depend/dependent/dependence relationship occurs in many words including differ/different/difference and innocent/innocence and patient/patience.

independenceStudents repeat the word 3 times. Students chant the letters in the word while clapping or taping.

Prefix Base Word Suffix

in-(turns words to their

opposite)depend

(to rely on someone) ence

(the state of)

Friendly definition/multiple meaning:

Being free.

Students write word in their literacy notebooks.

Language feature: Other “sub” words in which “sub” means “under” include “subfreezing,”

“submerge,” and “subway.”

submarineStudents repeat the word 3 times. Students chant the letters in the word while clapping or taping.

Prefix Base Word Suffix

sub(under)

marine(water)

Friendly definition/multiple meaning:

A vessel that goes under water.

Students write word in their literacy notebooks.

Language feature:

Other “port” words include “port,” “report,” “import,” and “export.”Other words in which “trans” means “across” or “through” include “transatlantic” and “transfusion.”Other “ation” words include “fascination” and “registration.”

transportationStudents repeat the word 3 times. Students chant the letters in the word while clapping or taping.

Prefix Base Word Suffix

trans(“across” or “through”)

port(“move” or “carry”)

ation(makes words a noun)

Friendly definition/multiple meaning:

Moving things or people from place to place.

Students write word in their literacy notebooks.

Language feature:

The prefix “un-” often changes a word its opposite meaning as in “unfriendly” and “unhappy.”Other past tense words with the “-ed” ending are walked, baked, raised, and stumbled.

unfinishedStudents repeat the word 3 times. Students chant the letters in the word while clapping or taping.

Prefix Base Word Suffix

un-(changes a word to its

opposite)finish

(when something ends) -ed

(changes words to past tense)

Friendly definition/multiple meaning:

Not done.

Students write word in their literacy notebooks.

Nifty, Thrifty Fifty Riddles!

1. Write the word that describes an elected official.2. Write the word that has a prefix that means “opposite” and a suffix

that means “something already happened.”3. Write the word with a prefix meaning “under.”4. Write the word that means “something that costs a lot of money.”5. Write the word that has a prefix that means “across or

through.”6. Write the four-syllable word that means the opposite of dependence.7. Write the word with the root word “press.”

Word Bankindependence unfinished submarine expensive

impression governor composer transportation

Nifty, Thrifty Fifty Riddles!

1. Write the word that describes an elected official. 2. Write the word that has a prefix that means “opposite” and a suffix

that means “something already happened.”3. Write the word with a prefix meaning “under.”4. Write the word that means “something that costs a lot of money.”5. Write the word that has a prefix that means “across or

through.”6. Write the four-syllable word that means the opposite of dependence.7. Write the word with the root word “press.”

Word Bankindependence unfinished submarine expensive

impression governor composer transportation

answer key

governor

unfinishedsubmarine

expensivetransportation

independenceimpression

Word Detectives• It’s important to think about words that look and

sound like words we already know when we study new words.• We should think about how words are related to

each other.• Let’s list as many words as we can that look or

sound like “composite.”

Root/Base Word We’re going to brainstorm as many words as we can that have the same base word as “discovery.”

discovery

Word Wall Words• It’s important that we learn to spell words that are giving us

trouble in our writing.• Here are words I noticed we need to work on this month:

• Now that these words are on our word wall, you must always spell them correctly, no matter where you are. MAKE SURE YOU USE THE WORD WALL TO DOUBLE CHECK YOUR SPELLING!

• You write them in your literacy notebook while I add them to the word wall.

Word Wall Riddles

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Word Bank

Visual Checking Systemmotion pensionpention pension

digestion digessionmigration migrasiondimention dimension

nomination nominasionplantation plantasionlegislation legislasioncalculation calculasion

preservation preservasioncivilization civilizasion

comprehention comprehension