Nifty Thrifty Fifty Words

Review

November

composer encouragement hopeless discovery

unfriendly richest musician impossible

expensive governor impression independence

submarine transportation unfinished beautiful

classify community communities electricity

happiness prettier

Word #1

• It is a Nifty Thrifty Fifty word.

• It has three syllables.

• It has a prefix and a suffix.

• The prefix means “opposite” (as in unfriendly or unfinished)

• It means the same as incomplete.

Mind Reader Review Game

Word #2

• It is a Nifty Thrifty Fifty word.

• It only has a suffix

• It has a double consonant

• It has three syllables (like happiness, prettier)

• It means “to put into categories.”

Mind Reader Review Game

Word #3

• It is a Nifty Thrifty Fifty word.

• It has no spelling change.

• It has less than 10 letters.

• It only has a suffix (like governor, musician, richest)

• Its suffix means “without”

Mind Reader Review Game

Word #4

• It is a Nifty Thrifty Fifty word.

• It has three syllables.

• It is a noun.

• Its suffix makes the word become a person (like musician, composer).

• It is the person who is in charge of a state’s government.

Mind Reader Review Game

Word #5

• It is a Nifty Thrifty Fifty word.

• It has ten letters.

• It has four syllables.

• Its prefix means “opposite.” (like unfriendly, immobile)

• It is the opposite of possible.

Mind Reader Review Game

November Word Riddle 1

• This word has a y to i spelling change, has nine letters, and describes the way something looks.

November Word Riddle 2

• This is what happens when you create categories and sort things into categories.

November Word Riddle 3

• Write the synonym for neighborhood.

November Word Riddle 4

• This word means “different groups of people.”

November Word Riddle 5

• Write the word that has a root word that means “charged.”

November Word Riddle 6

• Write the word that has a y to i spelling change and describes a feeling.

November Word Riddle 7

• This word means “more attractive than.” *It is the only NTF word that has a “more than” suffix.

Answers to Mind reader review game

• 1. unfinished

• 2. classify

• 3. hopeless

• 4. governor

• 5. impossible

Answers to November Word Riddles

• 1. beautiful• 2. classify• 3. community• 4. communities• 5. electricity• 6. happiness• 7. prettier

November NTF Mini-wordo1. Make a 3 X 3 array.

2. Fill each box with one of the following words in the order of your choice:

•hopeless

•classify

•impossible

•happiness

•richest

•electricity

•beautiful

•prettier

•musician

November NTF Mini-wordo3. When you hear or see a word that has the same part as one of the words you wrote, cover that word.

For example, if you had hopeless written and I called out hopes, you would cover hopeless. Also, if you had a word with an –s ending, you would cover that word too.

Ready to play?

November NTF Mini-wordo

• hopeful

• possibility

• classy

• happiest

• electrician

• beautify

• prettiness

November NTF Mini-wordo Answers

word called words you could have covered

hopeful hopeless, beautiful

possibility impossible, electricity

classy classify

happiest happiness, richest

electrician electricity, musician

beautify beautiful, classify

prettiness happiness, prettier