Language feature: Noun (when you add “er” or “or” to a word, you make the word a person, which means it is a noun.) composer Students repeat the word 3 times. Students chant the letters in the word while clapping or taping. PrefixBase WordSuffix com (with or together) pose (put in place) er (person or thing that does something) Friendly definition/ multiple meaning: Someone who writes music. Someone who writes anything! Students write word in their literacy notebooks.

Language feature: Other words where “dis” means the opposite are: disappear, disagree, and dishonest. Other words ending with “-y” are robbery, victory, bakery, and pottery. discovery Students repeat the word 3 times. Students chant the letters in the word while clapping or taping. PrefixBase WordSuffix dis (changes word to its opposite form) cover (to hide something) y (person or thing that does something) Friendly definition/ multiple meaning: A new thing someone finds out. Students write word in their literacy notebooks.

Language feature: Other words where “en” means “make” are: endear, enclose, endanger. Other words ending with “ment” include development, amusement, and government. encouragement Students repeat the word 3 times. Students chant the letters in the word while clapping or taping. PrefixBase WordSuffix en (in or make) courage ment (the action of) Friendly definition/ multiple meaning: The ability to face difficulty without fear. Students write word in their literacy notebooks.

Language feature:Similar words are painless, homeless, and joyless. hopeless Students repeat the word 3 times. Students chant the letters in the word while clapping or taping. PrefixBase WordSuffix hope less (without) Friendly definition/ multiple meaning: Not expecting good things to happen. Students write word in their literacy notebooks.

Language feature: Other words in which “im” changes the word to an opposite include impatient and immature. impossible Students repeat the word 3 times. Students chant the letters in the word while clapping or taping. PrefixBase WordSuffix im (changes the word to its opposite) possible Friendly definition/ multiple meaning: Not able to be Students write word in their literacy notebooks.

Language feature: A beautician makes you beautiful. Notice that the pronunciation changes when you add “ian” to “beauty.” Magicians make magic. The pronunciation changes again. This is often the case when you add “ian” to a word. musician Students repeat the word 3 times. Students chant the letters in the word while clapping or taping. PrefixBase WordSuffix music -ian (indicates a person who does something) Friendly definition/ multiple meaning: Someone who plays music. Students write word in their literacy notebooks.

Language feature: Other examples of “est” include shortest, craziest, smartest, and biggest. richest Students repeat the word 3 times. Students chant the letters in the word while clapping or taping. PrefixBase WordSuffix rich est (the most) Friendly definition/ multiple meaning: The person with the most money in a group of three or more people. Students write word in their literacy notebooks.

Language feature: Other –ly words that change a noun into an adjective include fatherly and scholarly. unfriendly Students repeat the word 3 times. Students chant the letters in the word while clapping or taping. PrefixBase WordSuffix un (changes words to the opposite meaning) friend ly (means “resembling” and changes nouns to adjectives) Friendly definition/ multiple meaning: A person who is not a good friend. Students write word in their literacy notebooks.

answer key

prefixbasesuffix com-pose-er en-courage-ment hope-less dis-cover-y un-friend-ly rich-est music-ian impossible 1.Can you find the morphemes to make the word “enrichment?” What does it mean? 2.What other words can you make? 3.Try these: hopelessly and discourage. 4.You can also make new words called “neologisms.” How about making “uncoverly. What does it mean?

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 “expanded form.” Expanded Form

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.

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