Juggling Word Knowledge

These words are closed compounds because there is no space between the two words Everyone Volleyball Homework Afternoon What types of words are these? Compound words

A digraph is formed when two letters are placed together creating one sound. Then Those Both Truth Name the digraph that appears in the words above Then Those Both Truth th

Consonant blends Stop Spin Most Speak Name the s consonant blend in each word Stop Spin Most Speak Name other words with these s consonant blends

Name the /o/ or /aw/ sound spelled o in each word Lockers Office Intercom offered Lockers/aw/ Office/aw/ Intercom /o/ Offered /aw/

Identify the closed compounds and the words with the th digraph in each sentence. Most students do their homework in the afternoon. Afternoon Their, the The volleyball spins and then skips across the net. Volleyball The, then

Identify the s consonant blends in the following sentence. Everyone saw both sport stars at the game yesterday. Sport, stars Add more s consonant blends to the sentence.

Identify the words that contain the /o/ and /aw/ sounds spelled o Our lockers are down the hall from the principal’s office. Lockers, office

Juggling- Vocabulary Words Serve Juggle Spare Spirit Deliberately Shrill Abruptly Pestering Persuade

Serve- use context clues In gym class on Monday, we started volleyball, and I hit seven straight serves just over the net, hard and fast. Because no one could return the powerful serves of our volleyball players, we won the gold medal. Serve- vb. A way of putting the ball into play

Juggle- use context clues We could use a serve like yours. Couldn’t you juggle your time a little. Ron had to juggle his work schedule in order to find time to study for his classes. Juggle- vb. To handle more than one object or activity at a time

Spare- use context clues That’s why I’d taken the second route, but there still wasn’t any money to spare. After everyone received a sandwich, there was only one to spare. Spare- vb. Left over, remaining; extra

Spirit- use context clues “Volleyball season only lasts about two months, you know,” said one. “Where’s your school spirit ?” asked another. All the fifth-graders cheered for the team to show their school spirit. The gym almost shook with our voices and clapping. Spirit- n. enthusiasm; loyalty

Deliberately- use context clues The next day in gym class, I deliberately hit all my serves low into the net and I messed up several setups, too. He deliberately hid his shoes so that the dog wouldn’t find and chew on them. Deliberately- adv. When something is done on purpose or intentionally

Shrill- use context clues I knew my voice was shrill, but I couldn’t help it. Shrill- adj. high pitched in sound

Abruptly- use context clues Abruptly, I shoved my chair back from the table and stamped into my room. Abruptly- adv. suddenly

Pestering- use context clues “I’m sorry I can’t join your team. Will you please stop asking me about it? And ask the other guys to stop pestering me? Pestering- vb. To bother

Persuade-use context clues “ Think about joining the team Kyle.” Everyone heard him, and soon several other boys started trying to persuade me. Persuade- vb. To convince