Theme 9- Week 1:Prefixes non, in, dis

Dictionary Skills

Use your knowledge of prefixes to help match the words to their closest meaning

____1. inactive / a. to release from attachment or connection
____2. disapprove / b. being without a single stop
____3. disagree / c. to differ in opinion
____4. nonfiction / d. extreme dislike
____5. informal / e. deviating from a straight path
____6. nonstop / f. to put to a stop
____7. disgust / g. having little or no sense or meaning
____8. indirect / h. not active
____9. discontinue / i. without formality or ceremony
____10. nonsense / j. not satisfied or pleased
____11. disengage / k. not guilty
____12. dissatisfied / l. to withhold approval
____13. injure / m. reference books, poetry, biographies
____14. innocent / n. to wound or offend

Theme 9- Week 1:Prefixes non, in, dis

Word Practice

1) I'm ______of the crime that I have been accused.

2) I don’t want to watch the Teleltubbies. That show is pure______.

3) He was on a ______flight to Jupiter.

4) You don’t need to get dressed up. The party is ______.

5) I hope they don’t______my favorite TV show

6) I don’t like to eat peas. They______me!

7) I ______that the Eagles have NEVER won a Super Bowl..

8) I like to read______books, especially history books.

9) I don’t like touchdown dances. I ______of them.

10) My brother doesn’t exercise much. He is very ______.

Theme 9- Week 1:Short Vowels:Prefixes non, in, dis

Name:

Choose ten of your spelling words and write each one in a newsentence.

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Theme 9- Week 2:Prefixes re, pre

Dictionary Skills

Directions: The words listed above are encrypted in a code below. Try and crack the code and solve the hidden spelling words listed below.

Theme 9- Week 2:Prefixes re, pre

restoreprecautionpresidentprecook peoplerefuel

prehistoricpreviewreuniteprepaidpreschoollittle

rewritebringrecoverreappearwhichrelocate

Analogy is just a term that means "word relationships". Here are some of the most frequently used analogies:

Category / Sample Analogy
Synonyms / end: terminate
Antonyms / artificial: real
Worker and Tool Used / photographer: camera
Tool and Object Its Used Upon / scissors: paper
Worker and Object He Creates / poet: poem
Cause and Effect / negligence: accident
Effect and Cause / tsunami: earthquake
Material Used and End Product / lumber: house
Function of a Tool / saw: cut
Part to Whole / leaf: tree

Complete each analogy by writing the correct word on the blank line. Example:Automobile is to gasoline as television is to electricity

  1. break is to destroy as repair is to ______
  1. up is to down as vanish is to ______
  1. pilot is to airplane as teacher is to ______
  1. writing is poem to as United Statesis to ______
  1. before is after as review is to ______
  1. reunite is to split as lose is to ______
  1. big is to little as take is to ______
  1. owe is to debt as rearrange is to ______
  1. Now make one of your own ______

Theme 9- Week 2:Initial Consonants:Prefixes re, pre

Name:

Use your work to create a seek and find that you will exchange with a classmate.

Theme 10- Week 1:Contractions:

Contractions

1. A contraction is a combination of two words.

2. In a contraction, an apostrophe (’) takes the place of missing letters.

3. There are affirmative contractions and negative contractions.

Affirmative Contractions

Pronoun + to be + would + will

II am’mI’d I’ll

you you are you’re you’d you’ll

we we are we’rewe’d we’ll

they they are they’re they’d they’ll

he he is he’s he’d he’ll

she she is she’s she’d she’ll

it it isit’s it’d it’ll

there there is: there’s there’d there’ll

that that is that’s this’d this’ll

Directions: Replace the underlined words with an affirmative or negative contraction

Example: I am I’m happy to meet you.

1) We will ______see you at English class next week!

2) There is ______no milk in the refrigerator.

3) There will ______be time to chat later.

4) It is ______raining today.

5) I think it will ______snow later.

6) I was not ______home last night.

7) Mary does not ______eat meat.

8) Donald cannot ______swim.

9) The store will not ______open early.

10) James and Joe have not ______left yet.

11) You should not ______cheat.

12) Jose has not ______taken out the trash yet.

13) I could not ______do it even if I tried.

14) He is ______almost twenty one years old.

15) I am ______as old as he is.

Theme 10- Week 1:Contractions:

Circle the word that best completes the sentence.

1. The snake sheds (it's, its) skin every few months.

2.(Who's, Whose) going to the grocery store to get the fruit for our smoothies?

3.(It's, Its) really not my problem, but I will try to help you.

4. The plane landed late and now (it's, its) leaving late, too.

5. Carl loves Romeo's Bistro. He said that (it's, its) the best restaurant in town.

Write the contraction for the underlined words.

6. ______Although he had promised to complete the painting, I will probably have to do it.

7. ______He's the first person I have known who could read and watch television at the same time.

8. ______You must not tell anyone about our surprise party for Mom and Dad's anniversary.

Rewrite each sentence. Add apostrophes where necessary to show a possessive word.

9. My cousins parents go to Alaska every year. ______

10. We dropped the buckets contents and had to start all over again.______

______

Rewrite each sentence. Add the correct punctuation to show joint ownership.

11. Mary and Pauls son goes to my school.

______

12. Madison and Victorias dance recital has been rescheduled for May 24.

______

Theme 10- Week 1:Contractions:

Add apostrophes where needed.

You mustnt tell anyone about our surprise party for Mom and Dads anniversary

If the store doesnt reorder more cards, theyll soon be out of them; people will go somewhere else to buy their cards.

I wasnt going to buy anything for myself, but I just couldnt pass up the bargain.

He hadnt eaten for over 12 hours and was faint from hunger.

I wasnt going to buy anything for myself, but I just couldnt pass up the bargain.

I wont be joining you for dinner tonight, but thank you for the invitation.

Rewrite each sentence. Add apostrophes where necessary to show a possessive word.

Dawsons plan is to hire more employees to get the job done.
______

The lions den is home to five playful cubs.

______

Theme 10- Week 1:Contractions: Homework

Name:

Choose ten of your spelling words and write each one in a newsentence. You should create two of each of the four types of sentences. (declarative, imperative, interrogative and exclamatory)

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Theme 10- Week 2:Abbreviations

qt. / Ave. / gal. / Bldg. / Hwy. / at
Mr. / Jan. / Dr. / Blvd. / Ft. / be
Mrs. / Wed. / NY / Corp. / idea / feel

Below are this weeks abbreviations/ spelling words. Write out the long form of the word next to the abbreviation.

qt. / ______
Dr. / ______
Blvd. / ______
Ave. / ______
feel / ______
idea / ______
Corp. / ______
NY / ______
Wed. / ______
Mrs. / ______
be / ______
Ft. / ______
Jan. / ______
Mr. / ______
at / ______
Hwy. / ______
Bldg. / ______
gal. / ______

Theme 10- Week 2:Abbreviations

Directions: Read each word and write the abbreviation on the line.

Pennsylvania / ______
Monday / ______
New Jersey / ______
Tuesday / ______
Thursday / ______
Street / ______
second / ______
Saturday / ______
minute / ______
Sunday / ______
Court / ______
Drive / ______
Wednesday / ______
Friday / ______
Road / ______
hour / ______
Avenue / ______

Theme 2- Week 2:Word Families: Homework

Name:

Use your words to create a criss cross puzzle that you will exchange with a classmate. Remember to include word clues.

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