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Teaching Spelling – Prefixes – FORE PRE ANTI

Posted in affix, AFFIXES, Education, Elementary Education, English, Exercises, K-12, K-12 Education, Learning, List of Spelling Words, McGuffey, Orthography, Prefixes, Primary Education, School, Spell, Spelling, Spelling Books, Spelling Curriculum, Spelling Exercises, Spelling Instruction, Spelling Lists, Spelling Practice, Spelling Resources, Spelling Rules, Spelling Sourcebook, Spelling Words, Teach, Teacher, Teachers, Teaching, Teaching Spelling, Textbooks, Training, Vocabulary, Vocabulary Words, Word Families, Word Games, Word Skills, Word Study, Words, tagged , , , , , , on September 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Affixes – Prefixes
Lesson 160.

Fore adds its own meaning to the word; as foretaste, to taste before; pre is from the Latin prae, before; ante (Latin), before. Anti (Greek), means against or opposite.

fore’sight   fore tell’er      fore bod’ing ly
fore’most    fore knowl’edge   fore de ter’mine
fore know’   fore’cas tle      pre med’i tate
pre fix’     pre cau’tion      pre oc’cu py
pre judge’   pre ced’ing       pre-em’i nent
pre serve’   pre des’tine      an te pas’chal
pre sage’    an’te past        an te mun’dane
pre text’    an’te date        an te nup’tial
fore warn’   an’ti pode        an ti cli’max
fore’front   an’ti dote        an ti feb’rile

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Spelling Games

Posted in Education, Elementary Education, English, Exercises, Games, K-12, K-12 Education, Learning, Practice, Practice Exercises, Primary Education, Rhyming, School, Sound, Sounds, Spelling Exercises, Spelling Games, Study, Studying, Teaching, Word Games, Word Skills, Word Study, Words, tagged , , on September 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Spelling Games- Rhyming Ping-Pong Game:

Play in pairs.

The object is to name as many rhyming words as possible within a given time.

The player who calls out the last word when the time expires is the winner.

 For example, the first player says play, second player says stay, first player says hey, second says weigh, and so forth.
 

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List of Homophones

Posted in Education, Elementary Education, English, Homonyms, Homophone, Homophone List, Homophones, K-12, K-12 Education, Learn, Learning, List of Homophones, List of Spelling Words, McGuffey, Orthography, Primary Education, School, Spell, Spelling, Spelling Books, Spelling Curriculum, Spelling Exercises, Spelling Homophones, Spelling Lists, Spelling Practice, Spelling Resources, Spelling Rules, Teachers, Teaching, Teaching Spelling, Vocabulary, Vocabulary Words, Word Games, Word Skills, Word Study, Words, tagged , , , , , , on September 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Homphone list

Lesson 154.

ruff, an article of dress.     roar, to make a loud noise.
rough (ruf), uneven.           row’er, one who rows.
retch, to vomit.               sail, a sheet of canvas.
wretch, a miserable person.    sale, the act of selling.
rode, did ride.                seen, beheld.
road, a way; route.            scene, a view.
rowed, did row.                seine, a net for fishing.
room, an apartment.            slay, to kill.
rheum, a serous fluid.         sleigh, a vehicle on runners.
sow, to scatter seed.          sley, a weaver’s reed.
sew (so), to use a needle.     seem, to appear.
so, thus; in like manner.      seam, a line of junction.

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Affixes – NESS and FULL

Posted in affix, AFFIXES, Basic Spelling Rules, Education, Elementary Education, English, Exercises, K-12, K-12 Education, Learning, List of Spelling Words, McGuffey, Orthography, Practice, Practice Exercises, Primary Education, School, Spell, Spelling, Spelling Books, Spelling Curriculum, Spelling Exercises, Spelling Lists, Spelling Practice, Spelling Resources, Spelling Rules, Spelling Series, Spelling Tests, Spelling Words, Teach, Teacher, Teachers, Teaching, Teaching Spelling, Teaching Word Skills, Textbooks, Training, Vocabulary, Vocabulary Words, Word Families, Word Games, Word Skills, Word Study, Words on September 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Affixes

Lesson 147.

Ness is from the Saxon nesse, and means state or quality; as, neatness, state of being neat.

bleak’ness    smooth’ness   come’li ness
fierce’ness   numb’ness     drow’si ness
hoarse’ness   wrong’ness    naught’i ness
calm’ness     sweet’ness    wea’ri ness

The termination full adds its own meaning to the word; as, joyful, full of joy. The final l is omitted in the derivatives.

change’ful   mourn’ful   skill’ful   fan’ci ful
fright’ful   woe’ful     will’ful    pit’i ful
spite’ful    wrath’ful   aw’ful      du’ti ful

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Homophones Beginning With I

Posted in Alphabet, Characters, Education, Elementary Education, English, Exercises, Homonyms, Homophone, Homophone Games, Homophone List, Homophones, K-12, K-12 Education, Learn, Learning, Letters, List of Homophones, List of Spelling Words, Orthography, Practice, Practice Exercises, Primary Education, Reading, School, Sound, Sounds, Spell, Spell Check, Spelling, Spelling Books, Spelling Curriculum, Spelling Exercises, Spelling Games, Spelling Homophones, Spelling Instruction, Spelling Lists, Spelling Resources, Spelling Rules, Spelling Series, Spelling Sourcebook, Spelling Tests, Spelling Words, Study, Studying, Teach, Teacher, Teachers, Teaching, Teaching Spelling, Teaching Word Skills, Vocabulary, Vocabulary Words, Word Families, Word Games, Word Skills, Word Study, Words, Writing on August 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Spelling Vocabulary Words – Homophones Beginning With I
 I (see aye)

 I’d (see eyed)

 ide (see eyed)

idyl (-s), idyll (-s), idle (-s), idol (-s)

ileum, ilium

 illicit (see elicit)

 illusive (see allusive)

 I’ll (see aisle)

 immanent, imminent (see eminent)

 immerge (see emerge)

impassable, impassible

impatience, impatiens

in, inn

incidence, incidents

incite, insight (?)

independence, independents

indict (-s), indite (-s)

indigence, indigents

inequity, iniquity (?)

innocence, innocents

instance, instants

 insure (see ensure)

intense, intents

 irrupt (see erupt)

 irruption (see eruption)

 isle (see aisle)

its, it’s

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