Nifty, Thrifty Fifty December

1. Nifty, Thrifty Fifty December

2. continuous Something that doesn’t stop. It continues. Continue is a verb. Adding “ous” changes the verb to an adjective.

3. conversation “Converse” means “talk.” It is a verb. When you add “-ation” to converse, it becomes a noun. A conversation is a thing you have with another person in which you take turns talking to each other.

4. forgotten “forgot” is the past tense of “forget.” Both are verbs. When you add “-en” to the words, you change the word to an adjective. “Her friend was forgotten when she was allowed to play the xbox.”

5. nonliving dead; never having life in the first place

6. swimming Swimming is “swim” with the suffix “-ing” added and the final consonant doubled.

7. unpleasant “Unpleasant” is the word “please” with the prefix “un-” added to it and the suffix “-ant”. Adding the suffix changes the pronunciation and changes the word from a verb to an adjective.

8. valuable The word “value” with the suffix “-able” added and the final “e” dropped.

9. Be a Mind Reader! 1. It’s a Nifty Thrifty Fifty Word. 2. It has at least four vowels. 3. It is a noun. 4. It has three syllable. 5. It only has a prefix and the prefix means under. submarine

10. Be a Mind Reader! 1. It’s a Nifty Thrifty Fifty Word. 2. It only has a prefix and a suffix. 3. It has 10 more letters. 4. It starts with a vowel. 5. It fits in the sentences, “The praise gave her ________________ and made her want to try again.” encouragement

11. Be a Mind Reader! 1. It’s a Nifty Thrifty Fifty Word. 2. It has a spelling change when the suffix is added. 3. It only has a suffix. 4. It has three syllables. 5. The final consonant has to be doubled before adding the suffix. forgotten

12. Be a Mind Reader! 1. It’s a Nifty Thrifty Fifty Word. 2. It has three syllables. 3. It has a spelling change when the suffix is added. 4. It only has a suffix. 5. The e is dropped from the root word when the suffix is added.. valuable

13. Be a Mind Reader! 1. It’s a Nifty Thrifty Fifty Word. 2. It has 3 syllables. 3. It is a person. 4. It has three vowels. 5. It is someone who writes music. composer

14. Be a Mind Reader! 1. It’s a Nifty Thrifty Fifty Word. 2. It is a noun. 3. It has 10 or more letters. 4. It begins with an “e”. 5. It has only a suffix. electricity

15. Nifty, Thrifty Fifty Riddles! Word Bank continuous swimming forgotten unpleasant valuable conversation nonliving 1. Write the word that means “when people are talking to each other.” Write the word that means “something has great worth.” Write the word that means “not pleasing.” Write the word that means “not remembered.” Write the word with an opposite prefix and a spelling change before the suffix. Write the word that has an “-ing” suffix. Write the word that means “doesn’t stop.”

16. Nifty, Thrifty Fifty Riddles! Word Bank continuous swimming forgotten unpleasant valuable conversation nonliving Write the word that means “when people are talking to each other.” Write the word that means “something has great worth.” Write the word that means “not pleasing.” Write the word that means “not remembered.” Write the word with an opposite prefix and a spelling change before the suffix. Write the word that has an “-ing” suffix. Write the word that means “doesn’t stop.” conversation valuable unpleasant forgotten nonliving swimming continuous

17. Word Detectives

18. Word Wall Words • 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.

19. Word Wall Riddles Word Bank

20. Visual Checking System

21. Visual Checking System