Vocabulary- Prefixes

Did additional work on prefixes so students use these prefixes rather than not e.g. unhappy instead of not happy.

Prefix	Meaning	3 words	Images
non	from, down, away reverse, opposite	Decode, decrease, deduce	decrease
mis	wrongly, badly, unsuitably	misplaced, misunderstood, misfortune	misplace
in	middle, surround, within	incorrect, inheritance, inflatable	incorrect
pre	before, previously	previous, precise, predator	predator
pro	professional, experienced, advanced	professional, protein, property	protein
il	Adjective, describing	illegal, illustrator, illusion	illusion
de	down, away, remove	degrees, dentist, define	degrees
ex	Not including	Example, expert, exchange	exchange

Root words

Today for vocabulary we studied root words. The students had difficulty working out the root word when we did the word of the day.

Root Word A root word has no prefix or suffix — it's the most basic part of a word.	Meaning	Words with the root word
act	verb:do something noun: a deed or pretence	Action, actor, actress
form
port
Auto
audi
graph
tele
photo
path
omni
mit

Vocabulary Building- Time

To begin the lessons on time I started with the vocabulary. I introduced International Timeline and International Date line  amongst other words. For consolidation students made word clouds and then posted on their blogs. During the course of the week I heard these words being used during problem solving.