Homophones

Homophones can be so confusing! They are words that sound the same, but are spelled differently. Here are some Quizlet links to help you study.

Homophones, Tier 1

Homophones, Tier 2

More Practice
it's/its quiz

What's New This Week!

Birds at the feeder

This week, we have had many birds at our feeder. Students have enjoyed watching the tufted titmouse, cardinal, and downy woodpecker. You can check out this site to find out more about birds.

Cornell All About Birds

If you want do some birdwatching on your own, you can see the Feeder Cam. (This requires Flash)

Feeder Cam

Spelling

We will be working on a new list with suffixes. These will be suffixes that make nouns.

Noun Forming Suffixes, Tier 1

Noun Forming Suffixes, Tier 2

You can review the important details about noun-forming details with this presentation:

United States Geography
We are learning about the states of the Northeast. Don't forget to study! You can practice naming the states with these games:

Lizard Point Geography Game

Northeast Region Quiz Game

Quizlet States Game

Prefixes

This week, we will learn about prefixes in spelling class. A prefix is a group of letters that we add to the beginning of a word. A prefix changes the meaning of a word.

Our prefixes this week will be the negative prefixes dis-, un-, in-, and non-.

Tier 1 Words
Quizlet link

Tier 2 Words
Quizlet link

Here is a fun video that can show you the difference between prefixes and suffixes:





This video explains more about prefixes:


Prefix Games
Here are some games on the topic of prefixes. Not all of them focus on the same prefixes that we are learning this week, but they are a great way to help you learn more about words and patterns.

Prefix Meaning Match

Big Brown Bear Game

Caramel Apple Float
Click here to practice the words from "Caramel Apple Float" on Quizlet.

Apple Harvest Fair
Click here to practice the words from "Apple Harvest Fair" on Quizlet.

Using their, they're, and there

This week, we're working on homophones in spelling. These are words that sound the same, but are spelled differently. One set that is especially confusing is the set of there, their, and they're.

To practice, try out these interactive games and exercises! (Please note: Many of these games have links to advertisements on their pages. Remember to stay on the linked page only, especially if you are working in the computer lab.)

Online quiz: Try these sentences to see if you can choose the correct form of the word.

Taxi Review: Answer a question correctly to race in a taxi! (Once again, I'm not very good at this one!)

Another online quiz: Try this one to see how you do.

Tank game: You can play this game in one-player or two-player mode. Enjoy!