1. Working With Words

2. 3/15/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com 2 This week’s words are… really vacation we’re countries everything

3. 3/15/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com 3 The WWWs in ABC order… countries everything really vacation we’re

4. 3/15/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com 4 Which WWW has a long a sound? vacation Which WWW has the long e sound? really

5. 3/15/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com 5 Answer this question… What words have suffixes? really vacation countries

6. 3/15/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com 6 What is the suffix? really base word- real countries base word- country vacation base word- vacate

7. 3/15/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com 7 What does the suffix mean? countries Suffix –es means more than one. It makes something plural.

8. 3/15/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com 8 Which looks right? countryes countries The rule is: when making a word that ends in y plural you have to change the y to an i and add –es. Why does the y change to an i?

9. 3/15/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com 9 Can you add the suffix? Make these words plural by adding –es county counties library libraries

10. 3/15/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com 10 Try these… city cities puppy puppies baby babies

11. 3/15/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com 11 Answer this question… Which of this week’s words is a compound word? everything

12. 3/15/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com 12 Answer this question… What two words make up the compound word everything? every thing

13. 3/15/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com 13 Can you make other compound words? dog bath bird cake some house cup bow rain thing

14. 3/15/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com 14 Compound Words doghouse birdbath cupcake something rainbow

15. 3/15/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com 15 Answer this question… What is a contraction? A contraction is when two words are joined to make a new word. One or more of the letters are replaced with an apostrophe.

16. 3/15/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com 16 Answer this question… What is this week’s contraction? we’re

17. 3/15/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com 17 Answer this question… What two words make up the contraction we’re? we and are

18. 3/15/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com 18 Answer this question… What letter does the apostrophe take the place of? the a in are

19. 3/15/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com 19 Can you make more ‘are’ contractions? Match to pronoun to the form of be. I am you is it are he was they were

20. 3/15/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com 20 Contractions for forms of BE I am I’m you are you’re it is it’s he is he’s they are they’re

21. 3/15/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com 21 GREAT JOB!!!