2. Language feature: forgetful; hateful; capful; painful; fearful If the word that “ful” is added to ends in “y” you must change the “y” to “i” before you add “ful” mercy/merciful; plenty/plentiful beautiful PrefixBase WordSuffix beauty -ful (“full of”) Friendly definition/ multiple meaning: Something attractive to look at Students write word in their literacy notebooks.

3. Language feature:glory/glorify; sign/signify; note/notify; false/falsify classify PrefixBase WordSuffix class -ify (turns nouns into verbs) Friendly definition/ multiple meaning: To organize into groups based on the characteristics of objects Students write word in their literacy notebooks.

4. Language feature: Other words with the “com” prefix: compose (to put together) combat (to battle with) compress (to press together) community PrefixBase WordSuffix com- (into/toward/within) unity ( means “to press”) Friendly definition/ multiple meaning: people living together in unity Students write word in their literacy notebooks.

5. Language feature: “communities” has the “y” changed to “I” before adding the suffix –es. Other examples include country/countries; county/counties, and city/cities. communities PrefixBase WordSuffix com- (together) unity (to rely on someone) -es (the state of) Friendly definition/ multiple meaning: More than one community Students write word in their literacy notebooks.

6. Language feature: The spelling of electricity doesn’t change, but the pronunciation does. public/publicity; toxic/toxicity electricity PrefixBase WordSuffix electric -ity (changes adjectives into nouns) Friendly definition/ multiple meaning: Electric energy Students write word in their literacy notebooks.

7. Language feature: darkness, goodness, friendliness happiness PrefixBase WordSuffix happy ness (the state of) Friendly definition/ multiple meaning: the state of being happy Students write word in their literacy notebooks.

8. Language feature: This time the “er” means greater rather than “one who.” Uglier, smarter, greater. prettier PrefixBase WordSuffix pretty -er (changes adjectives to the comparative form) Friendly definition/ multiple meaning: More pretty than some one else. Students write word in their literacy notebooks.

16. prettier happiness community electricity classify beautiful communities

18. 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.

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