home

**Vocabulary**
We are using a strategy called "click and clunk." The idea is that reading is like riding a bike with a card in the spokes. We "click" along through words, paragraphs, and chapters that we have no trouble with until we hit clunk words, or words that trip us up like this. Our "fix up" strategies are: 1. Reread the sentence with the CLUNK and look for other clue words to help you figure it out. 2. Reread the sentences before and after the CLUNK and look for clues. 3. Look for a prefix or suffix in the unknown word that might help you figure it out. Practice with prefixes and suffixes by playing the games below. 4. Break the CLUNK apart and look for smaller words that you already know. 5. Look at the illustrations to examples for clues. 6. If ALL OTHER strategies do not apply, look up the word in a glossary or dictionary or ask for help.

Here are links to games where you can practice these strategies.

[|Short Circut]. Match greek and latin roots to their meaning in this fun game.
[|Rooting out words]. Help a dog "root" out the meaning of words using the greek and latin root words. Sink or Swim. Add affixes to make new words. Yes, this one has antidisestablishmenarianism. :) Race to Ramses Tomb. Match prefixes to root words to unlock the keys to Ramses tomb. [|Game from class] online. [|Fish Tank]. Game where you break up words into prefix, root, and suffix. [|Prefix Millionaire Game] [|Suffixes Game]. Make new words by dragging suffixes Prefixes and Suffixes Rap. [|Game using context clues] to determine which meaning of a word is correct. [|Practice words with multiple meanings]. See a [|chart] of all prefixes and suffixes in the English language.