Purple Group

A prefix is a letter, or group of letters, that is added to the beginning of a word. Common prefixes include re, un, dis and bi. A prefix changes the meaning of the root or base word.

Today we are learning about the -re prefix. Read the definition to find out what how this prefix changes a word:

Read the poem about the Itsy Bitsy Spider two times and then answer the questions below:

1. Which word has the -re prefix.

2. Explain what ‘reclimb’ means?

3. Use the prefix word in your own sentence e.g I am going to reclimb the slide on the playground because it is fun! Write what your sentence is and share with someone

Books for this Week

‘The Giant Pumpkin’ is a fictional story which means it is not real. Follow this link to read a real story about food being made into funny animals or things.

Imagine that you could turn some real food into a funny animal or an object. What would you make?

Draw your picture

One good habit from the book is to give hard things a try. When you try hard things and you don’t give up, you’re a winner!

Can you think of one hard thing that you keep trying? Use the sentence below to help you write your answer

Find some household items such as spoons, a range of toys, stones from the garden, green and brown leaves.

Fill some water in a container or a bucket

Draw a chart like this:

Test your materials in the water and record your findings. Discuss with an adult why your items floated or sank

Chunky Monkey reminds us to look for the chunks or the smaller words that are inside the bigger words.

Can you find and write the chunk from these words.

Use the sounds below to make new words with the ‘ook’ chunk, write out your new words

Skill Activities this Week

Compound words

A compound word is when two words join together to make one new word.

Write out each of the compound words below and then colour each part of the compound word a different colour

These compound words have gotten all mixed up. Can you match the correct words together and write them out correctly?

Contractions

Making 2 words into 1 word by dropping one or more letters are called contraction words.

Write the 2 words that make up the contractions below.

E.g: She’s = she + is

1. That’s

2. They’ve

3. There’s

4. Doesn’t

5. Can’t

6. They’ll

7. Don’t

8. You’re

Now have a go at finding the contractions from the sentences below. When you have found the contraction - write the two words that make up that word. The first one has been done for you.

Suffixes

A suffix is a letter, or group of letters, that is added to the end of a word. A suffix changes the meaning of the root or base word.

Today we will practice the -ful and -less suffixes. Have a look at how these suffixes change a word.

Can you add the -less or -ful suffix to the words below:

- truth - fear - care

- help - pain - beauty

Complete the sentences below by adding the correct suffix.