WordStudy Vocabulary disapprove disconnect distrust misfit misstep unaware Spiral3 UNIT 1 Reproducible Tools, Activities, & Home Connections inability uncomfortable inexpensive Name Date Parent Directions: Have your child write the meaning for each prefix in the top row of the chart. Then have your child read each word and place it in the correct chart column. Name Date inexperienced Choose the Word Directions: Read each sentence and choose the word that makes the most sense in the sentence. infrequent continue discontinue unexpected disorder order insincere uncommon Word Bank uneasy 1. The company decided to making the shampoo because it did not sell well. 2. How can you find anything in this? my mom asked. disorder order uncommon reasonable unreasonable unexpected ungrateful 3. I did the wrong math problems because 3 I the assignment. 3 read misread Word Cards common (BLM 3) uncommon misleading misfit disapprove incredible mischief inaccurate distrust uncommon discourage uneasy infrequent ungrateful informal disrespect unexpected misstep 4. You can your seat belt now. The ride is over! my brother said. continue fasten unfasten discontinue misstep Name Date dis- 5. Most people think that five hours of homework a night is. lucky unlucky mischief unreasonable disgrace Directions: Circle the prefix in each of the words below. 6. incredible 7. misspell 8. undress 9. informal 10. disfigure Unfriendly Plants We usually think of plants as being passive and not moving. But this belief is mistaken; some plants are very aggressive! People have introduced plants to areas where they are not found naturally, under the unfortunate impression that the plants would be helpful. They failed to realize that without the natural enemies found in their native habitat, these plants could do more harm than good. Kudzu is the king of unfriendly plants because it covers everything that has the Take-Home Activity (BLM 6) Word Study & Vocabulary 3: Unit 1: Prefixes in-, un-, dis-, mismisfortune to be in its path. It grows so incredibly fast up to a foot a day that some people say they can see it growing! While that may be an exaggeration, kudzu has done a lot of unintended damage since it was introduced into the United States. Classroom Activity (BLM 7) In 1876, 2010 Benchmark kudzu Education was Company, first brought LLC from Japan and shown at the Philadelphia Exhibition. People mistakenly thought that kudzu would help farmers in the southern U.S. It could be used as animal food and could keep their soil from eroding and washing away. They knew that kudzu was fast growing, but this was considered a benefit, not a disadvantage. It turns out that the plant did help slow erosion, but it also caused a great deal of mischief by smothering native plants. Kudzu is so dense that it blocks light from any plants underneath it, so they die. It also proved a disappointment as a feed crop. Sorting for Prefixes in-, un-, dis-, mis- in- un- mis- Both individuals and government agencies spend millions of dollars yearly to try to keep kudzu under control. The plants do not seem susceptible to disease. The only way to get rid of them is to pull them up by the roots. Since kudzu has thrived in the south and is moving north, this may be an insurmountable task. Reading Passage (BLM 9) B e n c h m a r k E d u c a t i o n C o m p a n y
Prefixes in-, un-, dis-, mis Prefix = unit added to the beginning of a word Base word = main part of a word to which a prefix is added The spelling of the base word does not change when a prefix is added. Prefix Meaning Example in- not insincere un- not or the opposite of uneasy dis- not or the opposite of disconnect mis- bad or badly misfortune Anchor Chart (BLM 1)
in- undis- misnot or opposite of bad or badly Category Cards (BLM 2)
disapprove misfit disconnect misstep distrust unaware inability uncomfortable inexpensive uncommon inexperienced uneasy infrequent unexpected insincere ungrateful Word Cards (BLM 3)
disease insane disgrace misfortune dishonest misleading disorder misprint distaste misunderstood inaccurate undress informal unfasten inhuman unknown Word Cards (BLM 4)
disbelief mischief discontinue misspell discourage misspoke disfigure mistake disprove unfortunate disrespect unfriendly incredible unlucky indirect untidy Word Cards (BLM 5)
Name Date Parent Directions: Have your child write the meaning for each prefix in the top row of the chart. Then have your child read each word and place it in the correct chart column. Word Bank misfit disapprove incredible mischief inaccurate distrust uncommon discourage uneasy infrequent ungrateful informal disrespect unexpected misstep in- dis- Sorting for Prefixes in-, un-, dis-, mis- un- mis- Take-Home Activity (BLM 6)
Name Date Choose the Word Directions: Read each sentence and choose the word that makes the most sense in the sentence. 1. The company decided to making the shampoo because it did not sell well. continue discontinue unexpected disorder order 2. How can you find anything in this? my mom asked. disorder order uncommon reasonable unreasonable 3. I did the wrong math problems because I the assignment. read misread common uncommon misleading 4. You can your seat belt now. The ride is over! my brother said. continue fasten unfasten discontinue misstep 5. Most people think that five hours of homework a night is. lucky unlucky mischief unreasonable disgrace Directions: Circle the prefix in each of the words below. 6. incredible 7. misspell 8. undress 9. informal 10. disfigure Classroom Activity (BLM 7)
Name Date Choose the Word Parent Directions: Have your child read each sentence and choose the word that makes the most sense in the sentence. 1. The waitress was clearly because she forgot half of our order. experienced distaste taste inexperienced 2. I have tried to my cat from climbing on the table. accurate inaccurate discourage courage 3. Rosco likes the adventure of traveling into the. known inaccurate accurate unknown 4. Martin avoided walking by the house that had the dog. unlucky lucky friendly unfriendly 5. The ugly brown grass in the park is a! my neighbor complained. misprint uneasy disgrace misfit 6. We wore jeans because the party was. inhuman human informal formal unaware 7. The advertisement for the action figure was, since the accessories were not included. unknown lucky unlucky misleading 8. We tried to take the most route home so we would get home too late to help clean the garage. inexpensive expensive indirect discourage Take-Home Activity (BLM 8)
Name Date Unfriendly Plants We usually think of plants as being passive and not moving. But this belief is mistaken; some plants are very aggressive! People have introduced plants to areas where they are not found naturally, under the unfortunate impression that the plants would be helpful. They failed to realize that without the natural enemies found in their native habitat, these plants could do more harm than good. Kudzu is the king of unfriendly plants because it covers everything that has the misfortune to be in its path. It grows so incredibly fast up to a foot a day that some people say they can see it growing! While that may be an exaggeration, kudzu has done a lot of unintended damage since it was introduced into the United States. In 1876, kudzu was first brought from Japan and shown at the Philadelphia Exhibition. People mistakenly thought that kudzu would help farmers in the southern U.S. It could be used as animal food and could keep their soil from eroding and washing away. They knew that kudzu was fast growing, but this was considered a benefit, not a disadvantage. It turns out that the plant did help slow erosion, but it also caused a great deal of mischief by smothering native plants. Kudzu is so dense that it blocks light from any plants underneath it, so they die. It also proved a disappointment as a feed crop. Both individuals and government agencies spend millions of dollars yearly to try to keep kudzu under control. The plants do not seem susceptible to disease. The only way to get rid of them is to pull them up by the roots. Since kudzu has thrived in the south and is moving north, this may be an insurmountable task. Reading Passage (BLM 9)
Name Date Spelling Dictation Review Words 1. 2. 3. New Words 1. 2. 3. Sentence Spelling Dictation (BLM 10)
Name Date Spelling Peer Check Directions: Work with a partner. Follow the directions from your teacher to use this BLM to write your spelling words. First Try Second Try (if needed) Correct Spelling 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Spelling Peer Check (BLM 11)