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Week 23 of 36 · 10 words · ages 8–9

3rd Grade spelling words, week 23: prefix pre-

The prefix pre- means before. Most of these are pre + a whole word, like pre + heat; in prepare and prevent it joins a Latin root.
preheat
To warm an oven before you bake.
preorder
To ask for something before it comes out.
prepay
To hand over money ahead of time.
preschool
Classes for young children before kindergarten.
prehistoric
From long ago, before anything was written down.
pretest
A quiz given before a lesson starts.
prepare
To get ready.
preset
Chosen ahead of time.
prevent
To stop something from happening.
prefix
A group of letters added to the front of a word.

Ten minutes a day this week

Short and daily beats long and once. A word met on five separate days is remembered; a word met five times on Thursday night mostly is not.

  1. Monday

    Read the list together. Say each word, clap its syllables and find the pattern in it.

  2. Tuesday

    Look, say, cover, write, check — each word once from memory, then check the letters.

  3. Wednesday

    Use every word in a sentence, out loud or on paper, so each one means something.

  4. Thursday

    Practice test: a grown-up reads each word aloud. Circle the misses for tomorrow.

  5. Friday

    The test. One try per word, no letters given. The circled words go first.

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