Week 22 of 36 · 10 words · ages 10–11

5th Grade spelling words, week 22: prefixes in- and im-

The prefix in- means not; it changes to im- before the letters m, p and b so the word is easier to say.
inexpensive
Low in price; not costing much.
inconvenient
Causing trouble or getting in the way.
inaccurate
Not exact; having mistakes.
imbalance
A lack of equal weight or fairness between sides.
impossible
Cannot happen or be done.
impractical
Not sensible or useful in real life.
improbable
Not likely to happen.
inedible
Not safe or fit to eat.
immature
Not fully grown or developed.
immovable
Fixed so firmly it cannot be shifted.

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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