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Week 32 of 36 · 10 words · ages 10–11

5th Grade spelling words, week 32: Latin root dict (say)

The Latin root dict means say or speak, as in a dictionary full of words or a prediction said before it happens.
unpredictable
Impossible to guess before it happens.
prediction
A guess about what will happen next.
predictable
Easy to guess before it happens.
dictate
To say words aloud for someone to write down.
dictation
Words read aloud for someone to write.
dictionary
A book that gives the meanings of words.
contradict
To say the opposite of what someone else said.
contradiction
Two statements that cannot both be true.
verdict
The decision made by a jury at the end of a trial.
diction
The clear way a person speaks words.

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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