Week 17 of 36 · 10 words · ages 11–12
6th Grade spelling words, week 17: Prefixes il-, im-, ir-
6th Grade spelling words · week 17 · Prefixes il-, im-, ir- · spellchirp.com
- illuminate
- To light up.
- immerse
- To dip something completely into liquid.
- illustrate
- To add pictures to a book, or to explain with examples.
- immediate
- Happening right now, without delay.
- immense
- Extremely large; huge.
- immortal
- Living forever; never dying.
- immobile
- Not moving, or unable to move.
- immune
- Protected from catching a certain disease.
- irrigate
- To water crops by channels or pipes.
- irreplaceable
- So special that nothing else could take its place.
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.
Monday
Read the list together. Say each word, clap its syllables and find the pattern in it.
Tuesday
Look, say, cover, write, check — each word once from memory, then check the letters.
Wednesday
Use every word in a sentence, out loud or on paper, so each one means something.
Thursday
Practice test: a grown-up reads each word aloud. Circle the misses for tomorrow.
Friday
The test. One try per word, no letters given. The circled words go first.
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