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Week 21 of 36 · 10 words · ages 11–12

6th Grade spelling words, week 21: Prefixes op-, oc-, sug-, suf-, sup-

The prefixes ob- and sub- change to match the next letter, so these words carry a double letter: opportunity, occur, suggest, suppose.
opportunity
A good chance to do something.
opponent
A person you play or compete against.
oppose
To speak or act against something.
oppress
To treat people harshly and unfairly.
occupy
To fill space or time; to take over a place.
occur
To happen.
suggest
To offer an idea for others to consider.
suffocate
To die or struggle from a lack of air.
suppose
To guess or assume that something is true.
suppress
To hold back or put down by force.

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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