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Week 25 of 36 · 10 words · ages 12–13

7th Grade spelling words, week 25: root mit / miss (send)

The Latin roots mit and miss mean to send or let go, so these words are about sending, allowing and releasing.
submit
To hand in work for others to judge.
permit
To allow something to happen.
transmit
To send a signal or message from one place to another.
emit
To give off light, heat or sound.
omit
To leave something out.
commit
To promise yourself to a task or plan.
missive
A letter, especially a long or official one.
dismiss
To send away or stop considering.
missile
A weapon or object that is thrown or launched at a target.
intermittent
Stopping and starting at irregular times.

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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