Week 23 of 36 · 10 words · ages 14–15

9th Grade spelling words, week 23: Doubled letter at a prefix

When a prefix ends in the letter the next part begins with, both letters stay, as in un + necessary or mis + spent.
unnecessary
Not needed.
dissatisfied
Not pleased with how things turned out.
innumerable
Too many to count.
illegitimate
Not lawful or not accepted as proper.
immeasurable
Too great to be measured.
unnoticed
Not seen.
misspent
Wasted.
immaterial
Not important to the matter.
disservice
An action that harms someone, often when meant to help.
misshapen
Badly formed.

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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