Rewards Lessons 1 - 18

Nora and Michaela are planning a surprise party for their awesome teacher. To make sure everything goes smoothly with their plan, they need to prepare for the big event. What does 'prepare' mean in this context?

(Hint: Look at the prefix.)

• plan inside

• plan ahead

• plan after

• plan again

Answer explanation

Pre = before

Due to last night's sudden snowstorm, the football game in which Thomas and Treyvon were participating must be ___________.

• postponing

• postponement

• postponed

Answer explanation

postponed - verb : to delay an event and 'ed
" is needed since it happened in the past

Which vowel team says long /a/ ?

• ou

• ee

• a

• ai

Answer explanation

ai = laid

Vowel team must have more than 1 vowel. Think to be a team, you need MORE than 1 person/thing.

Match the following suffixes to its meaning.

• -ture

  picture

• without

• -ly

  safely

• in a manner that is

• -ous

  nervous

• act of; result of

• -less

  flawless

• full of

Ava, Kenya, and Zoe are playing a word game on Zoe's phone. They came across the noun - deletion - and want to know which part of the word means 'act of'. Can you help them?

• delete

• de

• lete

• tion

Answer explanation

The suffix -tion means act of.

act of + delete

Your teacher asks you to predict what will happen in a story by looking at the cover and pictures. When you predict something you,

• change the ending of the story.

• make a guess of what you think will happen in the story.

• contrast the story to another story.

• answer questions about the story.

Answer explanation

pre = before

dict = to say

Predict is to say what YOU think will happen in the FUTURE.

Match the following vocabulary word to it's illustrated meaning.

• regret

• 
• absurd

• 
• scientific

• 
• abolish

• 

DeMarcus intends to attend LSU after he graduates from high school. Each night, he plans to study hard and prepare for the next day at school. What is a synonym for the word intends?

• accident

• possess

• plan

• explain

Answer explanation

An intention is an idea or plan of what you are going to do. Intentional is on purpose.

Match the following vocabulary word to it's synonym.

• permanent

• considerate

• exuberant

• outside

• external

• everlasting

• gracious

• cheerful

Charlotte and Elsa are in the state spelling bee contest. During the contest, both girls came across LONG words to spell. According to the REWARDS strategy, what is the first step they should take?

• Underline the vowels in the rest of the word.

• Circle any prefixes.

• Say parts of the word.

• Make it a real word.

Answer explanation

Circle prefixes is the first step. Then, circle the suffixes.