The Elementary Spelling Book, being an Improvement on the American Spelling Book · No. 150 · Part 11: Rules for spelling, numbers and marks
132. More prefixes: non, out, over, pre, re, un; and wise sayings
Goal: Your child uses the prefixes non, out, over, trans, pre, re, un and super to read new words, and reads short wise sayings.
You'll need
- The book, open to this table
- A slate, small whiteboard, or paper and pencil
What's in the book
More prefixes with their meanings and word lists: in and im meaning not (impure, inactive), non (non-appearance, non-resident), out (outlive, outweigh), over (overcharge, overfeed), trans (transplant), pre (precaution, premature), re (reassure, reenter), un (unacceptable), super, supra and sur (superabound, surcharge). Then short wise sayings, such as "The path of duty is always the path of safety."
The lesson, step by step
Review
Your child says what fore, dis and counter mean.
Read the rules
Read the book's rules for these prefixes. Two of them:
Out, as a prefix, denotes beyond, longer than, or more than.
Re, a prefix, denotes again or repetition.
Build words
Your child adds a prefix and says the meaning: re + enter (enter again), out + live (live longer than), pre + caution, un + acceptable, over + charge.
Read the sayings
Read the sayings at the foot of the page. Two of them:
The path of duty is always the path of safety.
Without frugality, none can be rich; and with it, few would be poor.
Talk about what each one means. "Frugality" means not wasting money.
Dictation
Dictate: inactive, outlive, overfeed, reenter, unkind (your own example), precaution.
Wrap up
Your child picks a favorite saying and copies it neatly.