I can:
-Identify and read words that have more than one syllable and detect word patterns.
-Identify, read, and spell words with suffixes -ive and -al
-Identify, read, and spell words with suffixes -er and -or

Read the words:

Prospective Functional optimal minimal

Attractive Effective Natural professional

-ive added to a noun to create an adjective.

Prospective means showing a quality of looking toward the future

A prospective architect will need many years of schooling and training before they can reach their goal.

-al having characteristics of.

Functional means relating to how something works or having a specific purpose.

Even after I dropped it, my flashlight was still functional.

​The optimal environment for growing plants generally has lots of sunlight and water.

​What do you think optimal means?

optimal means best or most favorable

Having a quiet area is optimal when taking a test.

minimal means the smallest amount possible.

​Architects must ensure their designs cause minimal damage to the surrounding environment.

​Suffixes -er and -or
are added to a verb to create a noun that means “a person or thing that performs an action.”

​1:1:1 Rule and Drop the e Rule

Swim + er =





Win + er =

Educate + or




Drive + er

Brain Break!

I can:
-explain events, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text

-determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases

-use and apply new vocabulary from the text

Explain the steps in the process that created the Grand Canyon.

Homonyms

​I can:
review proper use of commas in compound sentences

How can we combine these sentences?