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1.  Skateboards is a compound word.  Can you find the two real words inside?

2.  er was added to roll to turn it into roller. Roll is the root word.  Look what happens to the meaning of words when er is added:

roller = something that rolls
teacher= someone who teachers

painter= someone who paints

fire fighter= someone who fights fires

3.  Listen to the ow sound in allowed.  Is it the same sound you hear in cow or in snow?

4.  If a word ends with an ed or er, you can cover up the ed or er to get to the root word or main word.  This can help you figure out a new word.

 

Challenges:

1.  Make a list of words that end in er.

2.  Make a list of words that end in ed.


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