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The Abacus ContestVocabulary

• abacus
• drills
• mischievous
• collided
• accuracy

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abacus

• Gao Mais fingers flew back and forth over the
  smooth black beads of the abacus.
• Using the abacus, she was able to quickly
  calculate the answer to the math problem.

Abacus a tool used to figure math problems by
sliding counters.
Which skill(s) did you use to determine the
meaning of the vocabulary word?
Context clues
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drills

• During a few of her many timed drills she was
  even faster than her father.
• Every Friday, we do drills in math class. Thanks
  to all that practice, I am much faster at
  multiplying than I was before.

Drills exercises to increase your mental or
physical skills.
Which skill(s) did you use to determine the
meaning of the vocabulary word?
Context clues
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mischievous

• She knew Li Zhi loved practical jokes and could
  tell by her mischievous look that she might play
  one at any moment.
• The mischievous little boy put a frog in his
  sisters shoe and laughed when she screamed.

Mischievous full of pranks and teasing fun
Which skill(s) did you use to determine the
meaning of the vocabulary word?
Context Clues, Word Structure
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collided

• Finally she wrote down the last answer, jumped
  from her seat, and collided with Li Zhi.
• The bumper cars collided, giving their drivers a
  jolt.

Collided crashed
Which skill(s) did you use to determine the
meaning of the vocabulary word?
Context clues, Word Structure
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accuracy

• First place in speed and accuracy goes to Li Zhi,
  last years first-place winner, and also to Gao
  Mai, last years second-place winner.
• Accuracy is important when you take a test. Its
  a good idea to go back and fix any errors.

Accuracy being without mistakes
Which skill(s) did you use to determine the
meaning of the vocabulary word?
Context clues, Word Structure
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Spelling pattern/i/ soundspelled i, y, or ui
11. limit 12. visit 13. imitate 14. whistle 15.
thrift 16. mistake 17. giggled 18. quilt 19.
begin 20. division

• width
• glimpse
• twist
• blizzard
• lyrics
• simple
• built
• system
• igloo
• mystery

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Word Knowledge
What do these words have in common?
addition subtraction multiplication calculation
Theyre all words having to do with math AND they
are root words with the suffixes tion or sion
added to them.
Identify the root words.
The suffix tion means action, result, or state.
The root words are verbs, but adding the
suffixes changes them to nouns.
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/ow/ sound

• bounce loud round announce
• What spelling pattern is used for the /ow/ sound?

Can you think of other words with this spelling
of the /ow/ sound?
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Long e sound
teacher bead breathing feature
What spelling pattern is being used for the long
e sound? Can you think of other words with this
spelling of the long e sound?
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Spelling Patterns

• What do these words have in common?

mistake
giggled
quilt
begin
division
What is the spelling pattern for the /i/ sound?
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Math Words Long e

• The teacher showed the students how to do
  subtraction.
• The multiplication game is played with a round
  bead and a game board.

Which words are math words? What are their root
words?
Which words have the long e sound spelled ea?
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/ow/ sound

• The multiplication game is played with a round
  bead and a game board.
• The players are breathing hard as they bounce the
  ball.

Which words have the /ow/ sound spelled ou in
them?
How can you change the 2nd sentence by adding
more ou words?
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/i/ sound

• It is easy to make a mistake when you are doing a
  long division problem.

Which words contain the /i/ sound spelled with an
i?