Word Workout

Words to Know
Lets look at the vocabulary words and read the paragraph about
changes in the Earth. Then well choose words from the vocabulary list
to fill in the blanks in the paragraph.
atmosphere

receding

stability

gradual

variations

noticeably

decays

impact

Some people think that the changes we are seeing in the climate are
natural
in the weather that wont have much of an
on people.
, scientists say that the
But I disagree. Although the changes are
is warming. The warming of the Earth will increase water levels in
. These changes will
affect
the oceans and land will be
people. It will be harder to grow enough food for people because there will
further, the air will be more polluted
be less land. If the environment
of the whole planet.
and people can get sick. It could even affect the
Answers: variations; impact; gradual; atmosphere; receding; noticeably; decays; stability

Spelling Words

114

prewash

disable

discolor

mistaken

preheats

mistrust

incorrect

disconnect

preview

prejudge

misjudge

discomfort

dismount

misunderstand

disobey

dishonest

injustice

disapprove

inexpensive

indefinite

Challenge:

prehistoric

misbehave

Review:

presence

stationary

Unit 5 Week 3

current

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These words all begin with either pre-, dis-, mis-,

or in-. Ill write each of the words on a card. Ill
show them to you one at a time, but Ill cover the
beginning part. You tell me which of the beginnings
makes sense and then spell the whole word. Be
carefulsome words can have more than one of
these beginnings!