DIRECTIONS:
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Select a BIG WORD card and a letter tile for each letter in the BIG WORD.
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Using only the letters in the BIG WORD, rearrange the tiles to see how many
prefixes/suffixes/other words (3-letter, 4-letter, 5-letter, 6+ letter words) you can
make. List as many as you can on a chart like the one below:
EXAMPLE: CEMOPRSTU
Prefixes
Suffixes 3-Letter
Words
pre-er
pot
re-s
mop
pet
top
met
4-Letter
Words
pots
mops
pets
tops
poem
spot
prom
come
stem
romp
rust
must
more
sore
tore
crop
5-Letter
Words
repot
comes
poems
stomp
stump
romps
crops
6+-Letter
Words
repots
compute
computer
computers
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THE GOAL is to make bigger and bigger words until you can figure out the one
BIG WORD that uses all the letters.
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Some words may have a prefix and/or suffix, and some words may be compound
words. The more words you create and the more you manipulate the letters, the
easier it is to figure out the BIG WORD.
1.
AAEILNPRS
2.
AABEKRTFS
3.
EIIOUCMMNST
4.
AIODNRSSTW
5.
AAEUGGLNS
6.
AIOUMNNST
7.
EIOOCHMNPRS
8.
AIOUDGNNSTT
9.
AAEEKLNRSTT
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AEICDHNSSW
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AEOFKLNSSW
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EEOUUCFLRRS
13.
EEEOHLNPST
14.
EEIIOLNSTV
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16.
AEEEUMPRRTT
AEOOUBCFLMNRT
17.
EIUDFLNNRY
18.
AEEEUBDDLNNP
19.
EOUUDDGNNRR
20.
AEIIOCCLMMRS
21.
AEEEBGLSTV
22.
EIIGHNPRSW
23.
EOUDHMNRRSTT
24.
OOUCDHNSTW
25.
EIIIOBLNPRSSTY
26.
AEEEUMMNRSST
27.
EEIIOBLNPRRSS
28.
AIIIOUCLLMNPTT
29.
EEIIUBCDLNRSTT
30.
AEEEIMNNNRTTT
31.
AEIIODMNNPPSTT
32.
AEEEIDMNRSTTV
33.
ACEINNOORSTV
34.
EEEIGHLNSSSSTW
35.
AAAEEICDNPPRS
36.
AEEEIDGMNRSST
37.
AAIOONNPRRSTTT
38.
AEEOUBFGLNRTT
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40.
AEEEIUBBLLNV
EIOOOBDGHHNRS
BIG WORDS: Answer Key
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TELEPHONES
TELEVISION
TEMPERATURE
UNCOMFORTABLE
UNFRIENDLY
UNDEPENDABLE
UNDERGROUND
COMMERCIALS
VEGETABLES
WHISPERING
THUNDERSTORM
TOUCHDOWNS
RESPONSIBILITY
MEASUREMENTS
IRRESPONSIBLE
MULTIPLICATION
INDESTRUCTIBLE
ENTERTAINMENT
DISAPPOINTMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
CONVERSATION
WEIGHTLESSNESS
DISAPPEARANCE
DISAGREEMENTS
TRANSPORTATION
UNFORGETTABLE
UNBELIEVABLE
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