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Slide1: 

This self running presentation will help you achieve automaticity of 50 important words. These words contains common roots, prefixes and suffixes. When you master the spelling patterns and meanings of these words, you can apply that knowledge to help spell and understand more than 800 other words! Each word in this presentation will change after 2 seconds. You should be able to read and pronounce the word before it disappears. When you have mastered this, you are ready to take the speed challenge. Just being able to pronounce the words is not enough. You must also know how to spell them and know what they mean. All prefixes are in red, all roots are in black, and all suffixes are in green. Click here to begin!

Slide2: 

Automaticity is the ability to effortlessly complete a task with without thinking about it. When the brain recognizes a familiar task, such as reading a word, it automatically processes the information and applies what it has previously learned. This reduces the demand on memory and allows for higher order thinking. This means when you can read these 50 words without thinking about them, you will have more brain power! Remember: You are not born smart…you get smart! What is automaticity? Click here to begin!

antifreeze: 

antifreeze

beautiful: 

beautiful

classify: 

classify

communities: 

communities

community: 

community

composer: 

composer

continuous: 

continuous

conversation: 

conversation

deodorize: 

deodorize

different: 

different

discovery: 

discovery

dishonest: 

dishonest

electricity: 

electricity

employee: 

employee

encouragement: 

encouragement

expensive: 

expensive

forecast: 

forecast

forgotten: 

forgotten

governor: 

governor

happiness: 

happiness

hopeless: 

hopeless

illegal: 

illegal

impossible: 

impossible

impression: 

impression

independence: 

independence

international: 

international

invasion: 

invasion

irresponsible: 

irresponsible

midnight: 

midnight

misunderstand: 

misunderstand

musician: 

musician

nonliving: 

nonliving

overpower: 

overpower

performance: 

performance

prehistoric: 

prehistoric

prettier: 

prettier

rearrange: 

rearrange

replacement: 

replacement

richest: 

richest

semifinal: 

semifinal

signature: 

signature

submarine: 

submarine

supermarkets: 

supermarkets

swimming: 

swimming

transportation: 

transportation

underweight: 

underweight

unfinished: 

unfinished

unfriendly: 

unfriendly

unpleasant: 

unpleasant

valuable: 

valuable

Slide53: 

I need more practice! I’m ready for the speed challenge!