Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots

Objectives:

·        To develop an understanding of prefixes, roots, and suffixes 

·        To practice using prefixes, roots, and suffixes to identify word meaning

·        To practice attaching prefixes and suffixes to base words to create new words

Outcomes:

·        To correctly identify at least five prefixes, five suffixes, and five roots

·        To correctly create new words by adding prefixes and suffixes to base words

·        To correctly define words by using their roots as clues

Warm-Up:

By breaking a word into its parts, it is sometimes possible to figure out a word's meaning. 

For an introduction to prefixes, suffixes, and roots, read and take a quiz by clicking 

on http://vclass.mtsac.edu:920/readroom/prefixes.htm.  Check your answers.

New Instruction:

Click on the following web pages in order and do all the activities after going through the slideshow:

1. Go to http://www.tv411.org/vocabulary and then click on "Prefixes Say Plenty."  

2. Go back to http://www.tv411.org/vocabulary  and click on "Roots and Their Families Part 1."

3. Go back to http://www.tv411.org/vocabulary and click on "Roots and Their Families Part 2."

4.  Go back to http://www.tv411.org/vocabulary   and click on "Suffixes."

Feedback and Review:

Prefixes are added to the beginning of a root (base) word.  Suffixes are added to the end of a root word.  

Knowing just a few prefixes, roots, and suffixes can help you uncover the meaning of words as well 

as strengthen your vocabulary.  For more practice, go to http://www.vocabulary.com/wordcity.html.

Transfer of Knowledge or Skills:

Underline prefixes, circle roots, and put a box around suffixes in your reading.  Look up the ones you

don't know in a dictionary.  Start a list of ones you come across frequently and memorize them.