Suffix Teacher Resources

This lesson introduces suffixes and how they are commonly used. [5:25] L.11-12.4b Patterns/changes

In this lesson, you will learn how to decode words by breaking up words before the suffix. [3:19]

[Free Registration/Login Required] Help students to understand that a suffix is a group of letters at the end of a word that changes the meaning of that word. Practice using -full and -able.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart will help students to recognize and use correctly the suffixes tion, sion, ssion, and cian.

Rules, examples, word lists, and practice exercises designed to teach the proper use of -ible and -able suffixes.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipcharts helps students recognize and use correctly the suffixes; ible, able, ive, tion, sion.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipcharts helps students recognize and use correctly the suffixes -ic and -ary.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart will help students to recognize and use correctly the suffixes ship, hood, ness, ment.

Practice the suffixes -ed and -ing with this colorful instructional activity.

This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of the "ing" suffix. Words with the letters "ing" suffix are included on the assessment. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: ing" lesson.

This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice with adding -ible or -able as suffixes to words based on the context of sentences.

This is a reference page explaining the rules for adding a suffix to words ending in the letter Y.

A brief tutorial about the use of the "ly" suffix and its effect on a word, followed by questions asking students to choose the appropriate "ly" word to complete sentences and to find the base word in four words with "ly" suffixes....

A list of spelling words with -tion, -cian and-sion suffixes.

This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice with the -ible and -able suffixes.

In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate the "s" suffix. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words, see words...

This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of "ed" suffix. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: ed" lesson.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart helps students practice extending words through the use of suffixes (ful, ly, ive, tion, ic, ist) and helps them revise and investigate links between meaning and spelling.

Word lists and practice activities for the suffixes "tion" and "sion."

A video lesson [6:55] followed by a written explanation of when to use the -ible and -able suffixes. A list of commonly used words with each suffix is also provided. Finally, practice these new skills with a ten-question test.

A list of commonly used words with the -ible suffix followed by rules for using -ible and -able suffixes. It also provides a link for an -ible/-able quiz and links to other spelling rules.

Rules and examples for words ending in the suffixes -able and -ible.

Read and watch a video [4:56] to learn about the suffixes tion, sion, and cian. Then complete an exercise by filling in the blanks of six sentences.

Watch and listen while learning about root words with common suffixes, such as -ed, -s, and -ing, in this instructional video. Includes pauses for students to respond. [2:50]