Education Development Center
Tv411: Vocabulary: Roots and Their Families
There are three activities in this lesson: 1) read root words and definitions, and type root into the box to complete the sentence; 2) drag root into box to complete the sentence; and 3) determine meaning of new word based on meaning of...
Education Development Center
Tune in to Learning: Prefixes Say Plenty
Test what you know about prefixes. Feedback is given when you answer questions correctly or incorrectly.
Education Development Center
Tune in to Learning: Suffixes
Interactive quizzes to help develop skill using suffixes in vocabulary. After a short introductory slide show, students are asked to identify the meaning of words in context that use similar suffixes. Next, students fill in the...
Education Development Center
Tv411: Tune in to Learning: More Roots and Their Families
Part 2 of a series of interactive exercises concerning word roots and vocabulary skills. Site initially explains vocabulary and word roots, then allows students to complete interactive exercises.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Reading Topics a to Z: Root Words, Roots, and Affixes
An introduction to using word parts to improve vocabulary skills. Includes charts of common Greek and Latin roots as well as common prefixes and suffixes and their meanings. Each of the four charts can be downloaded.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Instructor: Reading Clinic: Strategy Inventory
This lesson plan includes a group of activities that will teach students how to use vocabulary knowledge to help with comprehension of a text. Split into three activities, this lesson plan encourages students to use prior knowledge, word...
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Morpheme Structures: Word Way [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which students identify unknown words within a text, identify their parts and syllables, and work to determine the meaning of each word. Materials are included.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Morpheme Structures: If the Clue Fits [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which students identify a word on a word pyramid based on clues about its syllables and phonemes. Materials are included.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Morpheme Structures: Root Hoot [Pdf]
A lesson plan for a card game in which students match multi-syllable words according to their root words. Materials are included.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Morpheme Structures: Affix Sort [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which students sort words according to whether they have a prefix, a suffix, both, or neither. Materials are included.
Other
Rosemount Apple Valley Eagan Public Schools: Spelling Lesson 9 [Pdf]
A list of spelling words with -tion, -cian and-sion suffixes.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Prefix and Suffix Mix Up
In this activity provided by SMART, students will learn the meaning of common prefixes and suffixes, practice combining root words with prefixes and suffixes, and recognize changes in words after combining prefixes and suffixes.
Love To Know Media
Your Dictionary: Real Practice With Root Words
This article focuses on providing real practice with root words including defining root words, determining the prefixes and suffixes, understanding word families, and providing a worksheet with an answer key.
BBC
Bbc: Skillswise: Spelling: Prefixes and Suffixes
This Skillswise site focuses on prefixes and suffixes. Included are a video about why learning about these additions to root words is important, fact sheets and worksheets for instruction. The Skillswise sites from BBC are geared to...
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Suffix Ly
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....
Teachnology
Teachnology: Suffixes Able Versus Ible [Pdf]
Practice suffix skills by completing each sentence with a word ending in -able or -ible.
Quia
Quia: Greek & Latin Roots Skills
In this matching game, students match Greek and Latin roots with their meanings.
Other
Free Phonics Lessons: Lesson 60
Word lists and practice activities for the suffixes "tion" and "sion."
Quia
Quia: Roots & Prefixes
Tests knowledge of Greek and Latin roots and prefixes, using matching, concentration, and word search formats.
Quia
Quia: Root/base Words
Three activities including a matching game, a concentration game, and a word search puzzle for students to use while learning and practicing the meanings of various root words.
Quia
Quia: Prefix Millionaire
Based on the popular game show, this quiz tests knowledge of common prefixes in a multiple choice format.
Quia
Quia: Dear Mr. Henshaw: Root Words
A matching game where students match eight spelling words from Dear Mr. Henshaw with the root form of each word.
Quia
Quia: Suffixes: Rags to Riches
Increase student's understanding of suffixes with this interactive game. Students' demonstrate understanding of word endings by selecting correct definitions of each suffix.
Other
Mountain View Middle School: The Suffixes Able and Ible [Pdf]
Rules, examples, word lists, and practice exercises designed to teach the proper use of -ible and -able suffixes.