Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Vocabulary Development

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
What is a root word? What is a prefix? Suffix? Use these questions to spark a discussion amongst your language art learners. Then, start by writing the word irresistible on the board and have teams of learners attempt to create new words...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Word Review Card Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Pupils play a card game where they match the meaning of the word to the word or its prefix/suffix. They listen for the teacher to call out the definition and, with two players facing off, the first one to slap the correct card wins! Kids...
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Curated OER

Vocabulary through Text

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Explore word meanings. Sixth graders identify examples of words with affixes while listening to the story Paul Bunyan by Steven Kellogg. They participate in the game "Pass the Parts" and practice separating given words into their root...
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Advanced Phonics: Morpheme Structures, Compound Construction

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
A phonics lesson focuses on morpheme structures—compound words. Pairs choose letter cards, identify a compound word that starts with that letter and write it on a whiteboard. Extension opportunities include additional practice pages.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Meaning of Many Common Prefixes and Suffixes

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine words. For this vocabulary lesson, 3rd graders decipher unfamiliar words by finding and defining the root word. Students explore the changes that prefixes and suffixes make to root words.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Match prefixes/suffixes

For Students 2nd - 3rd
Second graders match the base word in column 1 with a prefix or suffix from column 2 to make a new word. They make five words.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Vocabulary: Categorize Important Vocabulary Words and Describe Their Features

For Teachers 3rd
Just like sports, different words have different features that help us understand or spell them. Learners categorize various sports based on their similarities and differences, then they use that strategy to categorize various words....
Interactive
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Prefixes and Suffixes

For Students 3rd - 5th
Use this interactive tool to introduce your learners to prefixes and suffixes. First they use a crossword puzzle to find the opposites of the words provided. Then, they take a list of words and possible suffixes, matching the appropriate...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Perky Prefixes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
First graders create games of their choice to be played with the class to reinforce their knowledge of prefixes. This six-day lesson plan includes an excellent worksheet and assessment. I like the use of educational games!
Worksheet
Curated OER

Prefixes and Suffixes: School to Home Links

For Students 2nd - 3rd
Prefixes and suffixes are the focus of this language arts worksheet. Young learners review how to read words that use prefixes and suffixes. They examine the root words and the portion that either comes before or after it as they attempt...
Worksheet
Mrss Hernandezbchs

English 9: Word Roots Lesson #3

For Students 7th - 12th
The focus of this worksheet is the word root chron. Individuals will review the meanings of several prefixes and suffixes as well as this root word. Included are 14 questions, seven in two different activities. The first activity asks...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Word Roots Lesson #9 - Focus: eu, onym

For Students 7th - 9th
What does eu mean? What about onym? Study these roots with your class by providing them with a learning exercise. A graphic organizer and two short exercises are included. Learners explore words like eugenic, eunomy, and antonym,...
Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Nature: Friend and Foe: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 6)

For Teachers 4th Standards
Breaking down words into syllables has two benefits: it improves vocabulary and it improves understanding of a text. The third and final resource in a series of materials designed to be used with Nature: Friend or Foe offers extra...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sail on the Vocabulary Ship

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students make paper ships on which to identify and write root words, prefixes and suffixes.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Break It Down

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students play a word part identification game. They form words using prefixes, suffixes and root word game pieces.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Greek Origins and Character Development

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine words of Greek origin and discuss character development in fiction. They read a list of Greek word parts and create words on a worksheet. Students then read and discuss an informational handout about character...
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TV411

Understanding Hard Words

For Students 7th - 10th Standards
Two strategies for decoding unfamiliar words are featured on a worksheet that illustrates how to use the parts of words (prefix, root, and suffix) and context to determine meaning. Examples are included as is a guided practice exercise.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Vocabulary Development

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th Standards
Students create new words. In this vocabulary development lesson students use five root words and add a prefix and a suffix to make new words. They use the new words in a sentence.
Worksheet
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Compound Words - Individual Activities

For Students 3rd - 4th
In these compound word worksheets, students engage in numerous activities to reinforce what they have learned about compound words. Nine worksheet provide various means of reinforcing the concept including word puzzles and...
Lesson Plan
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Word Structure- Prefix and Suffix

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Identify common prefixes and suffixes used in the English language and categorize the different kinds of information provided in a dictionary entry. Learners will write at least five pieces of information that they learn about a word...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Reinvigorate Your Vocabulary

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders participate in a variety of activities to examine the meanings and roots of word derivatives and the meanings of words. Using context clues, they determine the meanings of words omitted from a passage and complete a prefix...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Assimilated Prefix: Com

For Students 2nd - 3rd
Second and third graders rewrite the 20 words on the lines that contain 'com' prefixes. They give base words and add suffixes to form longer words.
Activity
Curated OER

Thinking Spelling

For Teachers K - 6th Standards
An etymology resource is packed with suggestions for activities designed to build phonological, visual, morphemic, and etymological spelling skills.
Worksheet
Pennington Publishing

Vocabulary Worksheet #1 & #2

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
These two worksheets cover several grammatical topics. Pupils work on words with multiple meanings, Greek and Latin word parts, word connotations, academic language, and more. The result is seven quick exercises that could be used...