Curated OER
Word Endings
In this word endings worksheet, students look at the root words and use the word ending rule to change the words by adding er or est.
Curated OER
Naming Acids
In this naming acids worksheet, students are given a chart with polyatomic ions and acid names with oxidation states, prefixes and suffixes. They use the chart to help name the eighteen given acids.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Landforms Acrostic Poetry
Fourth graders apply scientific information about various landforms. They use the information to write and word process acrostic poems which they illustrate with clip art or pictures from magazines.
Curated OER
Use Common Roots and Affixes When Attached to Known Vocabulary
After a brief review of roots and affixes, partners are asked to choose a root, find words built on that root, and create a Christmas ornament decorated with these words. Beware the typos!
Curated OER
Ukiyo-e
Pupils investigate and examine ukiyo-e, or Japanese woodblock prints, from the Edo period (1615-1868) in Japan and use this gained knowledge to compare Japanese culture to American societal trends.
Curated OER
Go Fish
First graders explore rhyming words. They listen to the book One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish and discuss the rhyming words. After being placed into groups, they play the game, "Go Fish" and find matching rhyming words. They...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Overview of Adding Suffixes That Change Base Words' Final Y to I
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] This resource has two sections: Adding Suffixes that Change Base Words' Final y to i, and video demonstration. It provides downloads of the following: lesson plans, lesson...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Overview of Adding Vowel Suffixes to Cvc and Silent E Base Words
This resource has two sections: Overview of Adding Vowel Suffixes to CVC and Silent e Base Words, and video demonstration. It provides downloads of the following: lesson plans, lesson materials, word list, and video transcript.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: I Before E Except After C: 9 Helpful Spelling Rules
This site provides nine important spelling rules and examples. L.9-10.2c Spelling, L.11-12.2 Cap/Punc/Spell
Other
Spelling Rules: Words Ending in Y
Chart with rules and examples for adding suffixes to words that end in -y.
Other
Spelling It Right: Spelling It Right: Adding a Suffix to Words Ending in Y
This is a reference page explaining the rules for adding a suffix to words ending in the letter Y.
BBC
Bbc: Skillswise: Suffix Spelling Rules: Double Letters [Pdf]
Learn when to double the final consonant of a word when adding a suffix, and when the consonant does not get doubled.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Hyphen With Suffix Elect
Rules and examples for using a hyphen when adding the suffix -elect.
Patsy Stevens
Garden of Praise: The 1 1 1 Spelling Rule
Sheet music for a song about when to double the final consonant before adding suffixes.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Beware of Nominalizations (Aka Zombie Nouns)
This video lesson focuses on removing nominalizations (long nouns made by adding suffixes to verbs, nouns, and adjectives) from your writing to make your sentences live instead of being a part of the living dead. Nominalizations impede...
Other
Oxford Dictionaries: Words Ending in Sion, Tion, and Cion
Learn the spelling rules involving when to use an "s," "t," or "c" when adding an "ion" suffix.
Dave's ESL Cafe
Dave's Esl Cafe: Verb Forms and Verb Tenses #6: Spelling Ing Forms
Spelling rules and examples for adding the "ing" suffix to the ends of words.