Ask your class to concentrate their energy on affixes! Pupils match various affixes to their meanings in a memory-style game until all the cards have been gathered.

Concepts

affixes, prefixes, suffixes, word parts, word meanings, root words

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Laminate the cards so that learners can play this game over and over again
• Challenges individuals to use the affixes to build words and sentences after they complete the game

Classroom Considerations

• The activity mentions peer evaluation as the final step but does not elaborate on how to do this

Pros

• There are four pages of affix and meaning cards to cut out for the game
• Provides clear instructions

Cons

• None

Common Core

RF.4.4.a L.4.4.b RF.5.4.a L.5.4.b