Prefix and Sufix

Multiple Choice

Today we are learning...

• SWBAT identify the meaning of and use words with affixes.

• SWBAT make inferences and use evidence to support understanding from a play.

• SWBAT recognize characteristics and structures of informational texts including the central idea with supporting evidence.

Ms. Lilly ask the class to rewrite their assignment when she cannot read their work.

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​TT what does (rewrite) mean?

Affix means to ADD

​Oral Choral

Can you think of another prefix or suffix that is not listed?

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​Whiteboard

An affix is a piece of a word that is added to a root or base word that changes the meaning.

Prefixes and suffixes are types of affixes.​

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Affix

Multiple Choice

What is an affix?

• A part of a sentence that connects two ideas

• A part of a word that attaches to a word to change its meaning

• A part of a sentence that makes a word mean something else

• Something that makes a word shorter but mean the same thing

Fill in the Blanks

A prefix goes

the root of the word.

Fill in the Blanks

A suffix goes

the root of the word

Open Ended

List three prefixes and three suffixes (you can use examples from the video)

DOL

​10 mins. Independent Practice

After DOL IXL Map Study PLAN

Multiple Choice

Putting prefixes with roots: deform. What does deform mean?

• to put out of shape

• to make one shape

• to form again

Multiple Choice

Using your knowledge of the prefix "re-" what does recall mean?

• forget

• bring back to memory

• ignore

Multiple Choice

What does "uncertain" mean?

• sure

• definitely

• not known

• absolutely

Multiple Choice

If "con-" means with/together and "form" means shape, what does conform mean?

• to make the same or similar

• to disagree

• to change

• to make different

Multiple Choice

The prefix dis- helps the reader know that the word discovered in paragraph 11 means —

• 1. to create something new

• to explore or examine closely

• to uncover something previously hidden

• 1. to change something radically