Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

-ism means

• act/belief/practice of

• one having a certain skill/relating to/belonging to

• inclined/tending toward and action

• study of/ science of

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

-ian, -an means

• act/ belief/ practice of

• one having a certain skill/ relating to/ belonging to

• inclined/ tending toward an action

• science of/ study of

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

-ive, ative, -tive

• act/ belief/ practice of

• one having a certain skill/ relating to/ belonging to

• inclined/ tending toward an action

• science of/ study of

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

-logy, -ology

• act/ belief/ practice of

• one having a certain skill/ relating to/ belonging to

• inclined/ tending toward an action

• science of/ study of

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

semi-

• many/much

• half

• two

• under

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

multi means

• half

• miss

• above

• many/ much

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

poly- means

• middle

• half

• many/ much

• two

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

meter, metr

• measure

• build

• distance

• time

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

photo

• light

• see

• picture

• observe

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

-able, -ible

• act of/ state of/ result of

• act/ condition of

• cause to

• can be done

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E