DISSECT Word ID Strategy Review

What does the DISSECT Word Identification Strategy help you do?

• speak French

• read faster

• pronounce words

• write better

A prefix is at the ___________ of a word.

• end

• middle

• beginning

• junction

A suffix is at the _______ of a word.

• beginning

• root

• middle

• end

The D in DISSECT stands for:

• Don't mess up

• Discover the prefix

• Discover the sounds and context

• Don't forget the end

Answer explanation

Step 1: Discover the sounds and context.

The I in DISSECT stands for:

• Inspect the ending

• Inspect the beginning

• Isolate the beginning

• Isolate the ending

Answer explanation

Step 2: Isolate the beginning

The first S in DISSECT stands for:

• Separate the prefix

• Separate the ending

• Separate the root

• Separate the stem

Answer explanation

Step 3: Separate the ending

The second S in DISSECT stands for:

• Separate the ending

• Say the stem

• Separate the beginning

• Say the sentence

Answer explanation

Step 4: Say the stem

The E in DISSECT stands for:

• Examine the word

• Examine the sentence

• Examine the context

• Examine the stem

Answer explanation

Step 5: Examine the stem

The C in DISSECT stands for:

• Check with someone

• Check the context

• Check the root

• Check the stem

Answer explanation

Step 6: Check with someone

The T in DISSECT stands for:

• Try saying it out loud

• Try asking a teacher

• Try the dictionary

• Try to skip it

Answer explanation

Step 7: Try the dictionary