4(A) Affixes - week 8 - 9

Reading/ Vocabulary Development Students understand new vocabulary and use it when reading and writing
K	1	2	3	4	5
		5(A) use prefixes and suffixes to determine the meanings of words	4(A) Identify the meaning of common prefixes (e.g. In-, dis-) and suffixes (e.g. –full, -less), and know how they change the meaning of roots	2(A) Determine the meaning of grade-level academic English words derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes
use prefixes and suffixes to determine the meanings of words

Activities:

• Direct teach what affixes are, then make growing charts in the room
• Fits My Pattern :  Make a Tchart
• The team decided to use a few common affixes to begin with
• prefixes -  un-,  re-,  pre-,  dis-,  in-,  mis-
• suffixes -   -ful,  -less,  -ly,  -tion