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Education Development Center

Tune in to Learning: Prefixes Say Plenty

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Test what you know about prefixes. Feedback is given when you answer questions correctly or incorrectly.
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Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Key Literacy Component: Vocabulary

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
What's in a word? Mastery of oral and written vocabulary promotes comprehension and communication. Find out how proper instruction can help students who struggle with vocabulary.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Understand New Vocabulary Using Roots and Affixes

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
You will learn how to determine the meaning of grade-level academic English words derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes.
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Get It Write

Get It Write: Regarding "Irregardless"

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In addition to addressing the misuse of "irregardless" for "regardless," there's a lengthy discussion about the meaning of negative prefixes, as well as other prefixes that can be confusing. A great reference.
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Vocabulary.com

Around and Around: Circum

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains a list of 10 words that contains "circum-" as a prefix in them. Teachers can digitally assign this list to their students to reinforce the spellings, pronunciations, and meanings of these words.
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Vocabulary.com

It Takes Two: Bi

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains a list of 10 words that contain the bi- prefix. Teachers can digitally assign this list to their students to reinforce the spellings, pronunciations, and meanings of these words.
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Vocabulary.com

Latin Root "Sub" Words

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains a list of 10 words that contain "sub", a prefix that means "under" or "below", in them. Teachers can digitally assign this list to their students to reinforce the spellings, pronunciations, and meanings of these words.
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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Reading Topics a to Z: Root Words, Roots, and Affixes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An introduction to using word parts to improve vocabulary skills. Includes charts of common Greek and Latin roots as well as common prefixes and suffixes and their meanings. Each of the four charts can be downloaded.
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Vocabulary.com

Vocabulary.com: 100 Words Every Middle Schooler Should Know

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
This site contains a list of 100 words that middle school students need to know to ensure academic success. Teachers can digitally assign this list to their students to reinforce the spellings, pronunciations, and meanings of these words...
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BBC

Bbc: Skillswise: Words to Watch Out For

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
A factsheet, a worksheet, a game, and a quiz are provided for teachers and students at this BBC spelling skills tutorial that shows you how to avoid confusing words.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Morpheme Structures: Word Way [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
A lesson plan in which students identify unknown words within a text, identify their parts and syllables, and work to determine the meaning of each word. Materials are included.
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Article
Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Real Practice With Root Words

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This article focuses on providing real practice with root words including defining root words, determining the prefixes and suffixes, understanding word families, and providing a worksheet with an answer key.
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Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Skillswise: Spelling: Prefixes and Suffixes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Skillswise site focuses on prefixes and suffixes. Included are a video about why learning about these additions to root words is important, fact sheets and worksheets for instruction. The Skillswise sites from BBC are geared to...
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BBC

Bbc: Skillswise: Root Words

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Skillswise site focuses on root words. Included are a video about why learning how to identify root words is important, fact sheets and worksheets for instruction, and quizzes on the information presented. The Skillswise sites from...
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Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Suffixes: Ible vs. Able

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A constant dilemma: ible or able? Find out when to use which.
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Teachnology

Teachnology: Suffixes Able Versus Ible [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Practice suffix skills by completing each sentence with a word ending in -able or -ible.
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Interactive
Quia

Quia: Greek & Latin Roots Skills

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Test your knowledge on Greek & Latin Roots by using "Matching, Flashcards, Concentration or Word Search."
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Interactive
Quia

Quia: Roots & Prefixes

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Tests knowledge of Greek and Latin roots and prefixes, using matching, concentration, and word search formats.
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Interactive
Quia

Quia: Prefix Millionaire

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Based on the popular game show, this quiz tests knowledge of common prefixes in a multiple choice format.
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Interactive
Quia

Quia: Suffixes: Rags to Riches

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Increase student's understanding of suffixes with this interactive game. Students' demonstrate understanding of word endings by selecting correct definitions of each suffix.
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Other

Mountain View Middle School: The Suffixes Able and Ible [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Rules, examples, word lists, and practice exercises designed to teach the proper use of -ible and -able suffixes.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Affixes: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces affixes, including suffixes and prefixes and lesser-known affixes. It is 1 of 5 in the series titled "Affixes."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Common Suffixes and Their Meanings

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces common suffixes and their meanings.
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Other

Howto Spell: Ible or Able Word Endings

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Test your knowledge of -ible and -able suffixes by adding the correct suffix to each word in this eight-question quiz.