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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Roots & Affixes

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
A learning module that includes fifteen links to images, videos, online games, websites, lists and more that teach prefixes, Greek and Latin rooms, and suffixes.
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Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words

For Teachers 1st - 8th Standards
Create words using prefixes, suffixes, and root words. Group the words together as words are created and add them to the word bank. Add your own prefixes, suffixes, and root words to extend the activity.
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Interactive
Quia

Quia: Root/base Words

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
In this learning game, students match words with their correct root word.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Applying Word Study Strategies (English I Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, students will practice applying word study strategies to improve your reading fluency and comprehension. L.9-10.5b nuances
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: It's Greek to Me!

For Teachers 4th - 7th Standards
This instructional activity engages students in vocabulary-building strategies related to Greek and Latin roots. Students will be given charts with Greek and Latin roots. Students will practice combining different roots to form...
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Prefixes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on prefixes; it defines prefix, and discusses the purpose of prefixes and how they can change the base word. It also provides a list of common prefixes with their meanings.
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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: Suffixes [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
BBC Skillswise offers a activity on suffixes for teachers and students.
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Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Instructor: Reading Clinic: Strategy Inventory

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This lesson plan includes a group of activities that will teach students how to use vocabulary knowledge to help with comprehension of a text. Split into three activities, this lesson plan encourages students to use prior knowledge, word...
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Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Exploring Prefixes and Suffixes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this activity provided by SMART, students will learn the differences between prefixes and suffixes, as well as identify several different words and use them in sentences to help solidify which types of words represent prefixes and...
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Rhetorical Reading: Read Strategically: Diversify Your Vocabulary

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on strategies to diversify and retain new vocabularies such as reading a variety of types of writing and learning roots, suffixes, prefixes, and the etymology of words.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Prefixes and Suffixes

For Teachers 2nd - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews prefixes, root words, and suffixes. Students practice constructing sentences.
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Handout
Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Building a Better Vocabulary

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A wonderful site for the vocabulary enthusiast. Includes ways to build your vocabulary, resource suggestions, information about word roots, a section on suffixes and prefixes, as well as some higher-level word quizzes.
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Building a Better Vocabulary

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an index of vocabulary-building information and quizzes, including a list of roots, prefixes, and suffixes with their meanings. It offers 365 SAT and GRE level vocabulary words, definitions, and sample sentences. The quizzes...
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Vocabulary Tip: Build Associations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This screencast discusses how building associations between words increases vocabulary. It provides several examples on building successful associations using roots, parts of speech, prefixes and suffixes, and synonyms. Real Player is...
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Handout
Other

Vocabulary Workshop

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This vocabulary workshop will be helpful to anyone interested in brushing up on their skills. This site features a comprehensive look at root words, prefixes, suffixes and more.
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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Prefix and Suffix Flip Book

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
The student will blend base words and affixes to make words.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Generating Word Suffixes

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will use their knowledge of suffixes to generate new words from root words, (e.g., proud/proudly)
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Affixes 4

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This slideshow lesson focuses on affixes. It defines the term; discusses prefixes including location, examples, and how they affect the root word; discusses suffixes including location, examples, and how they affect the part of speech;...
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Unit Plan
Hopelink

Hopelink: Reading Lesson Idea: Teaching Word Structure

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Understanding word structure and being able to identify root or base words, prefixes and suffixes give your student valuable vocabulary-building skills. Click on the Prefixes and Suffixes handout.
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Unit Plan
Other

How to Study: A Word Identification Strategy

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn eight steps to help you identify unfamiliar words.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Prefixes and Suffixes

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial focuses on prefixes and suffixes using a slideshow and two videos. The first video discusses affixes including prefixes and suffixes and how they work; it also has an embedded YouTube music video about the power of...
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Word Analysis: Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this slideshow tutorial, students will review the concept of word analysis. The decoding skills of analyzing morphemes, including looking at prefixes, suffixes, and roots are included.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots Putting the Pieces Together

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Putting word parts together, students understand and acquire new vocabulary to use in reading and writing. This flipchart uses several self-checking techniques that will engage students to build and...