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BrainPop: Playing with Prefixes and Suffixes

Purpose: Understand the function of root words, prefixes, and suffixes; create new words by adding prefixes and suffixes to root words.

Length: 1 lesson plan

Grade: Lower middle

Requirements: access to the internet 

Best Part: multimedia, includes short video

URL: https://educators.brainpop.com/lesson-plan/prefixes-suffixes-and-root-words/

Flip-a-Chip

Purpose: Use poker chops with roots, prefixes and suffixes to mix and match to create new words.

Length: 1-2 45 minute lessons

Grade: 6-8

Best part: interactive and hands-on

URL: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/flip-chip-examining-affixes-253.html?tab=4#tabs

Use suffixes for syntactic information

Cloze Passages

Purpose: Use context clues and grammar to adjust vocabulary words to fit the sentence

Length: 10-15 minutes, works best with vocabulary that you are using in class

Grade: varied

Best Part: It can be adjusted for your class and built into a regular routine.

Cloze Passages – Suffixes

Deconstructing difficult words

Purpose: Help students use all the tools available for accessing meaning while reading

Time: embedded within reading- time is variable

Grade: all

Best Part: this instructional strategy is highly flexible and can become a regular routine you use while reading

Morphological Meaning During Reading