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What are we Identifying
today?
Use common roots and
affixes when attached to
known vocabulary
Discuss with your partner the prefixes
in each of the following words
•Unwrap
•Redecorate
•Remake
Root Words and Affixes
• A root word is a word without any word
parts added to the beginning or end.
• Example: unwrap
redecorate
remake
The Importance of knowing root
words
Good readers use root words to understand
meaning of words
How do we identify roots?
• Identify the part of the words that
would remain a word without anything
added to the beginning or end
Let's
at some examples
Words
auditorium
cycle
Root word
audi
cycl
Root meaning
sound
Other words
Audience,
audio, audition
predict
dict
speak
Bicycle, tricycle,
recycle
Diction, verdict
biography
graph
write
Lithograph, graph
Wheel or circle
Rules
• When a root word ends in a silent "e", the e is
dropped before adding a suffix.
(ex.) un + bake + ed becomes unbaked
When a root word ends in a consonant, the
consonant is "doubled" before adding a suffix
beginning with a vowel.
• (ex.) re + run+ing
becomes rerunning
Create a Christmas Tree using root words
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Directions
With a partner, choose a root
Find words that contain your root word with
in the dictionary
On the Christmas ornament write your new
words
At the bottom of the page choose two of
your and write a sentence