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Before and After
Roots and Affixes
Intermediate Reading
CCSS: 3/4/5.RF.3 Identify and know the meaning of the most common prefixes and suffixes.
Use morphology to read accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words in and out of context.
Encourage building of new vocabulary in reading and writing with this activity based on root
words, prefixes and affixes.
What’s included:
□ Task Card in WORD (click on slide to open in WORD for editing OR open the separate TASK
CARD DOC on the website)
□ Anchor Charts
□ Materials Needed: notebook paper
□ Technology Connection:
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___________________ Station
Activity Name: Before and After
Standard: Phonics and Word Recognition
Skill/Objective: (COPY IN YOUR PASSPORT) Affixes
Directions:
1. Review the Anchor Charts with the students at your station.
2. Take a sheet of paper and fold to create 3 equal columns.
Label them in this order:
Prefix
Root Word
New Word
3. Number your paper 1-8 on the front, skipping lines.
4. Now create a table of new words using the following prefixes
and root words:
Prefixes: be, under, dis, im, pre, un, in, re
Root Words: stand, happy, side, possible, like, ground, read, tie
5. When you’ve completed the front using prefixes, set up the
back for suffixes and repeat with these suffixes and root words:
Suffixes: ed, ly, ful, er, s, en, ing, ment
Root Words: stand, play, kick, quick, cook, write, excite, eat
Challenge: Look around the room for other words to add to your
table of prefixes and suffixes. Find other examples in books,
magazines, newspapers, etc.
WHEN COMPLETED
□ check
□ place in folder
□ hand in
□ other _________________
Intermediate Reading
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STATION TASK CARD
Root Word
A word that makes sense all by
itself. It is sometimes called a
base word.
Prefix
Prefixes often change
the meaning of a word
from positive to
negative, or negative
to positive.
Example:
Replay
Re = to do again
Replay = to play again
A prefix is a word
part that is added
to the beginning
of a root word to
change the word’s
meaning.
Let’s watch the
replay to see if
the ball was
inbounds.
Common
Prefixes
Words can have
more than one
prefix:
un•en•lighten
inter•con•tinental
Often the spelling of
a root word changes
when it combines
with a prefix:
exclaim,
exclamation
Prefix
Meaning
Example
anti-
against,
opposite
antiwar,
antisocial
bi-
two
biped,
bilingual
dis-
the
reverse of
disagree,
disable
im-
not
mid-
middle
midterm,
midtown
pre-
earlier,
before
prejudge,
preview
re-
back,
again
reappear,
return
sub-
under,
less than
submarine,
n-
not,
reverse of
unarm,
unaware
immobile,
immovable
subzero
Suffix
Suffixes often tell you
what kind of word
(noun, adverb, etc.) it is
part of and how it
should be used in a
sentence.
Example:
Carelessly
less = without
ly = like, in manner of
A suffix is a word
part that is added
to the end of a
root word to
change the word’s
meaning.
He put his clothes
away carelessly,
thus they fell out
of the closet and
onto the floor.
Common
Words can
Suffixes
have more
than one
suffix:
mind•less•ly
embarrass•ing
•ly
Often the
spelling of a
root word
changes when
it combines
with a suffix:
brief, brevity
Suffixes that
form Nouns
Examples
-age
luggage
-hood
statehood
-ment
judgement
Suffixes
form
Adjectives
Examples
-ic
bionic
-some
worrisome
-ible
incredible
Suffixes
form
Examples
-fully
beautifully
-ward
backward
-wise
clockwise
Suffixes
form Verbs
Examples
-en
brighten
-fy
notify
-yze
analyze
Root Word
A word that makes sense all by
itself. It is sometimes called a
base word.
Prefix
Prefixes often change the meaning of
a word from positive to negative, or
negative to positive.
Example:
Replay
Re = to do again
Replay = to play again
A prefix is a word part that
is added to the beginning
of a root word to change
the word’s meaning.
Let’s watch the replay to
see if the ball was
inbounds.
Prefix
Common Prefixes
Words can have more than one
prefix:
un•en•lighten
inter•con•tinental
Often the spelling of a root word
changes when it combines with
a prefix:
exclaim, exclamation
Meaning
Examples
anti-
against,
opposite
antiwar,
antisocial
bi-
two
biped,
bilingual
dis-
the
reverse of
disagree,
disable
im-
not
mid-
middle
midterm,
midtown
pre-
earlier,
before
prejudge,
preview
re-
back,
again
reappear,
return
sub-
under,
less than
submarine,
n-
not,
reverse of
unarm,
unaware
immobile,
immovable
subzero
Suffix
Suffixes often tell you what kind of word
(noun, adverb, etc.) it is part of and how it
should be used in a sentence.
Example:
Carelessly
less = without
ly = like, in manner of
A suffix is a word part that
is added to the end of a
root word to change the
word’s meaning.
He put his clothes away
carelessly, thus they fell
out of the closet and onto
the floor.
Common Suffixes
Words can have more
than one suffix:
mind•less•ly
embarrass•ing•ly
Often the spelling of a
root word changes when
it combines with a suffix:
brief, brevity
Suffixes that
form Nouns
Examples
-age
luggage
-hood
statehood
-ment
judgement
Suffixes that
form Adjectives
Examples
-ic
bionic
-some
worrisome
-ible
incredible
Suffixes that
form Adverbs
Examples
-fully
beautifully
-ward
backward
-wise
clockwise
Suffixes that
form Verbs
Examples
-en
brighten
-fy
notify
-yze
analyze