A Vocabulary Word Game That Remixes Words With Prefixes

Boost vocabulary skills with a fun and interactive Vocabulary Word Game that gets students thinking about how word parts change meaning! Understanding prefixes is a key skill for building strong reading and writing foundations, and this engaging Vocabulary Word Game makes learning them exciting. By remixing base words with different prefixes, students will develop a deeper understanding of how these word parts work, helping them decode unfamiliar words and expand their vocabularies.

Start Growing Readers with a Prefix Game

Vocabulary is critical for students to become stronger readers. That’s why it is so important to give them plenty of practise and plenty of fun! Using a Prefix game like this one can help your students be more engaged and retain more of their learning in the classroom.

In this prefix game, players will practise adding common prefixes to words. They will choose a card and read the word. They’ll then identify a matching prefix for the word on the game board and cover it with one of their manipulatives. The player who connects four squares in a row first is the winner!

Students will be working with the following affixes in this Prefix Game:

• un-
• re-
• mis-
• de-

Download and Start Playing Prefix Word Games Today!

Use the dropdown icon on the Download button to choose between the PDF or Google Slides version of this resource. An answer key is also included with this download.

This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher and Teach Starter Collaborator. 

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