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Prefixes and Suffixes Tree - Poster and Worksheet
PDF | 1 page|Grades: 3 - 6A worksheet and poster set to help your students think of prefixes and suffixes from root words.
Students write a root word at the bottom of the tree and come up with new words by adding prefixes and suffixes in the leaves of the tree.
This set includes a color poster to display and use in the classroom as well as a worksheet that students can use for individual activities.
Common Core Curriculum alignment
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.4.B
Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat).
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.4.B
Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., telegraph, photograph, autograph).
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.4.B
Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., photograph, photosynthesis).
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.4.B
Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible).
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