Teach Common Prefixes with a Prefix PowerPoint

Prefixes popup everywhere in the English language! Understanding what each of these important add-ons means can open doors for students’ vocabulary knowledge, reading comprehension and spelling accuracy. That’s why explicit teaching of prefixes is so important!

To help you teach some of the most common prefixes and their meanings to your students, Teach Starter has created this bumper 36-slide teaching presentation. With explicit teaching slides, carefully selected examples and a broad range of commonly used prefixes included, it provides enough content to support learning across multiple lessons rather than just a single session.

The prefixes included in this slide deck include:

• Opposites prefixes (un, in, im, dis)
• Time prefixes (re, pre, mid)
• Place/position prefixes (sub, inter, trans)
• Number prefixes (mono, bi, tri)
• Size prefixes (micro, mega, super)

This slide deck downloads as a Microsoft PowerPoint or Google Slides presentation. Read on to learn more about how to use this resource to create a mini unit on prefixes!

Build a Prefix Mini-Unit Around This Prefixes PowerPoint

Explicitly teaching prefixes and their meanings is vital if students are to apply them consistently and accurately in their own writing. The beauty of this resource is that it can serve as the basis for a short-prefix mini-unit, with each lesson focusing on a different category of prefixes. For example:

• Lesson 1 – What are prefixes and how do they change word meanings?
• Lesson 2 – Prefixes that create opposites
• Lesson 3 – Time prefixes
• Lesson 4 – Place and position prefixes
• Lesson 5 – Number prefixes
• Lesson 6 – Size prefixes 
• Lesson 7 – Review and consolidation activities

The slides can also be revisited throughout a term as a reference tool during vocabulary, spelling, reading comprehension and writing lessons.

Download This Prefixes PowerPoint Today!

Ready to save yourself hours of planning time? Use the dropdown menu on the Download button to access your preferred version of this prefixes presentation. (Note: You will be prompted to make a copy of the Google Slides presentation before accessing it.)

Display the slides during your literacy lesson and guide your students through each prefix type using the included explanations and examples. The flexible format makes it ideal for whole-class instruction, small-group intervention, revision sessions or independent review.

This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher in Michigan and a Teach Starter collaborator.

Resources to Complement This Prefixes PowerPoint

As for any grammar concept, regular practice is the key! Click below to access more teacher-created, curriculum-aligned resources to use when teaching prefixes to your students.

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