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Prefixes and Suffixes PowerPoint
PDF, PowerPoint | 24 pages|Grades: 3 - 6A 24 slide teaching presentation to use when introducing prefixes and suffixes.
Use this teaching resource when teaching your students about prefixes and suffixes.
The topics covered in this presentation include:
- What are Prefixes and Suffixes
- Prefix and Suffix Meanings
- Common Prefixes and Suffixes
- Matching-Up Prefixes and Suffixes to their root word and definition
- Identifying Prefixes and Suffixes in texts
- Using Prefixes and Suffixes when writing.
This PowerPoint includes links to the following resources:
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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