Harcourt Journeys: Vocabulary Strategies Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott 1

Suffixes (-able, -ible): Part 1: PowerPoint Lesson Part 2: Projectable 14.5 Part 3: Practice Book Page 159 Part 4: Leveled Practice 25 Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

Unit 3: Lesson 14 Suffixes (-able, -ible) Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott 3

Part 1: Introduce Strategy Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott 4

A suffix is a word part (affix) that is added to the end of a root word. Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

-able -ible Today we are going to look at the suffixes: Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

Let’s look at the suffix: -able Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

The suffix -able means “able to be” or “inclined to be.” Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

EXAMPLE WORDS Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

- able to be transported transportable? - able to be transported Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

chewable? - able to be chewed Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

washable? - able to be washed Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

Let’s look at the suffix: -ible Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

The suffix -ible also means “able to be” or “inclined to be.” Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

EXAMPLE WORDS Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

connectible? - able to be connected Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

flexible? - able to be flexed Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

Part 2: Projectables Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott 19

Projectable 14.5 Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

Part 3: Guided Practice Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott 23

Turn your Practice Book to page 159. Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

Part 4: Independent Practice Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott 27

See Handout; page 25 in Grab and Go Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

How did you do? Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott