1. What are we Identifying today?
Use common roots and affixes when attached to known vocabulary
Have students share with partners the object then call on 3 non volunteer to share today’s objective

2. Discuss with your partner the prefixes in each of the following words
Unwrap
Redecorate
Remake
Allow students to share with partners. Have A tell B and B tell A. Walk around and make sure students are sharing ideas
Allow about 2 minutes for discussion
Then call on a volunteers to share responses

3. Root Words and Affixes
A root word is a word without any word parts added to the beginning or end.
Example: unwrap redecorate remake
Concept development continued
Review the meaning of cause and effect structures and the signal words and model identifying the structure of the sentence and identifying the signal words that signaled cause and effect
Ask students what can readers expect when reading and cause and effect text
Have students partner share and call on non volunteer
What are some signal words
Have students partner share
Call on non volunteers

4. The Importance of knowing root words
Good readers use root words to understand meaning of words
Read the importance and have students share other reasons why it is important to know text structures of expository text

5. How do we identify roots?
Identify the part of the words that would remain a word without anything added to the beginning or end
Let's at some examples
Words
Root word
Root meaning
Other words
auditorium
cycle
predict
biography
audi
sound
Audience, audio, audition
Skill development
Review the step of identifying text structures
cycl
Bicycle, tricycle, recycle
Wheel or circle
dict
speak
Diction, verdict
Lithograph, graph
graph
write

6. Rules
When a root word ends in a silent "e", the e is               dropped before adding a suffix.    (ex.) un + bake + ed     becomes    unbaked
 When a root word ends in a consonant, the consonant is "doubled" before adding a suffix beginning with a vowel.                  
(ex.) re + run+ing     becomes    rerunning
Skill Development continued
Discuss rules for them to remember and use think pair so students can discuss rules

7. Create a Christmas Tree using root words
Directions
With a partner, choose a root
Find words that contain your root word with in the dictionary
On the Christmas ornament write your new words
At the bottom of the page choose two of your and write a sentence
Guided Practice