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Before and After
Roots and Affixes
Intermediate Reading
CCSS: 3/4/5.RF.3 Identify and know the meaning of the most common prefixes and suffixes. Use morphology to read accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words in and out of context.
Encourage building of new vocabulary in reading and writing with this activity based on root words, prefixes and affixes.
What’s included:
□ Task Card in WORD (click on slide to open in WORD for editing OR open the separate TASK CARD DOC on the website)
□ Anchor Charts
□ Materials Needed: notebook paper
□ Technology Connection:
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3. Root Word
A word that makes sense all by itself. It is sometimes called a base word.

4. Let’s watch the replay to see if the ball was inbounds.
A prefix is a word part that is added to the beginning of a root word to change the word’s meaning.
Prefix
Prefixes often change the meaning of a word from positive to negative, or negative to positive.
Example:
Replay
Re = to do again
Replay = to play again
Let’s watch the replay to see if the ball was inbounds.

5. Words can have more than one prefix:
Common Prefixes
Prefix
Meaning
Examples
anti-
against,
opposite
antiwar,
antisocial
bi-
two
biped, bilingual
dis-
the reverse of
disagree, disable
im-
not
immobile, immovable
mid-
middle
midterm,
midtown
pre-
earlier, before
prejudge, preview
re-
back, again
reappear, return
sub-
under,
less than
submarine, subzero n-
not, reverse of
unarm, unaware
Words can have more than one prefix:
un•en•lighten
inter•con•tinental
Often the spelling of a root word changes when it combines with a prefix:
exclaim, exclamation

6. A suffix is a word part that is added to the end of a root word to change the word’s meaning.
Suffixes often tell you what kind of word (noun, adverb, etc.) it is part of and how it should be used in a sentence.
Example:
Carelessly
less = without
ly = like, in manner of
He put his clothes away carelessly, thus they fell out of the closet and onto the floor.

7. Words can have more than one suffix:
Common Suffixes
Suffixes that
form Nouns
Examples
-age
luggage
-hood
statehood
-ment
judgement
form Adjectives
-ic
bionic
-some
worrisome
-ible
incredible
Suffixes that
form Adverbs
Examples
-fully
beautifully
-ward
backward
-wise
clockwise
form Verbs
-en
brighten
-fy
notify
-yze
analyze
Words can have more than one suffix:
mind•less•ly
embarrass•ing•ly
Often the spelling of a root word changes when it combines with a suffix:
brief, brevity

8. Root Word
A word that makes sense all by itself. It is sometimes called a base word.

9. Let’s watch the replay to see if the ball was inbounds.
A prefix is a word part that is added to the beginning of a root word to change the word’s meaning.
Prefix
Prefixes often change the meaning of a word from positive to negative, or negative to positive.
Example:
Replay
Re = to do again
Replay = to play again
Let’s watch the replay to see if the ball was inbounds.

10. Words can have more than one prefix:
Meaning
Examples
anti-
against,
opposite
antiwar,
antisocial
bi-
two
biped, bilingual
dis-
the reverse of
disagree, disable
im-
not
immobile, immovable
mid-
middle
midterm,
midtown
pre-
earlier, before
prejudge, preview
re-
back, again
reappear, return
sub-
under,
less than
submarine, subzero n-
not, reverse of
unarm, unaware
Common Prefixes
Words can have more than one prefix:
un•en•lighten
inter•con•tinental
Often the spelling of a root word changes when it combines with a prefix:
exclaim, exclamation

11. A suffix is a word part that is added to the end of a root word to change the word’s meaning.
Suffixes often tell you what kind of word (noun, adverb, etc.) it is part of and how it should be used in a sentence.
Example:
Carelessly
less = without
ly = like, in manner of
He put his clothes away carelessly, thus they fell out of the closet and onto the floor.

12. Words can have more than one suffix:
Common Suffixes
Suffixes that
form Nouns
Examples
-age
luggage
-hood
statehood
-ment
judgement
form Adjectives
-ic
bionic
-some
worrisome
-ible
incredible
Suffixes that
form Adverbs
Examples
-fully
beautifully
-ward
backward
-wise
clockwise
form Verbs
-en
brighten
-fy
notify
-yze
analyze
Words can have more than one suffix:
mind•less•ly
embarrass•ing•ly
Often the spelling of a root word changes when it combines with a suffix:
brief, brevity