Are you looking for an engaging, ready-to-use resource to teach prefixes, suffixes, and root words? I’m thrilled to offer a free sample from my comprehensive Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots Series! This sample includes three activities for four different affixes and root words—12 fun, educational activities designed for upper elementary and middle school students.
Why I Created This Series
During the planning phase, I discovered that many school districts have different grade-level lists of required prefixes, suffixes, and root words. With so much variation, I wanted to create a flexible resource that would meet the needs of all teachers. This series allows you to easily select only the affixes and root words your district requires while providing a comprehensive learning experience.
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What’s Inside the Sample?
Each prefix, suffix, and root word in this series comes with three activities, available in both printable and digital formats:
Organizer with Video Lesson:
The organizer pairs with a video lesson that breaks down the important information for each affix or root word. You can preview a sample video lesson here. The sample includes links to four video lessons along with their corresponding organizers.
One-Page Word List with Definitions:
Students use this word list during gameplay, writing down the words that match each definition as they play. It’s a great way to reinforce learning while keeping students engaged.
These activities are ideal for going paperless with Google Slides or using interactive notebooks. Students love referring back to their notebooks for rules and examples. The only problem is that foldable organizers take a lot of time to create. Because of this, I played around with paper to come up with a design that is quick and easy for students to make. These new organizers require no cutting, which means students spend more time learning and less time assembling.
Setting Up the Interactive Notebook
The sample includes detailed instructions on how to set up an interactive notebook for prefixes, suffixes, and root words. Organizers go in the front of each section, followed by practice pages. Each page is thoughtfully designed with mirrored margins, making it easy to bind or hole-punch for placement in a folder or notebook.
Teaching Routine for Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots
Here’s a quick breakdown of how you can implement this resource in your classroom:
Activity #1: Organizer with Video Lesson
The video lesson guides students through the key concepts they need to know. This makes it easy to differentiate learning by having small groups work on different affixes or root words while the video “teaches” the material.
Activity #2: Games
Students play games like Memory, Dots and Boxes, and more in small groups. This activity can be done with physical materials or on Google Slides, allowing you to go paperless. Games like these help reinforce the vocabulary while making learning fun!
Activity #3: Independent Practice
Students complete various independent practice activities, such as cloze exercises, word analogies, categorizing, and even puzzles. These exercises solidify understanding while offering variety.
Catch-All Section
Since this updated series combines some of my previously available prefix, suffix, and root word resources, I’ve also included a “catch-all” section with various additional activities that complement the original units.
This free sample gives you a taste of the possibilities within this series.
If you’ve purchased any of my previous prefix, suffix, or root word units, visit your “My Purchases” section on TPT and download the updated versions—they’re packed with new activities!
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Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots contains practice with 90 affixes and root words. This resource contains graphic organizers with accompanying video lessons, games, and printable practice to help students better understand affixes and root words.
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Hi Gay,
it doesn’t download:( Very cute
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Sorry!! I forgot to come back and add the link after the product was up on TPT. It’s now at the bottom of the post.
I would love to use this but cannot locate the link to download. Thanks!
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Sorry, the link has now been added.