Breaking Big Words: Prefixes

Yes, well we do work with some mighty long words in third grade! My kids are learning that they are not all that scary if you can learn how to break them down. So we spend a lot of time working with prefixes and suffixes.

Here is a great book that I've used to introduce this word part to my kids. They have all sorts of books from this series....If You Were A Noun, If You Were A Verb...etc. etc.

You must check them out if you have not discovered this series already! I read it as a read aloud and "hook" into the lesson. Then it will go into a literacy station with some prefix activities for students to reread.


Here is the bridge map we have in the room to use when studying prefixes. It has been laminated and I use big paperclips to attach the prefix and meaning cards. This allows my students to manipulate and sort the cards. They sort the prefix with what it means and how it changes the baseword. We brainstorm examples which they write on post it notes and stick under each.

Here are the prefix cards and meaning cards for the prefixes: un and dis. I have others that I can post if people are interested. Send an email or post a comment and let me know

prefixun









Prefix Dis

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