Purpose:
To teach the meanings and uses of suffixes and prefixes
Materials:
Chart similar to the one shown below
| Prefix | Prefix Meaning | Root | Whole Word | Suffix | Suffix Meaning |
| un | - | do | undo | x | x |
| x | x | soft | softly | - | in a way |
| x | x | play | playful | ful | - |
| - | from | port | - | x | x |
| pre | - | - | - | x | x |
| x | x | care | - | - | without |
| re | - | gain | - | x | x |
Procedure:
Have students fill in the blank spaces in the chart. Place an X in the spaces that are not applicable.
Excerpted From:
Excerpt from Locating and Correcting Reading Difficulties, by J.L. Shanker, W. Cockrum, 2009 edition, p. 82.
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