Summer
Lesson Plan:
Add a Prefix!
September 26, 2015
September 26, 2015
Learning Objectives
Students will learn the meanings of various prefixes.
Lesson
Introduction (5 minutes)
- Tell your students that they will learn about prefixes today.
- Ask your students if they know what a prefix is.
Explicit Instruction/Teacher Modeling (10 minutes)
- Tell your students that a prefix is a word that is added to the beginning of a word and changes the meaning of the word.
- Explain that some examples of prefixes are re, dis, mis, un and pre.
- Tell them that "re" means again. An example of a word that contains this prefix is "retry."
- Tell them that "dis" and "un" mean not. Examples of words that contain these prefixes are "disorganized" and "undo."
- Tell your students that "mis" means wrong. An example of a word that contains this prefix is "misunderstood."
- Tell your students that "pre" means before. An example of a word that contains this prefix is "pretest."
- Write the meaning and examples of the prefixes on the board.
Guided Practice/Interactive Modeling (20 minutes)
- Pick a student and ask him to think of a word that has a prefix.
- Have the student come up and act out the word.
- Ask the rest of the class to guess the word and identify the prefix.
- Repeat the activity with the rest of the class.
- Write the words that the students act out on the board.
- Tell your students that they cannot act out a word that has already been done.
Independent Working Time (30 minutes)
- Tell your students to each write ten sentences that contain a word that could be changed to a word with a prefix.
- An example could be, “I took a test yesterday." The sentence could be changed to, "I took a pretest yesterday."
- Tell your students to use each prefix at least once.
Extend
Differentiation
- Enrichment: Ask advanced students to write stories that contain at least ten prefixes.
- Support: Ask struggling students to read a short storybook, then identify and write down all the prefixes in it.
Review
Assessment (10 minutes)
- Ask your students to identify and circle the prefixes on the Can You Find the Words with Prefixes? worksheet.
Review and Closing (10 minutes)
- Divide your students into five groups.
- Assign each group a prefix and have them write as many words as they can that start with that prefix.
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They keep track of your progress and help you study smarter, step by step.
Guided Lessons are digital games and exercises that keep track of your progress and help you study smarter, step by step.
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Vocabulary development helps second graders advance their reading and writing skills.
This lesson includes printable activities:
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Game: Word Transporter: Adjectives and Nouns
Game: Compound Word Fish
Game: Animal Adjective Game
Game: Prefix and Suffix Fish
Game: Vocabulary Quiz: Context Clues
Game: Texting: Shades of Meaning
