Suffixes- Full Activity

Description

This 19 page activity includes lessons and practice in suffix adding, including: Meaning of specific suffixes; ed, er, es, en, ing, est, ish, y, ly, s, ness, less, ward, dom, wise, hood, ful and ship. Suffix adding rules: Just add Double consonant Drop the ‘e’ Change ‘I’ to ‘y” Pronunciation of -ed and -s/es Smaller rules and exceptions to rules. Lots of ready practice and customizable practice. Immerse yourself and students in a crocodile swamp. Watch out for those consonant crusher crocodile suffixes. Hunt for each crocodile and put them by their suffix and learn their meanings. Then practice what they mean by saying the meanings of suffixes added to words. Then, immerse yourself in a caterpillar tree top. Find all the caterpillar suffixes and put them by their meaning. Again, practice what you've learned by saying the meaning of the suffixes with words. You'll start to learn how to add suffixes to words. Caterpillar consonant suffixes generally can be added to words without changing because caterpillars are kind. We review short and long vowel patterns because we'll need it when dealing with the continent, crushing crocodile suffix that starts with a vowel. That crocodile is HUNGRY and it eats consonants. We'll learn how to protect that short vowel sound. We also learn when it's okay to feed a consonant to a crocodile. We'll learn what happens to words that end in silent E and what do we do when words end in a Y. Again, more practice. Now it's game time! There is a board game where we'll review what suffixes mean. Then, you'll find all of the suffixes and match them to either a crocodile suffixes that start with a vowel or the caterpillar suffixes (that start with the consonant). You'll be able to talk about why the suffix ES and the suffix ED are pronounced three different ways. There are also four activity grids you can enlarge for ready-made suffix adding practice. The next page is full of words and suffixes. Simply put a root and suffix on the left and create the new word under the rule that it follows. When practicing, it's always good to say the meaning of the word after a suffix is added. On the last page, you'll find smaller rules and exceptions to the rules, like when a word ends in EE or YE and what letters doubling doesn't work with.