More word starts and endings: 3rd to 5th reading & writing
More prefixes and derivational suffixes (dis-, mis-, pre-, -ment, -ness, -able). A free 3rd to 5th lesson plan with a hook, practice that links to free activities, and an exit ticket. Copy it and make it yours.
Lesson plan
Goal
- Students work toward: more prefixes and derivational suffixes (dis-, mis-, pre-, -ment, -ness, -able).
Hook (5 min)
- Ask the class: what do you already know about more word starts and endings?
- Take two or three answers and write them where everyone can see them.
Teach (15 min)
- Say the big idea in one plain sentence: more word starts and endings.
- Show one example, then one that is not an example, and ask how the two differ.
- Have students tell a partner or a small group the idea in their own words.
Practise (20 min)
- Choose one for the whole class or let groups pick:
- Play: un, re, pre, mis (https://peabody.kids/words/c3-prefixes-un-re-pre)
- Play: ly, ful, less, ness (https://peabody.kids/words/c3-suffixes-ly-ful-less)
- Play: able, ible, er, or (https://peabody.kids/words/c3-suffixes-able-ment)
Exit ticket (5 min)
- On a slip or aloud: one thing I learned about more word starts and endings, and one question I still have.
- Sort the slips into: got it, nearly, not yet. Start tomorrow with the last pile.
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