un-, re-, -ful and -less: K to 2nd reading & writing
First prefixes and suffixes (un-, re-, -ful, -less, -er, -est). A free K to 2nd 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: first prefixes and suffixes (un-, re-, -ful, -less, -er, -est).
Hook (5 min)
- Ask the class: what do you already know about un-, re-, -ful and -less?
- Take two or three answers and write them where everyone can see them.
Teach (10 min)
- Say the big idea in one plain sentence: un-, re-, -ful and -less.
- Show one example, then one that is not an example, and ask how the two differ.
- Have students tell a partner the idea in their own words.
Practise (15 min)
- Choose one for the whole class or let groups pick:
- Play: un, re, pre, dis (https://peabody.kids/words/c2-prefixes)
- Play: -ful and -less (https://peabody.kids/words/c2-hmh-gen-ful-less)
- Play: -er and -est (https://peabody.kids/words/c2-hmh-gen-er-est)
Exit ticket (5 min)
- On a slip or aloud: one thing I learned about un-, re-, -ful and -less, 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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