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Title

What makes a word? Phonics Word Recognition

Grade Level/Subject

3rd Grade English Language Arts

Overview of Lesson

The lesson will combine phonics skills with vocabulary, reading comprehension and
critical thinking to develop better reading fluency. Students will practice the basics of
3rd grade word recognition while reviewing vowel sounds using rhyme, building new
words, spelling and context. This particular lesson will specifically focus on suffixes
and prefixes. Students will learn what a suffix and prefix is and apply that meaning to
root words to make a new word. Eventually after mastering the basics of suffixes and
prefixes, students will complete sentences using the correct word with the prefix or
suffix.
http://www.certifiedchinesetranslation.com/writing/word_parts.html

Web Address for Activity

Information
(Where can students find
guidance for inquiry activity?
This would be Blog, Google
docs, WIKI , WebQuest,
URL)
Essential Questions

When clicking on the link, you will be taken to my website which has the lesson plan
laid out.

(What are the essential/main

question/s that students will
be answering in this activity?)
Suggested
Foundation/Subsidiary
Questions
(What are some guided
questions that should be
answered to help with
answering essential
question?)
Content Standards
Addressed

https://sites.google.com/a/ayersvillepilots.org/ms-garmyn-s-webpage/bgsu-masters/home/inquiry-lesson-plan
1. Whatisaprefix?Whatisasuffix?
2. Can you locate the base word from the prefix or suffix to determine the
meaning?
3. Can you write two words with the same suffix/prefix?
4. What new words can you make using your knowledge from prefixes and
suffixes?
1. How can you identify the different parts of a word such as prefix, base/root
word, suffix?
2. How can you figure out the meaning of a new word by breaking down the
word through its word parts?
3. When writing a new word, how do you decide which prefix or suffix should
be used?

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.3.3.A Identify and know the meaning of the most

common prefixes and derivational suffixes.

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Activities/Tasks
Bytheendofthelesson,studentswillsuccessfullycreateaWordlePosterof
prefixesandsuffixes.
Procedures of activities
1.StudentswillcreateaWordlePosterwiththeprefixesandsuffixesthey've
learnedbycompletingthefollowingwork.StudentswillfirsttakeaPretest
overgradelevelprefixesandsuffixes.Thiswillgivetheeducatorabasic
Include a full explanation of
readingofwhatstudentsknowcomingintothelesson.
how technology be utilized.
2.Studentswillthenwatch2YouTubevideostounderstandhowtobreak
apartbasewordsfromprefixesandsuffixes.
3.Next,studentswillworkthroughthePrefix/Suffixworksheetwithapartner
toworkoncombiningwordpartsandmakingsentenceswiththosenewwords.
Studentsshouldhaveagoodideaofhowtobreakapartthewordsand
understandthesuffixandprefixmeanings.
4.BeforethePosttest,studentswillpracticewhatthey'velearnedthrough
Quizlet.OnQuizlet,studentswillpracticethemeaningsoftheprefixesand
suffixestopreparethemforthePostTest.
5.Lastly,studentswilltakethePostTestforagradeoverwhatthey'velearned
inthislesson.
6.Usinghttp://www.wordle.net/createIwantyoutomaketwodifferent
Wordles.ThefirstWordlewillbeofPrefixesyou'velearned,whereasthe
otherWordleisofSuffixesyou'velearned.
Youcanclickonthelinkbelowtohaveaccesstoallofthelinks.
https://sites.google.com/a/ayersvillepilots.org/msgarmynswebpage/bgsu
masters/home/inquirylessonplan
Resources

Wordle, Google Docs, Fun English Games & Easy Grammar 4 Kids websites,
Teachers Pay Teachers, Quizlet, Modern Curriculum Press Phonics Level C, YouTube

The Final Product

By the end of the lesson, students will successfully create a Wordle

Poster of suffixes and prefixes. Students will also complete a Post
Test Assessment over prefixes and suffixes.

What will students produce

that represents their answers
to the essential questions?
Evaluation Procedure
How will student work be
assessed?
Attach Rubric

Students will be assessed through a Pretest and Post Test of Suffixes and Prefixes
through our grade level phonics workbook.

Wordle Poster Rubric

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TeacherReflection

Whatproblemsdoyouanticipatewiththislesson?
SomeproblemsIanticipatewiththislessonisthatstudentswillhavetroublemakingup
theirownwords.Studentstendtotakethislessonmorecomplicatedthanwhatitshould
bebecausetheyknowmorewordsthantheythinktheydo.Also,studentshavedifficulty
spellingwords,butthepointofusingprefixesandsuffixesistohelpinbreakingbig
wordsdownintomanysmallwords.Ihaveasysteminmyclassroomwithindexcards
andstudentspickupthecardwiththelettertheythinktheirwordstartswith.Theygive
metheindexcardandaskmehowtospellaspecificword.Thishelpseliminate
difficultywithadictionarysincestudentsarejustbecomingfamiliarwithdictionariesas
well.
Howwillthislessonfitintoyouroverallcurriculumplanning?
Thislessonwillfitintomyoverallcurriculumplanningbecauseitalignswiththe
CommonCoreStateStandardsforThirdGrade.Inthethirdgrade,studentsneedtobe
abletoidentifyprefixesandsuffixesandusethemincontext.Studentsworkonthese
skillsthroughtheirReadingandPhonicsworkbookseries.Itisimportantforstudentsto
graspthislessonsunderstandingbecausethiswillleadtoconfidenceinreading
advancedwords.Mystudentsarerequiredtoreadchapterbooksforalloftheirbook
logsandwillcomeacrosstoughertexts.Ihopethislessonhelpsstudentsrefreshtheir
memoriesofprefixesandsuffixesandallowthemtohavefunplayingengaginggames
aboutthesetopics.