August 25, 2010: Cracking the Word Code

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Activities:

1. Write the prefix "re" (again) at the top of a piece of paper. Now make new words for things you would like to do again, like re-play a game.

2. Find five examples of words with the suffix "er/or" (someone who does something) in the newspaper. Draw a picture to go with each word.

3. Circle prefixes on newspaper words in red and suffixes in blue.

4. Find number prefixes in the newspaper: uni (1), bi (2), tri (3), quad (4).

5. Select a newspaper word that has a root and a prefix and/or suffix (such as "television"). List other words that use those same roots, prefixes or suffixes.

Mini Page activities meet many state and national educational standards. Each week we identify standards that relate to The Mini Page content and offer activities that will help your students reach them. This week's standard:

• Students use knowledge of word identification strategies to comprehend texts. (Language Arts)
  

(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)