n. an additional element placed at the beginning or end of a root, stem, or word, or in the body of a word, to modify its meaning.
Using a pocket chart, let's manipulate some of the words from All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold and Suzanne Kaufman.
Readers should ask themselves:
Do I use prefixes and suffixes to figure out the meaning of a word I don't know?
(Taberski & Burke, 2017)
Beginner-Have the students complete the word sort as an assessment.
Intermediate-Administer a color-coded spelling assessment. Students can choose two colors. The teacher dictates the word and the students have to spell the word showing the root word and affix.