Use knowledge of root words, affixes, syllabication, and/or spelling patterns as aids in determining meaning within context. SPI 0601.1.20

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1. Affixes | Prefixes and Suffixes | Root Words - a video lesson on affixes.
2. Greek and Latin Roots - Use greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words.
3. Mastery of Affixes - Affixes, in a nutshell, are morphemes that may be attached to a root word in order to change its meaning or grammatical function.
4. Meanings of Greek and Latin Roots - Determine the meaning.
5. More Roots and their Families - In this lesson you will: choose the correct root to complete a word, sort roots to complete sentences, and define new words by using the roots as clues.
6. Prefix Skills - Quia quiz
7. Prefixes Say Plenty - In this lesson you will: practice using ten prefixes, attach prefixes to root words, and use prefixes as clues to complete sentences
8. Roots & Affixes For 6th Graders - This quiz has been designed for 6th graders. Prefixes and suffixes are both considered affixes, word parts that can be added to roots to form a new word.
9. Roots and Affixes Quiz - Check your understanding
10. Root Word Quiz - match words with their roots
11. Root word quiz - match word with its root
12. Roots and their Families - In this lesson you will: learn common roots that appear in many words, sort roots to complete sentences correctly, and answer questions about new words by using their roots as clues
13. Suffixes - In this lesson you will: learn about suffixes and how they help change and define words, make new words by adding a suffix to a root word, and use suffixes to complete words
14. Understand New Vocabulary Using Roots and Affixes - In this lesson, you will learn a strategy to break apart those long, challenging words and upgrade your vocabulary from inferior to superior. The lesson will focus on some word parts borrowed from Greek and Latin, word parts that show up so often that you might want to memorize them.
15. Word Parts - How to Use Prefixes, Root Words, and Suffixes to Understand Words - In this lesson, students will learn how to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words by analyzing their parts.

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