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Lesson 17 - Adding Suffixes That Change Base Words' Finally to I
If it ends in a y, change the y to i when adding a suffix like -ness, -ly, or fy. The final lesson in the Word Recognition and Fluency series of 17 explains when to change the final letter in a base word to i before adding a suffix....
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Prefixes and Suffixes
Use this interactive tool to introduce your learners to prefixes and suffixes. First they use a crossword puzzle to find the opposites of the words provided. Then, they take a list of words and possible suffixes, matching the appropriate...
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Suffixes
Many words have suffixes, and knowing them can help scholars with vocabulary and spelling. They read a brief introduction explaining suffixes and giving two examples: -ly and -ful. Then, learners add these suffix examples to seven base...
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Adding Suffixes
In this suffixes practice worksheet, learners combine 24 root words that end in y to suffixes. Students determine whether they need to change the y endings to i as they add the suffixes.
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6th Grade Spelling: Suffixes
In this 6th grade home connection spelling practice worksheet, 6th graders examine 20 spelling words that feature suffixes. Students write the words 1 time each.
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Suffixes
In this suffix worksheet, students write words in word puzzle boxes that fit in the shapes. Students then color the individual boxes that contain the suffix of the word.
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Words with Y, LY, and FUL
For this word endings worksheet, students spell words correctly with the following endings: "-y," "-ly," and "-ful." Students write the endings on the lines and spell 20 words.
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Using the Suffix 'ly'
In this suffix worksheet, students spell words using the 'ly' suffix and then write the 'ly' words into sentences. Students write their own sentences for the last set of 'ly' words.
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Home Spelling Practice: Suffix "ly"
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of 20 words that end with the suffix "ly". Students write each word one time on the lines. There are optional at-home activities.
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My Spelling Words (Suffix "ly")
For this spelling worksheet, students learn 10 words which have the "ly" suffix. Students read and write each word and find them in a word search puzzle.
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Nifty Thrifty Fifty Vocabulary
Students review new vocabulary. In this vocabulary lesson, students are introduced to the "nifty thrifty fifty" vocabulary words, their definitions, and the meanings of their prefix, suffix, and root words. The fifty words are split into...
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English Skills Worksheet (6.203)
In this multiple English activities worksheet, students complete a variety of assignments: write three onomatopoeia sentences, add ten endings to ten words, give the root words to eight words, play two rounds of word chess, find the...
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More Spelling Patterns
Pass the time...creating rhymes! Writers connect rhyming words with -ough in them, writing them as rhyming pairs. Next, they put their poetic skills to the test by applying the words in rhyming couplets. There is an example here and...
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English Skills
In this English skills review worksheet, learners complete 60 questions pertaining to vowels, word endings, anagrams, parts of speech, proofreading, root words, onomatopoeia and spelling. There is no instruction on the page.
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Animal Classification
Present information about the classification of animals. After participating in the teacher-led discussion about scientific names, small groups devise their own way of classifying everyday objects present in the classroom, developing...
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Look at me!
Third graders write an autobiography and use pictures of themselves from past and present to illustrate it. They take pictures with a digital camera, scan pictures, and add them to a document.