Curated Video
Use the Keys to Unlock the Meaning
Mr. Griot demonstrates how to use Greek and Latin affixes and root words to understand the meanings of unfamiliar words.
Curated Video
That Changes Things
Mr. Griot teaches some common Greek and Latin affixes and root words and shows how using roots, prefixes, and suffixes affect the meanings of words.
Curated Video
Understanding Root Words and Affixes
In this video, we learn all about root words and affixes. Root words are basic verbs, like COOK or JUMP. Affixes are the little parts of words that we add to root words to change their meaning. For example -ing or -ed are affixes we can...
Curated Video
Prefixes and Suffixes
"Prefixes and Suffixes" explores how to determine the meanings of unfamiliar complex words by analyzing the words’ prefixes and suffixes.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
'Josephine Ford' hits a snowbank during a test run in Norway
'Josephine Ford' airplane rocks on struts as ground crew affixes its skis; the Byrd Arctic Expedition will test the runway prepared out of packed ice and snow / plane moves away on its skis / plane approaches, skis past / plane moves...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Coal and manpower shortages in 1947 London
VS smokestacks of UK factories / bricklayers construct wall in neighborhood / shovels move concrete into hole / men stack bricks on dolly / CU hand smooths mortar with tool / VS bricklaying / thread spools whirl on loom / VS shuttle in...
Sesame Workshop
Electric Company: Ly Song
Watch this classic Electric Company video on adding -ly to words. Learn to read words with common affixes. [1:14]
Education Development Center
Tv411: Tune in to Learning: Vocabulary: Video: Prefixes
Watch a video [3:07] to learn the about prefixes and how they affect words.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Suffixes
This lesson introduces suffixes and how they are commonly used. [5:25] L.11-12.4b Patterns/changes