Worksheet
Curated OER

Word Endings

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this word endings worksheet, students look at the root words and use the word ending rule to change the words by adding er or est.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Naming Acids

For Students 9th - 12th
In this naming acids worksheet, students are given a chart with polyatomic ions and acid names with oxidation states, prefixes and suffixes. They use the chart to help name the eighteen given acids.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Landforms Acrostic Poetry

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders apply scientific information about various landforms. They use the information to write and word process acrostic poems which they illustrate with clip art or pictures from magazines.
PPT
Curated OER

Use Common Roots and Affixes When Attached to Known Vocabulary

For Teachers 6th - 8th
After a brief review of roots and affixes, partners are asked to choose a root, find words built on that root, and create a Christmas ornament decorated with these words. Beware the typos!
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ukiyo-e

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils investigate and examine ukiyo-e, or Japanese woodblock prints, from the Edo period (1615-1868) in Japan and use this gained knowledge to compare Japanese culture to American societal trends.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Go Fish

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore rhyming words. They listen to the book One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish and discuss the rhyming words. After being placed into groups, they play the game, "Go Fish" and find matching rhyming words. They...
Professional Doc
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Overview of Adding Suffixes That Change Base Words' Final Y to I

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] This resource has two sections: Adding Suffixes that Change Base Words' Final y to i, and video demonstration. It provides downloads of the following: lesson plans, lesson...
Handout
Other

Prefixes Suffixes: Suffixes

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Learn seven rules for adding suffixes to words.
Professional Doc
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Overview of Adding Vowel Suffixes to Cvc and Silent E Base Words

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource has two sections: Overview of Adding Vowel Suffixes to CVC and Silent e Base Words, and video demonstration. It provides downloads of the following: lesson plans, lesson materials, word list, and video transcript.
Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: I Before E Except After C: 9 Helpful Spelling Rules

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides nine important spelling rules and examples. L.9-10.2c Spelling, L.11-12.2 Cap/Punc/Spell
Handout
Other

Spelling Rules: Words Ending in Y

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Chart with rules and examples for adding suffixes to words that end in -y.
Unit Plan
Other

Spelling It Right: Spelling It Right: Adding a Suffix to Words Ending in Y

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
This is a reference page explaining the rules for adding a suffix to words ending in the letter Y.
Handout
BBC

Bbc: Skillswise: Suffix Spelling Rules: Double Letters [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th
Learn when to double the final consonant of a word when adding a suffix, and when the consonant does not get doubled.
Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Hyphen With Suffix Elect

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Rules and examples for using a hyphen when adding the suffix -elect.
Website
Patsy Stevens

Garden of Praise: The 1 1 1 Spelling Rule

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Sheet music for a song about when to double the final consonant before adding suffixes.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Beware of Nominalizations (Aka Zombie Nouns)

For Students 9th - 10th
This video lesson focuses on removing nominalizations (long nouns made by adding suffixes to verbs, nouns, and adjectives) from your writing to make your sentences live instead of being a part of the living dead. Nominalizations impede...
Handout
Other

Oxford Dictionaries: Words Ending in Sion, Tion, and Cion

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Learn the spelling rules involving when to use an "s," "t," or "c" when adding an "ion" suffix.
Website
Dave's ESL Cafe

Dave's Esl Cafe: Verb Forms and Verb Tenses #6: Spelling Ing Forms

For Students 3rd - 5th
Spelling rules and examples for adding the "ing" suffix to the ends of words.