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Wonder Words

Have your students experienced the wonder of word transformations? With this lesson, your students will see words change into different parts of speech, all with the magic of a suffix!
Grade:
Fourth Grade
Subjects:
English Language Arts
Vocabulary
Dictionary Skills
View aligned standards
RF.4.3.a

Learning Objectives

  • Students will be able to identify subtle changes in word structures when suffixes are added.
  • Students will be able to determine the meanings of several related words.

Introduction

(10 minutes)
  • Give students part of a word, such as the word sun, and challenge the students to make as many words as they can with that word.
  • Time students for one minute, and then allow students to share the words that they made.
  • Following this activity, tell the students that they will be learning how to create new words from existing words using suffixes.
  • Explain that words can take different forms as different parts of speech, including nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.
  • Briefly review the differences between the parts of speech.