ELA21.3.7e

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 3

ELA21.3.7e
Use knowledge of syllable and affix substitution and deletion to demonstrate morphological changes.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

A syllable is a unit of speech organized around a vowel sound.
Multisyllabic words can be divided into individual syllables.
Affixes are word parts that can be changed or deleted to create words or change words.
Morphology refers to the meaningful units of a word that are combined to make the whole word.

Skills

Create new words by substituting and deleting affixes to change words and word meanings. For example, say photograph. Change graph to cell. (photocell) Say anytime. Change time to where. (anywhere) Say blocked. Change /t/ to /ing/. (blocking).

Understanding

They can change words to create new words with different meanings by substituting and deleting affixes.
Understanding the meaning of individual word units is called morphology.

Vocabulary

Demonstrate
Syllable substitution
Affix substitution
Deletion
Morphological changes

COS Examples

Examples: Say photograph. Change graph to cell. (photocell);

Say anytime. Change time to where. (anywhere);

Say blocked. Change /t/ to /ing/. (blocking)

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