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

ELA21.3.15c

Identify common and derivational prefixes and suffixes and use them as clues to a word’s meaning.

COS Examples

Examples: pre-, re-, mis-; -ly, -less, -ful, -able, -ment

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

  • Prefixes and suffixes change a word's meaning.

Skills

  • Identify common and derivational prefixes, such as pre-, re-, mis-, and use them as clues to learn a word's meaning.
  • Identify common and derivational suffixes, such as -ly, -less, -ful, -able, -ment, and use them as clues to learn a word's meaning.

Understanding

  • Prefixes and suffixes change a word's meaning.

Vocabulary

  • Identify
  • Common and derivational prefixes
  • Common and derivational suffixes
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