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

ELA21.3.15e

Sort words with shared and varied suffixes by parts of speech.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

  • Suffixes are word parts that are added to the ends of words.
  • Parts of speech are words that can be categorized by their function in a sentence.
  • Different parts of speech require different types of suffixes.

Skills

  • Sort words with suffixes by parts of speech.

Understanding

  • When a suffix is added to the end of a word, it changes the meaning of the word.
  • Each part of speech provides a different type of information.
  • Words can be categorized by parts of speech.
  • English orthography dictates that only particular suffixes can be added to each part of speech.

Vocabulary

  • Sort
  • Suffixes
  • Parts of speech
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