4th Grade Phonics Lesson-Prefixes

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Exemplary (5)

Proficient (3)

Needs Improvement (1)

What is a prefix? What Student understands

is a root word?
and is able to identify
prefixes and root
words.

Student understands
the definition, but is
unable to identify the
prefix from the root
word.

Student does not

understand the definition
and is unable to identify a
prefix or root word.

What are the prefix

definitions?

Student is able to
Student is unable to
understand the
understand the definitions
definition of most of
of the common prefixes.
the common prefixes..

Student is able to
understand the
definitions of common
prefixes.

How does the prefix

Without prompting,
change the meaning of students understands
the root word?
how the prefix changes
the meaning of the
word.

Student is able to
understand how the
prefix changes the
meaning of the word
when prompted.

Student is unable to
understand how the prefix
changes the meaning of
the word.

Date Created: October 09, 2013

Flower Power: Working with a prefix + baseword
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Identify prefix +
base word

Correctly use
the new word
in a sentence.
Uses correct
capitalization
and
punctuation in
a sentence

4
100% of prefix +
base words are
identified
correctly
100%
demonstration of
word meaning in
sentences.
100%
demonstration of
correct use of
capitalization
and punctuation

3
75% of prefix +
base words are
identified
correctly

75%
demonstration of
correct use of
capitalization
and punctuation

2
50% of prefix +
base words are
identified
correctly
50%
demonstration of
word meaning in
sentences.
50%
demonstration of
correct use of
capitalization
and punctuation

1
25% of prefix +
base words are
identified
correctly

25%
demonstration of
correct use of
capitalization
and punctuation

in sentences. (0
errors)

in sentences. (1
errors)

in sentences. (2
errors)

in sentences. (3
or more errors)