ra and Sufi 5 QSLE ya hi < ia 8ol 980 lockout Drive * Mankato, MN 56003-1705 B00-599.READ + www-chidoword.com IBRARY OF CONGRESS CATAIOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Profs and suas / by Ann Heinrichs Sufikas ond profieae 2010012343 rimary)L McGeehan, Dan, i I. Moore, ABOUT THE AUTHOR ‘Ann Heinrichs was lucky. Every year from grade three through grade eight, she had a rosea eee oe ee eee ee ee ee yes ete eet ‘She hos also enjoyed successful coreers as Pe teensy copywriter, Ann grew up in Fort Smith, ‘Arkansos, and lives in Chicago, Ilincs ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATORS Pe ner eet at ged etre rece pee eee eet dy Don McGeshon spends his days drawing litle monsters! David Moore is on illustration instructor Cd et Tae) eee tata doughier draw inspires David to lustrate peas TABLE OF CONTENTS The Root of the Word 4 Adding Letters, Adding Meaning 6 More Prefixes 8 Prefix Numbers 10 Many More Prefixes 12 Adding Letters at the End 14 Teachers and Dancers 16 Y and LY 18 More Suffixes 20 Big Words, No Problem! 22 How to Learn More 23 Glossary 24 Index 24= p The Root of the Word 5 When I tie my shoes, | usually have to retie them. Please don’t untie them. What do tie, retie, and untie have in common? They all include the word tie. Tie is a root word. Root words are simple words. They are the base of more complicated words. What are the root words in these examples? Please rewrite your story. Watch out! The bridge is unsafe. The root words are Write and safe. "www e€evuv* ' & Don’t unt Fr pvmnren te5 Since my shoe Adding Letters, Adding Meaning came untied, 1 wil noni it. How are fétie and untie different? Retie is re * tie. Untie is un + tie. Re and un are both prefixes. They come before root words. Adding a prefix changes the meaning of a root word. When you [étie your shoes, you’re starting over. When you untie your shoes, you're taking out the knots. & V~—Pr~ mm Q@ Ah, aAa.AanL “we Ww EU UT Tw"www scevv* 1S" VY My dinner is done! More Prefixes . Yikes! The toilet is overflowing. This hamburger is still pink. It’s undercooked. Over and under are two other prefixes. Over can mean too much. Under can mean not enough. They can also mean just what they say—over (above) and under (below). There’s a flock of pigeons overhead. The squirrel buried its acorns underground © v~Pr~ mm iQ@A Ah, aAawAanL ©5 > Prefix Numbers ) Some prefixes show how many or how much. A bicycle has two wheels. A tricycle has three wheels. A semicircle is a half circle. Prefix Meaning ai Rio tri three semi half or partly multi many "wee €vuou* ' 6 A multicolored coat has many colors. Prim .0@fD,. ianwabDlMany More Prefixes There are prefixes everywhere! Some common prefixes are de, dis, non, pre, and post. The window is frosted. We need to defrost it if we want to see Out. I think you're wrong. I completely disagree with you. Dad fried the eggs in a nonstick pan. I bought pizza that is ready to eat. It is prebaked. What do you call a party that happens after a football game? A postgame party. ND es SE OA Bice ON) URIeel aren Of nonchocolate cookies! Pr. m.Q@nh., inns hfAdding Letters at the End The fearless monkey climbed the tree. The fearful lion ran away. How are fearless and fearful different? Ful and less are suffixes. They come after root words. Adding BAB. aAawAanLl a suffix changes the meaning of the root word. Ful means with or full of something. Less means without or lacking something. wr ¢Ewvww* Pere NOUS Fearless is fear + less. 5 Fearful is fear + ful. "wwe @ @ Parr ~~OD aes SA Bie ON) Teachers and Dancers One important suffix is er. A teacher is someone who tea A baker is someone who bakes. ches. A dancer is someone who dances. Er goes with verbs, or action words. It helps show the person who does the action. ® Verb teach bake dance Person \ teacher baker dancer ~Aer~ mm A RAD, Aa.nLDee SE Pies ‘ey Y and LY Two common suffixes are y and ly. Y creates words that describe things. Stop tracking mud into the house. Get those muddy boots out of here! Want to have fun? Watch a chimpanzee do funny tricks. Ly creates words that describe how things happen. Tam quick. Iran the race quickly. The monsters are nice. © They behave nicely. ® & 2 C < € © ( ¢ « SMore Suffixes 5 ) There are many more suffixes. Some common ones e are Ous, ish, tion, ness, able, and ment. y T have fame. Everyone knows _ Tam famous. > aaa I am a fool. I do things @ I create cr awings. that are foolish. ) My art is my Creation. We are sad and blue. The dlass vase could break. We feel sadness. » is breakable. J nas I watch the waves move. ? @® The movement makes me calm. V~—Pr~ mm 0@ Ah, aAap~anLBig Words, No Problem! How to Learn More Al) THE LIBRARY, C Now that you know prefixes and suffixes, you can put Cerf, Chris. Un People vs. Re People. London: Golden Books, 2000. McClarnon, Marciann. Painless Junior Grammar. Hauppauge, NY: Barron’s Educational Series, 2007. “4 Ruscoe, Michael. Pit Stop Prefixes. Pleasantville, NY: Gareth Stevens, 2009. & Ruscoe, Michael. Soccer Goal Suffixes. Pleasantville, NY: Gareth Stevens, together many big words. > prefix root suffix big word un + happy + ness unhappiness 2009. un | Cg _ wey Schoolhouse Rock: Grammar Classroom Edition. Dir. Tom Warburton. joy + ful +ness = joyfulness Interactive DVD. Walt Disney, 2007. cheer + ful +ly = cheerfully ( ON THE WEB 3 Visit our home page for lots of links about grammar: childsworld.com/links ¢ I lf dance (NOTE TO PARENTS, TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS: We routinely check our Web links to make sure they're sole, active stes~so encourage your readers to check them out! eget « “we wor Cv Nes DIT