Name: Madyson McGarry

Lesson Plan Title: Prefixes Subject: ELAR Grade: 3rd

TEK(S):
(3) Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and
thinking--vocabulary. The student uses newly acquired vocabulary expressively. The student is expected to:
(C) identify the meaning of and use words with affixes such as im- (into), non-, dis-, in- (not, non), pre-, -
ness, -y, and -ful;

Assessment(s): Objective(s):
In a one-on-one small The Student will:
group structure, call up • Define prefixes, affixes, non-, dis-, in-, pre-, -ness, -y, and -ful
each student and have • Use these words in a sentence
them point out which • Write words with affixes
words have affixes and • Create a short story with words that have affixes
what that affix is. There
would only be up to 5
words. (Use this every
other day until the final
project)

As an overall assessment,
have the students create a
short story using words
with affixes. The story will
be five sentences long and
will require four words
with affixes.

Materials/Resources: Sequence of Lesson:

• Pens • Start with the video Prefix or Suffix by The Bazillions to introduce the concept
• Paper • Ask students to recall what a Prefix is (then do the same for Suffix)
• Colored pencils • Ask the students to write on the whiteboard/ smartboard prefixes they heard in the
for pictures video (split the board in half and do the same for suffixes)
• Prefix or Suffix • Tell the students about the short story they are going to make using what they
video by The know about prefixes and suffixes
Bazillions • Give each student a blank piece of paper to brainstorm two words that have a
prefix and two words that have a suffix
• Allow students to choose a color of paper to use for the final draft of their story
• ONCE STUDENTS ARE DONE they can add ONE picture that goes along with
their story
• Students will turn in their stories once they are finished
Modifications:
GT
• Have the students write six sentences with three words with prefixes and three
words with suffixes
• They are not allowed to use the six words from the video, they should come up
with six new words
Special Education
• Allow for extra time on the short story assignment
• Do two sentences with one sentence that has a word with a prefix and one
sentence with a word that has a suffix
• Allow for necessary accomidations