Knowledge and Skills Statement
Provide students with cards that have base words on the front and a prefix or a suffix on the back. Have students read the base word first and then flip the card over and write the new word with the prefix or suffix applied to the base word.
Cards might include the following words:
- Front: circle, back: semi-
- Front: oriented, back: dis-
- Front: behave, back: mis-
- Front: state, back: inter-
- Front: color, back: multi-
Further Explanation
This assessment requires students to have phonetic knowledge of and experience with dividing words with prefixes into word parts (prefix + base word) in order to correctly spell words with prefixes. Knowledge is acquired through practice and experience with decoding and spelling words with prefixes.
Research
Composition Writing Studio. Argumentative essay/commentary. University of Purdue’s Online Writing Lab. Retrieved from: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/685/05/
Summary: This online resource offers a complete overview of the writing processes and the components involved in each. The overview includes definition of terms, examples, graphs and charts as appropriate, and additional resources.