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Grade 2 Reading & Writing · World 7: Word Workshop · Level 53
Prefixes
Un-, re-, pre-, dis- change a word's meaning.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 53
- A prefix is a word part added to the start of a word. It changes the meaning!
- Un and dis mean not. Unhappy means not happy. Dislike means not like.
- Re means again. Reread means read again. Pre means before. Preheat means heat before, ahead of time.
- To find a word's meaning, cover the prefix and read the root word. Then add the prefix's meaning.
- Your turn! Tap where the prefix ends in refill.
- Now build the word that means not kind.
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:
- 2.L.V.2.a — Identify and use frequently occurring root words and affixes (e.g., prefixes, suffixes) to deconstruct words to determine or clarify meaning.
- 2.L.V.2.c — Construct words using frequently occurring root words and affixes.