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Grade 5 Reading & Writing · World 1: Spelling Springs · Level 5
Prefix and Suffix Spelling
Keep or change letters when parts join (misspell, unnecessary, noticeable, happily).
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 5
- A prefix never changes the word it joins. So mis plus spell keeps both s's: misspell. That's why un plus necessary has two n's.
- Suffixes can change things. Drop a silent e before a vowel, as in hoping. Keep it before a consonant, as in hopeful.
- Soft c and soft g need that e, though. Notice keeps it in noticeable, so the c stays soft.
- Change y to i, as in happily. And double a last consonant when the stress falls there, as in occurred and beginning.
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:
- 5.F.P.4.c — Decode and encode words with common prefixes and suffixes.