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Grade 5 Reading & Writing · World 2: Root Temple · Level 11
Roots and Parts of Speech
See how affixes set a word's job: discuss (verb), discussion (noun), discussable.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 11
- The root holds the meaning, and the ending sets the word's job. Discuss is a verb: we discuss a plan. Discussion is a noun: we had a discussion.
- Same root, new job. Add t i o n or s i o n, and you often get a noun, a thing or an idea.
- Add i v e or a b l e, and you often get an adjective, a describing word.
- So when you see an unknown word, check its ending. It tells you how the word works in the sentence.
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:
- 5.L.V.2.b — Explain the connection between roots, root words, affixes, and parts of speech to determine the meaning of words (e.g., discuss as a verb vs. discussion as a noun). (I)