Prefix Addition Worksheet

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Grades

Standards

RF.3.3.A

RF.3.3.B

L.3.4.B

L.3.4

L.3.4.A

L.3.4.C

Formats

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This learning resource is available in interactive and printable formats. The interactive worksshet can be played online and assigned to students. The Printable PDF version can be downloaded and printed for completion by hand.

About the "Adding Prefixes" Worksheet

"Adding Prefixes" is a comprehensive vocabulary exercise that focuses on understanding how prefixes modify word meanings in everyday contexts. This interactive and printable worksheet, that aligns with the Common Core State Standards, Adding Prefixes, presents ten carefully crafted sentences where students must choose between a base word and its prefixed form. Each sentence provides a clear context that helps students understand how prefixes like 're-', 'mis-', 'un-', 'im-', 'de-', and 'non-' change word meanings.

Decorated with charming illustrations of playful animals including a giraffe and fox doing yoga poses, the worksheet creates an engaging learning environment. The questions cover a range of practical situations, from discussing behavior and politeness to everyday activities like drinking coffee and doing yoga. The multiple-choice format, where students circle the correct word, helps them understand the subtle differences that prefixes can make to word meanings while developing their contextual comprehension skills.

What will your child learn through this worksheet?

Understanding how prefixes change word meanings
Recognizing common prefixes and their functions
Using context clues to select appropriate word forms
Applying prefix knowledge in real-world situations

Learning Outcomes

Students will correctly identify and select prefixed words with 90% accuracy within 20 minutes
Students will demonstrate understanding of at least 6 different prefix meanings
Students will explain how prefixes modify base words in context

Cognitive

Through this worksheet, students develop analytical skills in word formation patterns
Practice decision-making through interactive prefix selection activities

Psychomotor

Enhance fine motor skills while circling answers in this interactive worksheet
Develop eye-tracking abilities while comparing word pairs

Affective

Build confidence in vocabulary usage through this interactive worksheet
Develop positive attitudes toward word learning

Reinforce

Share reasoning for word choices with classmates through this interactive worksheet
Practice explaining prefix meanings to peers

Common Core Standards Covered

L.3.4

Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning word and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

L.3.4.a

Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

L.3.4.b

Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat).

L.3.4.c

Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion).

RF.3.3.a

Identify and know the meaning of the most common prefixes and derivational suffixes.

RF.3.3.b

Decode words with common Latin suffixes.