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Root Words & Inflections

Identify frequently occurring root words and their inflectional forms (e.g., look/looks/looked/looking), using affixes as clues to word meaning and understanding how suffixes create nouns and adjectives

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Question 1 of 3

Which pair correctly shows (1) the noun that means “the state of being bright” and (2) the noun that means “a person who writes”?

Question 2 of 3

Which word is the correct noun formed from the root word "sad" by adding a suffix?

Question 3 of 3

Which word means “full of care”?

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What a child can do after this Skill

Identify 'play' as the root in 'played', 'playing', 'player'
Explain that '-ful' in 'careful' means 'full of care'
Use '-ness' and '-er' to form nouns from root words: 'sad → sadness', 'teach → teacher'

Curriculum standards this Skill teaches

Eng.App2.Y2.Word.2 — Formation of adjectives
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.4 — Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases…
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.4 — Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning word and phrases based…
Eng.App2.Y2.Word.3 — Suffixes in adjectives and adverbs
Eng.App2.Y2.Word.1 — Formation of nouns

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