As we continue to inch closer to the STAAR, I try to focus a lot on strategies that will help my struggling readers be able to tackle the words on the page for the test, but also in LIFE. I think working with word parts is a really beneficial way to do that. One way we reinforce prefixes is the game below. This one came from the Kagan Balanced Literacy Grade 5 book but would be easily reproduced.
Once a student spun the spinner they had to determine which words the prefix could go with and why. Some of them were a lot harder than others but they all gave us good discussion.
Everything was laminated for easy write on-wipe off.
Once a student spun the spinner they had to determine which words the prefix could go with and why. Some of them were a lot harder than others but they all gave us good discussion.
Everything was laminated for easy write on-wipe off.
As we got going with the game, we made a mini anchor chart for the definitions we decided on together.