Word Builders: Prefix Enrichment {Freebie Time}

This year, I am really trying to amp up my vocabulary instruction, and one area I am really focusing on is morphology!  Aside from teaching our students how to use context clues and self-monitoring strategies, I fervently believe that we should explicitly teach prefixes, affixes, and roots.  Once students learn the meaningful words parts, they are better equipped to analyze unknown words and approximate meaning.  It is an invaluable tool.  So, in conjunction with my Word Warriors and Affix Avengers spelling sets, I have been busy creating other resources to make it stick. My Word Builders: Prefix Enrichment pack focuses exclusively on common prefixes, but it incorporates uncommon words into the mix.  I want my students to learn new words in the process of studying roots and affixes, and this resource has is designed to facilitate that process naturally. 

Word Builders addresses prefixes through the use of a predictable template that should be copied front to back for student use. It requires students to highlight prefixes, answer a "test question" about synonyms/antonyms, build words, search for additional words, define more complex vocabulary words featuring each prefix, sketch the meaning of a word, and categorize words by their parts of speech. A freebie has been tucked into this file to try it out with your own kiddos. :) Download the preview to check it out!  Happy Almost Hump Day, friends!