| Lesson start ideas | Give a creative idea how to begin a lesson |
| Which subject | Reading |
| What age group | Year or Grade 2 |
| What topic | Suffixes |
| Quantity | 1 |
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Welcome to today's reading lesson, where we will be learning about suffixes! Suffixes are special endings that we can add to words to change their meaning.
To start off our lesson, let's play a fun game called "Suffix Match-Up". I will provide you with two sets of cards, one with root words (e.g. jump, run, swim) and the other with suffixes (e.g. -ed, -ing, -er). Your task is to match the root word cards with their corresponding suffix cards to create new words. Let's see who can come up with the most words!
Now that we have had some fun with suffixes, let's learn more about what they are and how they work. A suffix is a group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning. For example, adding -ful to the end of the word beauty creates the new word beautiful, which means full of beauty.
To practice using suffixes, we will be completing a worksheet where we have to add the correct suffix to each word. Make sure to read the root word carefully and think about what the new word means with the suffix added.
Today we have learned that suffixes are special endings we can add to words to change their meaning. We had fun playing "Suffix Match-Up" and practicing with a worksheet. I hope you feel more confident using suffixes now and can come up with even more new words on your own!