New Prefixes — inter-, pre-, dis-, mis- (and Cursive Uppercase A, B, C, D)

Prefix-strip detective: teacher displays 4 unfamiliar words (interstate, preview, disagree, misplace) and children predict meaning by stripping the prefix.

• Underline each prefix
• Ask 'what does the prefix mean? what's the root?'
• Build the predicted meaning, then reveal the actual meaning

Today you meet four new prefixes — extending the prefix work from fall. PREFIX 1: INTER- means BETWEEN or AMONG. Examples: interstate (between states), interview (a meeting between two people), international (among nations). PREFIX 2: PRE- means BEFORE. Examples: preview (look before), prepay (pay before), prehistoric (before recorded history). PREFIX 3: DIS- means NOT or OPPOSITE OF. Examples: disagree (not agree), dishonest (not honest), disappear (the opposite of appear). PREFIX 4: MIS- means WRONGLY. Examples: misplace (place wrongly = put in the wrong place), misunderstand (understand wrongly), misspell (spell wrongly). Apply the 3-step DETECTIVE routine from fall: FIND the prefix, FIND the root, PREDICT the meaning. Then check the dictionary. (Then) Today we also continue HWT cursive — we add the UPPERCASE letters A, B, C, D using the magic-c family extension you learned in fall. Watch the formation of each.

• When prefix-meaning + root-meaning combine, the prediction is usually right.

  model MIS-MANAGE. MIS- = wrongly. MANAGE = run or organize. PREDICTION: to run wrongly. DICTIONARY: to manage badly or wrongly. Match.

  prompt Teacher models prefix-strip and predict for 'mismanage'.
• Cooking words love the PRE- prefix — preheat, prebake, premix.

  model PRE-HEAT. PRE- = before. HEAT = make hot. PREDICTION: to heat before. DICTIONARY: to heat (an oven) to a certain temperature before cooking. Match.

  prompt Teacher models prefix-strip for 'preheat'.

• What does PRE- mean? Give an example.
• What is the difference between DIS- and MIS-?

M-3-S-VOC-16-A Chart

11x17 anchor extending fall's affix poster: four new prefixes in a stacked card layout — INTER- (purple, 'between or among', examples: interstate, interview, international, interact), PRE- (blue, 'before', examples: preview, preheat, prepay, prehistoric), DIS- (red, 'not or opposite of', examples: disagree, dishonest, disappear, dislike), MIS- (green, 'wrongly', examples: misplace, misspell, misunderstand, mismanage). Each prefix has 4 example words. Print-ready, dyslexic-friendly font.

• Detective routine on 8 unfamiliar words (2 per new prefix): predict the meaning, then check the dictionary.

  scaffold Affix anchor + detective bookmark + dictionary at table
• Cursive uppercase practice: form A, B, C, D on cursive paper, 5 of each. Use HWT magic-c family stroke sequence.

  scaffold HWT letter cards + cursive paper + teacher modeling on the board

M-3-S-VOC-16-B Chart

11x17 anchor with the cursive uppercase letters A, B, C, D shown in large size with numbered stroke arrows (HWT magic-c family extension). Below each letter: a sample word starting with that letter (Apple, Bridge, Cat, Dog) in cursive. Print-ready, dyslexic-friendly cursive font.

• Write one sentence using a word with each of 2 new prefixes (e.g., one inter- word, one pre- word).
• Write your name in cursive (uppercase first letter + lowercase) on the back of the exit ticket.

• Hold up your detective work.
• Predict: tomorrow we meet Latin/Greek roots scrib/script and dict.

• Find one word with one of today's prefixes (inter-, pre-, dis-, mis-) in any book or sign at home. Bring on a sticky note with the prefix circled.