Prefixes and Suffixes
This comes after the root word to indicate more than one.
Plural s
This is the type of bug we read about that lives in your hair?
lice
digest
When asked a question/prompt that tells us to differentiate, what does that mean?
Tell apart or tell the difference between
When is the last day of the second trimester?
Today
This is a suffix that makes the word last tense.
ed
This is the type of bug that we read about that lives on our eyelashes.
Eyelash mite
This word means a disease caused by germs
When a question or prompt tells us to compare, what is it asking us to do?
To state the similarities between two or more things.
What kind of conferences will be coming up?
Student led
This is a suffix that makes the word an adverb and means, in a manner that is...
ly
What is one type of bug that lives in your body and are microscopic organisms? Some of these organisms are good and some are bad.
Bacteria
This means to increase in an amount or number.
multiply
When we are asked by a question or prompt to infer, what are we asked to do?
To provide a logical answer using evidence from the text and our prior knowledge.
What month will our next parent teacher conference be?
March
This is a suffix that means a person who or one that is more (when comparing two items).
er
This type of bug multiplies on things like your pillow.
Dust mites
This word means to remove or destroy something.
eliminate
If a question or prompt asks us to draw conclusions about text, what is it asking us to do?
to make a judgement or inference based on text clues and background knowledge.
What bug did Ms. McNamara eat?
Grasshopper
This is a prefix that means before.
Pre
How long is a bedbug's lifecycle from egg to adult?
4 weeks to 5 months
We learned that words can have multiple meanings depending on the context in which the word is used. Tell three different meanings of the word bug.
an insect
an error or virus in a computer system
to annoy or bother someone
When a prompt or question asks you to contrast between two things in the text, what is it asking you to do?
state the differences between two or more things.
Where did Ms. McNamara live in when she ate a bug?
Burkina Faso, West Africa