Affixes

Since the beginning of the year, we have been learning alot about prefixes and suffixes. Ms. Strum told us that the word for this is affixes. Ms. Strum has taught us that prefixes come at the beginning of the word and that suffixes come at the end of the word. Ms. Strum also taught us that prefixes and suffixes, also known as affixes, change the meaning of the word.

Ms. Strum divided us into several groups. She gave each group a different affix. Each group was given several different words that begin with the affix that they were assigned. We then worked with our group and determined the meaning of each word basedon the root word and suffix.

Jalyn, Daijana, and Kirston working hard on finding words with affixes.

We were also divided into groups to look in magazines and find words that begin or end with the affixes. We then had to determine the meaning of each word.

Darlyn, Jame'ica, Jamiee, and Ja'Ray working hard!

We have learned so much over the past week about affixes. We now can look at a word, sentence, passage, or story to determine the meaning of the word based on the root word and the affix.