Identify Root Words and Suffixes (-ful, -less, -ly)
Find the root word: look past the -ful, -less, and -ly!
3rd Grade - English Language Arts - Prefixes and Suffixes
About This Skill
On Iqleel, third-grade students will practice finding the root word inside words that end with the common suffixes -ful, -less, and -ly. They will learn to analyze a word like 'hopeful' to find its root word, 'hope'. This skill helps students see how suffixes are added to base words to change their meaning or part of speech. Recognizing root words and suffixes is a keyword analysis skill that helps students decode unfamiliar words and build their vocabulary.
Skills & Topics
- Phonics & Word Skills
- Vocabulary
- Vocabulary Development
- Prefixes and Suffixes
- Word Roots
- Affixes
- Base Words
- Word Meaning
- Word Structure
- Word Analysis
- Root Words
- Decoding
- Suffix
- Derivational Suffix
Curriculum Alignment
- 3RF3d
- RF.3.3.a: Identify and know the meaning of the most common prefixes and derivational suffixes.
- ELA.3.2.A.vi