Routine · Longer words
Circle the parts, read the base
Circle a prefix and suffix, read the base word, then put the parts back together.
- Time
- 3 to 6 minutes
- Skill
- Longer words
- In a session plan
- Word reading
When to use it
When a lesson teaches a prefix or suffix, and for any student who stumbles over long words with endings.
Materials
- The word list
- A pencil
Steps
Shown with example words: pattern the prefix un and the suffix ing; word unpacking; words unpacking, helpful, hopeful.
Get ready
Name today's word part: the prefix un and the suffix ing. Show it on its own and read it.
I do
With unpacking, circle the prefix at the front and the suffix at the end. Read the base word left in the middle. Then read prefix, base, suffix, and the whole word.
Say: I circle the parts I know. What is left is the base. I read the base, then add the parts back: unpacking.
We do
Do the next word together. The student circles, you check, then you read the parts together.
You do
The student circles and reads each word in unpacking, helpful, hopeful, then says what the word means in a few words.
Student: Circles the parts, reads the base, reads the whole word.
Read the list again without circling.
Check
Give a new word with the same part. The student reads it and tells how the part changes the meaning.
If the student...
Reads the base word wrong.
Cover the circled parts. Read the base together, sound by sound if needed. Then uncover one part at a time and read the whole word again from the front.
Drops the suffix at the end.
Point to the circled ending and have the student read it alone. Then read the whole word together, then alone, eyes moving to the last letter.
Say: Look all the way to the end. Read the whole word again.
Tips
- When the base word changed spelling, such as a dropped e, point it out so the student is not thrown.
- Talk about meaning briefly. Knowing that un means not makes the word easier to read and remember.
- In a group, give one word to each student to circle, then read them all together.
Example words
- Pattern
- the prefix un and the suffix ing
- Word
- unpacking
- Words
- unpacking, helpful, hopeful
Original routines written by Literacy Trail. In the app, every routine is filled with your student's lesson.
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Have this routine filled in for every lesson
In Literacy Trail, the session plan picks a routine for each block and fills it with the words, sounds and sentence from your student's lesson. Every plan starts with a 15-day free trial.