Prefixes: un re pre dis mis
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What this skill is
Morphology — prefixes, suffixes and roots — carries both pronunciation and meaning, and it is what makes long words tractable from about grade three onwards. Examples: unhappy, undo, unlock, redo, replay.
Three ways to teach it at home
- Cover the ending and read the base word, then uncover it. Meaning lives in the parts.
- Collect examples of the same ending across a week and put them on the wall.
- Ask what the word means with the part and without it. Morphology is a vocabulary skill as much as a decoding one.
The full word list
Every word here uses only spellings taught at or before this rung, so nothing needs guessing. Print it, or read it down the column together.
unhappy · undo · unlock · redo · replay · return · preview · preheat · dislike · disagree · mistake · misplace
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What grade is "prefixes: un re pre dis mis"?
It sits in grade 3 in most sequences, and it is aligned to RF.3.3a. In Ladderbug it opens once endings: -s -es -ed -ing is solid — grade labels are a rough guide, and readiness is what actually matters.
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