Morphology Warmups Set 6: Using Suffixes- SOR Aligned with Digital
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Are you looking for way to introduce your students to a variety of grade-level suffixes in small, manageable chunks of time? These morphology warmups that focus on suffixes are perfect for that!
About the Suffix Warmups
This set of morphology warmups focuses on introducing a variety of suffixes to your students. There are 25 warmups in all.
Each warmup presents the students with:
- A suffix
- Meaning of the suffix
- Three 4th and 5th grade-level words that use the suffix with the meaning of the words (which connect to the meaning of the suffix)
- Version 1 asks the students to choose one of the words to use in a sentence.
- Version 2 includes three sentences (one for each word). The students will read the sentences and determine which word best completes each sentence.
The purpose of these morphology warmups is to:
- introduce and explicitly teach a variety of suffixes
- expose students to grade-level words that use a variety of suffixes
- provide practice opportunities for using and reading words that contain suffixes
Example Warmup Content:
Suffix: -ful
Meaning: full of
- hopeful - full of hope
- respectful - full of respect
- youthful - having or full of youth
- Wanting to appear _______________, the ambassador bowed his head when he met the emperor.
- Despite his old age, the man whooped in excitement and bounded up the stairs with _______________ energy.
- Belle had been fishing for hours without a bite, but she remained _______________ she’d have a successful day.
Using the Reading Warmups
You can use these during whole group instruction using the digital version. The digital option contains the same content and all three versions, but they have been redesigned to work in Google Slides.
The printable reading warmups could be used as small group reading warmups.
Full List of Suffixes Included:
- -er, -or
- -ful
- -less
- -ly
- -ize
- -ion
- -ous
- -able, -ible
- -y
- -en
- -en
- -ish
- -ness
- -ment
- -ist
- -ate
- -ian
- -an
- -ic
- -ty
- -ive
- -al
- -al
- -ship
- -like
Example Words:
- respectful, youthful, hopeful
- homeless, fearless, purposeless
- commercialized, unionized, burglarized
- famous, venomous, erroneous
- unbelievable, hospitable, visible
- foolish, childish, elfish
- painfulness, brightness, sleepiness
- acidic, comedic, empathic
- activate, evaluate, humiliate
- fictional, chronological, logical
- curiosity, rusticity, totality
Looking for more reading warmups aligned with the Science of Reading?
- Morphology Warmups BUNDLE
- Morphology Warmups Set 1: Reading Base Word Families
- Morphology Warmups Set 2: Base Word Creations
- Morphology Warmups Set 3: Add an Affix
- Morphology Warmups Set 4: Match the Meanings - Focus on Affixes
- Morphology Warmups Set 5: Prefix Warmups
- Morphology Warmups Set 6: Suffix Warmups
- Morphology Warmups Set 7: Root Word Families
- Morphology Warmups Set 8: Using Roots, Affixes, and Context to Define Words
- Morphology Warmups Set 9: Two Truths and a Lie
- Click here for ALL of my SOR-aligned resources!
