Following on from part 3.
In the previous blog we looked at the root words to develop chunks of meaning within words. We discovered that the identification of the root word could be used to help make the reading of some longer words more automatic.
There are also parts of words that are meaningful such as prefixes. Prefixes are added to the beginnings of words to change their meaning. Thus, developing an awareness of prefixes and root words can enhance your child's ability to decode word's and their meanings. In fact, if your child learns re-, in-, dis-, un- he/she will have a key to the decoding of approximately two thirds of all English words that have prefixes.
One activity that you could be used with your child is to set up a cork pin board with collection of words that have been discovered in your reading together sessions.
N.B. Make this a fun activity - reading at home should be enjoyable. Make it into a game, you could call it word detective.
In the previous blog we looked at the root words to develop chunks of meaning within words. We discovered that the identification of the root word could be used to help make the reading of some longer words more automatic.
There are also parts of words that are meaningful such as prefixes. Prefixes are added to the beginnings of words to change their meaning. Thus, developing an awareness of prefixes and root words can enhance your child's ability to decode word's and their meanings. In fact, if your child learns re-, in-, dis-, un- he/she will have a key to the decoding of approximately two thirds of all English words that have prefixes.
One activity that you could be used with your child is to set up a cork pin board with collection of words that have been discovered in your reading together sessions.
N.B. Make this a fun activity - reading at home should be enjoyable. Make it into a game, you could call it word detective.
I would suggest doing the same for suffixes.
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