Prairie River Academy

English Language Arts

Grade 3Unit 1Lesson 4

Word structure and spelling

Use Suffixes to Change a Word's Job

Today: Recognize how common suffixes form nouns and adjectives.

A

Begin

Warm-up

  1. 1.Build helpful from help.

  2. 2.Find the base in kindness.

B

Learn

Use Suffixes to Change a Word's Job

A derivational suffix can change a word's meaning or grammatical job. The new word remains connected to its base.

Identify the base, name the suffix meaning, and test the new word in a sentence.

Study the model

help + ful → helpful; dark + ness → darkness

C

Read

Original PRA passage

The sudden darkness made the path seem dangerous, but Lio's careful steps kept him safe.
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Use Suffixes to Change a Word's Job

Grade 3Practice and apply
D

Practice

Read, think, and respond

  1. 1.Split dangerous. ELA-3-01-04-Q1

  2. 2.What does careful describe? ELA-3-01-04-Q2

  3. 3.Build a noun from dark. ELA-3-01-04-Q3

  4. 4.Build an adjective from hope. ELA-3-01-04-Q4

E

Apply

Use the lesson

Create a word family from care using two different suffixes.

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