Prairie River Academy

English Language Arts

Grade 4Unit 1Lesson 1

Morphology and vocabulary

Meaning Lives in Word Parts

Today: Use a base and affix to infer a word's meaning.

A

Begin

Warm-up

  1. 1.Define rewrite from its parts.

  2. 2.Find the base in fearless.

B

Learn

Meaning Lives in Word Parts

Morphology studies meaningful word parts. A word's parts often provide a stronger clue than a vague guess from the sentence.

Identify prefix, base, and suffix; state each meaning; combine; then test against context.

Study the model

preview = pre (before) + view (see) → see before

C

Read

Original PRA passage

Before the play, the director offered a preview of one brief scene.
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Prairie River Academy

Meaning Lives in Word Parts

Grade 4Practice and apply
D

Practice

Read, think, and respond

  1. 1.Explain preview. ELA-4-01-01-Q1

  2. 2.What does director name? ELA-4-01-01-Q2

  3. 3.Build a word meaning before history. ELA-4-01-01-Q3

  4. 4.Why does context support preview? ELA-4-01-01-Q4

E

Apply

Use the lesson

Analyze three words containing pre-, re-, un-, -er, or -less.

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