Harcourt Journeys: Vocabulary Strategies

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Suffixes (-able, -ible):Part 1: PowerPoint LessonPart 2: Projectable 14.5Part 3: Practice Book Page 159Part 4: Leveled Practice 25

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Unit 3: Lesson 14Suffixes

(-able, -ible)

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Part 1: Introduce Strategy

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A suffix is a word part (affix) that is added to the end of a root word.

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Today we are going to look at the suffixes:

-able -ible

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Let’s look at the suffix:

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The suffix -able means “able to be” or “inclined to be.”

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EXAMPLE WORDS

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transportable? - able to be transported

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chewable? - able to be chewed

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washable? - able to be washed

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Let’s look at the suffix:

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The suffix -ible also means “able to be” or “inclined to be.”

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EXAMPLE WORDS

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connectible? - able to be connected

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flexible? - able to be flexed

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Part 2: Projectables

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Projectable 14.5

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Part 3: Guided Practice

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Turn your Practice Book to page 159.

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Part 4: Independent Practice

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See Handout; page 25 in Grab and Go

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How did you do?

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