Prefixes PowerPoint Lesson with Vocabulary Practice (mis, un, re, pre, dis)

Are you searching for a step-by-step PowerPoint that can be used to introduce common prefixes to your students in a way that will grab their attention? If so, this highly interactive PowerPoint may be exactly what you are looking for! After defining affix, prefix, and suffix, students learn the meaning of the five most common prefixes: un-, dis-, re-, pre-, and mis-. Then, there are more than 20 practice slides where students must identify a prefixed word in the sentence and the meaning of the prefix.

PowerPoints filled with visuals are ideal for teaching new content to students because PowerPoints tend to be highly engaging and concepts can be easily broken down into understandable chunks of information. But let's face it... they are so time-consuming to create! Fortunately, now you have an option of using one that is already complete, kid-tested, and ready to go for you!

I choose to begin with these five prefixes because they account for 53% of all English prefixed words, according to Word Frequency Book (Carroll, Davies, Richman, 1971).

HERE'S THE SEQUENCE OF TOPICS COVERED IN THIS POWERPOINT:

Slides 1-8: Introduction

• introduce the terms affix, prefix, and suffix
• includes an explanation of why the root word is "fix and how it's related to the meaning of the words!!
• includes a mnemonic device for remembering that a prefix comes at the beginning and the suffix comes at the end!!

Slides 9-16: The meanings of un-

Slides 17-19: The meanings of dis-

Slides 20-22: The meaning of re-

Slides 23-25: The meaning of pre-

Slides 26-28: The meaning of mis-

Slides 29-51: Practice Slides

• A sentence is provided.
• Students write the word with a prefix from the sentence and the meaning of the prefix.

***A PowerPoint companion handout is also included in this file. Students can follow along and record answers on this handout as you progress through the PowerPoint! The companion handout is available in both printable format or digital format.**

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Here's what teachers like you have to say about this prefixes PowerPoint:

⭐️ Kara R. said, "My students were very engaged with this resource. This was great practice that was much more than a resource! My 2nd graders and 5th graders alike were able to complete this resource and were both equally engaged in the content."

⭐️ Colleen B. said, "My students were very engaged going through this lesson. I noticed that after doing this as a class, they had a much easier time remembering the prefixes' meanings."

⭐️ Amy B. said, "This was a fun context to use with prefixes. It was really engaging for them and helped them remember. Such a great visual!"

⭐️ Gillian M. said, "My students really were engaged and would make comments about this PowerPoint when completing other independent work on the same topic."

⭐️ Leteshia said, "This PPT gave students a clear visual of how to understand prefixes and search for them when working with text. Will keep this in steady rotation each year."

Please note: You DO have my permission to convert this PPT to Google Slides, and to share it with your students via Google Classroom. (A Google link is not provided, but you may upload the PowerPoint to Google yourself, if you wish.)

This PowerPoint cannot be edited due to the copyright requirements made by the contributing artists (clip art, font, background).

Feel free to check out some of my related resources:

Introduction to Suffixes PowerPoint (-er, -est, -ful, -less, -able, -er as a person)

More Prefixes PowerPoint (over, under, sub, inter, semi, de, in, im, il, ir)

More Suffixes PowerPoint (-en, -ible, -ness, -tion, -ess, -al, -en, -ness, -ly, -ist, -or)

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