Phonics: Module 30, Lesson 1 (Day 146): Identifying Words with Suffixes (-ing, -ment, -ness)

Phonics: Lesson 1 - Identifying words with Suffixes (-ing, -ment, -ness)

 

Introduction

Today, you will read and spell words with suffixes.

 

Visual

We are going to learn three suffixes. A suffix is a letter or group of letters placed at the end of a word to create a new word. 

  • Look at the word warn. It is a verb, or an action word. It means “to tell someone something bad is about to happen.” When I add the suffix -ing to make the word warning. I change the verb to a noun. A warning is something that lets you know something bad is about to happen.
  • Look at the word movement. The suffix -ment was added to the verb move to make the noun movement. The suffix -ment means “the result of doing something,” so movement means “the result of moving.”
  • Look at the word fairness. The suffix -ness was added to the verb fair to make the noun fairness. The suffix -ness means “the state of being or quality of being,” so fairness means “the state of being fair.”

 

warn, warning, move, movement, fair, fairness

 

 

Task

In Your Notebook:  Draw a three-column chart. Write -ing, -ment, and -ness in the top columns on the chart.

 

Interactive

Directions: Read each word. Sort the word under the correct category. After completing the sort, please copy this sort into your phonics/word study journal.

 

 

 

 

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