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Decoding/Word Attack Structural Analysis: Suffixes –ant, - ent , - eer , - ist , - ian. 5 th Grade Lesson 17. Look at the word below and read it to yourself. Read it out loud when I point to it. attendant.
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Decoding/Word AttackStructural Analysis: Suffixes –ant, -ent, -eer, -ist, -ian 5th Grade Lesson 17
Look at the word below and read it to yourself. Read it out loud when I point to it attendant Turn and tell your partner what parts you recognize in this word. Pronounce each part and then blend them together to read the word with your partner. Did you notice that the root word is attend and the suffix is ant?
Now, look at this word and read it to yourself. Read it out loud when I point to it assistant Turn and tell your partner what parts you recognize in this word. Pronounce each part and then blend them together to read the word with your partner. Did you notice that the root word is assist and the suffix is ant?
Let’s try it with a few more words. Look at each of the words below, and with your partner find the root word and the suffix. Then blend them together to read the word dependent puppeteer vocalist comedian Did you notice that sometimes the root word’s spelling changes when a suffix is added? For example, the root word of comedian is comedy, but the final ymust be dropped before adding –ian.
Try a few more. Draw a chart like the one below. Then, with your partner find the root and the suffix in each word. Next, blend them back together to read the word. serve -ant differ -ent engine -eer biology -ist music -ian Tell your partner which of the above root words have a different spelling when the suffix is added. serve, engine, biology
Look in a realistic fiction book to find words with the –ant, -ent, -eer, -ist, and –iansuffixes. Find at least 1 word for each suffix. List the words and underline the suffixes.