Word Mapping Strategy

1. Word Mapping Strategy Map the word parts Attack the meaning of each part Predict the word’s meaning See if you’re right!

2. A word part with meaning prediction pre-dict-ion

3. Prefix • Morpheme Placed at the beginning of a word • Suffix • Morpheme placed at the end • of the word • Root • Morpheme is placed at beginning, middle or • end of the word. • Sometimes is the whole word. • Gives the word its main meaning.

4. Suffix Guidelines • Change “y” to “i” when you add “-es,” “-er,” “-est” and other suffixes starting with a vowel. • fly - flies • happy - happier • pretty - prettiest

5. Suffix Guidelines (cont.) 2. Use consonant doubling when you add “ing” run - running swim - swimming 3. Remove the silent “e” when you add “ing” or other suffixes make - making excite - excit able

6. Word Map Word Prediction Prefix Root Suffix MStep AStep PStep SStep Meaning Meaning Meaning Definition