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Harcourt Journeys: Vocabulary Strategies

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

Unit 3: Lesson 14Suffixes

(-able, -ible)

Part 1: Introduce Strategy

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

Today we are going to look at the suffixes:

-able -ible

Let’s look at the suffix:

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

EXAMPLE WORDS

transportable? - able to be transported

chewable? - able to be chewed

washable? - able to be washed

Let’s look at the suffix:

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

EXAMPLE WORDS

connectible? - able to be connected

flexible? - able to be flexed

Part 2: Projectables

Projectable 14.5

Part 3: Guided Practice

Turn your Practice Book to page 159.

Part 4: Independent Practice

See Handout; page 25 in Grab and Go

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