Words Their Way Chapter 7 Syllables and Affixes

Words Their Way Chapter 7: Syllables and Affixes Nora Vines

Warm Up Journal �What orthographic knowledge must students have before working in the Derivational Relations Stage? What have they already studied and learned?

Focus � How consonant and vowel patterns are represented in multisyllabic words � What occurs when syllables join together (syllable juncture) � How stress or lack of stress determines the clarity of the sounds in syllables � How simple affixes (prefixes and suffixes) change the usage, meaning, and spelling of words

Syllables Syllable Juncture: explores the “rules” of spelling where two syllables meet. � Example Syllable Juncture Sort: � � Sudden (VCCV Doublet) Public (VCCV) Foggy Signal Mammal Velvet Village Injure Dessert Seldom Butter Costume Message Husband Office Lumber What do YOU notice about the words in this sort? What is the focus? How will you, the teacher, guide students’ understanding?

Affixes � Affixes refers to prefixes and suffixes. � Example Suffix Sort: � What -ness (changes an adjective to a noun) -ful (full of or characterized by) Darkness Tactful Kindness Painful Illness Thoughtful Weakness Thankful Freshness Dreadful Hardness Faithful Blindness Colorful is the focus in this sort? How do you scaffold student’s understanding?

Morphemes � The study of morphemes represents the meaning layer of our spelling system. � 2 types of morphemes: Free morphemes are words that can stand on their own without prefixes or suffixes (base words such as able in disable). � Bound morphemes can not stand alone as words (un in uncover) � � Because the spelling of morphemes is based on meaning instead of sound, the pronunciation may differ, but the spelling will remain the same. � Example: -ed signals past tense: shouted, worked, jogged. � Visit the link for everything you ever needed to know about morphemes http: //www. uhu. es/mpilar. ron/61109/units/unidad 2/resources/documents/Morpheme%20 overview. pdf

Vocabulary � Refer � You back to Vocabulary_Resource. pdf can use these activities for word study in the meaning layer.

Let’s Play!! Word Sort “Stations” for Derivational Relations Stage