Lesson Plans for YEE HAW! THE REAL LIVES OF THE COWBOYS Level T

Building Skills

Grammar, Mechanics, and Usage
Identify Prefixes and Suffixes to Understand Meaning
  • Review the concept of prefixes or suffixes—groups of letters that we add to root words to affect the meaning of the root word.
  • Write the word nonperishable on the board. Ask volunteers to find the root word, perish. Ask them what it means to perish.
  • Circle the suffix -able. Ask students what it might mean. Inform them that it means "the ability to or likelihood." If perish means to end or die, what would perishable mean?
  • Circle the prefix non-. Ask students what they think non- means. Given the meaning of perishable, what would nonperishable mean?
  • Hand out Worksheet 2. Using the prefixes and suffixes listed and defined in the box on the top, students are to modify the root words to fit the sentences. You may wish to model and example or two to ensure that students understand. They may use the prefixes more than once. 

Fluency

  • Allow students to read Yee Haw! independently or with a partner. Partners can take turns reading from the book.
  • Have students take the book home to read with parents, caregivers, siblings, or friends. 

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