NY Next Generation ELA 1RF3.f
The Standard
Recognize and identify root words and simple suffixes (e.g. run, runs, walk, walked).
New York State Next Generation English Language Arts Learning Standards · Phonics and Word Recognition
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students recognize root words and simple suffixes in printed words. They use the parts to read the word and notice changes in meaning or time.
What Mastery Looks Like
- The student identifies run in runs and walk in walked, reads the full word, and explains the suffix. The root remains recognizable after the ending is added.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may remove any final letters as a suffix. They may read the root correctly but ignore the suffix sound and meaning.
How to Assess It
- Show runs, jumped, helping, and cats. Ask students to mark each root and suffix, read the word, and explain one ending.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Add suffix tiles to root-word cards and read each new word aloud.
Ask students what changes when -s or -ed is added.
Play Root and Ending Match with words and meanings.
Find root words and suffixes in a shared classroom message.
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Related Standards
- 3RF3.a
Identify and know the meaning of the most common prefixes and suffixes.
- 2RF3.d
Recognize and identify root words and common suffixes and prefixes.
- 8L4.b
Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., precede, recede, secede).
- 5L4.b
Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., photograph, photosynthesis).
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