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School SCRABBLE® Activities: Issue #9

Educators and parents have been asking us for more School SCRABBLE® activities. Here they are! Every two weeks, a new page will be posted. We welcome your questions and suggestions. Send them to Cindy McCaffery.

Suffixes

January 15-26, 2001

Suffixes are letter groups that, when added to the end of a word or word root, change the meaning of the word. Write the following suffixes on the chalkboard and ask students to define the meaning of each.

 -like (relating to)   -less (without)   -ful (full of) 

Present students with the following words. Ask them how the addition of the suffix changes the meaning of each word.

backless

baseless

bashful

birdlike

careful

careless

childlike

dripless

drumlike

faceless

factful

fearful

fearless

hairless

heedful

homeless

homelike

joyful

kinglike

ladylike

mindful

successful

thoughtful

thoughtless

[picture of hairlessness]
[picture of joy]
[picture of crown]

Challenge students to come up with their words that contain these suffixes. Remind students to look for these suffixes when they play the SCRABBLE®game. They can make their own words using the suffix or add the suffix to a word already on the game board.

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