---
title: Prefixes
description: Students will create a comic to inform others how to figure out the meaning of a new word using prefixes
image: https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/prefixes-001.png
---

**Subject: ESL/ELL (English Language Learning)**

**Lesson Length: 30 - 45 mins**

**Topic: Prefixes**

**Grade Level: 3, 4, 5**

**Standards / Framework: **

- **[CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.3.A](https://learning.ccsso.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ELA_Standards1.pdf)**
- **[CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.4.3](https://learning.ccsso.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ELA_Standards1.pdf)**
- **[CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.5.3](https://learning.ccsso.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ELA_Standards1.pdf)**
- [WIDA: STANDARD 2](https://wida.wisc.edu/sites/default/files/resource/WIDA-ELD-Standards-Framework-2020.pdf)

**Brief Description:**  Students will create a comic informing others how to figure out the meaning of a new word using prefixes.

**Know Before You Start:** Students should have a basic understanding of common **prefixes**, e.g., re, mis, dis, non, fore, bi, mid, centi.

**Hook:**

- Read and discuss the sample comic.
- Display several words that may be unfamiliar to your students, e.g., unhappy, reheat, misunderstand.
- Have groups of students determine the meaning of these words, e.g., "The prefix _____ means _____, so the word _____ means ________."

**Activity:**

- Assign students an unfamiliar word with a prefix. 
- Have students create a comic that informs their reader how to determine the meaning of the unknown word using the prefix.

**Closure:**

- Have students share their comics with the whole class or in small groups.
- Display the comics in the classroom.

**Differentiation:**

- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
- Allow students to work in pairs or groups as needed.
- Have students think of their own word with a prefix.

**Resources:** Comic to print or display:  [Comic 1](https://share.pixton.com/qcu0qzb).

**Suggested Content:**

- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/1692653269182189568/thumbnail.png) Space Opera ](https://content.pixton.com/space-opera)
- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/2002788602128396288/thumbnail.png) Cave ](https://content.pixton.com/cave)
- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/1838241380359630848/thumbnail.png) Energy ](https://content.pixton.com/energy)
- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/1806750213457739776/thumbnail.png) Hospital ](https://content.pixton.com/hospital)
- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/1936106945435254784/thumbnail.png) Hotel ](https://content.pixton.com/hotel)
- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/2007154339844792320/thumbnail.png) Magic School ](https://content.pixton.com/magic-school)

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