(R611) High Frequency Suffixes for Reading and Writing: “-able”

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In this resource, we include some of the most common English words ending in the suffix -able, as well as common academic words ending in -able that are used across subjects at school. 

The resource includes 10 activities designed to teach and consolidate this knowledge. See below for an outline of what is included in the resource.

Fully scripted, the module is is suitable for one-to-one, small group and whole class instruction; and can be downloaded in PDF and Google Slides format.

The activities in these resources are suitable for typically developing students in Year 4 and above. They are also suitable for gifted younger students, and older students with language, learning, reading and/or writing difficulties.

Description

To read well, students need to learn:

A growing body of research suggests we can help struggling readers with “morphological awareness training” (e.g. McLeod & Apel, 2015; Bowers et al., 2010). Morphological awareness is the skill of consciously thinking about and manipulating morphemes (McLeod & Apel, 2015).

Morphemes include:

  • bases (e.g. “speak”); and
  • add-on bits (aka affixes), including prefixes (e.g. “un-”) and suffixes (e.g. “-able”).

So, for example, the word “unspeakable” is made up of three morphemes: un-speak-able.

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In this resource, we include some of the most common English words ending in the suffix -able, as well as common academic words ending in -able that are used across subjects at school.

It contains 10 activities designed to teach and consolidate this knowledge. Activities include:

  • Definition and etymology of the suffix -able,  for comprehension and spelling.
  • A “procedural learning” writing activity.
  • Auditory bombardment: listening to -able words in sentence context.
  • Word highlighting activity: spotting the suffix in sentences.
  • Rewriting exercise using -able words to replace other phrases.
  • Sentence formulation exercise with semantic constraints: making original sentences using -able.
  • Divergent naming exercise: creative thinking using words with -able.
  • Two verbal reasoning and persuasive writing exercises: generating pros and cons for -able words.
  • Story-making or creative writing exercise with -able words.

Fully scripted, the module is is suitable for one-to-one, small group and whole class instruction; and can be downloaded in PDF and Google Slides format.

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The activities in these resources are suitable for typically developing students in Year 4 and above. They are also suitable for gifted younger students, and older students with language, learning, reading and/or writing difficulties.

For more evidence-based information about morphological awareness training, read our article “What else helps struggling readers: the evidence for morphological awareness training“.

If you’re looking for resources about prefixes, see our fully-scripted teaching resources for the 9 most common prefixes in English here.