© by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. | TG P-79 | Connect to Phonics PLUS Teacher Guide audio or say the words aloud and have children repeat. Say: When you see the suffix -tion/-ion/ -ation, you know the word is a noun that means “the act of.” This suffix turns verbs, like imagine and educate, into nouns, like imagination and education. What does imagination mean? (the act of imagining) What does education mean? (the act of educating) Point out how the spelling of the suffix can change, depending on the spelling of the base word. Page P-128 Practice A • Spell multisyllabic words with common suffixes Model item 1. Say: This sentence has a word missing. Listen carefully as the sentence is read aloud. The missing word has a suffix. What is the word? Play the audio or say the sentence aloud: This book is easy. It is very readable. Ask: What do you hear? What is the missing word? (readable) What suffix is at the end of the word? (-able) Write the word readable on the line. Play the audio and have children finish the activity. Answers: 1. readable 2. education 3. acceptable 4. imagination Communicate B • Demonstrate knowledge of words with common suffixes Write the suffixes -able and -tion on the board. Ask: Can you say a word that has one of these suffixes? For example, creation. What suffix does creation have? (-tion) What is the base word? (create) Point out the spelling change in the base word create. Repeat the process with the second example: comfortable. Then have children say words and identify suffixes on their own. Practice C • Identify the meaning of words with common suffixes Review the meaning of the suffixes -able (“can be done”) and -tion (“the act of”). Model the example. Say: The word breakable has the suffix -able and the base word break. The suffix -able means “can be done.” So the word breakable means “can be broken.” Circle can be broken to show the correct meaning. Have children finish the activity. Answers: 1. can be enjoyed 2. the act of celebrating 3. the act of illustrating 4. can be washed D • Spell multisyllabic words using knowledge of suffixes Explain that children will combine the word parts to make a new word. Model the example. Say: Avoid is the base word. It is a verb. The suffix is -able. When we combine avoid and -able, the new word is avoidable. It is an adjective. Write the word on the line. Have children complete the activity. Remind them to pay attention to spelling changes that affect the base word. Answers: 1. acceptable 2. invention 3. reasonable 4. admiration Differentiated Instruction • Scaffold The suffix -tion/-ion is similar to -ción in Spanish. Encourage multilingual learners who speak Spanish to share words they know with the suffix -ción. • Amplify Write words with the suffix -tion, -ion, -ation. Underline the suffix in each. Have children blend and read each syllable separately and then blend and read the whole word. Show What You Know • Informal assessment Have children add the suffix -able or -tion to the following base words: invent, subtract, believe, do. Pages 129–130 Read Connected Text Decodable Reader: “My Piano Piece” Help children follow the instructions for creating their decodable readers. You may want to have them color the pictures. • Preview: Use picture clues Tell children to look at the pictures in the story before they read. Say: First, look at the pictures. Can you guess what the story is about? • Recognize words with long vowel sounds Direct children’s attention to the decodable words list on the back cover of “My Piano Piece.” Read aloud the list of words. Children repeat the words. Ask: Which words have the long e sound spelled y or
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