Week 10 · Word Tails
Tuesday
Suffixes ful and less
// Suffixes: -er, -est, -ful, -less, -ly, -ness and -y
⏱ about 15 min
Tuesday: Suffixes ful and less
Donnie and Ferris carry a basket of seeds up the hill.
The path is steep, and the basket is heavy.
"Thank you for helping," says Donnie. "You are so helpful!"
"Without you, I would be helpless," he laughs.
See it: ful and less
The suffix ful means full of.
Helpful means full of help. Hopeful means full of hope.
The suffix less means without.
Helpless means without help. Fearless means without fear.
SEE IT: WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
- Read the question.
- Tap your answer.
What does helpful mean?
What does careless mean?
What does painless mean?
What does playful mean?
What does fearless mean?
SEE IT: FIND THE SUFFIX
- Read the question.
- Tap your answer.
Which part is the suffix in thankful?
Which part is the suffix in endless?
Which part is the base word in cheerful?
Which part is the base word in sleepless?
READ IT: WHICH WORD FITS?
- Read the question.
- Tap your answer.
Thank you! You are so ___ .
The ___ cub ran to the top.
The kitten is ___ with the yarn.
Be ___ with the eggs!Ful means full of. Less means without.
| Sentence | True or false? |
|---|---|
| Ful means full of. | ? |
| Less means more. | ? |
| Hopeful means full of hope. | ? |
| Useless means full of use. | ? |
WHY THIS EXERCISELess means without, so useless means without use.
Build it
BUILD THE WORD CAREFULLY
- Say carefully slowly.
- Tap the parts in order.
1First
2Next
3Last
BUILD THE WORD CARELESS
- Say careless slowly.
- Tap the parts in order.
1First
2Next
3Last
BUILD THE SENTENCE
- Read each card.
- Tap the cards in order to make a sentence.
1First
2Next
3Last
Read it yourself
help, helpful, helpless
hope, hopeful, hopeless
care, careful, careless
hope, hopeful, hopeless
care, careful, careless
Try it
Tell your grown-up one way you were helpful today.
Then say it with less: was anything useless?
Then say it with less: was anything useless?
Read it yourself
Ferris was helpful on the steep path.
Be careful with the seeds.
Be careful with the seeds.
Word Spot: wash, which, later
Here are new sight words.
Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.
Wash: W-A-S-H.
Which: W-H-I-C-H.
Later: L-A-T-E-R.
FIND THE WORD
- Listen to the word.
- Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
- Listen to the sentence.
- Tap the missing word.
We ___ the dishes after dinner.
___ one is the tallest?
See you ___!
Full of fun! Tomorrow we add ly, ness and y.