Prefixes and Compound Words Review

2nd Grade ELAVocabulary3 pages

About this worksheet

Vocabulary Adventures puts three 2nd grade word skills on one page. In Prefix Power, students add un- or re- to a root word from clues such as "To tie your shoes again is to..." Compound Word Builder pairs pictures, a bird with a house and a rain cloud with a bow, for students to write birdhouse and rainbow. Word Strengths asks them to order huge, big and gigantic, then freezing, chilly and cold, from weakest to strongest. The tasks match Common Core L.2.4b, L.2.4d and L.2.5b, and the last page has the answers.

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Curriculum objectives covered

L.2.4b

โ€œDetermine the meaning of the new word formed when a known prefix is added to a known word (e.g., happy/unhappy, tell/retell).โ€

Prefix Power: students add re- to tie and un- to clean to match each clue.

L.2.4d

โ€œUse knowledge of the meaning of individual words to predict the meaning of compound words (e.g., birdhouse, lighthouse, housefly; bookshelf, notebook, bookmark).โ€

Compound Word Builder: birdhouse from bird and house, and rainbow from rain and bow.

L.2.5b

โ€œDistinguish shades of meaning among closely related verbs (e.g., toss, throw, hurl) and closely related adjectives (e.g., thin, slender, skinny, scrawny).โ€

Word Strengths: ordering big, huge and gigantic, and cold, chilly and freezing, by strength.

What's inside this worksheet

Prefix Power

A reminder that un- means not and re- means again, then two clues. The expected answers are retie and unclean.

Compound Word Builder

Two picture sums to finish: bird + house and rain + bow. Students write both small words and the compound word.

Word Strengths

Two sets of three words to number from weakest (1) to strongest (3): huge, big, gigantic and freezing, chilly, cold.

How teachers use it

Name the pictures

Have students say each picture aloud before writing. The bird and house are quick, but the ribbon bow can take a moment to read as bow.

Human number line

Give three students cards reading big, huge and gigantic and have the class line them up. Then students do Set B on their own.

Check the prefix

Question 2 expects unclean. Accept dirty in discussion, but point out that the answer has to use un-.

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