Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
5.2.B
demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by:
(i) spelling multisyllabic words with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllables; vowel teams, including digraphs and diphthongs; r-controlled syllables; and final stable syllables;
(ii) spelling words with consonant changes, including/t/ to/sh/ such as in select and selection and/k/ to/sh/ such as music and musician;
(iii) spelling multisyllabic words with multiple sound-spelling patterns;
(iv) spelling words using advanced knowledge of syllable division patterns;
(v) spelling words using knowledge of prefixes; and
(vi) spelling words using knowledge of suffixes, including how they can change base words such as dropping e, changing y to i, and doubling final consonants; and
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
5.11.D
edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:
(i) complete simple and compound sentences with subject-verb agreement and avoidance of splices, run-ons, and fragments;
(ii) past tense of irregular verbs;
(iii) collective nouns;
(iv) adjectives, including their comparative and superlative forms;
(v) conjunctive adverbs;
(vi) prepositions and prepositional phrases and their influence on subject-verb agreement;
(vii) pronouns, including indefinite;
(viii) subordinating conjunctions to form complex sentences;
(ix) capitalization of abbreviations, initials, acronyms, and organizations;
(x) italics and underlining for titles and emphasis and punctuation marks, including quotation marks in dialogue and commas in compound and complex sentences; and
(xi) correct spelling of words with grade-appropriate orthographic patterns and rules and high-frequency words; and
5th Grade Writing - Affixes Lesson
Spelling with Affixes
Words can be changed with the addition of affixes. Affixes are meaningful groups of letters that can be added to basewords to alter their meanings or to build entirely new words. An affix added to the beginning of a word is a prefix. An affix added to the end of a word is a suffix.
CommonPrefixes
Example:
dis- → "not, opposite of, away"
disapprove → to not approve
disadvantage → the opposite of an advantage
ambi- → "both"
ambidextrous → able to use both hands equally well
When adding many suffixes like -er, -est, -ed, and -es to a word ending with a consonant+y, change the y to an i before adding the suffix. Do not change the y to an i when adding -ing to a word ending with a consonant+y.
admit → admitted, admitting
When adding -ed, -ing, or any suffix beginning with a vowel to a word ending with a closed CVC syllable (and a short vowel sound), the final consonant is often (but not always) doubled.
regret → regretted, regretting
edit → edited, editing
Example:
-able, -ible → "able to be"
reasonable → able to be reasoned with
divisible → able to be divided by
-al, -ial → "having the quality of; like"
cultural → having to do with a culture
palatial → like a palace
-tion, -sion → "condition, action of, or result of"
description → action or result of describing something