Affixes and Root Words Kahoot

An strong understanding of root (base) words and affixes is important for a couple of reasons.  It allows students to see relationships between words, and it encourages to "break down" words to determine meaning.  Our testing data has shown this to be a weakness for our students.  

I created a Kahoot that focussed on this skill.  The questions mirror the types of questions found on the SOL Released Tests.  The final two questions are the most challenging for students because they have to understand that words beginning with prefix letters are not necessarily words with prefixes.  An example would be the word pretend since it does not mean to tend before.  My Kahoot can be found in the Public Kahoot folder with the name Affixes and Root Words_Coleman.  Tags include root word, base word, prefix, and suffix.

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