Grade 2 English Language Arts · Level 6, Enter Grade 3 with introductory decoding, fluency, and language-analysis skills. Easy patterns only.

Grade 3 Bridge: Common Latin Suffixes

Decode familiar words containing common Latin suffixes such as -able/-ible/-ation when presented in accessible contexts.

How the lesson starts: Grade 3 Bridge: Common Latin Suffixes

Bao's Toy Test Lab
This is Bao the panda. Bao tests toys all day long. Can you wash it? Can you bend it? Bao writes big words on her test cards. Let's find their endings!
Three endings
Look at the end of these words. Washable ends with able. Visible ends with ible. Invitation ends with ation. These endings are called suffixes.
Bao finds the suffix
Bao's card says decoration. Dec, or, ation. Which part is the suffix? Look at the very end. Ation! It rhymes with station. Dec and or come before it.