All About Prefixes: 12 Brain Games / Puzzles, Critical Thinking, Standards-Based

Keep students engaged and enhance their vocabulary at the end of the school year or summer school. Students use critical thinking to solve the 12 brain games / word puzzles in this resource. Each brain game or puzzle is designed to engage and challenge students as they expand their knowledge and vocabulary concerning prefixes. This resource is best for students in Grades 5-12. It is also appropriate for adults and staff, who enjoy brain games and word puzzles.

The 39 prefixes included in this standards-based resource are as follows:  a, ab, anti, auto, co, com, con, de,di, dis, en, em, ex, fore, hyper, il, im, in, inter, ir, mal, mid, mis, mega, multi, non, over, out, post, pre, pro, re, semi, sub, super, trans, un, under, uni.

This is an excellent resource for cooperative learning, literacy centers, partner learning, independent learning, and whole group. The puzzles can be used to differentiate instruction. They are great to use for students who finish their work early. The challenging puzzles keep students engaged and would be a wonderful activity for a substitute teacher. This resource could be used intermittently throughout the year to review prefixes or it would be a great addition to your current prefix unit.

This resource includes these materials:

Standards

9 Implementation Ideas-- Great for cooperative learning, independent learning, whole group, literacy centers, differentiated instruction, and more.

12 brain games or puzzles

Brain Game Puzzle 1: Negative Prefix Hexagons

Brain Game Puzzle 2: Opposite the Base Word Marble Grid Puzzle

Brain Game Puzzle 3: Prefix Anagram Scramble

Brain Game Puzzle 4: Prefix Words with Vowel Overload

Brain Game Puzzle 5: Attach a Prefix

Brain Game Puzzle 6: Fore and Aft

Brain Game Puzzle 7: Word Ladder Prefixes

Brain Game Puzzle 8: Double Trouble 

Brain Game Puzzle 8: Double Trouble Prefix Homographs

Brain Game Puzzle 9: Prefix Word Columns

Brain Game Puzzle 10: Prefix Jigsaw

Brain Game Puzzle 11: Mega Multi Grapes

Brain Game Puzzle 12: Star Speller Prefixes

Information on prefixes

Directions

Answer Keys for each game/puzzle

I also have several other brain game/puzzle resources in my TPT store:

Brain Games: Challenging Vocabulary Puzzle Activities to Teach Author’s Tone

End of Year ELA Review: Brain Games and Puzzles

Compound Words No Prep, Standards-Based Resource: Engaging Thinking Activities

Pumpkin Talk: Logic Activities, Engaging Critical Thinking

My hope is that your students enjoy these brain games and puzzles and that you find this resource helpful and a great addition to your prefix unit.  If your colleagues are interested in this resource, please purchase additional licenses from TPT. Thank you for honoring the terms of use.

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All the best to you and your students!

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