10. Resource Hub: Teaching Suffixes
Suffixes Skill Explainer
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Taurra Dorsey: Let's do this one.
Students: Suffix 'ing'.
Taurra Dorsey: What does suffix '-ing' ... what does that do? What does that mean when we add that? Go. Sophia?
Sophia: Makes it ... makes it happening now.
Taurra Dorsey: Happening now. Okay. Do we agree?
Students: Yes.
Taurra Dorsey: Yes. Let's go back to suffix 's'. So let me tell you about suffix 's'. Suffix 's' makes the noun more than one. Is suffix 's' a part of the base word?
Students: No.
Taurra Dorsey: We add it on just like we add on suffix '-ing'. Suffix '-s'..
Students: Suffix '-s' ...
Taurra Dorsey: makes the noun ...
Students: makes the noun ...
Taurra Dorsey: more than one.
Students: more than one.
Taurra Dorsey: Suffix 'ing' ...
Students: Suffix '-ing' ...
Taurra Dorsey: means happening now.
Students: means happening now.
Taurra Dorsey: Awesome job. Awesome job. Everybody. Kiss your brain.
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Carla Miller: And I have a little cheer for us. You ready for a little cheer?
Students: Yes!
Carla Miller: Okay. Here we go. Okay, so the cheer goes like this, 'sh', 'ch', 'x', 's', 'z', add '-es' and you'll please me! We're going to do the first part first and then the second part. Let me hear you say ...
Together: 'sh', 'ch', 'x', 's', 'z', add '-es' and you'll please me!
