2nd Grade Prefixes un-, re-, pre-, dis- Worksheets
21 printable 2nd Grade vocabulary & word study worksheets on Prefixes un-, re-, pre-, dis-. Every sheet has an answer key — 21 in all. 5 activity types: Flashcards, Fluency, Roll And Read, Sort And Write. The first three worksheets are free to download; All Access opens the rest and every answer key.
On these sheets: Nan found a red pen in her bag; unhappy, unfair, unsafe and unlock; unheard, unload, unhappy and untrue; re- and un-; and more in the full list below. Each sheet is marked with the week it was written for: weeks 20 to 35 of Phonics, Decoding, and Early Fluency, Grade 2.
What is in this set: Sort And Write (5), Word Hunt (5), Flashcards (4), Roll And Read (4) and Fluency (3).
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Includes 5 activity types: Flashcards, Fluency, Roll And Read, Sort And Write, Word Hunt.
All 21 worksheets in this set
- Fluency 1: Nan found a red pen in her bag. Free PDF
- Roll And Read 1: unhappy, unfair, unsafe and unlock Free PDF
- Flashcards 1: unheard, unload, unhappy and untrue Free PDF
- Sort And Write 1: re- and un-
- Fluency 2: Jack likes to work with wood.
- Fluency 3: The word "again" was on his list.
- Word Hunt 1: re- and un-
- Roll And Read 2: research, return, replace and remind
- Flashcards 2: refill, reread, remind and react
- Sort And Write 2: pre-, dis-
- Word Hunt 2: pre-, dis-
- Sort And Write 3: un-, re-, pre- and dis-
- Word Hunt 3: un-, re-, pre- and dis-
- Roll And Read 3: un-, re-, pre- and dis-
- Flashcards 3: un-, re-, pre- and dis-
- Sort And Write 4: un-, re-, pre- and dis-
- Word Hunt 4: un-, re-, pre- and dis-
- Roll And Read 4: un-, re-, pre- and dis-
- Flashcards 4: un-, re-, pre- and dis-
- Sort And Write 5: un-, re-, pre- and dis-
- Word Hunt 5: un-, re-, pre- and dis-
Teaching Prefixes un-, re-, pre-, dis-
What it is
A prefix is a word part added to the front of a base word that changes its meaning. Un- means not (unfair, unsafe, unhappy) and re- means again or back (redo, refill, return); these two carry most of the practice in Grade 2. Dis- means not or the opposite of (dislike, disagree), and pre- means before.
When a child is ready
Teach prefixes once the child reads the base words (fair, fill, like) without help.
If they struggle
A child may read the whole word without noticing that the prefix changed the meaning. Cover the prefix, read the base, then uncover and say what the word means now: to unlock is to do the opposite of lock. Watch for look-alikes such as uncle and reach, where the letters are not a prefix at all.
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