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Word Parts at the Fix-It Fair

Read a story about a neighborhood fix-it fair and use prefixes and suffixes such as un-, re-, pre-, -ful and -less to find word meanings.

Grade 3ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.3.4.b

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 3
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students work out the meaning of a word made by adding a prefix or suffix to a known base word.
Students build new words with un-, re-, dis-, -ful and -less to match a given meaning.

How to use

Review what un-, re-, pre-, dis-, -ful and -less mean, read the story together, then let students answer the questions on their own.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.3.4.b

Work out the meaning of a new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word, such as disagreeable, uncomfortable, careless, or preheat.

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Word Parts at the Fix-It Fair

Use prefixes and suffixes to figure out what new words mean.

Read the story

Read the story. Look for words with a prefix at the beginning or a suffix at the end.

The Fix-It Fair

1Every spring, the community center on Pine Street holds a Fix-It Fair. Neighbors bring things that are broken, and volunteers help fix them instead of throwing them away. This year, Amara and her dad brought her little brother's red wagon. One wheel wobbled, and the rubber grip on the handle had come off.

2At the first table, a volunteer named Mr. Diaz was helping a woman with a lamp that would not turn on. "First, I unplug it," he said. "Working on a lamp that is plugged in is unsafe." He found a loose wire and fixed it carefully. When the woman plugged the lamp back in, it glowed. "You were so helpful," she told him.

3At the next table, Ms. Huang was fixing a torn backpack. "Somebody was a little careless with this zipper," she said with a smile. She stitched up the hole. Then she showed Amara how to reattach a strap that had come loose.

4Amara felt hopeful when a helpful teenager named Theo waved her over. Theo tightened the bolts on the wobbly wheel. Next, he had to preheat his glue gun so the glue would be hot and ready. Then he glued the rubber grip back onto the handle. Amara gave the wagon a test ride across the room, and it rolled smoothly.

5On the way home, Amara thought about the fair. "I used to think broken things were hopeless," she told her dad. "Now I know that lots of them can be fixed." Her dad grinned. They decided to come back next spring with Grandma's old radio.

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