PhonicsYear 2Phase 6 – Spelling Conventions & Fluency

Prefixes: un-, dis-, re-, pre-

Understand and use common prefixes to create new words: un- (unhappy, undo), dis- (dislike, disagree), re- (redo, rewrite), pre- (prefix, preview)

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine you have a toy robot that can do things. You can make it DO again by saying 're-'. You can make it NOT do something by saying 'un-'!

  2. 2

    If you 're-do' a painting, what happens? 🎨

  3. 3

    Let's look at the word 'unhappy'. 😐

  4. 4

    Build the word 'redo' by putting 're-' in front of 'do'. 🧩

  5. 5

    Which word means 'to NOT tie'? 👟

  6. 6

    Now build 'preview' — 'pre-' means BEFORE. 👀

  7. 7

    What does 'disagree' mean? 🤝

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