👩‍🏫 Teacher’s Guide

Objective
Students will apply suffix ness using the examples and practice below.

Vocabulary
kindness, darkness, illness

Teaching Notes

• Read together first, then let students answer independently. Ask students to point to the word or sentence that supports an answer.
• Teach the rule, discuss the worked example, and cover answers during practice.
• Use incorrect responses to identify which part of the rule needs another example.
• Allow approximately 25–35 minutes, including discussion and independent practice.

🧒 Student Worksheet

Concept and Helping Material

Big Idea
A suffix is added to the end of a base. In these examples, ness contributes the meaning "a state or quality." Word parts are clues; always check the whole word in context.

Word study

• kindness: the quality of being kind
• darkness: the state of being dark
• illness: the state of being ill

Model
Read the first example. Identify the word part, explain the whole word, and test the meaning in a sentence.

Vocabulary and Definition

• — the quality of being kind
• — the state of being dark
• — the state of being ill

Words to Learn

kindness, darkness, illness

Sentences to Fill In

1. The term for the quality of being kind is ____.
2. The term for the state of being dark is ____.
3. The term for the state of being ill is ____.

Think & Respond Q&A

1. What does kindness mean?
2. Which word means "the quality of being kind"?
3. What does darkness mean?
4. Which word means "the state of being dark"?
5. What does illness mean?
6. Which word means "the state of being ill"?
7. Use one practice word in a sentence that shows its meaning.

Hands-On Experiment or Activities

Make matching word and meaning cards. Match each pair, then group words with the same word part. Explain how the part affects the meaning. Check any spelling change when the part is added.

Reflection

• Explain one thing you learned.
• Write two new examples and read them to a partner.