👩‍🏫 Teacher’s Guide

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

Vocabulary
creative, active, supportive

Teaching Notes

• Model one response, then ask students to work independently and explain their choices with specific words or evidence.
• 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, ive contributes the meaning "having a quality or tendency." Word parts are clues; always check the whole word in context.

Word study

• creative: able to create original things
• active: engaged in action
• supportive: giving support

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

Vocabulary and Definition

• — able to create original things
• — engaged in action
• — giving support

Words to Learn

creative, active, supportive

Sentences to Fill In

1. The term for able to create original things is ____.
2. The term for engaged in action is ____.
3. The term for giving support is ____.

Think & Respond Q&A

1. What does creative mean?
2. Which word means "able to create original things"?
3. What does active mean?
4. Which word means "engaged in action"?
5. What does supportive mean?
6. Which word means "giving support"?
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 a short paragraph applying the skill. Underline your evidence or target words and explain one choice.