👩‍🏫 Teacher’s Guide

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

Vocabulary
importance, confidence, patience

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, ance and ence contributes the meaning "a state or quality." Word parts are clues; always check the whole word in context.

Word study

• importance: the quality of being important
• confidence: a feeling of trust in one’s ability
• patience: the ability to wait calmly

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 important
• — a feeling of trust in one’s ability
• — the ability to wait calmly

Words to Learn

importance, confidence, patience

Sentences to Fill In

1. The term for the quality of being important is ____.
2. The term for a feeling of trust in one’s ability is ____.
3. The term for the ability to wait calmly is ____.

Think & Respond Q&A

1. What does importance mean?
2. Which word means "the quality of being important"?
3. What does confidence mean?
4. Which word means "a feeling of trust in one’s ability"?
5. What does patience mean?
6. Which word means "the ability to wait calmly"?
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.