Confident Reader
Lesson 246Confident Reader10–15 minutes

Lesson 246: Suffix -ly

Focus: Suffix -ly

Objective

What we'll learn

Read and understand words with Suffix -ly.

For grown-ups

Parent & teacher intro

Confident readers break big words into smaller parts. Look for the pattern, chunk it up, then read the whole word.

Warm-up

Interactive phonics activity

Break each word into parts, then read it as a whole.

Words

Word list

quicklyslowlykindlyhappilysafelyloudly

Practice

Example sentences

  • I can see the quickly.
  • We can see the slowly.
  • You can see the kindly.
  • They can see the happily.

Story time

Ivy and the Quickly

Ivy went to the school. Ivy saw a quickly and a slowly.

"Look!" said Ivy. "The kindly is by the happily."

Kai came to help. Together they played with the safely and the loudly.

At the end of the day, Ivy and Kai smiled. What a wonderful Suffix -ly adventure!

Check for understanding

Comprehension questions

1. Where did Ivy go?

2. What did Ivy see first?

3. How did the story end?

STEM word of the day

🔬 planet

Meaning: a large round object that goes around a star

Example: Earth is the planet we live on.

Review

Vocabulary review

  • quicklyA quickly is something we can talk about or see.
  • slowlyA slowly is something we can talk about or see.
  • kindlyA kindly is something we can talk about or see.
  • happilyA happily is something we can talk about or see.

Play

Fun challenge

Pick the word that finishes the sentence.

I see a _____ .

I see a _____ .

I see a _____ .

Stretch

Try more words

quicklyslowlykindlyhappilysafelyloudly