Confident Reader
Lesson 247Confident Reader10–15 minutes

Lesson 247: Prefix un-

Focus: Prefix un-

Objective

What we'll learn

Read and understand words with Prefix un-.

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

unhappyunkindunsafeunpackundounfair

Practice

Example sentences

  • I can see the unhappy.
  • We can see the unkind.
  • You can see the unsafe.
  • They can see the unpack.

Story time

Max and the Unhappy

Max went to the park. Max saw a unhappy and a unkind.

"Look!" said Max. "The unsafe is by the unpack."

Ada came to help. Together they played with the undo and the unfair.

At the end of the day, Max and Ada smiled. What a wonderful Prefix un- adventure!

Check for understanding

Comprehension questions

1. Where did Max go?

2. What did Max see first?

3. How did the story end?

STEM word of the day

🔬 orbit

Meaning: the path one object takes around another

Example: The moon orbits the Earth.

Review

Vocabulary review

  • unkindA unkind is something we can talk about or see.
  • unsafeA unsafe is something we can talk about or see.
  • unpackA unpack is something we can talk about or see.
  • undoA undo is something we can talk about or see.

Play

Fun challenge

Sort each word into the right group. (Tap a word, then tap a group.)

Prefix un-

Other

Stretch

Try more words

unhappyunkindunsafeunpackundounfair