Confident Reader
Lesson 249Confident Reader10–15 minutes

Lesson 249: Prefix pre-

Focus: Prefix pre-

Objective

What we'll learn

Read and understand words with Prefix pre-.

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

previewpreheatprepaypreschoolpretestprewash

Practice

Example sentences

  • I can see the preview.
  • We can see the preheat.
  • You can see the prepay.
  • They can see the preschool.

Story time

Kai and the Preview

Kai went to the pond. Kai saw a preview and a preheat.

"Look!" said Kai. "The prepay is by the preschool."

Mia came to help. Together they played with the pretest and the prewash.

At the end of the day, Kai and Mia smiled. What a wonderful Prefix pre- adventure!

Check for understanding

Comprehension questions

1. Where did Kai go?

2. What did Kai see first?

3. How did the story end?

STEM word of the day

🔬 galaxy

Meaning: a giant group of stars, gas, and dust

Example: Our galaxy is called the Milky Way.

Review

Vocabulary review

  • preschoolA preschool is something we can talk about or see.
  • pretestA pretest is something we can talk about or see.
  • prewashA prewash is something we can talk about or see.
  • previewA preview is something we can talk about or see.

Play

Fun challenge

Match each word to what it starts with.

Stretch

Try more words

previewpreheatprepaypreschoolpretestprewash