[Music] do you ever find complicated words while you're reading I know I do I'm Mrs Mora today we'll learn to use word Parts like prefixes and suffixes to read unknown words recently I've been reading about traveling Bridges and trains and bicycles and I've come AC cross some difficult words here's a word first let's Circle the prefixes a prefix is a word part added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning is there a prefix in this word it's trans trans usually means across or Beyond now let's Circle the suffixes a suffix is a word part added to the end of a word to change its meaning do you see a suffix we see this part asan Asian combines the suffixes a t e and i o n it's often added to the end of a verb to make a noun that names an action or process next let's mark the vowels in the root or base word vowels help us break words into syllables each syllable can have only one vowel sound which vowels do you see here we see o and R which work together to form The R controlled vowel sound or since there is one vowel sound we expect to find one syllable in this middle part here Port is a root word that means to carry or bring let's say the word Parts transport now let's say the whole word transportation is that a real word it is since this is a real word we're finished transportation is the act of carrying or moving something across a distance like a car transporting people across the Mao bridge in Michigan if you speak Spanish words like transp or transport can help you understand this word here's another word first let's Circle the prefixes do you see a prefix maybe not a prefix that we know so let's Circle the suffixes what do you see we we see this part asan again now let's mark the vowels what do you see e and I remember each syllable can only have one vowel sound so let's separate these vowel sounds between the consonants s and t let's say the word Parts d t na now let's say the whole word destination is that a real word it is since we know this is a real word we're finished the word Destin can mean to send something toward a certain place or purpose so the word destination is a place to which something is going or being sent it if you travel North on the Mao Bridge your destination may be in the upper peninsula if you speak Spanish the word thiso could help you understand this word great work today keep reading and try this strategy the next time you find a challenging word [Music]