[Music] do you ever find complicated words when you're reading i know i do i'm mrs morta today we'll learn to use word parts to read and understand unknown words recently while reading about michigan's kale haven trail i found some interesting words here's one first let's circle the prefixes a prefix is a word part added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning do you see any prefixes there aren't any next 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 the suffix a r is pronounced a r is often added to nouns to make adjectives or describing words the suffix a r often means relating to next let's mark the remaining vowels vowels help us break words into syllables each syllable has at least one vowel and only one vowel sound which vowels do you see we see i and e a final e in a word is often silent to add a vowel suffix to a word ending with a final e we usually drop the e then add the suffix this e wasn't dropped so it might not be silent we have two vowels so we expect to find two syllables here let's separate the syllables between i and n let's say the word parts lieer let's say the whole word [Music] liner is that a word not quite let's make it a real word i'll move the n to the first syllable and try the i sound linear that's a word linear describes something straight or arranged in a line the kale haven trail is a linear state park that runs along an old railroad line from south haven to kalamazoo michigan if you speak spanish the word lineal can help you understand this word here's another word first let's circle the prefixes do you see any prefixes there aren't any let's circle the suffixes what do you see here's a r again let's mark the remaining vowels we see o and u since there are two vowels we expect to find two syllables here now let's say the word parts pop you blur let's say the whole word popular is that a word it is since this is a word we're finished this part p o p u l is related to the word people popular means liked or enjoyed by many people is there a popular linear park in your area if you speak spanish the word can help you understand this word great work today keep reading and try this strategy the next time you find a challenging word thank you for joining us if you want more fun ways to practice literacy skills don't forget to subscribe to the michigan learning channel and be sure to check the description below for links to activity guides resources and more [Music]