[Music] do you ever find complicated words when you're reading I know I do I'm Mrs Mora today we'll learn to use word parts to read and understand unknown words recently while reading about clean air I found some difficult 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 n t is usually pronounced int a n t is added to change a verb or an action word into a noun or adjective next let's mark the remaining vowels vowels help us break words into syllables every syllable has at least one vowel and only one vowel sound which vowels do you see we see O and U since there are two vowels we expect to find two syllables in this part let's split these syllables between the L's since we often split syllables between double consonants let's say the word Parts pal now let's say the whole word pent is that a real word not quite let's try different sounds to make this a real word when I look carefully I noticed the word pollute the O is making the schah sound uh and the U says ooh because there is a final e at the end of the word pollute let's try those new sounds poent pollutant that's a real word a pollutant is something that pollutes or makes things unclean many air pollutants are invisible we don't even know they're around us here's another word first let's Circle the prefixes do you see any prefixes here's s u sus next let's Circle the suffixes what do you see the suffix i b l e is pronounced AB it's related to the suffix a b l e and it can mean capable of or tending to it's usually added to verbs to form adjectives or describing words now let's mark the remaining vowels we see e which will make the C make the soft sound s since there is one vowel we expect to find one syllable in this rot let's say the word parts susceptable now let's say the whole word susceptible is that a real word it is since this is a word we're finished susceptible describes something likely to be harmed or influenced if you have allergies you might be more susceptible to getting sick from air pollution if you speak Spanish the word suscep 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] [Applause]