Spring Prefix Worksheets Un and Re

About this resource

Build it, match it, circle it, split it, glue it, use it — eight ways to practice the two most common

prefixes, un- and re-, dressed for Spring. A new 47-word bank (puddles, tulips, kites, hedges, a Spring

concert) and 18 brand-new fill-in sentences, on the same eight-page-type shape as the year-round pack.

EVERYTHING INSIDE (36 pages)

• 19 student pages in 8 page types (below), each with a big "My name" line and one short instruction
• 47 words, each one un or re plus a base a child can read; 102 items on the practice pages
• 18 different Spring sentences (Use It), all invented
• 12 cut-and-glue words, six a page, in a block that takes 3 straight cuts
• 1 word list, 3 answer keys generated from the same data as the pages, 1 tracker (17 rows), 1 class

progress grid

• 1 team note, 1 home page, 1 filled example (an invented student), 1 phrase bank (17 starters)
• 1 binder cover and 6 divider tabs with a spine label to cut out
• Start Here, a how-to-read-a-page page, and a back page

THE EIGHT PAGE TYPES (dots show the level, never color)

1. Prefix Helper (1 dot, 1 page) — un means not or the opposite, re means again, shown with un + well,

re + prune and the same base (bend) with each prefix.

2. Build It (1 dot, 3 pages) — a prefix tile, a base tile and a plus; trace the new word.

3. Match the Meaning (1 dot, 3 pages) — six meanings and six words; draw a line to join them.

4. Which Prefix? (2 dots, 3 pages) — a base and two chips, un and re; circle the one that makes a real

word and write it. Every base used here takes only one of the two, so there is one right answer.

5. Split It (2 dots, 3 pages) — a whole word; write the prefix and the base in two boxes on primary lines.

6. Glue It (2 dots, 2 pages) — six clues; cut six base words from a 3-by-2 block and glue each one after

its prefix.

7. Use It (3 dots, 3 pages) — a word box and six Spring sentences with a blank; write the word that fits.

8. My Words (3 dots, 1 page) — three words; write a sentence with each and draw a picture.

Word sets (A, B, C) never repeat the same six words across two pages of the same type.

Built For The Child Holding The Page

A big "My name" line, one short instruction with a picture, large rounded letters, and writing boxes on

primary lines at least 0.66 inch tall. Nothing on a student page is written for an adult. Prefix tiles are

teal and base tiles coral on every page, so a child can see which part is which — the tint is never the

level; the level is the dots.

Type In, Or Print

The name and date lines, the tracker, the class grid, the team note and the home page are type-in fields

in any PDF reader. The letters a student writes in the boxes are pencil work. This is a fillable PDF; it

is not a Google Slides or PowerPoint file.

Who This Is For

First and second grade classrooms, self-contained and resource rooms, and any teacher working with an

older student who still needs practice building and reading words with un- and re-, dressed for the

Spring months. The home page sends the same job to a family; the team note hands off what changed since

the last meeting.

What This Is, And What It Is Not

Prefix practice with the record-keeping around it. It is not a probe, a goal bank or a score sheet, not a

reading assessment, and not a claim about any student's age or rate of progress. Only un- and re- are

practiced; no other prefix and no suffix. "Un-/re- combos" that are not real words, and words that only

begin with the same letters without being a prefix and a base, are not in the pack.