Meaning Sleuth

This suffix meaning worksheet helps students strengthen vocabulary and morphological awareness by analyzing bolded words within short texts. Learners use context clues and suffix knowledge to write clear definitions for words such as steadiness, harmless, and victorious, deepening understanding of how suffixes modify meaning, intensity, or part of speech.

Key Learning Objectives

• Skill Focus: Determining word meaning by analyzing suffixes and context
• Critical Thinking Benefit: Builds inferential reasoning and precise definition writing
• Grade-Level Alignment: Supports academic vocabulary development in Grades 3, 4, and 6
• Curriculum Tie-in: Supports morphology, close reading, and multisyllabic word decoding
• Application Type: Context-based definition writing integrating structure and meaning

Teacher & Parent Features

• Reinforces how suffixes systematically change word meaning
• Encourages close reading and evidence-based definitions
• Ideal for vocabulary lessons, word study units, or small-group instruction
• Supports confidence decoding and understanding academic language
• Promotes transfer of morphology skills to content-area reading
• Suitable for classroom instruction and homeschool learning

This printable suffix worksheet strengthens literacy by helping students uncover meaning through structure and context. By defining suffixed words found in short texts, learners improve vocabulary precision, comprehension, and confidence interpreting complex words in authentic reading situations.

This worksheet is part of our Common Suffix Patterns Worksheets collection.