Computer Lab Activities
Short Circuit: A Maggie’s Earth Adventures Activity
In this fun learning activity, students help Maggie boost power to her circuit board by correctly matching prefixes and suffixes to their meanings.
- Grades: 1–2, 3–5
Scholastic’s “Short Circuit” interactive activity, one of “Maggie's Earth Adventures,” challenges students to match prefixes and suffixes to their meanings.
First, students get a brief tutorial on what prefixes and suffixes are. Then they help Maggie restore power to her circuit board by matching the prefixes and suffixes on the left to their meanings on the right. If students choose correctly, they boost power to the circuit board – incorrect selections burn out the circuits!
Students can choose between four levels of difficulty.
Sample, Level 1:
-phobia one who
-ling study of
-ology fear of
-ize to make
-arian small
Learning Objectives
While participating in the “Short Circuit” activity, students become proficient with several of these skills.
- Use Web technology to practice grammar skills
- Improve on grammar skills within different skill sets
- Track progress on different skill sets
- Subjects:Prefixes and Suffixes
