ACELA1779
Understand how to use knowledge of letter patterns including double letters, spelling generalisations, morphemic word families, common prefixes and suffixes and word origins to spell more complex words
Elaborations
- applying generalisations for adding affixes, for example 'hope' and 'hoping', 'begin' and 'beginning', 'country' and 'countries' (Skills: Literacy)
- building morphemic word families and exploring word origins, for example the prefix 'nat' means source, birth or tribe in 'nature', 'natural' and 'native' (Skills: Literacy)
- building morphemic word families and exploring word origins, for example 'tricycle', 'triangle' and 'triple' (Skills: Literacy)
- using knowledge of common prefixes and suffixes to spell words and explore their meaning, for example 'friendly', 'calmly' and 'cleverly' and 'misfortune' (Skills: Literacy)
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Suffix Mini Anchor Charts
Give your students a visual reminder of the meanings of 28 affixes with a printable set of miniature suffix anchor charts.
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Prefix Task Cards - Vocabulary Activity
Build your students’ skills in determining the correct prefixes to use with a set of task cards.
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Four in a Row Vocabulary Game - Suffixes
Practise matching words to their common suffixes and build vocabulary with a suffix vocabulary game.
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Suffix Dominoes - Vocabulary Game
Identify new words that include common suffixes with a fun suffixes vocabulary game.
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Suffix Saga - Vocabulary Game
Practise building and using words with common suffixes with a fun vocabulary game!
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Printable Vocabulary Games - Playing with Prefixes
Practise building and using words with common prefixes with a fun prefix vocabulary game.
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Instructional PowerPoint - Prefixes
Teach your students to correctly identify, define, and spell words with common prefixes with an interactive teaching presentation.
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Suffix Practice - Interactive Activity
Practise adding suffixes to words by identifying, defining and matching them in context.
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Greek and Latin Roots – Card Kaboom!
Explore Greek and Latin word origins with this hand-on card game.
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My Word Builder Folder
An individual word building folder to develop and consolidate students’ phonemic awareness.
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Five Wonders Theme Park: Fresh Start – Project
A project for students to use their literacy skills and creativity to rebrand Five Wonders Theme Park.
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Google Slides Interactive - Prefixes Activity
Practise adding prefixes to words by identifying, defining, and matching them in context.
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Year 4 Magazine – "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 3) Task Cards
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with Issue 3 of Teach Starter’s Year 4 magazine.
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Suffix Stars - Interactive Suffix Review
Practice reading and spelling plural nouns with an engaging Google Slides digital learning activity.
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Around in Circles Active Game
An active game to use when reviewing any type of content with your students.
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Double Letter Cards
A resource to help students identify the double letters in the provided words.
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Home Spelling Poster
A poster to show your students what activity to complete each night using their spelling words.