Suffixes
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Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' knowledge of spelling homophones, near-homophones and new consonant sounds learnt in the Year 2 unit 'Year 2: Alternative GPCs for consonants and homophones'. Here, pupils learn spelling rules associated with suffixes, learning relevant rules and how to apply new suffix spellings in a sentence context. They learn how the addition of a suffix can affect the grammar of a word, for example by changing its word class or tense. This unit prepares pupils for further suffix work in the Year 3 unit 'Year 3: Writing -ed and -ing suffixes'.
Prior knowledge requirements
- The primary grapheme phoneme correspondence (GPC) for all 40+ phonemes.
- The alternative representations of the long vowel sounds and some consonants.
- The ability to blend and segment words.
- The spelling of common exception words (English Appendix 1).
- The ability to divide words into syllables.
- The knowledge outlined in the unit 'Year 2: Spelling 1'.
- The knowledge outlined in the unit 'Year 2: Spelling 2'.
Threads
Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' knowledge of spelling homophones, near-homophones and new consonant sounds learnt in the Year 2 unit 'Year 2: Alternative GPCs for consonants and homophones'. Here, pupils learn spelling rules associated with suffixes, learning relevant rules and how to apply new suffix spellings in a sentence context. They learn how the addition of a suffix can affect the grammar of a word, for example by changing its word class or tense. This unit prepares pupils for further suffix work in the Year 3 unit 'Year 3: Writing -ed and -ing suffixes'.
Prior knowledge requirements
- The primary grapheme phoneme correspondence (GPC) for all 40+ phonemes.
- The alternative representations of the long vowel sounds and some consonants.
- The ability to blend and segment words.
- The spelling of common exception words (English Appendix 1).
- The ability to divide words into syllables.
- The knowledge outlined in the unit 'Year 2: Spelling 1'.
- The knowledge outlined in the unit 'Year 2: Spelling 2'.
Spelling
Suffixes
In this unit, pupils learn certain spelling rules associated with suffixes. Pupils will learn how the addition of a suffix can affect the grammar of a word, for example by changing its word class or tense.
18 lessons in unit
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