Spelling words with the suffixes -ence and -ency
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can spell words using the suffixes -ence and -ency.
Key learning points
- The suffixes -ence and -ency can create abstract nouns.
- The -ence or -ency spellings may be found after a ‘soft c’, ‘soft g’ or ‘qu’.
- Words ending in -ence and -ency sometimes have related words where the ‘e’ vowel sound is clearer.
- Words in word families often have connected meaning and spelling.
- How to spell the curriculum words: accident, accidentally, especially and actually.
Keywords
Root word - the base word from which other words are formed often by adding prefixes or suffixes
Suffix - a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning
Noun - a naming word for a person, place or thing
Abstract noun - a type of noun that names an idea or quality that cannot be seen
Adjective - describes a noun
Common misconception
Children may not be able to think of related words to create word maps independently.
Use a dictionary to support generating words and to check spelling. This will help pupils to find words with different suffixes as the start of the spelling will be the same.
Teacher tip
You can use well-established etymology websites to identify the etymology of words of interest as a class.
Licence
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Select the words with a 'soft g'.
Q2.Select the words with a 'soft c'.
Q3.Select the correct spelling of the word.
Q4.Select the correct spelling of the word.
Q5.Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'It was a potint magical potion.'
Q6.Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'There was an acidant outside school yesterday.'
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Select the correct spelling.
Q2.Select the correct spelling.
Q3.Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'She has wonderful confedance.'
Q4.Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'Your reading fluinsy has improved so much.'
Q5.Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'The frequnacy of their meetings increased as they became closer friends.'
Q6.Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'The child's inosense was evident in the way he believed in fairy tales.'
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