Noun suffixes, letter strings and homophones
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Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' knowledge of spelling and grammar conventions associated with noun suffixes learnt in the Year 5 unit, 'Year 5: Verb, adjective and noun suffixes'. Here, pupils learn more noun suffixes, like -ant, -ance, -ancy, -ent, -ence and -ency, reviewing how the addition of a suffix can affect the grammar of a word, in these examples by changing its word class. Pupils also investigate letter strings and homophones. This unit prepares pupils for further word class work in the Year 5 unit 'Year 5: Etymology and prefixes'.
Prior knowledge requirements
- The knowledge outlined in the unit 'Year 4: Spelling 1'.
- The knowledge outlined in the unit 'Year 4: Spelling 2'.
- The knowledge outlined in the unit 'Year 4: Spelling 3'.
- The knowledge outlined in the unit 'Year 5: Spelling 1'.
- The spelling of curriculum words for Year 3 and 4, as set out in National Curriculum Appendix 1.
- The vocabulary, grammar and punctuation for Year 4, as set out in National Curriculum Appendix 2.
Threads
Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' knowledge of spelling and grammar conventions associated with noun suffixes learnt in the Year 5 unit, 'Year 5: Verb, adjective and noun suffixes'. Here, pupils learn more noun suffixes, like -ant, -ance, -ancy, -ent, -ence and -ency, reviewing how the addition of a suffix can affect the grammar of a word, in these examples by changing its word class. Pupils also investigate letter strings and homophones. This unit prepares pupils for further word class work in the Year 5 unit 'Year 5: Etymology and prefixes'.
Prior knowledge requirements
- The knowledge outlined in the unit 'Year 4: Spelling 1'.
- The knowledge outlined in the unit 'Year 4: Spelling 2'.
- The knowledge outlined in the unit 'Year 4: Spelling 3'.
- The knowledge outlined in the unit 'Year 5: Spelling 1'.
- The spelling of curriculum words for Year 3 and 4, as set out in National Curriculum Appendix 1.
- The vocabulary, grammar and punctuation for Year 4, as set out in National Curriculum Appendix 2.
Spelling
Noun suffixes, letter strings and homophones
In this unit, pupils learn spelling and grammar conventions associated with more noun suffixes like -ant, -ance, -ancy, -ent, -ence and -ency, reviewing how the addition of a suffix can affect the grammar of a word, for example its word class. Pupils investigate letter strings and homophones.
12 lessons in unit
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