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Prefixes and Suffixes Tree Poster and Worksheet
Use this set of tree themed resources to help your students think of prefixes and suffixes from root words.
Write the root word at the bottom of the tree and come up with new words by adding prefixes and suffixes in the leaves of the tree. This set includes a full-colour poster to laminate and write on as well as black and white worksheets that students can use for individual activities.
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NSW Curriculum alignment
- EN1-5A
Uses a variety of strategies, including knowledge of sight words and letter–sound correspondences, to spell familiar words
- EN2-5A
Uses a range of strategies, including knowledge of letter–sound correspondences and common letter patterns, to spell familiar and some unfamiliar words
- EN3-4A
Draws on appropriate strategies to accurately spell familiar and unfamiliar words when composing texts
Victorian Curriculum alignment
- VCELA312
Understand how to use banks of known words, syllabification, spelling patterns, word origins, base words, prefixes and suffixes, to spell new words, including some uncommon plurals
- VCELA263
Understand how to use letter–sound relationships and less common letter combinations to spell words
- VCELA217
Learn some generalisations for adding suffixes to words
- VCELA354
Understand how to use banks of known words, word origins, base words, prefixes, suffixes, spelling patterns and generalisations to spell new words, including technical words and words adopted from other languages
Australian Curriculum alignment
- ACELA1485
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- ACELA1513
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- ACELA1526
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