Australian Curriculum V8
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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teaching resources for those 'aha' moments
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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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Using Words with Prefixes - Worksheet Pack
Practise using the prefixes Un-, Re-, Mis-, Pre-, Dis-, and In- with a pair of printable prefix worksheets.
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Pre- Prefixes Worksheet
Boost students' understanding of the prefix pre- with a printable prefix worksheet.
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Home Spelling Poster
A poster to show your students what activity to complete each night using their spelling words.