Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify how the addition of the suffix less changes the meaning of some word roots, a worksheet to record how to add the suffix less to a range of different word roots when completing example sentences and a template to model how to compose sentences including words with the suffix less .

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to add the suffix less to a range of different word roots to complete example sentences.

This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to identify and illustrate how word roots can change their spellings meanings after suffixes have been added when used in some example sentences. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.