Word Inventions
This English teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore how to select and combine different suffixes and roots that can be used to invent some new words to use when composing topic sentences.
The class can identify and record the matching definitions of each word by writing example sentences to show the meaning of different words with the suffixes that they have invented.
Download this teaching pack including display posters, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explore how to select and combine different suffixes and roots that can be used to invent some new words to use when composing topic sentences
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify the spelling and meaning of words with different suffixes and differentiated worksheets to select and combine different suffixes and roots that can be used to build new words to use when composing example topic sentences.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to select and combine different suffixes and roots that can be used to build new words.
This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to identify and record how to build a range of special words by using different combinations of roots and suffixes. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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