Suffix Combinations

This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to identify and record how to build a range of special words by using different combinations of roots and suffixes. The class can practise using the suffixed words in sentences related to different topics and themes to illustrate their special meanings.

Word Root Changes
Practise identifying and recording a range of word roots that can be changed by the addition of different suffixes to use when composing topic sentences

Word Inventions
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

Suffix Changes
Investigate how to identify, record and define the spelling and meaning of different word roots that can be changed by using the suffixes able and ation
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Theme Park Visit
Practise identifying and calculating the timing and duration of rides and events when visiting a theme park on a special family trip
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Family Holiday Trips
Identify and record how to compose and publish recounts using adverbials of time and place to describe family holidays to different places in the world
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Money Multiplication
Explain and model how to use standard written calculation methods to multiply money amounts in pounds and pence when solving number problems
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Sport Teams
Explain and model how to use brackets and dashes to add extra information to sentences describing how to play sports and games as part of a team