This English teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore and record how to add the suffix est to change the spellings and meanings of a range of different word roots.

The class can practise using the different suffixed words in some example sentences to illustrate changes to their spellings and meanings when describing special classroom topics and themes.

Download this teaching pack including display posters, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explore and record how to add the suffix est to change the spellings and meanings of a range of different word roots

Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify the spelling and meaning of some different words with the suffix est and a set of differentiated worksheets to record the changes that can happen to a range of word roots when adding the suffix est to build new words to use in example sentences.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to add the suffix est to change the spelling and meaning of a range of different word roots.

This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to explain and model how to build a range of special words by combining some different roots with a selection of matching 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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