Lesson One – Word Sums able
This English teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to identify and record how a range of different word roots change their spelling and meaning following the addition of the suffix able.
The class can practise using some of the suffixed words to compose instructions that can be used to support visitors to a zoo to find locations and animals.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to identify and record how a range of different word roots change their spelling and meaning following the addition of the suffix able
Activities in this teaching pack include a set of differentiated worksheets to practise adding the suffix able to change the meaning and spelling of different word roots that can be used in instructions that visitors to a zoo could follow during their visit.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to identify and record how different word roots change their spelling and meaning following the addition of the suffix able.
This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to read and write different instructions that can be used to support visitors to a zoo. 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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