Are you looking for a fun way to teach suffixes to your class? Use these fun and engaging worksheets to reinforce what suffixes and base words are. Have students highlight the suffixes, discuss how adding them changes the meaning of the base word and discuss associated spelling generalisations. These worksheets are part of a larger unit of work for Year 3- Prefixes and Suffixes.
Understand how to apply knowledge of common base words, prefixes, suffixes and generalisations for adding a suffix to a base word to read and comprehend new multimorphemic words
Know how to use common prefixes and suffixes, and generalisations for adding a suffix to a base word
Uses a range of strategies, including knowledge of letter– sound correspondences and common letter patterns, to spell familiar and some unfamiliar words
Builds knowledge and use of Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, and by defining and analysing words
Sustains independent reading with accuracy, automaticity, rate and prosody suited to purpose, audience and meaning
Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
Selects, applies and describes appropriate phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling in a range of contexts
Recognise most high-frequency words, know how to use common prefixes and suffixes, and know some homophones and generalisations for adding a suffix to a base word