In this activity designed to introduce, consolidate and then assess learning of irrefular plural nouns, students will build knowledge of new vocabulary and use knowledge of word origins and roots and related words to interpret and spell unfamiliar words, learning about how these roots impact on plurals.
Explore less common plurals, and understand how a suffix changes the meaning or grammatical form of a word
Explore less common plurals, and understand how a suffix changes the meaning or grammatical form of a word
Draws on appropriate strategies to accurately spell familiar and unfamiliar words when composing texts
Extends Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, morphological analysis and generating precise definitions for specific contexts
Fluently reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes, analysing text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
Automatically applies taught phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling in a range of contexts, and justifies spelling strategies used to spell unfamiliar words