Morpheme Machine

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Description

These worksheets are a great brainstorming activity for students to develop word banks based on prefixes and suffixes. Each ‘morpheme machine’ has a base word that needs as many prefixes and suffixes added to it as possible. Use the front page as a handy reference for common prefixes and suffixes that will build your students’ morphemic awareness.

Cut each A4 page in two and use as a class brainstorming activity or during literacy rotations.

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Relief Teachers

Lesson Structure

Individual Activity
Rotations / Group Work
Class Activity

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Curriculum Codes

AC9E2LY12 9

Build morphemic word families using knowledge of prefixes and suffixes

AC9E3LY10 9

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

ACELA1472 8.4

Build morphemic word families using knowledge of prefixes and suffixes

ACELA1827 8.4

Know how to use common prefixes and suffixes, and generalisations for adding a suffix to a base word

EN1-5A old

Uses a variety of strategies, including knowledge of sight words and letter–sound correspondences, to spell familiar words

EN2-5A old

Uses a range of strategies, including knowledge of letter– sound correspondences and common letter patterns, to spell familiar and some unfamiliar words

EN1-VOCAB-01 new

Understands and effectively uses Tier 1, taught Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary to extend and elaborate ideas

EN1-PHOKW-01 new

Uses initial and extended phonics, including vowel digraphs, trigraphs to decode and encode words when reading and creating texts

EN1-RECOM-01 new

Comprehends independently read texts that require sustained reading by activating background and word knowledge, connecting and understanding sentences and whole text, and monitoring for meaning

EN1-SPELL-01 new

Applies phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling words in a range of writing contexts

EN2-VOCAB-01 new

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

EN2-REFLU-01 new

Sustains independent reading with accuracy, automaticity, rate and prosody suited to purpose, audience and meaning

EN2-RECOM-01 new

Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension

EN2-SPELL-01 new

Selects, applies and describes appropriate phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling in a range of contexts

VCELA217

Learn some generalisations for adding suffixes to words

VCELA250

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

Differentiation