Print these reference cards for your students so they can easily refer back to the key concepts of morphemes. Each card provides examples of prefixes, base words and suffixes.
Print and laminate to display in the classroom. Paste into English books as a reference tool.
Build morphemic word families using knowledge of 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
Build morphemic word families using knowledge of prefixes and suffixes
Know how to use common prefixes and suffixes, and generalisations for adding a suffix to a base word
Uses a variety of strategies, including knowledge of sight words and letter–sound correspondences, to spell familiar words
Uses a range of strategies, including knowledge of letter– sound correspondences and common letter patterns, to spell familiar and some unfamiliar words
Understands and effectively uses Tier 1, taught Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary to extend and elaborate ideas
Uses initial and extended phonics, including vowel digraphs, trigraphs to decode and encode words when reading and creating texts
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
Applies phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling words in a range of writing contexts
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