Morpheme Machine
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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Learning goals
- We are learning to use prefixes and suffixes to build morphemic word families.
- We are learning to use prefixes and suffixes to build morphemic word families.
- We are learning how to use common prefixes and suffixes and to add a suffix to a base word to form a plural or past tense.
- We are learning how to use common prefixes and suffixes and to add a suffix to a base word to form a plural or past tense.
Curriculum alignment
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
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
Differentiation
Modifications
Use the prefix and suffix display posters to refer to a larger word bank.
Extensions
Students can create their own morpheme machines for a partner to complete.
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