Prefix and Suffix Posters
These vibrant posters showcase common prefixes and suffixes, featuring clear explanations and visual aids to help students grasp their meanings. An essential addition to any middle or upper school classroom, these posters serve as valuable references for both students and teachers. A must-have for primary school classrooms, this resource enriches understanding and enhances literacy skills.
Learning goals
- 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 to use phonic knowledge to read and write words with multiple syllables and complex letter patterns.
- We are learning to use less common plurals, e.g. cactus/cacti, louse/lice, and understand how a suffix changes the meaning or grammatical form of a word, e.g. ‘tion’ can change verbs into nouns, protect – protection.
- We are learning to use known words, base words, prefixes and suffixes, word origins, letter patterns and spelling generalisations to spell new words, including technical words.
- 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 to use phonological and morphological knowledge to read and write words with multiple syllables, complex letter patterns and known prefixes and suffixes.
- We are learning to use less common plurals, e.g. cactus/cacti, louse/lice and understand how a suffix changes the meaning or grammatical form of a word, e.g. ‘tion’ can change verbs into nouns, protect – protection.
- We are learning to use known words, base words, prefixes and suffixes, word origins, letter patterns and spelling generalisations to spell new words including technical words.
Curriculum alignment
AC9E6LY09
9
Use knowledge of known words, word origins including some Latin and Greek roots, base words, prefixes, suffixes, letter patterns and spelling generalisations to spell new words including technical words
AC9E5LY10
9
Explore less common plurals, and understand how a suffix changes the meaning or grammatical form of a word
AC9E4LY09
9
Understand how to use and apply phonological and morphological knowledge to read and write multisyllabic words with more complex letter combinations, including a variety of vowel sounds and known 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
AC9E2LY12
9
Build morphemic word families using knowledge of prefixes and suffixes
ACELA1526
8.4
Understand how to use knowledge of known words, word origins including some Latin and Greek roots, base words, prefixes, suffixes, letter patterns and spelling generalisations to spell new words including technical words
ACELA1514
8.4
Explore less common plurals, and understand how a suffix changes the meaning or grammatical form of a word
ACELA1828
8.4
Understand how to use phonic knowledge to read and write multisyllabic words with more complex letter combinations, including a variety of vowel sounds and known prefixes and suffixes
ACELA1827
8.4
Know how to use common prefixes and suffixes, and generalisations for adding a suffix to a base word
ACELA1472
8.4
Build morphemic word families using knowledge of prefixes and suffixes
EN3-4A
old
Draws on appropriate strategies to accurately spell familiar and unfamiliar words when composing texts
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
EN1-5A
old
Uses a variety of strategies, including knowledge of sight words and letter–sound correspondences, to spell familiar words
EN3-SPELL-01
new
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
EN3-RECOM-01
new
Fluently reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes, analysing text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
EN3-VOCAB-01
new
Extends Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, morphological analysis and generating precise definitions for specific contexts
EN2-SPELL-01
new
Selects, applies and describes appropriate phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling in a range of contexts
EN2-RECOM-01
new
Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
EN2-REFLU-01
new
Sustains independent reading with accuracy, automaticity, rate and prosody suited to purpose, audience and meaning
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
EN1-SPELL-01
new
Applies phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling words in a range of writing contexts
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-PHOKW-01
new
Uses initial and extended phonics, including vowel digraphs, trigraphs to decode and encode words when reading and creating texts
EN1-VOCAB-01
new
Understands and effectively uses Tier 1, taught Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary to extend and elaborate ideas
VCELA354
Understand how to use banks of known words, word origins, base words, prefixes, suffixes, spelling patterns and generalisations to spell new words, including technical words and words adopted from other languages
VCELA294
Understand how to use phonic generalisations to identify and write words with more complex letter combinations
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
VCELA217
Learn some generalisations for adding suffixes to words
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
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