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Reading Multisyllabic Words
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Reading Multisyllabic Words

This bright and colourful poster is a valuable reference tool for students and teachers in primary school classrooms. It provides a step-by-step guide for breaking down multisyllabic words, encouraging students to first identify prefixes, then suffixes, followed by other known syllables or sounds and finally, to say the word. This resource helps students develop their decoding skills and enhances their ability to read complex words.
 

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Learning goals

  • 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 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 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 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 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 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.

Curriculum alignment

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 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 AC9E5LY10 9 Explore less common plurals, and understand how a suffix changes the meaning or grammatical form of a word 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 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 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 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 ACELA1514 8.4 Explore less common plurals, and understand how a suffix changes the meaning or grammatical form of a word
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-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 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 EN2-REFLU-01 new Sustains independent reading with accuracy, automaticity, rate and prosody suited to purpose, audience and meaning 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-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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