English / Year 2 / Language / Phonics and word knowledge

Curriculum content descriptions

Build morphemic word families using knowledge of prefixes and suffixes (ACELA1472)

Elaborations
  • discussing how a prefix or suffix affects meaning, for example in the word ‘paint-er’ the suffix ‘er’ means ‘one who’, so a painter is ‘one who paints’
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
ScOT terms

Silent letters,  Morphemes,  Syllables

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English Year 2 with Tahlia: Suffixes

In this lesson, you will learn how to find and use base words and suffixes. Tahlia demonstrates how to find suffixes in a book, and she provides opportunities for you to build new words using suffixes at home.

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Morphology demonstration: Adding un- prefix.

This short video (2 mins 34 seconds) provides a demonstration of how to teach a morphology lesson for adding the un- prefix.

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Morphology demonstration: Adding -ing suffix double the final consonant

This video (10 mins 17 seconds) provides a demonstration of how to teach a morphology lesson for adding the -ing suffix when doubling the final consonant.

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Morphology demonstration: Adding -s suffix for plural nouns.

This video (12 mins 21 seconds) provides a demonstration of how to teach a morphology lesson for adding the -s suffix to create plural nouns.

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Morphology instructional model

This short video (2 mins 41 seconds) provides an overview of teaching morphology using a systematic synthetic phonics (SSP) approach.

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Morphology review slides

This example morphology review slide pack is ready for classroom use, and it contain notes for teachers. It can be edited to match any morphology lesson, and aligns with the Literacy Hub phonics progression.

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Morphology lesson student worksheet: -un prefix

This worksheet for independent student practice accompanies the morphology lesson slides for adding the un- prefix.

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Morphology lesson student worksheet: -s suffix for plural nouns

This worksheet for independent student practice accompanies the morphology lesson slides for adding the -s suffix to create plural nouns.

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Morphology lesson student worksheet: -ing suffix double the final consonant

This worksheet for independent student practice accompanies the morphology lesson slides for when to double the final consonant when adding the -ing suffix.

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Morphology lesson slides: -un prefix

This sample slideshow presents a ready-to-use morphology lesson to teach adding the un- prefix, with teacher notes indicating how to teach each part of the lesson.

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Morphology instruction and SSP: Q&A

This video (30 mins 38 seconds) addresses questions from teachers and school leaders about morphology and systematic synthetic phonics (SSP).

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Etymology

This short video (4 mins 25 seconds) provides an overview of etymology and how to introduce it to morphology lessons for students in the early years.

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Morphology lesson student worksheet: -ed suffix plus split digraph words

This worksheet for independent student practice accompanies the morphology lesson slides for the suffix -ed plus split digraph words.

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TrackSAFE Education Primary School Resources: Foundation, Year 1 and Year 2 English

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Describing household chores

There are several different types of verbs. In this video, most of the verbs are transitive verbs, which means they are action verbs with direct objects that receive the action. Identify the transitive verbs and the direct objects in the examples provided in the video.

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Spelling generalisations

This document outlines spelling generalisations included in the Literacy Hub phonics progression and explains teaching points relating to each one that may be used to support instruction in your systematic, synthetic phonics aligned classroom.

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Syllabus bites: types of sentences

A web page resource with information, teacher guides and activities on types of sentences to support the Australian Curriculum in English K–10. It has detailed activities, links to resources and quizzes.

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Cleaning verbs

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Super stories: The Abandoned House: verbs and adverbs

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