English / Year 2 / Literacy / Phonic and word knowledge

Curriculum content descriptions

build morphemic word families using knowledge of prefixes and suffixes (AC9E2LY12)

Elaborations
  • using morphemic knowledge of words to spell unknown words; for example, “one”, “once”, “cover”, “covering”, “uncover”
  • writing unknown words using morphemic knowledge; for example, using the known word “friend” to write “friendly” and “friendship”
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
ScOT terms

Grammar,  Spelling

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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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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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Describing household chores

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Syllabus bites – responding to literature

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Bear and Chook by the Sea

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Say hello in Dharug

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Introduction to SSP - Module 4: features of a systematic synthetic phonics approach

This 23-minute professional learning video, presented by literacy expert Jocelyn Seamer, discusses the features of a systematic, synthetic approach to teaching phonics. It includes information on decodable texts, alphabetic code, and how to teach new sounds. The other videos in the series are; The research base of structured ...