These posters and activity cards can be used with primary students to introduce, reinforce and consolidate learning about prefixes and suffixes. They can be used in a variety of ways to differentiate students learning when using prefixes and suffixes to change the meaning of a base word.
This pack includes:
- 2 x posters showing meanings of prefixes and suffixes
- 4 x posters with words using prefix/suffix
- 4 x blank activity cards that can be used to write base words or with prefix/suffix.
- 4 x activity cards with base words only
- 4 sheets with words that can be used for sorting or adding prefix/suffix.
These print out A4 in size or can be enlarged to A3.
Australian Curriculum content descriptions
Know how to use common prefixes and suffixes, and generalisations for adding a suffix to a base word (ACELA1827)
Understand how to use knowledge of letter patterns including double letters, spelling generalisations, morphemic word families, common prefixes and suffixes and word origins to spell more complex words (ACELA1779)
Explore less common plurals, and understand how a suffix changes the meaning or grammatical form of a word (ACELA1514)
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 (ACELA1526)