This set of morphology activities present a base word to the students and 3 words built using common affixes. The students identify the word parts and write a word sum showing how the word has been built around the base.
RESOURCE DETAILS:
Year Level:
Best suited to 4 to Year 6 who are learning to build words using base words and common affixes.
Suitable for teachers who are introducing morphology into their spelling and word study lessons.
What is included:
- · 45 printable task cards.
- Answer sheet: break down of the words, suggestions for other words in the family and makes connection to spelling generalisations needed to create the new word.
How the task cards work:
Students identify the base and affixes in multisyllabic words.
Students map the morphemes in each word (break into affixes and base word).
They write a word sum showing the parts of the word.
To complete the card and demonstrate understanding, students write other words from the word family.
Alternative challenges are easily added:Students can write the sense of meanings of the word parts under the word sums or write a sentence using the wordPurpose:
These tasks provide students opportunities to:
- break words into their meaning parts
- review affixes and how they change base words meanings and spelling
- practice identifying the connections between related words
- notice spelling changes when adding affixes.
This resource works well for:
- warm-ups and morning work
- literacy stations and rotations
- word study instruction
- checking for understanding
- formative pre-assessments
- independent application and practice
Flexible ways to prepare and use the cards:
The cards can be laminated, and students can write using whiteboard markers, or glued into workbooks. Alternatively, they can be stapled into a word family booklet.
These cards are aligned with the Science of Reading.
FAQ: What base words are featured?
The base words in this set include:
- help
- care
- love
- act
- like
- friend
- excite
- home
- achieve
- add
- merge
- habit
- conserve
- observe
- rest
- hope
- grow
- deny
- happy
- cure
- stop
- bound
- survive
- cover
- place
- protect
- learn
- adapt
- forget
- assist
- resist
- caution
- transmit
Many of these words have been selected to help build students' understanding and comprehension of vocabulary in "The Wild Robot".
There are many more engaging Science of Reading aligned morphology and spelling activities and games available. If you are looking for purposeful and engaging ways for your students to apply their 'morphological awareness' (big word!) they range from entry level to more challenging tasks!
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Free: MORPHEME MAPPING.
This is designed for teachers who are introducing morphology into their spelling and word study lessons. Set up a simple routine for students to break multisyllabic words into their meaning parts that can be applied when reading or writing.
