Literacy Moment:
Week Beginning 15/05/17
This week builds on things you did last week!
We’re continuing our work on prefixes and
suffixes, focusing on the latter!
Put your maximum effort in!
Four minutes: here’s some revision…fill in the prefixes!
Week 18: Suffixes
You should be fairly confident with prefixes now, so we’re
going to focus on suffixes now.
Task (two minutes):
How many suffixes can you think of?
Challenge: Do you know their meanings (i.e. what they do
to the word)?
Week 18: Suffixes
Did you get any of these?
Week 18: Suffixes
These may be the most common…
Week 18: Suffixes
Revision Task: have a bang on these!
Week 18: Suffixes
Summary:
Prefixes and suffixes alter the meaning of a stem word. They
allow us to vary our vocabulary.
Suffixes allow us to indicate the tense of a word, as well the
type of word!
Key Words from Today’s Session…
Synonym: A word which means the same or similar to another word, but is spelled
differently.
Dictionary: A book to find meanings of words.
Thesaurus: A book used to find synonyms.
Antonym: A word which is the opposite of another word.
Prefix: Letters placed at the beginning of a word to alter its meaning.
Suffix: Letters placed at the end of a word often indicating tense.
And don’t forget all the other vocabulary you have learned!