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Root word awareness in Year 6 English

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Focus on root words prefixes and suffixes. Start with “Know Your Number Prefixes”, then explain the idea in your own words.

Year 6 learners practise root words prefixes and suffixes.

The activities include Know Your Number Prefixes, Know Your Prefixes: aero-, Know Your Prefixes: auto-, bi-, circum-, tele- and trans-, and related practice. The checked support below includes teaching, lesson, video, practice. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

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  • Know Your Number Prefixes
  • Know Your Prefixes: aero-
  • Know Your Prefixes: auto-, bi-, circum-, tele- and trans-
  • Know Your Roots: 'cred'
  • Know Your Roots: 'hydro'
  • Know Your Roots: 'port'
  • Know Your Roots: scribe' and script'
  • Know Your Roots: 'tele' and scope'
  • Know Your Suffixes: -graph or -graphy
  • Learn to Spell a Range of Suffixes
  • Practise Spelling a Range of Suffixes
  • Practise Spelling Words Containing the Long 'e' Sound
  • Use and Spell Tricky Words
  • Use and Understand a Range of Words
  • Use Different Suffixes in Spelling
  • Use Homophones that are Easily Confused
  • Use Hyphens Correctly

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WatchOak National Academy

Oak: Hyphens And Ellipsis

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KS2 Word Families Lesson Pack

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Root Word Ladder: Port

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PrintOak National Academy

Oak worksheet: Hyphens And Ellipsis

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