Prior to this objective, teachers should assess the suggested morphemes for a setting description using the provided materials. If learning is secure, proceed to suffix -ion objective; otherwise, refer to resources for additional support on suffix -ness , suffixes -ed and -ing adjectives (Y2), suffix -ion, base tele and base port (Y3).

In this objective, children will learn how to add the suffix -ion to bases and stems. Over three 20-minute lessons, they will:

·        Recap that sometimes we need to use an alternate base when adding the suffix -ion ·        Add the suffix -ion to bound bases ·        Recap the spelling rules for adding a vowel suffix to a base or stem ·        Solve word sums ·        Use matrices to explore a range of words ·        Add the suffix -ate to to bases and stems before adding the suffix -ion ·        Review learning of previous affixes ·        Reinforce learning with practical games

Resources included:

·                     Editable PowerPoint covering 3 lessons (20 minutes each) ·                     Teacher guidance with optional activities ·                     Supporting worksheets ·                     A range of practical activities including spelling battleships and a matrix word builder ·                     Two fluency activities (with answers) ·                     A reasoning activity (with answers)...