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 prefix re- (Y2) and suffix -ly (Y2).
In this objective, children will learn how to add the suffix  -ion to bases and stems. Over three 20-minute lessons, they will:

Learn that the suffix -ion turns a verb into a noun
Learn that suffix -ion is a vowel suffix
Learn to add the suffix -ion to a base or stem ending in the letter t.
Learn to drop the final silent e in a base or stem before adding the suffix -ion
Learn the meaning of an alternate base
Learn how to change a base to its alternate 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 nest and eggs class game and a wordsearch
·               Two fluency activities (with answers)
·               A reasoning activity (with answers)...