Prior to this objective, teachers should assess the suggested morphemes for a science experiment using the provided materials. If learning is secure, proceed to the prefix pre- objective; otherwise, refer to resources for additional support on suffix -ment, suffix -ful and suffix -ly – Y2.

In this objective, children will learn how to add the prefix pre-to bases and stems to form new words. Over three 20-minute lessons, they will:

·         Learn that the prefix pre- carries the meaning “before”
·         Explore a range of bases and stems that can fix to the prefix pre-
·         Explore the word family range
·         Complete sentences by forming the correct word with the prefix pre-
·         Learn that the prefix pre- can be added to verbs
·         Build more words with the prefix pre- by adding suffixes -ed and -ing
·         Revisit suffixing rules
·         Learn about the etymology of the irregular verbs paid and wrote
·         Use matrices with bound bases that can fix to the prefix pre-
·         Reinforce learning with practical game

 Resources included:

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