Ages 7-9 | KS2.i Guess the word rules (spelling)

[Atomic Academic]

Activity Time

15 - 20 minutes

Steps:

1. Put a list of words on display
2. Ask the learner to generate the rules that relate to them. (Great for groups)
   ~For the exceptions you can create a bonus award, search for these in the literature you are reading.

Example:
What is the rule for these words?

• Trot - trotting
• Stop - stopping
• Hum - humming
• Wrap - wrapping

👀: the rule

Double the final consonant after a vowel sound and add 'ing'

Also try these:

• Change - Changing
• Challenge - Challenging
• Frame - Framing
• Name - Naming

👀: the rule

Remove the 'e' add 'ing'

👀: the exception

Lie - Lying. What is different about the rule here?

Extension: Guess the word [meaning]
Now you have the learners engaged you can extend this activity by displaying a series of words with the same prefix/suffix. Then asking the learner to:

1. Guess what a selection of prefixes mean
2. Look for those prefixes/suffixes in the literature you're reading.

Example:
'Preemptive' 'predisposed' 'predetermined' 'prepared'
What do you think the prefix 'pre-' means?

👀: answer

before

Download: Prefixes and Suffixes

 

[Marvin Pol Dela Cruz]

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