Word building

In The Reading Book, we unpack the reading process. One of the important skills students need to ‘crack the code’ of English is the ability to break words into meaningful parts (base/root words and affixes). This Word-building template will support students to learn about how to build words from a base word.

 

RELATED RESOURCES

  Useful online tools:

Nifty Word
Visuwords
Online Etymology Dictionary

  Book:
There are 36 mini-lessons in The Poetry Book.

 

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Related resources

Includes: Lesson plan, two exemplars (written and published)



Focus: Activating memories and writing descriptively

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