Spelling

Spelling

This year, through our work with Grammarsaurus, children will be learning how words are built — not just memorised! We'll be focusing on etymology and morphology in spelling, which means understanding where words come from and how words are made up of smaller parts called morphemes, such as:

• Base – the core part of a word that carries meaning (e.g. help, move, play)

• Affix– a morpheme that is either a prefix or a suffix

• Prefix – a part added before the base to change its meaning (e.g. un-, re-, mis-)

• Suffix – a part added after the base to change its form or meaning (e.g. -ed, -ing, -ful, -ness) Stem – a word part that includes a base and may also contain other morphemes (e.g. lovely, dangerous, laziness)

What will children be doing?

How can you help at home?

Why is morphology important?