Morphemic Awareness Activities | Morphology

These activities support the learner to analyse the morphemic structure of Tier 2 and Tier 3 words. Analysing the morphemic structure and etymology of unfamiliar words can help us to determine their meaning. It is recommended that these activities are taught in line with the coinciding learning sequence and teacher slides. You can find the bundle here.

What's included:

• Word Part Cheat Sheet: develop a cheat sheet for students to add to as they progressively learn new prefixes, suffixes and root/base words
• Word Part Cheat Sheet: read and record 10 new words, sort the words into word parts (prefix, base word/root and suffix) and create new/unfamiliar words using a range of word parts
• Word Analysis Activity: read a passage (provided), identify an unfamiliar word, rate the word on the Vocabulary Knowledge Scale (included), break the word into word parts, determine the meaning of the word based on the morphology, determine the meaning of the word based on the etymology, define the word in and out of context

V9 Australian Curriculum Aligned - Year 5

• build and spell new words from knowledge of known words, base words, prefixes and suffixes, word origins, letter patterns and spelling generalisations (AC9E5LY09)

V9 Australian Curriculum Aligned - Year 6

• use knowledge of known words, word origins, including some Latin and Greek roots, base words, prefixes, suffixes, letter patterns and spelling generalisations to spell new words including technical words (AC9E6LY09)

NSW Stage 3 Syllabus Aligned: Focus Area: Vocabulary (EN3-VOCAB-01)

• Content Group: Defining and analysing words 

  • Analyse morphemic structures of Tier 2 and Tier 3 words to determine their meaning

NSW Stage 3 Syllabus Aligned: Focus Area: Reading Comprehension (EN3-RECOM-01)

• Content Group: Comprehending language 

  • Use morphology and etymology to work out the meaning of unfamiliar words

Format: Word Document