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Suffixes: -y and -ly

I can correctly form words using the suffixes -y and -ly.

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Year 3

Suffixes: -y and -ly

I can correctly form words using the suffixes -y and -ly.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. A suffix is a letter or group of letters at the end of a word which creates another word.
  2. The words start with a lead in and finish with a lead out.
  3. The pencil does not lift when forming the join, only after to add the cross to a t or a dot to an i or a j.
  4. There are four cursive joins.
  5. The join used depends on which letter is joining to which letter within a letter string.

Keywords

  • Suffix - a letter or group of letters at the end of a word which creates another word

  • Join - how the letters are connected together

  • Letter string - a group of letters that are written together in a word

  • Lead in - the stroke or line that guides us into starting a letter

  • Lead out - the stroke or line that guides us to smoothly finish a letter

Common misconception

Some children will lift their pencil before the letter string has completed.

Remind the children that the letters want to hold hands and if they lift their pencil then the connection is broken. Speaking out loud, while modelling, to highlight this will support the children to apply it in their practice.

Some students might find it easier to keep practising their handwriting on tramlines. For those that are more confident, they can move to using normal lined paper.
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Supervision

Adult supervision required

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Lesson video

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6 Questions

Q1.
A letter string is...
all of the letters within a sentence.
Correct answer: a group of letters that are written together in a word.
letters connected together with a piece of string.
Q2.
A suffix is...
a letter or group of letters at the beginning of a word, creating another word.
a letter or group of letters in the middle of a word, creating another word.
Correct answer: a letter or group of letters at the end of a word, creating another word.
Q3.
Select the correct formation of the third join.
Correct Answer: An image in a quiz
An image in a quiz
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer: An image in a quiz
An image in a quiz
An image in a quiz
Q4.
Select the correct formations of the fourth join.
An image in a quiz
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer: An image in a quiz
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer: An image in a quiz
An image in a quiz
Q5.
Select the first join.
An image in a quiz
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer: An image in a quiz
An image in a quiz
An image in a quiz
Q6.
Match the description with the correct join number.
Correct Answer:first join,from the baseline to the x-height line

from the baseline to the x-height line

Correct Answer:second join,from the baseline to the ascender line

from the baseline to the ascender line

Correct Answer:third join,from the x-height line to the x-height line

from the x-height line to the x-height line

Correct Answer:fourth join,from the x-height line to the ascender line

from the x-height line to the ascender line

Q3 image 1 NA Q3 image 2 NA Q3 image 3 NA Q3 image 4 NA Q4 image 1 NA Q4 image 2 NA Q4 image 3 NA Q4 image 4 NA Q5 image 1 NA Q5 image 2 NA Q5 image 3 NA Q5 image 4 NA

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