Key learning points

1. Words ending in the suffix -sion are nouns.
2. The suffix -sion sometimes makes the sound /zhun/ like ‘division’.
3. Words spelt with -sion often have a root word ending in ‘d’, ‘de’ or ‘se’.
4. The /shun/ suffix can be spelt -tion, -sion, -ssion or -cian.
5. How to spell the curriculum words: reign, island and February.

Keywords

• Noun - a naming word for a person, place or thing

• Root word - the base word from which other words are formed often by adding prefixes or suffixes

• Suffix - a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning

Common misconception