Spelling words with the suffixes -ance and -ancy
I can spell words using the suffixes -ance and -ancy.
Spelling words with the suffixes -ance and -ancy
I can spell words using the suffixes -ance and -ancy.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- The suffixes -ance and -ancy can create abstract nouns.
- The -ance or -ancy spellings may be found after a ‘hard c’ or ‘hard ‘g’.
- Words ending in -ant/-ance/-ancy sometimes have related words where the ‘ay’ vowel sound is clearer.
- Words in word families often have connected meaning and spelling.
- How to spell the curriculum words: length, strength, though and although.
Common misconception
Children may have difficulty identifying the word class of focus words in the lesson.
Help the children to put the words into simple sentences in order to help identify the word class. Is it a naming word for a person, place, thing or idea? Is it describing a noun? etc.
Keywords
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
Noun - a naming word for a person, place or thing
Abstract noun - a type of noun that names an idea or quality that cannot be seen
Adjective - describes a noun
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