Prior to this objective, teachers should assess the suggested morphemes for a setting description using the provided materials. If learning is secure, proceed to suffix -ion objective; otherwise, refer to resources for additional support on suffix -ness, suffixes -ed and -ing adjectives (Y2), suffix -ion, base tele and base port (Y3). In this objective, children will learn how to add the suffix -ion to bases and stems. Over three 20-30 minute lessons, they will:

Recap that sometimes we need to use an alternate base when adding the suffix -ion Add the suffix -ion to bound bases Recap the spelling rules for adding a vowel suffix to a base or stem Solve word sums Use matrices to explore a range of words Explore bases and stems that combine with

suffix -ate before suffix -ion

Review learning of previous affixes Reinforce learning with practical games

Resources included:

Editable PowerPoint covering three lessons (20-30 minutes each) Suggested lesson plans with supporting worksheets Optional homework activities A range of practical activities including spelling battleships and morpheme cards Two fluency activities (with answers) A reasoning activity (with answers)...