Name: Suffix Spelling Rules: A Complete Teaching and Practice Unit for Year 3-5
Brand: Top Teaching Tasks
Price: 9.99 NZD
Availability: OnlineOnly
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Description

Our comprehensive, no-prep Suffix Rules pack has everything you need to explicitly teach the three core suffix rules, perfectly aligned with the refreshed New Zealand Curriculum. This resource is designed to meet Phase One, Year Three and Phase Two, Year Four and Five English Curriculum: Writing – Transcription Skills – Spelling.

We provide a clear, structured approach to help your students master the rules for doubling the final consonant, dropping the final ‘e’, and changing ‘y’ to ‘i’. While the English curriculum spreads these three rules over three years, we believe you could teach them from Year 3 onwards.

What’s Included?

Anchor Chart Posters: Four vibrant posters to display in your classroom: one explaining what a suffix is, and one for each of the three core spelling rules.
Whole-Class Teaching Slides: Nine complete sets of slides. Each of the three rules is taught and reviewed over a three-day sequence, providing a clear structure for your explicit instruction.
Independent Practice Worksheets: Twelve engaging worksheets (four for each rule) perfect for follow-up activities, literacy rotations, homework, or further practice.
Consolidation Task Cards: A versatile set of multi-choice task cards designed to help students review and apply their knowledge of all three rules. Ideal as a game, for fast finishers, or small group work.
Full Answer Keys: Comprehensive answer keys are provided for all worksheets and task cards to make marking a breeze.

Aligned with the Science of Reading and Structured Literacy:

This resource is built on the evidence-based principles of the Science of Reading and a Structured Literacy approach. Instead of asking students to simply memorise spellings, we provide the tools to explicitly and systematically teach the morphological rules that govern them.

Explicit Instruction: Our ready-to-use teaching slides allow you to directly teach each suffix rule. We leave no room for guessing, ensuring every student understands the why behind the spelling change.
Systematic and Cumulative: The resource is designed to be taught in a logical sequence. Students master one rule before moving to the next, with practice activities and task cards that allow for cumulative review of all three rules.
Focus on Morphology: By teaching suffixes, you are building your students’ morphological awareness. This critical skill enhances both decoding (reading) and encoding (spelling) by helping students understand how word parts work together to create meaning.

This structured approach moves beyond rote learning to build deep, transferable spelling knowledge that will stick with your students.

Phase One Year 3 – Writing – Transcription Skills – Spelling:

knowledge: There are specific spelling conventions for adding some suffixes (such as taking away ‘e’ from a split-vowel digraph before adding a vowel suffix such as ‘hope’ ➝ ‘hoping’)
practices: Adding less-common suffixes (–er, –ly) and applying simple spelling conventions

Phase Two Year 4 – Writing – Transcription Skills – Spelling:

practices: Adding a vowel suffix to one-syllable CVC words by doubling the final consonant (e.g. ‘hop’ ➝ ‘hopping’)

Phase Two Year 5 – Writing – Transcription Skills – Spelling:

practices: Either keeping the ‘y’ or changing to an ‘i’ when adding a suffix

TL:DR

Curriculum-Aligned: Specifically created to meet the Year 3 expectations of the refreshed NZ curriculum.
Saves You Time: This print-and-go resource has your spelling lessons planned for weeks!
Builds Confidence: The clear structure, from whole-class teaching to independent practice, ensures every student can achieve success.
Versatile and Engaging: The variety of components keeps learning fresh and allows for differentiation across your classroom.