Suffixes: -y and -ly | English | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

A letter string is...
- all of the letters within a sentence.
- a group of letters that are written together in a word. ✓
- letters connected together with a piece of string.
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.
- a letter or group of letters at the end of a word, creating another word. ✓
Select the correct formation of the third join.
Select the correct formations of the fourth join.
Select the first join.
Match the description with the correct join number.
- first join
  
  ⇔
  
  from the baseline to the x-height line ✓
- second join
  
  ⇔
  
  from the baseline to the ascender line ✓
- third join
  
  ⇔
  
  from the x-height line to the x-height line ✓
- fourth join
  
  ⇔
  
  from the x-height line to the ascender line ✓

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Lesson Details

Key learning points

A suffix is a letter or group of letters at the end of a word which creates another word.
The words start with a lead in and finish with a lead out.
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.
There are four cursive joins.
The join used depends on which letter is joining to which letter within a letter string.

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.

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