Word endings: -sure and -ture | English | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

Select the words with the suffix -ing.
- shopping ✓
- faster
- talking ✓
- cloudy
Select the words with the suffix -er.
- jumper ✓
- noisy
- happier ✓
- calmly
Match the root word with the appropriate suffix.
- cloud
  
  ⇔
  
  y ✓
- calm
  
  ⇔
  
  ly ✓
- help
  
  ⇔
  
  less ✓
- jog
  
  ⇔
  
  ing ✓
Which join is being used to join the letter a to the letter r?
- first join - baseline to the x-height line ✓
- second join - baseline to the ascender line
- third join - x-height line to the x-height line
- fourth join - x-height line to the ascender line
Select the letters which would join with the second join from the baseline to the ascender line.
- letter a joining to the letter l ✓
- letter o joining to the letter m
- letter p joining to the letter o
- letter c joining to the letter h ✓
Select the letters which would join with the third join. From the x-height line to the x-height line.
- letter o joining to the letter o ✓
- letter o joining to the letter k
- letter v joining to the letter o ✓
- letter p joining to the letter a

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Lesson Details

Key learning points

-sure and -ture are common spellings for the endings of words.
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

Children can sometimes see the word ending as a separate word and lift their pencil which disconnects the letter string.

Remind the children to look and read the word before writing it. Get them feeling confident that this is one word and the flow needs to continue until the last letter in the letter string.

Keywords

Word endings - letters or groups of letters at the end of a 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