Reading Inflectional Endings

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English›Phonics & Word Reading|Ages 5—7|ID: mt__CMXZiPfTV

Read words containing taught GPCs with common inflectional endings (-s, -es, -ing, -ed, -er, -est) and the prefix un-; read multi-syllable words with taught patterns

Mastery Evidence

Read suffixed words fluently (e.g. 'jumping', 'wanted', 'faster')
Identify the root word when a suffix is added
Read words with prefix un- (e.g. 'unhappy', 'undo')

Assessment Prompt

“When [child] sees familiar words with different endings — like 'jumped', 'running', 'biggest', or 'unhappy' — can they spot the root word and read the whole thing correctly?”

Prerequisites1

Blending Sounds to Read Words
hardAges 4—7

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Blending Sounds to Read Words hard
Need to read root words before inflected forms
- Single Letter Sounds hard
  Need GPC knowledge to blend
  - Knowing all letters hard
    Must recognise letters before learning their sounds
    - Understanding print hard
      Must understand print direction before letter identification matters
- Onsets & Rimes hard
  Phoneme awareness needed for blending
  - Rhyming words soft
    Rhyme awareness supports finer phoneme skills
  - Syllables soft
    Syllable awareness builds toward phoneme level

Unlocks1

Prefixes and suffixes
hardAges 7—9