Word Study in Year 2

The children have been going on suffix hunts this term, we have looked for and recorded words that end in 'er' and 'ed' already. We had lots of fun discussing and catergorising our 'er' words into lists where 'er' was a suffix or was part of the word before and looking at whether the 'er' suffix made the word a person (reader), a thing (computer) or means more (bigger). 

We are now looking for 'tion' at the end of words. If the children read words that end in 'tion' at home we encourage them to record these in their reader's notebooks to share with the Neighbourhood and record on our 'tion' wall. 

The children have been taking part in word study workshops this term that have been centred around using the spelling books (little black and yellow book) and learning individual spelling words.

The children are to record words that have been corrected in their writing into the spelling book. This is a process the children are learning to do. The spelling book can be used as a personal dictionary. The words listed are to be practised by the children in learning agreement in their word study book. This week the children were given a handout with some fun ideas about how to practise their spelling words. Below is the handout children received and stuck in their spelling books, the children are encouraged to practise at home too. 

Spelling Practice Ideas

Write a silly sentence with your spelling words, underline your spelling words and be careful to spell them correctly.

Order your spelling words in alphabetical order (A- Z) in your word study book.

Look up a spelling word in a thesaurus and find synonyms for the word, record your spelling word and its synonyms in your word study book.

Look for smaller words in your spelling words. Record in your word study book.

What suffixes can you add to your spelling words (- s, - er, - ed, - ing,

- tion). Record your spelling word (base word) and the words that can be made in your word study book.

Look, Cover, Write, Check. Look at your spelling word, cover (by shutting the book), write on a white board and check that you spelt it correctly.