Phase 4 Lesson Presentation: Adding to Root Words
Help children understand how words change when we add -ing and -ed with this engaging Phase 4 phonics lesson PowerPoint adding to root words. Fully aligned with the updated 2021 Letters and Sounds progression followed by many schools, this interactive presentation explores the effect of common suffixes on root words through reading, spelling and sentence-level work.
Across five structured sessions, pupils will:
- Add -ing to root words and read new present-tense forms
- Add -ed to words and explore different pronunciations (/t/, /d/ and /ɪd/)
- Practise reading and spelling words such as jumped, painting and started
- Apply new vocabulary in context through sentence reading and writing
- Revisit tricky words including love, said and some
Ideal for whole-class teaching, this Phase 4 phonics lesson PowerPoint adding to root words builds grammatical awareness while reinforcing phoneme recognition, blending and spelling skills.
Teaching tip
Use the sorting and independent reading activities on Day 5 to check pupils’ understanding of how suffixes change both meaning and pronunciation. Encourage them to group words by their suffix and sound pattern.
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