Phase 4 phonics PowerPoint: adding to root words
Teach pupils how words change when suffixes are added with this Phase 4 phonics PowerPoint focusing on adding to root words. Designed for Reception and Year 1, this ready-to-teach lesson presentation helps children read, spell and understand words ending in -ing and -ed through engaging, structured activities.
This Phase 4 PowerPoint develops pupils’ understanding of root words and common suffixes while providing opportunities to revisit previously taught graphemes, strengthen blending and segmenting skills, and apply new learning through reading and writing.
This resource includes:
- Five structured teaching sessions exploring root words and suffixes
- Practice adding -ing and -ed to root words
- Activities exploring the different pronunciations of -ed (/t/, /d/ and /ɪd/)
- Reading and spelling practice with words such as jumped, painting and started
- Sentence reading and writing activities to reinforce learning
- Tricky word practice including love, said and some
Ideal for whole-class phonics teaching, intervention groups or additional practice, this Phase 4 phonics PowerPoint helps pupils build confidence reading and spelling words with common suffixes while developing fluency and spelling accuracy.
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