When Suffixes get to Work

Different suffixes can have different jobs. Identifying them and understanding their purpose is important knowledge for teachers and helps not just with spelling but with grammar and vocabulary. In this course, we take you on a metalanguage joy-ride through the world of suffixes! We will model simple ways we can communicate these complex ideas to students.
When Suffixes get to Work

The SPELD NSW Spelling Series

On-demand professional learning about explicit and evidence-based spelling instruction.

  • Perfect for teachers, interventionists and speech pathologists looking to develop their own spelling content knowledge and learn some explicit instruction routines to confidently teach students to become fluent writers!

  • Learn about clever planning tricks, key spelling rules, orthographic patterns, morphology, and instructional routines that will make teaching spelling simple yet effective.

  • Register for 1, 2 or all of these online courses and complete the professional learning when and where it suits you!

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Course Outline

    1. Welcome to When Suffixes Get to Work

    2. Acknowledgement of Country

    3. Course Overview

    4. Why do this course?

      FREE PREVIEW

    5. Workbook and Resouces

    1. Understanding suffixes and bases

    1. Inflectional suffixes: teaching -ed, -s, -es, -en, -er/est

    1. Derivational suffixes: teaching -(i)ty, -ive, -ness, -ous

    2. Course completed!

    3. Course Evaluation

    4. Do you want to continue the conversation?

    5. Other On-Demand Learning for you!

    1. Bonus Video - Prefixes: de-, re-, dis- and suffixes -ate, -ise

About this course

  • 13 lessons
  • 1.5 hours of video content
  • 6 weeks or 12 months access

Frequently Asked Questions

Practical answers to your questions about teaching suffixes clearly and effectively!

Morphology plays a very important role in English orthography and there are many suffixes that students need to understand and be able to write in order to spell accurately! 

This course focuses on teaching common suffixes, their function or meaning and how to apply them to base words.

You should take this course if you are interested in understanding how to teach spelling beyond phonics and you want to learn some simple explicit instruction routines for teaching morphology. 

This course is for teachers and speech pathologists who want to improve students’ spelling and understanding of morphology.

You will learn the meaning or function of some important suffixes and how to teach them in a scaffolded and explicit manner.

The course includes teaching demonstrations, visual scaffolds, planning samples and examples scripts.

Your school or clinic will benefit because the course will provide you with an effective and targeted way to teach basic morphology. 

Yes, the course is based on morphology research and structured literacy practice.
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