The SPELD NSW Spelling Series

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.

  • This series of online courses is perfect for teachers, interventionists and speech pathologists looking to develop their own spelling content knowledge and learn some explicit instruction routines to confidentially teach students to become fluent writers!

  • In this series, we will 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!

Professional learning, when and where it suits you!

You can register to complete self-paced professional learning as an individual learner.

If your school needs an invoice for payment please contact us.

SPELD NSW Members access discounts

Members can access SPELD NSW Member Discounts to this self-paced professional learning by logging into the SPELD NSW Members Hub.

  • $90.00 – SPELD NSW Member Individual Registration
  • $475.00 – SPELD NSW Member School Team Registration

If you are not already a SPELD NSW Member, join today to access Member Discounts!
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Course Outline

    1. Welcome to When Suffixes Get to Work

    2. Acknowledgment of Country

    3. Course Overview

    4. Who is the learning for?

    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

    1. Bonus Video - Prefixes: de-, re-, dis-

About this course

  • 6 weeks access
  • Available 9 December 2024

Would you like to deliver When Suffixes Get to Work in your team or school?

This course is also available for schools and clinics as team professional learning. Your team can complete the professional learning together - watching videos, completing activities, having facilitated discussions and following along with the workbook! Great for after school or team professional learning sessions.