Adding ‘-ful’ and ‘-less’ Year 2 Suffixes Resource Pack

Adding ‘-ful’ and ‘-less’ Year 2 Resource Pack

Step 2: Adding ‘-ful’ and ‘-less’ Year 2 Resource Pack

Adding ‘-ful’ and ‘-less’ Year 2 Resource Pack includes a teaching PowerPoint and differentiated varied fluency and application and reasoning resources. This pack is designed to work alongside our GPS Scheme of Work for Spring Block 5.

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What's included in the pack?

This pack includes:

  • Adding ‘-ful’ and ‘-less’ Year 2 Teaching PowerPoint.
  • Adding ‘-ful’ and ‘-less’ Year 2 Varied Fluency with answers.
  • Adding ‘-ful’ and ‘-less’ Year 2 Application and Reasoning with answers.

National Curriculum Objectives

English Year 2: (2G6.3) Formation of adjectives using suffixes such as –ful, –less (A fuller list of suffixes can be found in the year 2 spelling section in English Appendix 1)

Terminology for pupils:

Differentiation:

Varied Fluency
Developing Questions to support adding the suffixes -ful, -less. Includes common words where no change to the spelling is required. For example: help + ful = helpful, care + less = careless.
Expected Questions to support adding the suffixes -ful, -less. Includes words where the root word may/may not need changing. For example: plenty + ful = plentiful, joy + ful = joyful, penny + less = penniless.
Greater Depth Questions to support adding the suffixes -ful, -less. Includes less common words and the root word may/may not need to change. For example: bounty + ful = bountiful, remorse + less = remorseless.

Application and Reasoning
Questions 1, 4 and 7 (Application)
Developing Identify and correct two mistakes with words using the suffixes -ful and -less. Includes common words where no changes to the spelling are required.
Expected Identify and correct two mistakes with words using the suffixes -ful and -less. Includes words where the root word may/may not need changing.
Greater Depth Identify and correct two mistakes with words using the using the suffixes -ful and -less. Includes less common words and the root word may/may not need to be changed.

Questions 2, 5 and 8 (Application)
Developing Add a suffix to a given root word and then include it in a sentence. Includes common words where no changes to the spelling are required.
Expected Add a suffix to a given root word and then include it in a sentence. Includes words where the root word may/may not need changing.
Greater Depth Add a suffix to a given root word and then include it in a sentence. Includes less common words and the root word may/may not need to be changed.

Questions 3, 6 and 9 (Reasoning)
Developing Explain how a suffix can change the meaning of the root word. Includes words where no changes to the spelling are required.
Expected Explain how a suffix can change the meaning of the root word. Includes words where the root word may/may not need changing.
Greater Depth Explain how a suffix can change the meaning of the root word. Includes less common words and the root word may/may not need to be changed.

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