Use this Year 4 Words Ending in 'sure', 'ture' and 'cher' Prior Learning worksheet to gauge a clearer understanding of what the children already know about word families. The focus of this resource is to understand and recognise the meaning of given prefixes and suffixes. With three fluency, two reasoning and one application question, children can familiarise themselves again with word families before moving onto looking at the specific year 4 suffixes.

This worksheet could be used with individuals or small groups of children who may need a little extra support before the main learning of this lesson. It could also be used as an informal assessment before the main lesson to identify misconceptions.