Word Family: use, used, using, usual, usually, useful
Concepts: Help students notice how the grapheme <s> can write different pronunciations across the family. Explore how the phonology of the word “use” differs depending on whether it is a noun or a verb. Discover how both vowel suffixes and connecting vowel letters can replace the single, final, non-syllabic <e>.
Word Families: persuade, persuasive, persuasion
Concepts: Noticing what the grapheme <s> can write. Noticing that vowel suffixes cause spelling changes. This video also explores how vowel graphemes can write consonant phonemes.
Activity Sheet: This video includes an activity sheet on building word using the “suade” and “suase” base elements.
Word Family: migrate and migration
Concepts: Vowel suffixes can replace a single final non-syllabic <e>. Noticing that <t> can write /ʃ/ when followed by an <i>.
Word Family: creation, creative, creature
Concepts: Vowel suffixes can replace a single final non-syllabic <e>. Noticing that <t> can write /ʃ/ when followed by an <i> and <t> can write /ʧ/ when followed by a <u>. Discovering that vowels can be reduced all the way to zero. Observing that the pronunciation of the base in a word can shift across a family.
Word Family: exit, transit, transitions, initial, initials, initiative.
Concepts: Notice how vowel suffixes replace the single, final, unpronounced <e>. Notice how the grapheme <t> can write different pronunciations.
Word Family: form, transformation, information, uniform, nonconformist
Concepts: Vowel suffixes replace a single final non-syllabic <e>. Noticing that <t> can write /ʃ/ when followed by an <i>. Discovering how etymology reveals the deeper meaning of the base and helps to uncover related words.
Word Family: vision, revise, invisible, visit, and visual.
Concepts: Notice that vowel suffixes replace single, final, unpronounced <e>. Discover how <s> can write different pronunciations across the family.
Word Family: conserve, conservation, observe and observant.
Concepts: Vowel suffixes replace single final unpronounced <e>. Notice what the grapheme <t> can write?
Word Family: decision, incisors, concise, precise.
Concepts: Vowel suffixes replace single, final, unpronounced <e>. Notice that the grapheme <c> and <s> can write different pronunciations.
