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• hypothesising a word’s meaning considering any context cues (eg definitions, restatements,
examples, descriptions)
• using word parts (where appropriate) to assist with working out the meaning
• asking if there are other possible meanings for the word that would make sense in
the passage
• summarising what is known, bringing all the information together
• reinforcing that sometimes students will not be able to work out a word’s meaning from
context and may need to refer to external sources of information (including online sources).
Word parts
Prefixes/suffixes, base words and smaller words within compound words can be used to
work out the meaning of a word.
The teacher:
• models the use of word parts to assist working out the meaning of an unknown word,
eg ‘
un
at the beginning of a word reverses or undoes an action or description.
Un
at the
beginning of happy means not happy.’
• models how to break words into parts (morphological analysis) to derive meaning.
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Support Materials for Students with Special Education Needs
English K–6
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IMPLEMENTATION
Examples of prefixes:
sub
– under,
re
– again,
bi
– two,
tele
– far or distant
Examples of suffixes:
est
– the most,
less
– without