explore less common plurals, and understand how a suffix changes the meaning or grammatical form of a word

How Bloomi helps with this

This is a NAPLAN-year topic. Bloomi teaches it with a short explainer, guided practice, and NAPLAN-style questions — every one traceable to this exact code.

What this looks like in the classroom

• using knowledge of word origins and roots, and related words, to interpret and spell unfamiliar words, and learning about how these roots affect plurals; for example, “cactus” and “cacti”, “louse” and “lice”
• understanding how some suffixes change the grammatical form of words; for example, “-tion” and “-ment” can change verbs into nouns: “protect” to “protection” and “develop” to “development”