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Decode words with prefixes and suffixes

Use word parts to read longer words.

Taught in Primary 4 in Nigeria (NERDC), Year 3 in United Kingdom (National Curriculum), Grade 3 in Canada (Ontario).

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Nigeria (NERDC)

Primary 4

Strand
Reading: Phonics and Word Recognition
Called
Decode words with prefixes and suffixes
How it's taught
Letter sounds and blending with choral repetition and reading cards; oral English support since English is often a second language.
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United Kingdom (National Curriculum)

Year 3

Strand
Word Reading
Called
Decode words with prefixes and suffixes
How it's taught
Systematic synthetic phonics (letters-and-sounds progression); daily blending and segmenting; Year 1 phonics screening check.
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Canada (Ontario)

Grade 3

Strand
Foundations of Language: Word Reading
Called
Decode words with prefixes and suffixes
How it's taught
Explicit, systematic phonics under the 2023 Language curriculum: grapheme–phoneme correspondences, blending, and word-level decoding.
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