Learner Profile - Caring

<caring>

What does it mean?

How is it built?

What are its relatives?

What is its origin?

What parts of the pronunciation matter to the spelling?

Investigating <caring> to understand its meaning and spelling.

Investigating the PYP Learner Profile

Each week we are investigating one of the PYP Learner Profile words.

We are investigating the history of the word <caring> and discovered that it used to mean "to grieve, to cry"!
Its meaning has changed over time.

We analysed the word and constructed the word sum to show the spelling.
care/ + ing --> caring

We identified other words that belonged int he same word family
care + ful --> careful.
We noticed in this word that the final <e> was not replaced!

We constructed a large chart to show our investigation of the word <caring>.
Now we have a better udnerstanding of what it means and how it is spelled.
Spelling is a THINKING activity not a memorisation activity!