Choose 10 of your spelling list words and Complete the table below...

LIST WORD WORD SOUNDS

SYLLABLES I CAN CLAP

SMALLER WORDS I CAN SEE

WORD SHAPE

OTHER (E.G ORIGIN

OR HOW WORDS

CHANGE FORM

e.g. going g..o..i..ng 2 go going

go + ing

e.g. phone ph..o..n../e 1 one, on phone

Greek: phon = sound

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6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

a

d

p

u

z

g

f

x e

d

y

w

m

c

h

i

u

l

k

v

j

p

t

q

n

s

i

o e r

a

1.Write your list words in different colours down the left hand

side of the page. 2. Using the same colour, draw a web

linking all the letters of each of your spelling words together.

**For example if you wrote your first word in green, then you will use green to find the letters of that

word in the web.**

List Words (choose 15 only) __________

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Write your spelling words down the left hand side of the page. Answer the following questions to become a

‘Spelling Superhero’ (This counts as two activities)

LIST WORDS ORIGIN

SYLLABLE GRAPH (Colour in the squares)

1 2 3 4 5

Number of Syllables

Num

ber

of W

ords

NUMBER OF LETTERS

The word with the most number of letters is:

____________________ The word with the least

number of letters is: _____________________

WORD SMASHING Smash up 15 of your list words

apart

Prefix Base Suffix

e.g. tele phone

e.g. church es

WORD SHAPES Choose 5 words and draw their

WORD ORIGINS Use a dictionary to research the origin of your words. Write the origin next to the word on the

list to the left.

Prefix Base Suffix

e.g. tele phone

e.g. church es

Choose 15 of your spelling list words to smash into pieces. Look for base words, prefixes and suffixes.

** Remember: A prefix is attached to the front of base words and a suffix is at

the back**

Spelling List Words Origin

Use the computer to look up the origin of your spelling list words, that is where the words originate from. **http://kids.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/english**

Draw pictures of some of

your list words

Use the initial letter of each of your words, make up lines of alliteration.

My Mum Makes Me Muffins

Dad Digs Dams Deep

Make up clues about 15 of your words for someone else to solve.

e.g. thought I have 7 letters

I have 2 vowels and 5 consonants I have 2 lots of ‘h’ and 2 lots of ‘t’ but only

one ‘th’ sound

Synonyms/Antonyms Try to find a synonym (a word that means the same) and an

antonym (a word that means the opposite) for 15 of your list

words. You can use a dictionary and thesaurus to help you.

Record them in the table below.

List Word Synonym Antonym

Try to find at least one word that rhymes with each of your spelling words.

Rhyming Words

LIST WORD RHYMING WORDS

Key Features 1. Look at the word. 2. Write your word on this page. 3. Use a colour for 4. important parts which help you remember how to spell the word. e.g. friend

List Words

1 16

2 17

3 18

4 19

5 20

6 21

7 22

8 23

9 24

10 25

11 26

12 27

13 28

14 29

15 30

Syllables Graph 1. Say the word. 2. Clap out the parts. 3. Record how many syllables each word has e.g. sister = sis / ter (2) 4. Colour in the Graph to show how many words have the same amount of syllables

1 2 3 4 5

Number of Syllables

Num

ber

of W

ords

Word Font Write each of your list words using

as many different styles of font (lettering) as you can

Balderdash Create three false meanings and one true meaning for 10 of your list words. Give them to a friend to solve by circling the correct meaning.

WORD MEANING

1

2

3

1

2

3

1

2

3

1

2

3

1

2

3

1

2

3

1

2

3

1

2

3

1

2

3

1

2

3

Categories Make up a rule to organise your list words into different categories. e.g. verbs/nouns/adjectives

My Rule… _____________________________________________________________________________________________

Rainbow Words

1. Write 15 of your words in one colour. 2. Go over the word with another complementary colour. 3. Keep going until you have created the effect you want

(use a minimum of three colours).

Graffiti Wall

Use different fonts, stylisation and colour to ‘graffiti’ your word list onto the wall.

Word Snakes Write all your words in one long

snake without any gaps or spaces. Draw a snake outline around them

and decorate.

Ransom! Use newspaper letters to create each of your words so they look like the news headlines.

Nonsense Paragraph Create a Nonsense

Paragraph by using all of your

list words in one

paragraph. It has to be grammatical-

ly

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