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WITH WORD CARDS FOR SPELLING GAMES

This book contains enjoyable and interesting activities to give children extra practice in written and spoken language.

Working Together

Although your child is already able to read and write, it is still helpful, and much more fun, if you go through the book together.

Talk about the instructions before the child begins. Provide extra paper so that he or she

can repeat the exercise using different examples.

One way of making sure that a child has understood the work is to ask him or her to

set a similar exercise for you and then mark it.

Spelling Many of the activities are to help with spelling. One of the best ways of practising is called LOOK-SAY-COVER-WRITE- • CHECK. The child looks carefully at the word and says it aloud. Then he or she covers up the word and writes it. Finally the word is checked. Use this method for any words that your child finds difficult.

Remember that although English skills are very, very important, playing with language can be great fun, too!

PLEASE NOTE THAT IDEAS FOR THE GAMES ON THE CENTRE CARD ARE GIVEN

AT THE BACK OF THIS BOOK.

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designed and illustrated by Claire James

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Libraries and bookshops often arrange their books by putting the authors' second names in alphabetical order.

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A Guide to Houseplants by Ivy Leaf D, .

Waterfalls of the World by C. Rivers D

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Beginning Astronomy by I. C. Stars D ~ ~

Going Camping by Ivor Tent D ~~:6~~

Making Cakes by R. U. Hungry [I] -c!/--~j

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Proper nouns are Simon CLaire

names of people: () . F n e

names of places: ,ell S ,0 ~ do

days of the week: Monooy Fn y

months of the year: Februory June..

Underline the proper nouns in this rhyme.

Thirty days have September, April, June and November. All the rest have thirty one,

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I 1he country where

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watering can

Things I use in the garden

lawn mower

A sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop. The capital letters and full stops help to make sense of a piece of writing. Sentences make sense.

Write each of these sentences underneath the correct picture.

Plant cress seeds on top. Fill it with damp soil.

Draw a face on a clean empty eggshell. Y'cY'

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The cress will soon grow. I'CI" D'

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The capital letters and full stops are missing from this piece,

Can you put them in?

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\ i made Q ca\endarat school fir.st it~ok dpaper (j, .\\ / plate and drew Q plc-lure o~ It next I mode two \ ( .~. ~)

~ ho\es in -the top and put d piece of stnng \' -l~f~t .

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We need nouns, adjectives and verbs in our speech and writing. M"

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- nouns name things.

- adjectives describe things.

- verbs do things.

'G.~ Nouns '~J..::..". rocket

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Use these words to complete this story.

It was the year 3000 and my .... ,.-"--

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ran faster than us. He said he

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Choose the correct adjective to complete the sentences.

ls\owest Ifcstest f5Iowe., ifocoteCJ

Number 1 was the _

Number 3 was than 7 and 4.

Numbers 4 and 7 were than 3 and 1.

Number 4 was the _

In these words the y changes to i.

dirty dirtier

cneeky

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This boy saw a bank robbery. The detective asked a lot of questions.

What do you think he asked? ~~ .....

Draw a picture of the robber.

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A He had yellow trainers.

at the word. the word. the word. the word. the word.
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1 All and 'no play makes Jack

a dull boy.

2 A wine bottle has a in its neck.

3 A baby can't use a knife and _

4 He loved roast with apple sauce.

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_ _ Ma~~p sentences of ~our·own using your~~,words.

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Longer words sometimes have short words hidden inside them.~ Read these:

our red ant we hat me 50 be use the

Now find them again in these words and draw a circle round them.

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Write the words again.

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Adding small groups of letters to the beginning or end of a word can change its meaning.

Letters added at the beginning are called prefixes.

Do the same for these words:

~ind lock

p\easqnt _

se\fish

1 The girl shared her crisps with her friend.

2 An smell came from the bad egg.

3 Every morning the man had to _

4 The boy always grabbed the biggest cake.

Letters added to the end of a word are called suffixes.

~ Add ful and I~ss to

'I tl"ie end of these words.

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Now make up some sentences using these words.

Some words have an f sound when we say them but this sound is spelt ph when we write the word.

Work out the answers to these clues and fill in the blanks below.
1 There are 26 letters in this. 1 __ ph ____
2 You need a camera to take one of these. 2 ph ______ ph
3 Use this to speak to someone in
another town. 3 ____ ph ___
4 This animal is a great swimmer. 4 ___ ph __
5 Large grey animal with a trunk. 5 ___ ph ___ _inderella wanted to go to the ball. She got lost in the _ity _entre and went to the _ircus

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Write out all the c words again.

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The man went to a barber to • have his (hair, hare) cut.

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price shoes in the __ (sail, sale).

The -- (son, sun) came out (\x~ Th hild b 'I d tl

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from behind a cloud. on the (beech, beach).

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wore a heavy suit of armour, \~) wagged its __ (tail, tale).

INSTRUCTIONS AND IDEAS FOR GAMES TO PLAY USING THE CARD WHICH FOLLOWS ARE PRINTED ON THE INSIDE BACK COVER,

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action

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invention

election

motion

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love _

loyal _

reproduce _

pardon _

Read these sentences and write a synonym for the word shown in

bold letters. (' .. ,'--!' .

1 I like this book. -, 0 .. - ~ ~

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The big dog was like a small pony. ~ "../ .c.r >

3 The boss was angry when Tom was late. _

4 The little girl couldn't reach the shelf. _

Look out for groups of letters inside words.

Fill in the missing dge pattern in these instructions and help Goldilocks to find the porridge.

Walk along the path at the e __ of the wood. Cross over the bri __ and go past the tall he __ .

Do __ between the beehives. 'd", ,~ l~J'-><"'_~

Look for the porri __ on the le __ with the honey on it.

?eople leot<~rd Leopard pigeon

Which word completes each of the sentences below?

1 The baker made six loaves of bread from the _

2 The meat was very _

3 The doctor gave me some medicine for my bad _

4 Are there cakes for everyone?

5 The boy crawled the tunnel.

6 Have you enough money for the bus fare?

7 In the nursery rhyme the cradle was in the of the tree.

8 She didn't take a coat because she it would be hot.

Some sayings don't mean exactly what they say. She was full of beans means that she was energetic and lively not that she was actually full of beans.

Tick the real meaning of these sayings.

My brother was down in the dumps.

1 He was walking round a rubbish dump.j=: 2 He was feeling unhappy. [J I__j

When Tom's cat died it broke his heart. .:'~~

1 Tom's heart fell to pieces. 0 __ .:: ~1" > 2 Tom was very sad and upset. [J I/~""_/

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My mum was over the moon.

1 She was very, very pleased. [J 2 She was flying over the moon. 0

Write a sentence to describe the real meaning of these sayings. 0- \"

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He was a wet blanket.

She waited with her heart in her mouth.

The baby was as good as gold means she was very well behaved.

Complete these similes: ~!y!;.2 ...,_

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as fierce as 0 _

as light as a _

as hard as _

as wise as an _

gross

Complete these similes:

as strong as _

as quiet as _

as quick as _

as slow as _

Using adjectives to describe nouns can make your writing much more interesting and exciting.

Look at all the vegetables in this delicious soup and draw a line to the adjective that you think makes each vegetable sound more

interesting.

One adjective which is often used too much is nice. It can be very boring!

Count how many times the word nice is used in the story below.

Karl was 0. nice bo)). He lived in C\ nice house. He ho.d a n\ce Mum and 0 nice Dod, and hiS d09 was nice too.

He a\wo.~s wore n'lce, c\othes. On his birtnday he was 9iven a nice biKe.

Read the adjectives below.

How

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friendly, little, big, jolly, crazy, generous, noisy, colourful, scruffy, smart, new, terrific.

Choose from the list or add your own and write the story again without using the word nice.

On a piece of paper, write 6 sentences using each of these words.

Look carefully at the picture of the robot and write your answer.

Either 0, ~ or ~ ~('~ ~-~,~

1 He has a round head. 0

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2 He has green eyes. 0 "-. (/. ~~(1

3 He can speak. 0 -"'Gf~~·.JjtyVD

4 He can move in all directions. 0 t{.; y/ -e

5 He has large feet. 0 "~ rg-"0-,\

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To, two and too all sound the same but have different meanings.

These sentences have to, too or two missing:" Fill in the correct word.

1 The train leaves at minutes

past five.

2 The boy ran school.

3 The elephant was big

____ get through the door.

4 She wanted be an astronaut

and go the moon.

Of and off are spelt differently and have different meanings. For example:

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(A pair 2f 9loves .. '''\ Put either of or off in the spaces.

>Ihe plane took oft) 1 It was hot so I took t

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team.

3 The girl got the swing so that

her friend could have a turn.

4 A lot people got _

the bus.

Sometimes when we're reading we have to look for clues. Then, like a detective, we put the clues together in order to make sense and to understand more about what we have read.

This is called reading between the lines.

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1 What is he going to do? cook lunch D

do the washing D

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( A girl ic; runnin9 along the road with a ;; ~ His hands are on the steering wheeL ), .>baginonehanaanasomernoney in : I\andhi~footisonthe'orake. 1

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! to the cinema D ., " riding a bicycle D

\. to the shops D Is he going fast? D

2 Has he stopped?

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3 Is he enjoying himself?

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(4 Is the man excited? \

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I am can be written in a short way as I'm. Is not can be shortened to isn't.

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An apostrophe is used in writing to show that some letters are missing.

Match the words below to their short form.

we are wouldn/t

con not -t.helre

the1 are we/re

wo vIa (lot can/t

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Find some paper and give yourself 20 minutes to do this test.

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SAY coV~R. WR~~H~~~_j(Go~-Uic~Jl-, <D. ,7--'-'

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• Put all the capital letters and full stops in the right Places'a

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\0-~~ Write 4 common nouns and list them in alphabetical order.

Write 2 adjectives to go with each noun.

\\:-~. Write a question to go with .[t'\;bi~thdaY;· .(f~- ~n \lad ~)each of these answers. ) \S In June _)~ to woit for half ;and \ sholl b~)an hour beccos

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Fill in the missing adjectives.

______ highest

dirtier ------

______ longer

Centre card spelling games

CAREFULLY PULL OUT THE CARD FROM THE CENTRE OF THE BOOK AND CUT UP INTO

24 DOUBLE-SIDED CARDS.

This will give you a blue pack or a yellow pack depending on which side you choose to use. There are eight groups of six words each. Each word contains a letter pattern that has been introduced in this book.

Game 1 Choose a pack (eg yellow) and place all the cards face down (blue side up). Ask your child to turn 2 cards over at a time and collect pairs with the same letter pattern.

Game 2 Choose a pack (eg blue) and place all the

cards face up (blue side up). Ask your child to make sets of 6 cards, each set having the same letter pattern.

When a set is complete use LOOK, SAY, COVER, WRITE, CHECK to ensure that your child knows the words.

Game 3 Choose about twelve cards at random. Use these for a quick spelling test.

Encourage your child to make more sets of cards and to invent other spelling games.

\\'\~ This book will help children

~'t~}, who can read and write

~~ '\'"\\ (generally about 7 veorst and upward) to practise English skills. Many of the skills required

by the National Curriculum for English, especially spelling, are included:

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The author, Kay Hiatt, . is an Advisory Teacher for English in Gloucestershire.