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
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
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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