Spelling Bank Bingo

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NATIONAL LITERACY STRATEGY YEAR 7 SPELLING BANKS AS STARTER ACTIVITIES These resources have been designed to provide starter activities for classroom teachers that are focused on NLS spelling banks. Based on 4 lessons a week, I suggest that they are done in the following order: Lesson 1 : Wordsearch (10 mins), followed by distribution of Spelling Lists to be learnt over the week as homework Lesson 2 : Teaching of spelling rules; Word Bingo at the end of the lesson as a reward (10 mins), reiteration of homework Lesson 3 : Whiteboard sentences focusing on Spelling List words in context, concentrating on tense and punctuation Lesson 4 : Spelling Test (peer marked as a S&L activity) NB: I recommend individual targets are set – not all children have to get 100% to do well; extension spellings could be given to more able spellers; additional h/w or a breaktime re-test for those failing to learn their words; merits & lollies to those that learn them Of course, these shouldn’t be used in isolation but rather as an accompaniment to other strategies A. WORD BINGO 1. Pupils are given a bingo-grid

2. They choose six words from their spelling list and write them in the boxes

3. Their neighbour checks they haven’t left any blanks (in order to cheat!)

4. The words are then pulled out of a hat

5. As the words are read out the pupils tick off the words on their bingo-grid

6. The first pupil to tick all six words wins IF ALL WORDS ARE SPELT

CORRECTLY

This is brilliant as either a starter or played at the end; even usually unfocused students give it 100% and take it very seriously, especially if there are additional extrinsic rewards (merits, lollies, etc.)! It is also effective in reinforcing spelling as children do not win if even one word is spelt incorrectly.



DOUBLED LETTERS 1 DOUBLED LETTERS 2 UNDOUBLED LETTERS 1 UNDOUBLED LETTERS 2 CONTASTING SETS 1. beg

2. begged

3. beggar

4. big

5. bigger

6. biggest

7. dig

8. digging

9. digger

10. drag

11. dragging

12. dragged

13. drop

14. dropping

15. dropped

16. fit

17. fitter

18. fittest

19. hug

20. hugging

21. hugged

1. hum

2. humming

3. hummed

4. mop

5. mopping

6. mopped

7. run

8. runner

9. running

10. stop

11. stopper

12. stopped

13. sun

14. sunny

15. sunnier

16. wet

17. wetter

18. wettest

19. win

20. winning

21. winner

1. beep

2. beeping

3. beeped

4. blast

5. blasting

6. blasted

7. burn

8. burner

9. burning

10. count

11. counter

12. counted

13. disgust

14. disgusted

15. disgusting

1. dream

2. dreamer

3. dreaming

4. feel

5. feeling

6. feeler

7. help

8. helped

9. helper

10. train

11. trainer

12. trained

13. trick

14. tricky

15. tricked

1. dine

2. dining

3. dinner

4. hide

5. hiding

6. hidden

7. ride

8. riding

9. ridden

10. write

11. writing

12. written


SOFT ‘C’ 1 - ci SOFT ‘C’ 2 - ce SOFT ‘C’ 3 - cy PLURALISATION – ES PLURAL VOWEL + Y 1. accident

2. cinema

3. cinnamon

4. circle

5. circuit

6. circular

7. circulation

8. circumstance

9. circus

10. citizen

11. city

12. civil

13. decide

14. decimal

15. decision

16. decisive

17. disciple

18. discipline

19. incident

20. recite

1. ceiling

2. celebrate

3. celebrity

4. celery

5. cell

6. cellar

7. cement

8. cemetery

9. census

10. cent

11. centenary

12. centre

13. century

14. cereal

15. certain

16. certificate

17. December

18. descend

19. except

20. receive

1. bicycle

2. cyanide

3. cyclic

4. cyclist

5. cyclone

6. cylinder

7. cynic

8. cynical

9. cypress

10. cyst

11. fancy

12. lacy

13. mercy

14. recycle

1. box

2. boxes

3. bus

4. buses

5. church

6. churches

7. dish

8. dishes

9. fox

10. foxes

11. kiss

12. kisses

13. lunch

14. lunches

15. patch

16. patches

17. watch

18. watches

1. boy

2. boys

3. buoy

4. buoys

5. buy

6. buys

7. day

8. days

9. donkey

10. donkeys

11. key

12. keys

13. monkey

14. monkeys

15. quay

16. quays

17. tray

18. trays


PLURAL CONSONANT + Y PLURALS ‘F’ & ‘FE’ PLURALS OF WORDS

ENDING IN VOWELS OTHER THAN ‘E’ 1

PLURALS OF WORDS ENDING IN VOWELS OTHER THAN ‘E’ 2

IRREGULAR PLURALS

1. baby

2. babies

3. city

4. cities

5. cry

6. cries

7. fly

8. flies

9. jelly

10. jellies

11. lolly

12. lollies

13. lorry

14. lorries

15. party

16. parties

17. puppy

18. puppies

19. try

20. tries

1. calf

2. calves

3. half

4. halves

5. life

6. lives

7. loaf

8. loaves

9. scarf

10. scarves

11. self

12. selves

13. thief

14. thieves

15. wolf

16. wolves

17. knife

18. knives

19. wife

20. wives

1. areas

2. bananas

3. bhajis

4. bongos

5. cameras

6. cuckoos

7. discos

8. fiestas

9. haikus

10. magnolias

11. pianos

12. pizzas

13. radios

14. saunas

15. skis

16. sofas

17. tarantulas

18. tattoos

19. umbrellas

20. violas

21. yoyos

22. zoos

1. buffaloes

2. cargoes

3. dominoes

4. echoes

5. heroes

6. mangoes

7. tomatoes

8. torpedoes

9. volcanoes

10. bacteria

11. criteria

12. fungi

13. macaroni

14. phenomena

15. spaghetti

1. child

2. children

3. deer

4. foot

5. feet

6. formula

7. formulae

8. goose

9. geese

10. louse

11. lice

12. man

13. men

14. mouse

15. mice

16. sheep

17. tooth

18. teeth

19. woman

20. women


VOWEL SUFFIXES 1 -AL & -ARY

VOWEL SUFFIXES 2 -IC & -IST

VOWEL SUFFIXES 3 -IVE

VOWEL SUFFIXES 4 -ER & -EST

CONSONANT SUFFIXES 1 - LY

22. additional

23. exceptional

24. medical

25. national

26. occasional

27. personal

28. seasonal

29. sensational

30. anniversary

31. dictionary

32. library

33. missionary

34. necessary

35. revolutionary

36. stationary

1. acidic

2. allergic

3. comic

4. dramatic

5. energetic

6. horrific

7. manic

8. photographic

9. scientific

10. terrific

11. artist

12. dramatist

13. extremist

14. journalist

15. novelist

16. specialist

17. stockist

18. violinist

1. alliterative

2. alternative

3. apprehensive

4. comprehensive

5. corrective

6. discursive

7. exhaustive

8. explosive

9. investigative

10. retrospective

1. baker

2. driver

3. farmer

4. islander

5. manager

6. poorer

7. reader

8. richer

9. teenager

10. villager

11. cleverest

12. driest

13. funniest

14. nastiest

15. poorest

16. richest

17. strongest

18. tallest

1. actually

2. especially

3. eventually

4. friendly

5. kindly

6. likely

7. originally

8. personally

9. properly

10. really

11. weekly


CONSONANT SUFFIXES 2 - FUL

CONSONANT SUFFIXES 3 - LESS

CHANGING WORDS ENDING IN ‘Y’ 1

CHANGING WORDS ENDING IN ‘Y’ 2

WORD ENDINGS -IBLE

1. beautiful

2. forgetful

3. hateful

4. hopeful

5. merciful

6. painful

7. pitiful

8. resentful

9. sorrowful

10. successful

11. wishful

1. careless

2. endless

3. fearless

4. headless

5. homeless

6. jobless

7. lifeless

8. merciless

9. speechless

10. thankless

11. thoughtless

1. empty

2. empties

3. emptier

4. emptiest

5. emptily

6. happy

7. happier

8. happiest

9. happily

10. happiest

11. heavy

12. heavier

13. heaviest

14. heavily

15. heaviness

16. pretty

17. prettier

18. prettiest

19. prettily

20. prettiness

1. carry

2. carrying

3. carried

4. carriage

5. marry

6. marrying

7. married

8. marriage

9. reply

10. replying

11. replied

12. supply

13. supplying

14. supplied

15. supplier

16. try

17. trying

18. tried

19. trial

1. credible

2. edible

3. forcible

4. horrible

5. indestructible

6. invincible

7. legible

8. possible

9. responsible

10. reversible

11. susceptible

12. tangible

13. terrible


WORD ENDINGS -ABLE WORD ENDINGS -FUL WORD ENDINGS -CIAN &

-SION & -SSION WORD ENDINGS -TION & -ATION & -ETION

WORD ENDINGS -ITION & -OTION & -UTION

1. adorable

2. agreeable

3. breakable

4. disposable

5. enjoyable

6. enviable

7. identifiable

8. manageable

9. miserable

10. probable

11. reliable

12. respectable

13. valuable

1. boast

2. boastful

3. colour

4. colourful

5. doubt

6. doubtful

7. hope

8. hopeful

9. thank

10. thankful

11. beauty

12. beautiful

13. fancy

14. fanciful

15. mercy

16. merciful

17. pity

18. pitiful

19. plenty

20. plentiful

1. dietician

2. electrician

3. magician

4. musician

5. optician

6. physician

7. politician

8. collision

9. confusion

10. corrosion

11. exclusion

12. explosion

13. extension

14. infusion

15. transfusion

16. discussion

17. mission

18. oppression

19. passion

20. possession

21. profession

22. session

1. attention

2. direction

3. fiction

4. fraction

5. proportion

6. reduction

7. demonstration

8. education

9. foundation

10. nation

11. station

12. translation

13. completion

14. deletion

15. depletion

1. competition

2. intuition

3. opposition

4. petition

5. position

6. repetition

7. devotion

8. emotion

9. lotion

10. motion

11. notion

12. promotion

13. constitution

14. contribution

15. distribution

16. pollution

17. institution

18. revolution


PREFIXES IN- IM- IR- IL- PREFIXES MIS- UN- ANTI- PREFIXES AD- AL- AB- PREFIXES A- 1. inaccurate

2. inactive

3. inattentive

4. incapable

5. inconvenient

6. incredible

7. indecent

8. immature

9. immobile

10. impatient

11. impolite

12. impossible

13. impractical

14. irrational

15. irregular

16. irresistible

17. irresponsible

18. illegal

19. illegible

20. illiterate

1. misbehave

2. miscount

3. misfire

4. misfortune

5. mishear

6. misinform

7. misread

8. mistake

9. unfortunate

10. unfounded

11. unhelpful

12. unlikely

13. unrealistic

14. unreasonable

15. antibiotic

16. anticlimax

17. anticlockwise

18. antifreeze

19. antihero

20. antiseptic

1. addition

2. adjective

3. adjust

4. admire

5. advance

6. advent

7. adverb

8. advise

9. almighty

10. almost

11. alone

12. already

13. alright

14. although

15. altogether

16. always

17. abandon

18. abdicate

19. abduct

20. abjure

21. abscond

22. absolve

1. aboard

2. afield

3. aground

4. alert

5. aloft

6. amoral

7. apart

8. astride

9. awake

10. away

11. abide

12. ablaze

13. abloom

14. afloat

15. aglitter

16. alive

17. another

18. around

19. asleep

20. atonal


CLASSICAL PREFIXES AUTO- CIRCUM- BI-

CLASSICAL PREFIXES TELE- TRANS- MICRO- SUPER-

CLASSICAL PREFIXES AQUA- AERO- AUDI- RE- PRIM-

COMMON LETTERS OUR & EAR

1. autobiography

2. autograph

3. automatic

4. automobile

5. autopsy

6. circle

7. circular

8. circumference

9. circumstance

10. circumvent

11. circus

12. biceps

13. bicycle

14. bifocals

15. bilingual

16. biped

17. biplane

18. bisect

1. telegraph

2. telepathy

3. telephone

4. telescope

5. television

6. transatlantic

7. transfer

8. translate

9. transparent

10. transplant

11. transport

12. microfilm

13. micrometer

14. microphone

15. microscopic

16. superman

17. supernatural

18. supernova

19. superpower

20. supersede

1. aquarium

2. aquaplane

3. Aquarius

4. aquatic

5. aerodrome

6. aerodynamic

7. aeronaut

8. aeroplane

9. audible

10. audience

11. audition

12. auditorium

13. reconsider

14. repeat

15. replay

16. reply

17. primary

18. primate

19. prime

20. primrose

1. armour

2. flour

3. hour

4. journey

5. mourn

6. ourselves

7. pour

8. sour

9. tour

10. your

11. bear

12. dear

13. dreary

14. earn

15. fear

16. gear

17. hear

18. hearth

19. learn

20. wear

21. weary


WORD FAMILIES 1 WORD FAMILIES 2 WORD FAMILIES 3

1. act

2. actor

3. action

4. activity

5. react

6. reaction

7. child

8. children

9. childhood

10. childlike

11. childish

12. childless

13. electric

14. electrical

15. electricity

16. electrician

17. electronic

18. electrocute

19. sign

20. signatory

21. signature

22. signal

23. resign

24. resignation

1. take

2. mistake

3. mistaken

4. overtaken

5. overtaking

6. partaking

7. assist

8. assistant

9. assistance

10. balance

11. imbalance

12. unbalanced

13. bore

14. boring

15. boredom

16. claim

17. reclaim

18. reclamation

19. cover

20. discover

21. discovery

22. examine

23. examination

24. examiner

1. govern

2. governor

3. government

4. hero

5. heroic

6. heroism

7. medic

8. medical

9. medication

10. obey

11. operate

12. cooperate

13. cooperation

14. prove

15. approval

16. disapprove

17. relate

18. relation

19. relative

20. press

21. impress

22. depression


HOMOPHONES 1 HOMOPHONES 2 HOMOPHONES 3 HOMOPHONES 4 1. aloud

2. allowed

3. are

4. our

5. beach

6. beech

7. bean

8. been

9. blue

10. blew

11. board

12. bored

13. break

14. brake

15. cell

16. sell

17. cereal

18. serial

19. dear

20. deer

21. flour

22. flower

23. great

24. grate

1. hair

2. hare

3. herd

4. heard

5. here

6. hear

7. hole

8. whole

9. hour

10. our

11. knight

12. night

13. knot

14. not

15. know

16. no

17. leak

18. leek

19. made

20. maid

21. meet

22. meat

23. morning

24. mourning

1. new

2. knew

3. pane

4. pain

5. peace

6. piece

7. plane

8. plain

9. read

10. reed

11. right

12. write

13. scene

14. seen

15. steel

16. steal

17. sum

18. some

19. tail

20. tale

21. threw

22. through

23. week

24. weak

1. by

2. buy

3. bye

4. cent

5. scent

6. sent

7. rein

8. rain

9. reign

10. rode

11. road

12. rowed

13. sew

14. so

15. sow

16. their

17. they’re

18. there

19. too

20. to

21. two

22. you

23. yew

24. ewe

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