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 i fun, if you go through the book together. Talk about the instructions before the child begins. Provide extra paper so that he or she (ge, can repeat the exercise using different examples. One way of making sure that a child has oe understood the work is to ask him or her to fey set a similar exercise for you and then mark it. ‘ Spelling Ne Many of the activities are to help with spelling. One of the << best ways of practising is called LOOK-SAY-COVER-WRITE- Ly CHECK. The child looks carefully at the word and says it 4 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 ee can be great fun, too! sf NN & (SES 4. 3. vA a PLEASE NOTE THAT IDEAS FOR THE GAMES ON THE CENTRE CARD ARE GIVEN AT THE BACK OF THIS BOOK.—— Eye colour | Name Hair colour. | Height ____ | Ag —— | Weight | baa = . 24) Z ee designed and wo Claire James ' on Js a Ladybird Books & ~~ ACheck that you know your alphabet. Join the dots in alphabetical order to complete the picture below. eh, Bet m Ne Libraries and bookshops often arrange their books by putting the authors’ second names in alphabetical order. Put these books in order. A Guide to Houseplants by \vy Leaf Waterfalls of the World by C. Rivers “eg | The Great Escape by Digger Tunnel Beginning Astronomy by |. C. Stars Going Camping by \vor Tent Making Cakes by R. U. Hungry C] spider penguin pe wt fish Di fox lion leopardnames of people: Simon Claire hames of places: FOTIS, France Presi day Frida days of the week: Monday Y months of the year: February June. Proper nouns are Underline the proper nouns in this rhyme. Thirty days have September, April, June and November. All the rest have thirty one, except February alone, which has twenty eight days clear and twenty nine in each leap year. aden mmon nouns have a capital letter only at the beginning of a sentence. os Things | use Things | use in the kitchen 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. & oe The cress will soon grow. 5 © The capital letters and full stops are missing from this piece. Can you put them in? Did you find 5 sentences?Remember Find themin a — nouns name things. J the word — adjectives describe things. v4. Search —verbs do things. 5) QA JO cjO|a Verbs ran m chased SM escaped flew mpo{n Use these words to complete this story. It was the year 3000 and my a. and | f___ to a distant p. in my. It was ac. and w. planet. Ag. m. saw us and c. us. We r__ as f. as we could and e_____ to our rocket. The monster ran faster than us. He said he only wanted to say hello!a tall gid ataller girl thetallest girl Write the missing adjective under each picture. high wall r= a low table Look at these racing cars. e to complete the sentences. slower Choose the correct ad, 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 cheeky \ovely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. Qa A He was very tall. He was wearing a black coat and a black mask. b b He had yellow trainers.at the word. the word. the word. the word. the word. Try these: og pork ___ work a fork os cork ____—osi / ® Use the words to finish these sentences. 1 All_______ and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 2 Awine bottle has a in its neck. 3 A baby can’t use a knife and * 4 He loved roast with apple sauce. Put the words in the right places. P we ©@ driving [ast dnving ‘wave -2, waving Waning - skate & skating | skating a letter car to a friend hide ride | on thin ice Make up sentences of your own using your new ing words.WORD DETESHIMES Longer words sometimes have short words hidden inside them. Read these: our red ant we hat me so be use the Now find them again in these words and draw a circle round them. Key. SOME what four — wart red ss pecause Were Practise spelling these words. 65 Write the words again.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. nsafe Do the same for these words: CE kind ______ pleasarit _ * lock _____ selfish eS Choose the word with the correct meaning to finish these sentences) 1 The girl shared her crisps with her friend. is } 2 An________ smell came from the bad egg. 4 By At 3 Every morning the man had to ________ the safe. 4 The ______ boy always grabbed the biggest cake. tC ae. [Add ful and less to the end of these | words. / careless [core < Careful | | juse | words. |hope yehouget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. 3 Use this to speak to someone in another town. 4 This animal is a great swimmer. 5 Large grey animal with a trunk. * the ball. She got lost in the __ity entre and went to the rcuS instead. A juggling __entipede called for a coach and ___inderella finally reached the ball Write out all the ¢ words again.eA ¥, MOMenAAS Homonyms are words which sound the same and are sometimes spelt the same but which have different meanings. For example: The woman bought some half The man went to a barber to , price shoes in the (sail, sale). have his (hair, hare) cut. » The ____ (son, sun) came out from behind a cloud. The children built a sandcastle on the ____ (beech, beach). Bs the ——— tis night) The dog wore a heavy suit of armour. wagged its INSTRUCTIONS AND IDEAS FOR GAMES TO PLAY USING THE CARD ‘WHICH FOLLOWS ARE PRINTED ON THE INSIDE BACK COVER. (tail, tale).I I dough alphabet Ea ee | Ce enough telepnf | Deena | cough photograph Perit ee as fe en tough | clephang (0) Bical es a late edi oe through nephew | ! | aro anenen if inna bough | dolphin | |] aa | ee | pie OTF | 20 eee | ORO © > Q Oe . ee ee SS te Cee lee eee ee | I (ok | | | | .. — Pe ee Pe ee | ae ee ge Pe. i. a7 8 KS ee | EB | fe | 2 ea? es ee! a fee ee ee 5 1 ee Lo i a s | | = | | Ss | Poa a aI I edge | action I I I porridge motion"| = e Sa 72 he ‘ 9 bravery ——___ S love quick ——____—_ S loyal difficult ———___ reproduce ough = —____ pardon Read these sentences and write a synonym for the word shown in bold letters. 4 1 I like this book, —____ 2 The big dog was like a small pony. 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. w Look for the porri, people leotard 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 L 3 The doctor gave me some medicine for my bad : \e 4 Are there cakes for everyone? \ 4 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. When Tom’s cat died it broke his 1 Tom’s heart fell to pieces.( | _ 2 Tom was very sad and upset. My mum was over the moon. 1 She was very, very pleased. {_! 2 She was flying over the moon. |_| My brother was down in the dumps. 1 He was walking round a mubblst? dump. Cd 2 He was feeling unhappy. [- Write a sentence to describe the real meaning of these sayings. G He was a wet blanket. She waited with her heart in her mouth.oS a Xo GOMMES <_& A simile (say simily) describes something by making it like something else. a Similes usually have as or like in the description. é Q oO s é eo as fierce as a. as light as a as hard as t as wise as an as green as. as cold as grass 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. onions Crunchy carrots chunky leeks green \ potatoes Chopped aA tumips golden beans fresh peas. tasty parsnip diced Write out your list of vegetables again with their adjectives.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 e story below. Karl was a nice boy. He lived stil in anice house. He had a nice Mum and a nice Dad and his deg was nice too. He always wore nice clothes.On his birthday he was given a nice bike. How many times? [_] Read the adjectives below. 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.Here is an action robot. Give him a name. Guide the robot through this maze. As he goes past each word, underline the tion pattern. 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 7], X] or [P] 1 He has a round head. He has green eyes. [[] He can speak. He can move in all directions. He has large feet. 2 3 4 5To, two and too all sound the same but have different meanings. For example: 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: Put either of or off in the spaces. It was hot so | took my coat. Sam was the captain the team. The girl got_____ the swing so that her friend could have a turn. 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. What is he going to do? cook lunch do the washing 2 Where is he? in the kitchen in the bedroom 3 Is he enjoying himself? Yes No You try these. a What is he doing? | driving a car | riding a bicycle Is he going fast? | Has he stopped? | ( | | | Where is she going? to the cinema ¥ to the shops |, What will she have to do if she wants to blow her nose? | YES/NO/ t DON'T KNOW | 3 Is he with someone? | YES/NO/DON’T KNOW | 4 Is the man excited? t i YES/NO/DON'T KNOW |1am can be written in a short way as I'm. Is not can be shortened to isn’t. 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 can not they're they are we're would not can't itis won't, [ would it's willnot ~~ I'a Now rewrite the letter below using shortened words with their apostrophe. ee ™=DE ws — pescmcion ee eave FIO ner it Vy wil ny (eave rire \ Love fron WM: * 2 @ 2S a FEO 3 o ° 8 8 a elfGING YOURSEL A TIES... Find some paper and give yourself 20 minutes to do this test. Use 5 for the spelling exercises! LL ¢ Put all the capital letters and full stops in the right places. fred and his friend adam went fishing in the river rushing it was raining fred had no, faincoat so adam ran back to fred’s house» in market street to get a coat for him § e"~ 4 common nouns and list them in alphabetical order. eo" 2 adjectives to go with each noun. Write a question to go with ‘each of these answers. Fill in the missing adjectives. highest dirty dirtier longer longest prettiest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.by the especially spelling, are included: * Alphabetical order * Similes and sayings | % Synonyms » Apostrophes % Spelling The author, Kay Hiatt, is an Advisory Teacher for English in a, # Gloucestershire. ° Gloucestershire. 8 ob ond ante vary enomousirt™ Sa ye OS eo a * * ‘ ps ° & €e@y < Cd i: ||. ee ® e490 ty