Clever Speller is a unique story based learning approach to spelling featuring full length narrative picture book style stories full of words showing all the ways to spell a focus sound. Our resources develop the essential skills of phonemic awareness, (hearing sounds in words,) and phonics, (learning all the ways to spell them). Authentic context makes learning to spell meaningful, warm and memorable. Make sense of crazy English spelling and bring it to life with engaging stories!
Clever Speller is a unique story based learning approach to spelling featuring full length narrative picture book style stories full of words showing all the ways to spell a focus sound. Our resources develop the essential skills of phonemic awareness, (hearing sounds in words,) and phonics, (learning all the ways to spell them). Authentic context makes learning to spell meaningful, warm and memorable. Make sense of crazy English spelling and bring it to life with engaging stories!
Challenge and engage your middle primary students with this interactive bundle of synonym and antonym activities. Some of these words are quite a challenge!
Deck 1 Sorting: Sort the synonyms and antonyms in to the correct zone
Deck 2 Pairs: Click the synonyms and antonyms to match the core word and type a sentence including both in the text box (an example is given)
Deck 3 Color Code: Drag the green synonym cards and the blue antonym cards to the correct zone to match the core word.
Each card has a core word with a picture clue. All words and pictures are from the original Clever Speller phonics story Baby Jake’s Birthday. The letters that spell the Long A sound are printed in green for a bonus phonics reinforcer.
Children will love this interactive and fun activity and can play on their favourite device as many times as they like!
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Did you know there are at least 15 ways to spell the Long O sound in words! These 69 activities focus on 4 well known ways, (o, oa, ow and o_e), with extension activities for 11 unusual ways to spell Long O, (au, eau, you, ew, oe, oh, ol, oo, ou, ough and owe). The activities are based on the included purpose written phonics story ‘Joanna Goanna’, full of words showing different ways the Long O sound can be spelled in words.
No prep printable worksheets ready for your word work, literacy centres, morning routines, spelling program, ESL, revision or homework. Differentiated word lists based on the included phonics story cater to a range of ability from Kindergarten to Year 3. Your students will easily learn to hear sounds in words and know all the ways to spell them. Our story based learning approach provides context and meaning to engage students and make spelling time a happy time.
These Activities Will Help Students to Develop Skills in:
Understanding that sounds are represented by various letter combinations
Using sound letter knowledge to read familiar and unfamiliar words
Using words in everyday writing to show comprehension and context
Applying letter sound knowledge to spell familiar and unfamiliar words
Making new words by changing the first letter or letters
Building vocabulary
Recognising rhyme
Recognising and understanding homophones
What is Included
50 Long I Word Family Activities
Finding Long O: find the list words in the story
Meaningful Words: write the meaning of the list words in the story context
Writing Long O: combine list words to create a short story or paragraph
More Long O Words: find more words with the same Long I grapheme
Rhyming Long O: highlight words with the same end sound
Onset: change the first letter or letters to make new words, answers included
7 Long O Activities
Homophones and Homographs: write meanings and sentences for each pair
Find All the Words: underline all the words in the story with a Long O sound
Missing Letters: fill in the missing Long O letters for each word
Choose the Letters: fill in the missing Long O letters in a story context
Word Family Sorting: sorting words into word families
4 Sight Words Activities
Sight Words Sorting: sorting sight words into word families and analysis
Sight Words Matching: cloze activity with sight words
Sight Words Practice: check lists sorted according to Long O word family
More Ways to Spell Long I
11 More Ways to Spell Long O: Vocabulary Challenge
15 Ways to Spell Long I: Words and Picture Chart
4 Teacher Resources
Long O Story: Joanna Goanna, 2 versions one with all black text and one with Long O words printed in green
Story Word List, 114 Long O Words
Spelling Group Lists: 11 differentiated lists
‘o’, ‘ow’ and ‘o_e’: 3 levels
‘oa’: 2 levels
11 Unusual Ways
Chart: 9 Ways to Spell Long O
About Clever Speller
Matching, Cut and Paste, and Flash Cards activities to learn 7 Long O word families. 3 styles of activities provide variety to engage and keep students interested in spelling while easily building Long O phonemic awareness and phonics skills.
In these activities students will learn 7 ways the Long O sound can be spelled: ew, o, oa, oe, ol, ow and o_e. All Long O letters are printed in alternative colour for easy decoding of the Long O sound. Simple to complex activities are included to cater for range of learning stages. Colour and black and white versions of each activity are included.
In this resource:
Cut and Paste: cut, paste and colour worksheets, 8 colour and 8 BW versions
Match Words and Picture: activities to draw a line to match the word and picture. Print as individual worksheets or laminate/place in a plastic sleeve for multiple use. 11 colour and 11 BW versions
Flash Cards: 46 cards with words and pictures provide concrete materials for practical hands on learning. Use for sorting into word families, matching words and pictures or games such as memory and pairs. Blank template included. Colour and BW versions
Phonics story ‘Joanna Goanna’ full of words showing 9 different ways the Long O sound can be spelled in words. Provides context for connected and meaningful spelling learning.
Each activity is contained as a separate PDF document in the zip file
Story Based Learning
All words and images are from the included Long O phonics story ‘Joanna Goanna’, an original purpose written traditional picture book style story full of words clearly showing 9 different ways the Long O sound can be spelled: ew, o, oa, oe, oh, ol, ough, ow and o_e.
Benefits of Story Based Learning
brings spelling to life
provides context for phonics to make sense
complements and reinforces any curriculum programme and method
consolidates word family and phonics knowledge
How to Use These Activities
read story to bring spelling to life and show how the long O sound can be spelled in many ways
practice and reinforce spelling and phonics lesson content
help your ESL students learn that sounds in words in the English language are spelled in many ways
literacy and rotation groups
individual student worksheet activities
laminate or place in plastic sleeve for multiple use
homework
Value bundle of printable worksheets, word cards, task cards and poster anchor charts for students to easily learn to read and spell words with prefixes, understand the meanings of prefixes, add a prefix to a base word, understand how a prefix changes the meaning of a base word and use base words and words with prefixes in their writing.
In This Bundle
50 Prefixes ab, ad, ante, anti, auto, be, bi, co, de, di, dia, dis, em, en, ex, extra, fore, homo, hyper, hypo, il, im, in, inter, ir, mal, mega, micro, mid, mis, mono, multi, non, omin, out, over, para, post, pre, pro, re, semi, sub, super, trans, tri, ultra, un, uni, up
What is Included:
25 No Prep Worksheets
Prefix Sort: add prefix to base word, x5
How Many More: build words with prefix, x5
Prefix Sentences: write a sentence with base word and new word, x5
New Meanings: base word and with prefix, x10
Each activity has 5 different worksheets with 10 prefixes, beginner to challenge levels
Worksheets 1: bi, dis, mid, mis, multi, re, semi, tri, un, up
Worksheets 2: di, ex, mega, micro, non, over, pre, pro, sub, super
Worksheets 3: anti, extra, in, inter, mal, mono, out, post, ultra, uni
Worksheets 4: auto, be, co, de, dis, em, en, il, im, para
Worksheets 5: ab, ad, ante, fore, homo, hyper, hypo, ir, omni, trans
200 Word Cards for manipulative hands on word building activities, 150 base word cards and 50 Prefix cards
50 Task Cards with prefix, meaning and picture clue
Activities on each task card:
Write the base word
Add prefixes to the base word to make new words
Write sentences to include base word and new words
Write meanings for the base word and new words
50 Posters with prefix, meaning and picture clue
Print as A4 or any preferred size
Bonus File: Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheets!
Also Included
Teacher Resources: Word and Prefix Lists
Answer keys for Prefix Sort and How Many More
50 Prefixes with meanings
5 lists of 10 prefixes with 3 examples
Engage your students with interactive learning and improve phonics screening results with this value bundle of 5 decks.
Students Will Develop Skills in:
phonemic awareness, hearing Short Vowel sounds in words
letter sound recognition, learning which letters spell the Short Vowel sounds
segmenting words into phonemes, also known as sounding out
recognising words
decoding the Short Vowel sounds
How to Play
Click on the word that matches the picture.
With correct answer deck will advance to next slide
Incorrect answer will be circled in red for student to retry
Students can play as many times as they wish
Cards are randomised
Assign as suited to your students for interactive learning that children love on their favourite devices!
All words and images are from the original Clever Speller phonics stories written to easily show how sounds in words can be spelled in many different ways.
On purchasing you will receive a PDF with a link to the product and extensive information on how to use Boom Cards. You will need a Boom account which is free to use when accessing this resource.
**Boom Cards are:
interactive digital activities
engaging
self-checking, instant response
can be used over and over, questions are shuffled for a new experience each time
accessible on computers, tablets, whiteboards, any smart device
accessible from the website or an app
perfect for classroom or home learning
Instructions
Official Information from Boom Learning℠
To use Boom Cards, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards play on
modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available for Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. For security and privacy, adults must have a Boom Learning account to use and assign Boom Cards. You will be able to assign the Boom Cards you are buying with “Fast Pins,” (play provides instant feedback for self grading Boom Cards). Fast Play is always a free way for
students to engage with Boom Cards decks.
Engage your students and help them to learn all the ways to spell sounds in words with this interactive value bundle of 5 decks. Watch your phonics screening results improve and make learning to spell a happy time.
Students Will Develop Skills in:
phonemic awareness, hearing Long Vowel sounds in words
letter sound recognition, learning which letters spell the Long Vowel sounds
segmenting words into phonemes, also known as sounding out
recognising words
decoding the Long Vowel sounds
How to Play
Click on the word that matches the picture.
With correct answer deck will advance to next slide
Incorrect answer will be circled in red for student to retry
Students can play as many times as they wish
Cards are randomised
Assign as suited to your students for interactive learning that children love on their favourite devices!
All words and images are from the original Clever Speller phonics stories written to easily show how sounds in words can be spelled in many different ways.
On purchasing you will receive a PDF with a link to the product and extensive information on how to use Boom Cards. You will need a Boom account which is free to use when accessing this resource.
**Boom Cards are:
interactive digital activities
engaging
self-checking, instant response
can be used over and over, questions are shuffled for a new experience each time
accessible on computers, tablets, whiteboards, any smart device
accessible from the website or an app
perfect for classroom or home learning
Instructions
Official Information from Boom Learning℠
To use Boom Cards, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards play on
modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available for Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. For security and privacy, adults must have a Boom Learning account to use and assign Boom Cards. You will be able to assign the Boom Cards you are buying with “Fast Pins,” (play provides instant feedback for self grading Boom Cards). Fast Play is always a free way for
students to engage with Boom Cards decks.
Learn about 30 Australian Animals with this bundle of fun card games to print and add to your collection. A range of difficulty is included to cater to different learning levels. Your students will have fun and learn to classify the animals of Australia.
10 Games to Play with 5 Decks:
Trick’n Switch, Pick’em All Up, Happy Families, Memory, Snap, I Have Who Has, Matching, Sorting, Warm-Ups, Create a Game.
Easy to prepare, simply print out for a quick activity or print double sided and laminate for long lasting use.
Great complement for your science theme, living things theme and to help develop comprehension of non-fiction text in literacy
70 story based learning spelling activities to learn 9 ways the Long A sound in words can be spelled. No prep printable worksheets ready for your word work, literacy centres, morning routines, spelling program, ESL, revision or homework. Differentiated word lists cater to a range of ability from Kindergarten to Year 2. Your students will easily learn to hear sounds in words and know all the ways to spell them. Aligns to any curriculum.
These Activities Will Help Students to Develop Skills in:
Understanding that sounds are represented by various letter combinations
Using sound letter knowledge to read familiar and unfamiliar words
Using words in everyday writing to show comprehension and context
Applying letter sound knowledge to spell familiar and unfamiliar words
Making new words by changing the first letter or letters
Building vocabulary
Recognising rhyme
Recognising and understanding homophones
What is Included
61 Long A Word Family Activities
Finding Long A: find the list words in the story
Meaningful Words: write the meaning of the list words in the story context
Writing Long A: combine list words to create a short story or paragraph
More Long A Words: find more words with the same Long A grapheme
Rhyming Long A: highlight words with the same end sound
Onset: change the first letter or letters to make new words, answers included
5 Long A Activities
Homophones: write meanings and sentences for each pair of homophones
Find All the Words: underline all the words in the story with a Long A sound
Missing Letters: fill in the missing Long A letters for each word
Choose the Letters: fill in the missing Long A letters in a story context
Word Family Sorting: sorting words into 9 word families
3 Sight Words Activities
Sight Words Sorting: sorting sight words into word families and analysis
Sight Words Matching: cloze activity with sight words
Sight Words Practice: check lists sorted according to Long A word family
2 More Ways to Spell Long A
7 More Ways to Spell Long A: Vocabulary Challenge
16 Ways to Spell Long A: Words and Picture Chart
4 Teacher Resources
Long A Story: Baby Jake’s Birthday, 2 versions one with all black text and one with Long A words printed in green
Complete Word List, 103 Long A Words
Spelling Group Lists: 11 differentiated lists
’a’: 2 levels,
’a_e’: 4 levels, ’
ai’: 2 levels,
’ay’: 2 levels,
’Unusual Ways’: 1 level
Chart: 9 Ways to Spell Long A
95 story based learning spelling activities to learn 12 ways the Long E sound in words can be spelled. No prep printable worksheets ready for your word work, literacy centres, morning routines, spelling program, ESL, revision or homework. Differentiated word lists cater to a range of ability from Kindergarten to Year 2. Your students will easily learn to hear sounds in words and know all the ways to spell them. Aligns to any curriculum.
These Activities Will Help Students to Develop Skills in:
Understanding that sounds are represented by various letter combinations
Using sound letter knowledge to read familiar and unfamiliar words
Using words in everyday writing to show comprehension and context
Applying letter sound knowledge to spell familiar and unfamiliar words
Making new words by changing the first letter or letters
Building vocabulary
Recognising rhyme
Recognising and understanding homophones
What is Included
85 Long E Word Family Activities
Finding Long E: find the list words in the story
Meaningful Words: write the meaning of the list words in the story context
Writing Long E: combine list words to create a short story or paragraph
More Long E Words: find more words with the same Long E grapheme
Rhyming Long E: highlight words with the same end sound
Onset: change the first letter or letters to make new words, answers included
5 Long E Activities
Homophones: write meanings and sentences for each pair of homophones
Find All the Words: underline all the words in the story with a Long E sound
Missing Letters: fill in the missing Long E letters for each word
Choose the Letters: fill in the missing Long E letters in a story context
Word Family Sorting: sorting words into word families
3 Sight Words Activities
Sight Words Sorting: sorting sight words into word families and analysis
Sight Words Matching: cloze activity with sight words
Sight Words Practice: check lists sorted according to Long E word family
2 More Ways to Spell Long E
6 More Ways to Spell Long E: Vocabulary Challenge
16 Ways to Spell Long E: Words and Picture Chart
4 Teacher Resources
Long E Story: Three Free Wishes, 2 versions one with all black text and one with Long E words printed in green
Complete Word List, 127 Long E Words
Spelling Group Lists: 11 differentiated lists
’ea’, ’ee’, ’y’: 3 levels of each
’e’, ‘ei’, ‘ey’, ‘e_e’, ‘i’, ‘ie’, ‘i_e’, ‘2 Long E Sounds’: 1 of each
Chart: 12 Ways to Spell Long E
About Clever Speller
Clever Speller is a Story Based Learning approach to spelling and easily shows how sounds in words are spelled in many ways. All activities are based on a series of traditional picture book style stories full of words showing many different ways a short or long vowel sound can be spelled. Clever Speller makes it easy to learn how to hear sounds in words and how to spell them, and makes learning to spell a fun and successful time for all.
Bundle of printable activities with games to play, things to make, task cards and worksheets to learn about synonyms and antonyms. Everything you need to challenge your middle primary students, cater for a variety of learning styles and help them to build vocabulary and expression.
What is Included:
Games to Play
22 story word cards with picture clues
22 synonym cards
22 antonym cards
36 different bingo cards
2 bingo caller cards with core words and 4 synonyms and 4 antonyms for each word
Things to Make
22 synonym bookmarks
22 synonym and antonym posters to make, 1 for each story word
Task Cards
22 Find a Word Cards: highlight 4 synonyms and circle 4 antonyms for each story word
6 Matching Pairs Cards: draw a line to match the synonym and antonym cards
4 Thesaurus Skills Cards: use a thesaurus to find synonyms for the story words
22 Change the Story Cards: replace story words with antonyms and rewrite the story. Compare the original and the rewritten versions
2 Word Search Cards: word searches with a difference! Highlight the synonyms and antonyms for the words in the list and find the hidden messages.
Printable Worksheets
22 Cut and Paste Sorting Worksheets: sort the synonyms and antonyms into the correct column
5 Antonym Pairs Worksheets: find the antonym pairs and write in a sentence
4 Rewrite the Story Worksheets: rewrite the story with synonyms and antonyms
2 Color Code Worksheets: highlight the synonyms in blue and the antonyms in green
Teacher Resources
Core word list of 22 words from the story
Synonym word list, 22 core words with 4 synonyms for each story word
Antonym word list, 22 core words with 4 antonyms for each story word
2 copies of Long A Phonics Story, ‘Baby Jake’s Birthday’, 1 plain text, 1 with the Long A words in green text
Teach 300 ways to spell the 44 sounds of the English language with anchor charts, flash and flip cards, sound walls, bunting and assessment grids. Colourful pictures and relevant words make learning to spell easy and memorable. Reference charts ensure no gaps and enable differentiation to cater for learning levels. 2 versions are included to accommodate differences between US and UK pronunciation of some sounds. This set of resources aligns with any spelling methodology, the Science of Reading, Orton Gillingham, Jolly Phonics etc.
Contents
298/301 Anchor Charts: display, desk charts, student reference
298/301 Sound Walls: make sound and word walls, booklets or as an activity sheet
298/301 Flash Cards: teach and practice, match and sort 2 versions
298/301 Flip Cards: assessment, sorting 2 versions
298/298/301 Bunting: visual display, digital flash cards
3 Phonics Assessment Records:
3 levels most common, common, uncommon
Phonics Reference Charts
Sounds Chart: most common vowels and consonants on one page
Sounds on One Page: all 44 sounds 298/301 ways to spell
Phonemes: how many ways to spell each sound
Graphemes: how many sounds each grapheme can represent
Note: slightly different number of resources is due to differences in US and UK pronunciation, eg ‘a’ as in bath is included in UK ‘ar’ group but not in US,298/ as the ‘a’ letter is pronounced as a short a sound
Teach 44 Sounds of the English Language
10 short and long vowel sounds: a, e, i, o, u, ai, ee, igh, oa, you
10 other vowels: ar, er, ir, air, ear, oo (as in moon), oo (as in book), oi, ow, schwa
24 consonants b, c, d, f, g, h, j, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w, y, z, ch, ng, sh, th (soft), th (hard), zh
Notes on Phonemes
single examples of a word are included if a common word eg women, friend,
many uncommon examples have been included but there are still more!
x can represent 2 sounds eg c and s as in exercise and fox, g and z as in exam, c and sh as in luxury
gn can represent 2 sounds eg, n and y as in lasagne
q is pronounced as c and w and thus has no separate entry
the word ‘one’ has no letters representing the ‘w’ sound
oo and you are separated in this resource
Pronunciation
Many words are pronounced differently whether UK or US pronunciation however the process of spelling is the same: hear sounds in words and choose the correct letters to represent the sounds. The following words appear in different charts:
ball, walk, astronaut, caught: US ‘ar’, UK ‘or’
draw, awe: US ‘ar’, UK ‘or’
bath: US short a, UK ‘ar’
laugh: US short a, UK ‘ar’
Add words to the Sound Wall sheets to build your own collection of words to suit local pronunciation.
Phonics stories full of words showing all the ways to spell long and short vowel sounds in words. This unique story based approach to spelling combines systematic phonics in the context of whole language for a natural and authentic way to learn to spell.
Designed to engage children and bring spelling to life, these stories will captivate imagination while easily learning 73 different ways that the Long and Short Vowel Sounds of the English language can be spelled.
Included in This Bundle:
Long A Phonics Story, Baby Jake’s Birthday: Learn 9 ways to spell the Long A sound in words
Long E Phonics Story, Three Free Wishes: Learn 12 ways to spell the Long E sound in words
Long I Phonics Story, Diamonds in the Sky: Learn 11 ways to spell the Long I sound in words
Long O Phonics Story, Baby Jake’s Birthday: Learn 9 ways to spell the Long O sound in words
Long U Phonics Story, Joanna Goanna: Learn 10 ways to spell the Long U sound in words
Short A Phonics Story, Dance of the Fancy Pants Ants: Learn 1 way to spell the Short A sound in words
Short E Phonics Story, My Best Friend Fred: Learn 6 ways to spell the Short E sound in words
Short I Phonics Story, Itchy Witch: Learn 5 ways to spell the Short I sound in words
Short O Phonics Story, Poppy’s Top Shop: Learn 4 ways to spell the Short O sound in words
Short U Phonics Story, Stuck in the Mud: Learn 6 ways to spell the Short U sound in words
Decoding the Focus Sound
Focus sound graphemes are printed in green, (or grey if printing in BW) to scaffold and support decoding
Print or View
PDF format to print as booklet or single pages, or view on any screen in single or double page format to suit
Included in Each Story:
Grapheme chart, word lists, tricky words, homonyms, reading comprehension quiz, coloring pages, activities to teach spelling, cross curricular theme activities and help with learning difficulties.
More About Clever Speller, Story Based Learning
Breathe life into spelling with this unique story based approach that makes learning to spell easy and fun. Beautifully illustrated phonics picture books are full of words that highlight the many different ways a focus sound can be spelled, making the journey from hearing sounds in words, to knowing all the ways to spell them, clear and easy to understand.
