Test Your Spelling Skills
Mixed Spelling Challenge 1
Look at the words below. There are five words spelt incorrectly in each box. Put a circle around each one and write the correct spelling underneath:
Examples...
earings shoos coat jeens jumper
skirt glasses jackit dress trousrers
Answers included.
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Book 15: Sam Is Mad comes complete with a reading certificate so every child feels they are becoming successful reader at each part of the course. The books also contain a set of guided reading questions.
I See Sam Books are a series of early reader books developed to teach children in kindergarten to read. The original series, written in 1972, as part of Southwest Regional Educational Laboratory's (SWRL) Beginning Reading Program (BRP), contained 52 books. The first book in the series starts with just 3 words: I, see, Sam. Every book or two adds a few words, until by book 52, the readers have read 95 different words. The SWRL Kindergarten Beginning Reading Program was first implemented in U.S. public schools in the early 1970's. Due to its tremendous success at achieving its goal of teaching young children to read, over the years the program has been copied, edited and/or revised by a number of individuals, institutions, and companies.
Book 15: Sam Is Mad
New Words
mad - Decodable
that - Special Word
Plot Summary
Mit the Chimp makes a paper-bag lion mask and puts
it over his head. He pretends to be Sam the Lion and
teases the other animals. Sis, Nan and a new character,
Baby Bear, see through Mit’s disguise and are angry at
his tricks. Sam is the angriest when he discovers Mits’
impersonation of him. Finally, Mit drops the mask and
tells the animals that Sam is the real lion.
Each new word throughout the program is repeated at
least five times in the book in which it first appears and
five more times in the next ten books.
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Book 16: Sid
New Words
at - Decodable
Sid - Decodable
Plot Summary
Mat meets Sid the Horse and teases Sid by pulling his
tail. Sid gets mad and kicks Mat. Mat decides he wants
to ride Sid but Sid bucks him off. Finally, Mat lures Sid
with a big apple. As Sid is moving along with Mat on
his back, he suddenly stumbles into a pool of water.
Sid gets the apple and Mat gets wet.
Each new word throughout the program is repeated at
least five times in the book in which it first appears and
five more times in the next ten books.
I See Sam Books are a series of early reader books developed to teach children in kindergarten to read. The original series, written in 1972, as part of Southwest Regional Educational Laboratory's (SWRL) Beginning Reading Program (BRP), contained 52 books. The first book in the series starts with just 3 words: I, see, Sam. Every book or two adds a few words, until by book 52, the readers have read 95 different words. The SWRL Kindergarten Beginning Reading Program was first implemented in U.S. public schools in the early 1970's. Due to its tremendous success at achieving its goal of teaching young children to read, over the years the program has been copied, edited and/or revised by a number of individuals, institutions, and companies.
Test Your Spelling Skills
Read > Cover > Write > Check > Correct
No. 1 – Days and Months
To improve your spelling, read a word, cover it with your hand, then write it on the first line. Check your spelling. If it’s wrong, write it out again on the second line:
Example words
Sunday _________________ _________________
Monday _________________ _________________
Tuesday _________________ _________________
Test Your Spelling Skills
Read > Cover > Write > Check > Correct
No. 3 – Clothes
To improve your spelling, read a word, cover it with your hand, then write it on the first line. Check your spelling. If it’s wrong, write it out again on the second line:
Example words...
socks _________________ _________________
pants _________________ _________________
trousers _________________ _________________
Test Your Spelling Skills
Read > Cover > Write > Check > Correct
No. 4 – Colours
To improve your spelling, read a word, cover it with your hand, then write it on the first line. Check your spelling. If it’s wrong, write it out again on the second line:
Example words...
green _________________ _________________
blue _________________ _________________
orange _________________ _________________
Test Your Spelling Skills
Read > Cover > Write > Check > Correct
No. 5 – Family Words
To improve your spelling, read a word, cover it with your hand, then write it on the first line. Check your spelling. If it’s wrong, write it out again on the second line:
Example words
brother _________________ _________________
grandparents _________________ _________________
niece _________________ _________________
husband _________________ _________________
20 different fun reading resources for your classroom. There are Thinking Hat resources, Motivational Reading Posters, 30 hours of exercises for ESL students, lots of read and spot activities, and even some simple reading flashcards. In addition, there are reading worksheets you can use with any KS1 or KS2 reading book… try it today! Make this year’s World Book day even more special! You will have resources you can use year after year!
I have collected together some of my best poetry related resources and would love you to use them in your own classroom. In addition, I have added some of my popular reading worksheets. They have been well received as individual resources and I am sure your class will also love them!
I have developed a huge number of different resources related to learning about the alphabet. This means that you are able to introduce the alphabet in different topics or throughout the year. I have also included a large number of different practice alphabet writing sheets.
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Book 26: Sis in the Well
New Sounds
/sh/
New Words
need - Decodable
she - Decodable
Plot Summary
While Sis is showing off, dancing around the top of a
well, she slips and falls into the water. Ed the Dog, Will
the Elephant, Nan the Parrot, and Ann the Giraffe all
try to rescue her but have no luck. Sam finally thinks
of using a bucket and Mat provides one. It is Mat who
succeeds in pulling Sis out of the well.
Each new word throughout the program is repeated at
least five times in the book in which it first appears and
five more times in the next ten books.
I See Sam Books are a series of early reader books developed to teach children in kindergarten to read. The original series, written in 1972, as part of Southwest Regional Educational Laboratory's (SWRL) Beginning Reading Program (BRP), contained 52 books. The first book in the series starts with just 3 words: I, see, Sam. Every book or two adds a few words, until by book 52, the readers have read 95 different words. The SWRL Kindergarten Beginning Reading Program was first implemented in U.S. public schools in the early 1970's. Due to its tremendous success at achieving its goal of teaching young children to read, over the years the program has been copied, edited and/or revised by a number of individuals, institutions, and companies.
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I noticed that despite this book being a best seller, the schools had very few resources for it and so I decided to focus on providing a set of Thinking Hat reading questions for anyone wanting to complete guided reading on this fabulous book.
Today I have focused on pulling out all the positives from this book. This set of worksheets is easy to differentiate and every child will gain something from it.
Please leave a comment when you have downloaded this set of files.
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I would love to have some feedback from anyone who has used this material in their classroom.