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SPaG Year 2 Word: Formation of adjectives using suffixes such as -ful or -less
6 powerpoints looking at adding different suffixes to make adjectives, plus a worksheet:
POWERPOINTS: The first three resources below explain what adjectives are, and what each suffix does to the meaning of words it is added to. They end with a list of words to add the suffix to, and explain how the meaning of the word has changed.
Formation of adjectives by adding ful
Formation of adjectives by adding less
Formation of adjectives by adding y
Formation of adjectives ful and less recap: Goes over the two suffixes then ends with an activity to change words by adding ful or less
Adding suffixes to words in sentences: Pictures to encourage the children to make adjectives from root words.
Think of adjectives: Different pictures for the children to look at and think of describing words using the suffixes ful y and less.
ACTIVITIES
Formation of adjectives worksheet: Writing sentences to describe pictures
SPaG Year 2 : Sentence punctuation and commas for lists
2 powerpoint lessons explaining the use of capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks to demarcate sentences and the use of commas to separate items in a list.
SPaG Year 3 & 4 Spelling: The /ʌ/ sound spelt ou
Resources to teach the spelling guidelines for the /ʌ/ sound spelt ou
POWERPOINTS
U spelt ou: Talks about how the /u/ sound can be spelt ou, and gives examples of words containing the grapheme. It ends with a spelling activity.
PDF (PRINTABLE) RESOURCES
Look Write Cover Check: For spelling practice
u spelt ou word cards
TEACHER RESOURCES
Word list
Adaptable outline plan
SPaG Year 3 & 4 Spelling: The suffix -ly
Resources to teach the spelling guidelines for adding the suffix ly
POWERPOINTS
The Suffix -ly: Recaps what an adjective and adverb are, and explains how the suffix -ly can be added to an adjective to form an adverb. It explains the rules for adding the suffix, and also the exceptions.(If the root wrod ends in y with a consonant letter before it, the y is change to i, but only if the root word has more than one syllable. / If the root word ends with le, the le is changed to ly. / If the root word ends with ic, then ally is added except in the word publicly.
PDF (PRINTABLE) RESOURCES
Look Write Cover Check: For spelling practice
Word cards containing the suffix ly
Adverbs ending ly worksheet
TEACHER RESOURCES
Word list
Adaptable outline plan
SPaG Year 3 & 4 Spelling: The suffix -ation
Resources to teach the spelling guidelines for adding the suffix ation to verbs to form nouns.
POWERPOINTS
The suffix ation: Recaps the definition of a noun and a verb and the rules for adding suffixes beginning with a vowel letter. It then demonstrates the addition of ation to certain words and ends with an activity for the children to complete.
ation sentences: A series of sentences for children to create and insert the correct noun by adding ation to verbs.
PDF (PRINTABLE) RESOURCES
Look Write Cover Check: For spelling practice
The suffix ation worksheet
TEACHER RESOURCES
Word list
Adaptable outline plan
SPaG Year 3 & 4 Spelling: Words with endings sounding like /ʒə/ or /tʃə/ (-sure & -ture)
Resources to teach the spelling guidelines for spelling words with endings sounding like /ʒə/ or /tʃə/
POWERPOINTS
Words ending sure: Explains the word ending 'zh-er' and gives examples of common words ending in sure. It ends with a spelling activity.
Words ending sure: Explains the word ending 'ch-er', giving examples of words ending in ture. It also explains that some words might sound like they end ture, but to check whethere they are words with the -er suffix such as teacher or richer. It ends with a spelling activity.
PDF (PRINTABLE) RESOURCES
Look Write Cover Check: For spelling practice
sure word cards
ture word cards
sure wordsearch
ture wordsearch
Although every effort has been made to check wordsearches for unintentional inappropriate words, it is recommended that teachers double check them before giving to children.
TEACHER RESOURCES
Word list
Adaptable outline plan
SPaG Year 3 & 4 Spelling: Words with the /ʃ/ sound spelt ch
POWERPOINT: Explains that these type of words come from the French language. It gives examples of the most common words with this grapheme then ends with a writing activity.
PDF (PRINTABLE) RESOURCES:
Look Write Cover Check: For spelling practice
Ch for the sh sound worksheet
Ch for the sh sound picture worksheet
Wordsearch
TEACHER RESOURCES:
Word list
Adaptable outline plan
SPaG Year 3 & 4 Spelling: words ending with the /g/ sound spelt gue and the /k/ sound spelt que
POWERPOINTS:
gue at the end of words
que at the end of words
PDF (PRINTABLE) RESOURCES:
Look Write Cover Check x 2: For spelling practice
Cards with words ending gue
gue for the g sound worksheet
Cards with words ending que
que for the k sound worksheet
que for the k sound picture worksheet
que and gue wordsearch
TEACHER RESOURCES:
Word list
Adaptable outline plan
KS2 Spelling activity sheets
A variety of pdf sheets that can be used for different spelling activities. They include:
Acrostic poems
Bubble words
Colourful words
Cut out words
Look write cover check spelling sheet
Rainbow spellings
Shape words
Silly Sentences
Spelling with both hands
Stories with spellings
Word search with spellings
Words in words
Writing a poem
Writing fun
SPaG Year 3 & 4 Spelling: Word lists
Resources to teach the spellings of the words in the years 3 and 4 word list
INTRODUCTORY POWERPOINT: Spelling strategies: Looks at different ways to learn spellings for children to use
16 SPELLING POWERPOINTS:
The words are organised into 15 different categories according to how they are spelt. Each category contains between 6 and 9 words so that they can also be used for spelling tests.
Each category contains a PowerPoint with a page for each word and a range of strategies to help remember the spelling of each. The strategies include:
Looking at the history of the word
Looking at words in the same word family
Looking at spelling rules
Looking at root words and affixes
Using speak and spell
Highlighting unusual spelling
Mnemonics
Looking at words within the word
Looking at words with similar spelling patterns
The categories are as follows:
Spelling words using phonic knowledge
Words with schwa digraph 1
Words with schwa digraph 2
Words with schwa spelt a
Words with schwa spelt e and i
Words with schwa spelt o and u
Silent letters 1
Silent letters 2
Words with the grapheme ea
Words with the grapheme gh
Words with the letter string ough
Words with the phonemes tch and sh
Words with unusual correspondences 1
Words with unusual correspondences 2
Words with unusual correspondences 3
Words with unusual correspondences 4
SPaG Year 3 & 4 Spelling: words with the /eɪ/ sound spelt ei, eigh, or ey.
POWERPOINT: Looks at all the common words containing these graphemes for the /ai/ phoneme. Ends with a spelling activity.
PDF (PRINTABLE) RESOURCES:
Look Write Cover Check: For spelling practice
Wordsearch
TEACHER RESOURCES:
Word list
Adaptable outline plan
SPaG Year 4 Word Grammar: The grammatical difference between plural and possessive -s
3 Powerpoints:
Recap of plural s: Revision of previous learning about nouns, singular and plural with a short exercise at the end.
Recap of possessive s: Revision of previous learning about possessive -s.
Plural or possessive s: Sentences with lots of questions for the children to answer, whether the words contain plural or possessive -s.
1 Worksheet:
Plural and possessive s
SPaG Year 4 Sentence Grammar: Expanded noun phrases
A pack of powrpoints and printable resources looking at noun phrases that are expanded by the addition of modifying adjectives, nouns and preposition phrases.
POWERPOINTS:
Modifying adjectives: Recap of how adjectives can be used to expand noun phrases. Gives images at the end for practice of adding adjectives.
Modifying nouns: Introduction to how nouns can modify noun phrases, eg kitchen table, office chair. Gives images at the end where the children have to use nouns to specify more information about the main noun.
Modifying preposition phrases: Explains what preposition phrases are and shows how they can be used to specify where the noun is. It gives examples and ends with images where the children can think of preposition phrases.
PRINTABLE PDF FILES:
Modifying adjectives worksheet
Modifying nouns worksheet
Modifying preposition phrases worksheet
Adjectives posters: Lots of different adjectives to display
Preposition posters: Lots of prepositions/ preposition phrases to display
SPaG Year 3 & 4 Spelling: Adding the suffix -ous; rules and exceptions
Resources to teach the spelling guidelines for adding the suffix ous
–our is changed to –or before –ous is added.
A final ‘e’ of the root word must be kept if the /dʒ/ sound of ‘g’ is to be kept.
If there is an /i:/ sound before the –ous ending, it is usually spelt as i, but a few words have e.
POWERPOINTS
Adding the suffix ous - Regular spellings: Explains that sometimes the root word is obvious and the usual rules apply for adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters. It gives examples of words where there is no obvious root word. Gives opportunities for children to add ous to different words.
Adding the suffix ous - our to or and exceptions: Gives examples of words where our is changed to or before ous is added; A final ‘e’ of the root word must be kept if the /dʒ/ sound of ‘g’ is to be kept; and If there is an /i:/ sound before the –ous ending, it is usually spelt as i, but a few words have e. Gives opportunities for children to add ous to different words.
PDF (PRINTABLE) RESOURCES
Look Write Cover Check: For spelling practice
Words containing the suffix ous worksheet x 3
Wordsearch - words with the suffix ous
Although every effort has been made to check wordsearches for unintentional inappropriate words, it is recommended that teachers double check them before giving to children.
TEACHER RESOURCES
Word list
Adaptable outline plan
SPaG Year 3 punctuation: Introduction to inverted commas to punctuate direct speech
A powerpoint explaining what direct speech is and how to use inverted commas when writing it down.
SPaG Year 4 Text Grammar: Use of paragraphs to organise ideas around a theme
A powerpoint explaining what paragraphs are and how they can be used to organise ideas around a theme and a sheet to help the children plan out the main ideas in a paragraph.
SPaG Year 4 Text Grammar: Use of pronouns or nouns within and across sentences
5 POWERPOINTS:
Introduction to pronouns: Explains what pronouns are and gives an example of what text would look like if they were not used. It ends with an activity where the children read the sentences to see which pronoun should be used to aid cohesion and avoid repetition.
Pronoun practice: Exercise to see which pronouns should be used where.
Personal pronouns: A study of personal pronouns eg I/my/mine
Demonstrative pronouns: A look at this, these, that and those
Reflexive pronouns: A study of reflexive pronouns such as he/himself, with exercises to think of sentences containing them.
PRINTABLE PDF FILES:
Complete the pronoun matrix
Find the pronouns ( x 3): Read the stories and find the pronouns.
Indefinite pronouns: For display
Missing pronouns (x 2): Read the story and fill in the missing pronouns
Pronoun count: To use when reading to see which pronouns are the most common.
Pronoun list
Who am I: Picture cards for the children to describe using possessive pronouns
SPaG Year 3 & 4 Spelling: Endings which sound like /ʒən/ spelt as sion
Resources to teach the spelling guidelines for word endings which sound like /ʒən/ that are spelt as sion
POWERPOINT:
Words ending sion: Explains and looks at words with these endings, then ends with a spelling activity using the most common words ending in sion.
PDF (PRINTABLE) RESOURCES
Look Write Cover Check: For spelling practice
2 x word cards, one set with pictures, the other containing more difficult words.
TEACHER RESOURCES
Word list
Adaptable outline plan
SPaG Year 5 & 6 Spelling: Endings which sound like /ʃəl/ usually spelt -cial or -tial
The powerpoint lesson explains that cial is common after a vowel letter and tial after a consonant letter and gives examples of the exceptions. It ends with a spelling activity
PDF (PRINTABLE) RESOURCES:
LWCC cial words: For spelling practice
LWCC tial words: For spelling practice
Word endings cial or tial worksheets x 2
Wordsearch cial and tial word endings
Word list
SPaG Year 5 & 6 Spelling: Words ending in –ant, –ance/–ancy & –ent, –ence/–ency
A pack of 4 powerpoint lessons and 10 printable activities to teach the guidelines for spelling these types of words.
ENT ENCE ENCY ENDINGS
POWERPOINTS
1 Explains that ent is used after soft c g and qu, giving examples of each of these type of words. It ends with an activity that shows a word, then it can be hidden so the children can write it, then shown so the children can check the spelling.
2 Explains how you can think of related words to gauge whether to use an e for these types of endings, for example confidential:confident. It ends with the same spelling activity. Includes words other than those preceded by soft c g or qu
PDF WORKSHEETS
Look Write Cover Check ent words (soft c g and qu): For spelling practice
Look Write Cover Check ent words: For spelling practice
Look Write Cover Check ence ency words: For spelling practice
Word search
Worksheet: Adding the endings ent ence and ency to different words then writing them in a sentence
ANT ANCE ANCY ENDINGS
POWERPOINTS
3 Explains how you can think of related words to gauge whether to use an a for these types of endings, for example consultation: consultant. It ends with a spelling activity.
4 Looks at words that need to be memorised to learn which spelling to use: Ends with a spelling activity.
PDF WORKSHEETS
Look Write Cover Check ant words (related ation words): For spelling practice
Look Write Cover Check ance and ancy endings: For spelling practice
Look Write Cover Check ant words: For spelling practice
Word search
Worksheet: Adding the endings ant ance and ancy to different words then writing them in a sentence
Plus a word list for both spellings