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!
50 Prefixes Anchor Chart Posters to display in your class or home learning area. Each poster contains a prefix and its meaning, an example of a word and a picture for visual learning. Easy no prep printable posters to help middle primary students learn about grammar as well as brightening up your classroom decor.
50 Prefixes to learn: 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, dis, mono, multi, non, omni, out, over, para, post, pre, pro, re, semi, sub, super, trans, tri, un, ultra, uni, up
What is Included:
50 Posters with prefix, meaning and picture clue
Print as A4 or any preferred size
23 Rhyme worksheets to help your junior primary students recognise, combine and manipulate sounds in words and understand the concept that words sharing common sounds often share common letter sequences. Children will practice hearing, identifying and manipulating sounds and quickly realise that if they can spell ‘cape’, they can spell ‘tape’ etc.
This variety pack of story based resources will capture and maintain student interest as they build competence in these essential phonological awareness foundation skills to support a successful learning to spell journey.
Included in this pack:
7 Find the Rhyme Worksheets: Colour all the words that rhyme with a focus word in green and the rest in a different colour.
2 Rhyming Pairs Worksheets: Draw a line matching words with the same last sound. 2 versions for this activity, black and white for student worksheet and colour to laminate for repeated use
10 Rhyming Words Worksheets: Highlight the rhyming words in each row of the table.
4 Rhyming Writing Activities: Write a story or poem with rhyming sentences
2 Copies of the Phonics Story ‘Baby Jake’s Birthday’: Phonics story full of words showing 9 ways the Long A sound can be spelled. 2 copies are included, one with the Long A words in green and the other with all text in black
Easily teach alternative spellings and help your students to recognise and correctly use 12 uncommon Long A vowel sound graphemes. Activities include classic spelling contract, make a mini book, find the words in a picture, match words and pictures, rhyming, find the words in the story, vocabulary extension, book marks to make, manipulative phoneme cards, word and picture cards, ideas for hands on activities and assessment.
These phonics activities support the Science of Reading by providing the specific systematic and explicit instructions students require in order to learn about letter sounds and words.
This pack of resources is based on the included Long A phonics story that easily shows how the Long A sound can be spelled in many ways. Our story based approach to spelling provides the context for phonics to make sense and brings spelling to life.
Graphemes taught in this resource include:
Story Based: ea, ei, eigh, ey and e_e
Extra: ais, ait, au, e, ee, eig, et,
Activities include:
Baby Jake’s Birthday Long A Phonics Story containing 103 Long A words that show 9 ways to spell the Long A Vowel Sound.
My Words to Learn
Spelling Contract
Mini Book
Words in a Picture
Matching Words and Pictures
Rhyming Long A
Finding Long A
Extension
Challenge
Grapheme Chart
Bookmarks
Word Cards
Phoneme Cards
Activity Ideas
Assessment
In this resource the base words and pictures are from ‘Baby Jake’s Birthday’, a phonics story containing 103 Long A words showing 9 ways the Long A sound can be spelled. In this story Jamie and Jane are in charge of the games at Baby Jake’s birthday party. Children will love reading about the fun at the party and easily learn 9 different ways to spell the Long A sound, in a natural and meaningful context.
More About Clever Speller
One of the most difficult aspects of learning to spell is that English is not a phonetic language. Every sound in the English language can be spelled in more than one way which makes building phonics skills a complex process.
Our story based approach to spelling helps to provide context for phonics to make sense and brings phonics to life with purpose written stories full of words showing how sounds can be spelled in many ways.
Clever Speller stories are different to most decodable readers and passages. They are written in full length colourful picture book style, with beautifully illustrated scenes, engaging characters and imaginative adventures.
Our stories provide a link between decodable readers and storybooks. They include a variety of words ranging from simple to complex, with the focus sound letters printed in green to assist with decoding.
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.
Make learning to spell fun with this Spelling Activity Booklet for Short A Vowel Sound CVC words. Our booklet is designed for pre-school and beginner spellers to easily develop phonemic awareness, (hearing sounds in words) and phonics skills, (letter sound correspondence). With matching words and pictures, onset and rhyme, reading and sounding out words and writing sentences activities, plus assessment checklists and recording sheets - your students will be confident and competent spellers in no time!
Included in this Resource
14 activities and 2 checklists
Checklists
Progress and Assessment Checklists
Beginning sounds
Identify words starting with the Short A sound
Odd one out
Middle sounds
Identify words with a Short A sound in the middle
Odd one out
Letter Recognition: Identify the ‘Short A’ sound letter in words
Beginning sound
Middle sound
Spelling: the Short A sound
Sound out and say
Match the words and picture
Onset and Rhyme
Beginning Sounds Onset: change the first letter to make new Short A sound words
Ending sounds Rhyme: Identify the words that rhyme
Reading
Reading Short A sound words by sight, complete words, no pictures
Reading simple sentences with Short A words
Writing
Write the Short A sound word that matches the picture
Write a simple sentence using Short A sound words from the activities
How to Use These Activities
Morning work, a page every day will build skills and confidence
As main spelling lesson activities or as a complementary activity
For catching up students who are having difficulties
Sequential unit, beginning with recognising words that begin with the focus sound and leading to being able to independently read and write words with the focus sound.
Individual activities as needed
Encouraging students to celebrate progress with child friendly ‘I can’ statements on every page
Print Options
A4 Booklet: print A4 pages 4-19 and staple together as a pack
Individual A4 activities/worksheets: print as required
A5 Mini Booklet: print [ages 4-19 double sided and select booklet in the print options/layout page on your screen. The booklet will print as 4 double sided pages and be ready to fold into a 16 page A5 size booklet with front and back cover and 14 activities. Staple or bind with string or ribbon.
This collection of music games makes learning quarter and eighth note rhythms easy and fun. Students will love playing Bingo, 4 Corners, Poison Rhythm, Build a Band, Who Am I, Play Along, Memory and Snap. These games are easy to run and are great for music lessons, band practice, small groups, fill in lessons, reward time or anytime! As well as building music skills your students will develop group cohesion, the class that plays together stays together!
This Resource Includes
Bingo Games: 3 variations
Caller board with 16 patterns using quarter and beamed eighth notes
30 unique playing cards, one colour and the same set in black and white (60 cards)
Blank caller board and player cards for free choice games
16 Rhythm Flash Cards: for games and practice
Large rhythm cards, 3 per A4 page
Small Flash cards, 16 per page
Recording and Assessment
Student Worksheet
Class Assessment Grid
Instructions for Each Game
Record and Assess
Rhythm cards, student worksheets and teacher grid are perfect for assessment and evidence of learning.
Print and Play
This resource requires no prep other than print, in black and white for individual student use, or colour and laminate for your games box ready to use at any time. Saves hours of time making rhythm cards!
How to Use
Laminate colour boards for long lasting use or print black and white for individual use
Print and cut out rhythm cards for practice or ensemble work
Display rhythm cards for memorising and familiarisation
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.
14 Word Study activities for beginning spellers to develop phonemic awareness and phonics skills. Activities include hearing sounds in words, letter-sound correspondence, sounding out, matching words and pictures, onset and rhyme, reading and writing words and sentences with Short E CVC words plus recording and assessment checklists. Print as an A5 booklet or A4 worksheets.
Included in this Resource
14 activities and 2 checklists
Checklists
-Progress and Assessment Checklists
Beginning sounds
Identify words starting with the Short E sound
Odd one out
Middle sounds
Identify words with a Short E sound in the middle
Odd one out
Letter Recognition: Identify the ‘Short E’ sound letter in words
Beginning sound
Middle sound
Spelling: the Short E sound
Sound out and say
Match the words and picture
Onset and Rhyme
Beginning Sounds Onset: change the first letter to make new Short E sound words
Ending sounds Rhyme: Identify the words that rhyme
Reading
Reading Short E sound words by sight, complete words, no pictures
Reading simple sentences with Short E words
Writing
Write the Short E sound word that matches the picture
Write a simple sentence using Short E sound words from the activities
How to Use These Activities
Morning work, a page every day will build skills and confidence
As main spelling lesson activities or as a complementary activity
For catching up students who are having difficulties
Sequential unit, beginning with recognising words that begin with the focus sound and leading to being able to independently read and write words with the focus sound.
Individual activities as needed
Encouraging students to celebrate progress with child friendly ‘I can’ statements on every page
Print Options
A4 Booklet: print A4 pages 4-19 and staple together as a pack
Individual A4 activities/worksheets: print as required
A5 Mini Booklet: print [ages 4-19 double sided and select booklet in the print options/layout page on your screen. The booklet will print as 4 double sided pages and be ready to fold into a 16 page A5 size booklet with front and back cover and 14 activities. Staple or bind with string or ribbon.
Differentiated reading comprehension activities with literal, inference and evaluative questions based on an included original story text. Our story based approach is designed to captivate imagination and inspire learning in an engaging natural story setting. Easily cater for all learning levels with tick box, cut and paste, and written activities and help your students develop skills in phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and reading comprehension.
All activities are based on the phonics story ‘Baby Jake’s Birthday’, an engaging story full of words showing 9 different ways the Long A sound can be spelled.
In this Resource
Long A Phonics Story ‘Baby Jake’s Birthday’. Story includes:
engaging narrative story with 103 Long A sound words
picture clues
Long A sound letters printed in grey for scaffolding when reading
30 Reading Comprehension worksheets, (Long A sound letters in the text are printed in grey)
6 Read and Tick
6 Read and Paste sequencing
6 Read and Write with literal questions
6 Read and Write with inferential questions
6 Read and Write with evaluative questions
Inbuilt Phonics: Color the grey Long A Sound letters in the text
In this resource:
Engaging 26 page phonics picture book story to help students develop phonemic awareness
113 Short A spelling words. There is usually just one way to spell the Short A sound in words ‘a’.
Short A graphemes printed in green, (or grey if printing in BW) to scaffold and support decoding
PDF format to print as booklet or single pages, or view on any screen in single or double page format to suit
Also included:
word family list
tricky words
reading comprehension
homonyms
grapheme chart,
story on one page
coloring page
spelling activity ideas
cross curricula story based learning activities
Note: 2 versions are included to accommodate differences in US and UK/Australian spelling. The following different spellings occur in the story and accompanying activity pages.
US/UK: crawfish/yabbies, coloring/colouring, theater/theatre
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.
Clever Speller is different. No other spelling resource features full length picture books with all the ways to spell a focus sound in the same story. Whole language and phonics work together, to present a perfect mix of old and new that will gain, and keep, student’s attention.
Clever Speller applies the rigour of phonics, in the context of whole language, to make sense of crazy English spelling and bring it to life. Traditional picture book style stories showing all the ways to spell a focus sound enable a seamless progression from phonemic awareness to phonics knowledge. Colourful characters and interesting adventures engage and enthral students so that learning to spell, and read, is an enjoyable experience for all.
Decode and spell 6 Short E vowel sound word families. Phonics picture book story with 73 focus sound words to develop phonemic awareness and learn letter sound correspondence. Short E letters are printed in green to scaffold and support students learning to spell.
Combining systematic spelling with story based learning this unique approach provides the context for phonics to make sense and brings spelling to life. In this engaging story Fred and his friend love to go riding around on their bikes. Children will love reading about their adventures and have fun learning to spell at the same time.
Please note: these are different to decodable readers for whole words. This phonics story book focuses on decoding a focus sound.
In this resource:
Engaging 13 page phonics picture book story to help students develop phonemic awareness
73 Short E spelling words to learn 6 different ways the Short E sound can be spelled: ‘a’, ‘ai’, ‘ay’, ‘e’, ‘ea’ and ‘ie’.
Short E graphemes printed in green, (or grey if printing in BW) to scaffold and support decoding
PDF format to print as booklet or single pages, or view on any screen in single or double page format to suit
Also included:
word family list
tricky words
reading comprehension
homonyms
grapheme chart,
story on one page
coloring page
spelling activity ideas
cross curricula story based learning activities
Note: 2 versions are included to accommodate differences in US and UK/Australian spelling. The following different spellings occur in accompanying activity pages.
US/UK: coloring/colouring, theater/theatre
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.
Clever Speller is different. No other spelling resource features full length picture books with all the ways to spell a focus sound in the same story. Whole language and phonics work together, to present a perfect mix of old and new that will gain, and keep, student’s attention.
Clever Speller applies the rigour of phonics, in the context of whole language, to make sense of crazy English spelling and bring it to life. Traditional picture book style stories showing all the ways to spell a focus sound enable a seamless progression from phonemic awareness to phonics knowledge. Colourful characters and interesting adventures engage and enthral students so that learning to spell, and read, is an enjoyable experience for all.
In this resource:
Engaging 24 page phonics picture book story to help students develop phonemic awareness
114 Long E spelling words to learn 12 different ways the Long E sound can be spelled: ‘ay’, ‘e’, ‘ea’, ‘ee’, ‘ei’, ‘eo’, ‘ey’, ‘e_e’, ‘i’, ‘ie’, ‘i_e’, and ‘y’.
Long E graphemes printed in green, (or grey if printing in BW) to scaffold and support decoding
PDF format to print as booklet or single pages, or view on any screen in single or double page format to suit
Also included:
word family list
tricky words
reading comprehension
homonyms
grapheme chart,
story on one page
coloring page
spelling activity ideas
cross curricula story based learning activities
Note: 2 versions are included to accommodate differences in US and UK/Australian spelling. The following different spellings occur in accompanying activity pages.
US/UK: coloring/colouring, theater/theatre
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.
Clever Speller is different. No other spelling resource features full length picture books with all the ways to spell a focus sound in the same story. Whole language and phonics work together, to present a perfect mix of old and new that will gain, and keep, student’s attention.
Clever Speller applies the rigour of phonics, in the context of whole language, to make sense of crazy English spelling and bring it to life. Traditional picture book style stories showing all the ways to spell a focus sound enable a seamless progression from phonemic awareness to phonics knowledge. Colourful characters and interesting adventures engage and enthral students so that learning to spell, and read, is an enjoyable experience for all.
50 task cards to help students understand the meanings of suffixes, add a suffix to a base word, understand how a suffix changes the meaning of a base word and use base words and words with suffixes in their writing. Extend your student’s vocabulary with engaging task cards to learn about 50 different suffixes. Easy to differentiate and fantastic for your early finishers!
No prep printable Print and laminate to add to your collection of activities for learning centres, rotation activities and extension work. All activities easily align with curriculum requirements.
50 Suffixes to learn: able, acy, age, al, ance, ant, ary, dom, ed, ee, eer, en, ence, ent, er, ery, est, es/ies/s, ful, hood, ible, iac, ian, ic, ify, ing, ious, ise, ish, ism, ist, ity, ive, less, ling, ly, ment, ness, or, ous, ship, sion, some, tion, ty, ward, way, ways, wise, y
What is Included:
50 Task Cards with suffix, meaning, picture clue and activities
Sample Answer Card
Activities on each task card:
Write the base word
Add suffixes to the base word to make new words
Write meanings for the base word and new words
Write sentences to include base word and new words
2 Task cards per page, print as A4 or any preferred size
Print for individual use or laminate for multiple use
Extend your student’s vocabulary with engaging task cards to learn about 50 different prefixes. Easy to differentiate and fantastic for your early finishers! No prep printable task cards will help students to 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. Print and laminate to add to your collection of activities for learning centres, rotation activities and extension work.
50 Prefixes to learn: 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, omni, out, over, para, post, pre, pro, re, semi, sub, super, trans, tri, un, ultra, uni, up
What is Included:
50 Task Cards with prefix, meaning, picture clue and activities
Sample Answer Card
Activities on each task card:
Write the base word
Add prefixes to the base word to make new words
Write meanings for the base word and new words
Write sentences to include base word and new words
2 Task cards per page, print as A4 or any preferred size
Print for individual use or laminate for multiple use
38 Printable Word Cards showing 10 ways the Long U sound can be spelled, ‘ewe’, ‘ueue’, ‘ew’, ‘u’, ‘iew’, ‘ue’, ‘u_e’, ‘eau’, ‘you’ and ‘uu’. All words are from ‘Ewes in the Queue’, a Phonics Story full of Long U sound words. Use the word cards for matching and sorting activities, games, flash cards and word walls. 2 versions of words cards are included, one with coloured Long U graphemes and one with same coloured text text, (making 76 word cards in total), plus a copy of ‘Ewes in the Queue’.
127 Printable Word Cards showing 12 ways the Long E sound can be spelled, ‘ay’, ‘e’, ‘ea’, ‘ee’, ‘e_e’, ‘ei’, ‘eo’, ‘ey’, ‘i’, ‘ie’, i_e’ and ‘y’. All words are from ‘Three Free Wishes’, a Phonics Story full of Long E sound words. Use the word cards for matching and sorting activities, games, flash cards and word walls. 2 versions of words cards are included, one with coloured Long E graphemes and one with same coloured text text, (making 254 word cards in total), plus a copy of ‘Three Free Wishes’.
73 Word Cards showing 6 ways the Short E sound can be spelled, ‘e’, ‘ea’, ‘a’, ‘ai’, ‘ay’ and ‘ie’. Use the word cards for matching and sorting activities, games, flash cards and word walls. 2 versions of words cards are included, one with coloured Short E graphemes and one with same coloured text text, (making 146 word cards in total), plus a copy of My Best Friend Fred Phonics Picture Book Story.
All words are from My Best Friend Fred, a Phonics Story full of Short E sound words.
These charts combine phonics with whole language to show the different ways that long vowel sounds can be spelled in words. Use them as wall displays, desktop placemats or general teaching resources. All images are from Clever Speller Phonics Picture Books stories full of focus sound words showing how sounds in words are spelled in many ways. Clever Speller is a story based learning approach to bring spelling alive and make learning to spell connected and meaningful.
Did you know there are at least 12 ways to spell the Long U sound in words! These 34 activities focus on 4 well known ways, (ew, u, ue and u_e), with extension activities for 8 unusual ways to spell Long U, (eau, eu, ewe, iew, queue, ui, uu and you). The activities are based on the included purpose written phonics story ‘Ewes in the Queue’, full of words showing different ways the Long U 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
22 Long U Word Family Activities
Finding Long U: find the list words in the story
Meaningful Words: write the meaning of the list words in the story context
Writing Long U: combine list words to create a short story or paragraph
More Long U Words: find more words with the same Long U grapheme
Rhyming Long U: highlight words with the same end sound
Onset: change the first letter or letters to make new words, answers included
7 Long U Activities
Homophones, Homographs and Heteronyms: write meanings and sentences
Find All the Words: underline all the words in the story with a Long U sound
Missing Letters: fill in the missing Long U letters for each word
Choose the Letters: fill in the missing Long U 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 U word family
More Ways to Spell Long U
8 More Ways to Spell Long U: Vocabulary Challenge
12 Ways to Spell Long U: Words and Picture Chart
4 Teacher Resources
Long U Story: Ewes in the Queue, 2 versions one with all black text and one with Long U words printed in green
Story Word List, 37 Long O Words
Spelling Group Lists: 5 lists
ew, u, ue and u_e
8 Unusual ways
Chart: Ways to Spell Long U
About Clever Speller
Phonics activities and spelling worksheets to learn the ‘a’ letter pattern in Long A vowel sound words. Includes classic contract, make a mini book, find the words in a picture, match words and pictures, rhyming, find the words in the story, vocabulary extension, book marks to make, manipulative phoneme cards, word and picture cards, ideas for hands on activities, and assessment.
These story based activities provide opportunities for students to develop phonological awareness and phonemic awareness and easily learn spelling patterns and rules, (phonics).
Variations are included to cater for US and UK spelling differences
Contents
Information:
About this resource
About Story Based Learning
2 Word Lists
2 levels, 10 words in each list
Baby Jake’s Birthday: Story on a Page
2 copies of Phonics Story with 103 Long A Words showing 9 different ways to spell the Long A vowel sound.
Version 1 all text in black
Version 2 Long A words printed in green
2 My Words To Learn
List of Long A words to learn, Look Cover Write Check
2 Spelling Contracts
Spelling activities for workbooks
Write the word to match the picture worksheet
Suffixes
Identify base word, grapheme changes and suffix rule1
2 Mini Books
Write words and draw pictures to make a mini book
2 Words in a Picture
Find where all the Long A words belong on the picture2 Match Words and Pictures
Use as individual activities or laminate for re-use
2 copies: Colour and Black and White
2 Rhyming Long A
Highlight the rhyming Long A words in the table
Finding Long A
Find the Long A words in the story
Underline the Long A letters
Vocabulary Extension
Find more ‘a’ Long A words
How many other sounds do the letters ay represent
Answer guide
Book Marks
Bookmarks for easy reference
Word Cards
Plain black text
Coloured Long A graphemes with pictures
Phoneme Cards
Cut out and combine the phonemes to make words
Activity Ideas
Practical ideas to teach and reinforce phonemic awareness and letter sound correspondence
Assessment
Dictation
Spelling
Phonics
Included in this resource is the story on one page.