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!
These charts clearly show the 44 phonemes of the English language, and how they can be spelled in many different ways. 301 different letter combinations are included, including the most common ways and many of the more obscure ways. There are still more but we had to stop somewhere!
Consolidate your explicit phonics instruction and ensure your students learn all the letter combinations needed to become accurate and confident spellers. Providing a comprehensive overview of all of the phonemes in the English language this resource supports all explicit and systematic phonics methodology including Science of Reading, Orton Gillingham, Jolly Phonics, MultiLit etc.
Featuring vibrant pictures, words, and letter combinations for visual and contextual learning this resource is perfect to brighten up your classroom and is easily adaptable for student activities. Each page is available in both colour and black and white. The black and white versions are particularly suited to print for student activities and the colour versions are great for visual displays or to laminate for long lasting use as games and teaching resources.
Please note that pronunciation varies according to location and dialect. For example some people pronounce ‘ball’ with an ‘or’ sound and others with a ‘short a’ sound and others with a ‘short o’ sound. There are many such variations worldwide, which makes human language so interesting! Variations can also be left as they are and used as a teaching point or edited to suit via the Canva link included on the PDF download.
Included in this resource:
2 Alphabet Charts
4 Phonics Charts (2 vowel and 2 consonant charts
2 Overview Charts, 44 phonemes and 301 graphemes on single page
Teaching Notes
Glossary
Canva Link for editing
Print Options
Print colour versions for displays and teaching aids. Laminate for long lasting use
Print black and white versions for student activities.
Print in A4 for workbooks or in A3 to enlarge and then cut in half (especially useful for the one page posters)
How to Use
Wall posters for visual learning displays and classroom decor
Desk charts
Student workbook reference
Flash cards, cut into single phoneme/grapheme
Student activities eg sorting, writing prompts, spelling activities
Unleash your student’s creativity with Roll a Story Persuasive Creative Writing! This middle primary writing activity is designed to engage and inspire your students to express their opinion in three different styles of persuasive writing. Toss the dice and let the adventure begin! Who will you pick as your speaker? Who will be your audience? What persuasive topic will you write about?
Bonus story is included to get them started! All characters, images and settings are based on the included original story ‘Three Free Wishes’ to ignite imagination to write a sequel or spin off. Or, you can use this as a stand alone activity no problems!
Included in this resource:
3 Roll a Persuasion Charts, for request, debate and adverts styles.
9 Story Planning sheets, 3 for each style and differentiated for a range of capability.
9 Writing sheets, 3 for each style and also differentiated to cater for learning levels and abilities.
Story to inspire: Three Free Wishes (a purpose written phonics story full of Long E words…bonus reinforce spelling while they write!)
Detailed student instructions
Unleash your students’ imagination with Creative Story Writing! This fun and engaging activity is perfect for middle primary students and is designed to inspire and motivate them develop skills in narrative writing. With a roll of the dice, they’ll get a unique story starting point, with characters and settings from the included base story and a range of problems to solve. Let the adventure begin and help your middle primary students engage and be inspired!
All characters, images and settings are based on the included original story ‘Three Free Wishes’ to ignite imagination and help your students write a sequel or spin off. Or, you can use this as a stand alone activity!
Included in this resource:
Roll a Story Chart
3 Story Planning sheets, differentiated for a range of capability.
3 Writing sheets, also differentiated to cater for learning levels and styles.
Story to inspire: Three Free Wishes (a purpose written phonics story full of Long E words…bonus reinforce spelling while they write!)
These fun activities are the perfect way for your Junior Primary students to build skills in counting to 10 and 20. Engage them with a scavenger hunt, bring out their creativity with a challenge to build a tower and keep their minds and bodies active with a fitness game.
Your students will develop the following skills:
Subitise: look at a number and recognise how many there are
Estimate and Check: locate objects close to the required number and then check
Counting on: start with a number and ‘count on’ with other numbers to get to a larger number
Counting: recite numbers in the correct order
Recording number sentences
Contents:
Scavenger Hunt
Subitise and check: 1 to 10
Estimate and check: 11 to 20
3 activities x 2 levels each:
at home
inside
outside
My Tall Tower: Counting On
Roll the dice and add block
Roll again and add
Draw and write total
Extension, add number sentence
Fitness Counting
cut into separate cards
choose a number and activity
These Long E Word Family Flash Cards are an excellent way to teach explicit phonics skills and develop phonemic awareness. Containing 117 words paired with an image, these flashcards will help your students overcome the challenging concept that sounds in words are represented in many different ways and easily learn 12 different ways the Long E sound can be spelled. All of the words are contained in the included original phonics story providing context and meaning.
Included in this resource are several words such as ‘very’, ‘between’, ‘these’ etc that are often taught separately as ‘sight’ words and disconnected to regular spelling and phonics activities. However, like every word in the English language they can be segmented into individual sounds, with each sound represented by letter combinations. Therefore these words are included, as even if they are unusual they can still be ‘sounded out’ using the same process as ‘regular’ words!
Differentiated teaching is made easy with 117 words from simple through to complex, enabling consolidation and extension of vocabulary.
In this resource:
123 Flashcards: 117 Long E words with 2 repeats of the words cheeky, greedy, leafy, leaky, extremely and easy, as they contain 2 ways to spell the Long E sound. Blank cards are also included.
Alphabetical Word List and Lists for 12 Word Families: ay, e, ea, ee, ei, eo, ey, e_e, i, ie, i_e, y
Original Phonics Story: Three Free Wishes containing all the flash card words to bring spelling to life and provide context for phonics to make sense.
3 resources in 1! Alphabet charts, flashcards and student personal dictionary/word study memo booklet with captivating pictures to engage your students and help them easily learn the beginning sounds of words. Each resource comes in both colour and black and white.
In this Resource:
Alphabet Charts
1 letter per page with 2 words and images
Upper and lower case letters
2 versions colour and black and white
Flashcards
4 letters to a page with 2 words and 2 images for each letters
Upper and lower case letters
Enlarge on to A3 paper for larger cards
Word Study Memo Book, Student Personal Dictionary
1 word per page
Upper and lower case letters
Lines for writing personal dictionary words
Print as is, cut and staple for memo size book, or print on A3 paper for A5 booklet, or print as is with 4 letters per page
These Long O Word Family Flash Cards are an excellent way to teach explicit phonics skills and develop phonemic awareness. Containing 104 words paired with an image, these flashcards will help your students overcome the challenging concept that sounds in words are represented in many different ways and easily learn 9 different ways the Long O sound can be spelled. All of the words are contained in the included original phonics story providing context and meaning.
Included in this resource are several words such as ‘so’, ‘those’, ‘though’ etc that are often taught separately as ‘sight’ words and disconnected to regular spelling and phonics activities. However, like every word in the English language they can be segmented into individual sounds, with each sound represented by letter combinations. Therefore these words are included, as even if they are unusual they can still be ‘sounded out’ using the same process as ‘regular’ words!
Differentiated teaching is made easy with 104 words from simple through to complex, enabling consolidation and extension of vocabulary.
In this resource:
108 Flashcards: 104 Long O words with 2 variations of the word yogurt/yoghurt, and 2 cards for the word overcoat which appears in both the ‘o’ and ‘oa’ word family lists. 2 blank cards are also included.
Alphabetical Word List and Lists for 9 Word Families: ew, o, oa, oe, oh, ol, ough, ow, o_e
Original Phonics Story: Joanna Goanna containing all the flash card words to bring spelling to life and provide context for phonics to make sense.
Variety of synonym and antonym worksheets to provide meaningful and contextual learning for middle primary students. Combining grammar and phonics these story based learning activities are based on the included Long E phonics story ‘Three Free Wishes’.
Included in this resource:
Worksheets
Sort and Compare: 20 Activities
Sort the Antonyms and Synonyms into the correct column
Draw and label 2 comparative core words
Antonym Pairs: 5 worksheets
Match the Antonym pairs and write in a sentence
Rewrite the Story: 4 worksheets
Rewrite the story with synonyms and antonyms
Students will need a copy of the included story
2 Synonym pages, (student worksheet story is in larger print)
2 Antonyms pages, (student worksheet story is in larger print)
Colour Code: 2 worksheets
Highlight Synonyms in blue and Antonyms in green
Vocabulary Extension: 4 worksheets
Write own synonyms and antonyms
Teacher Resources
Long E Phonics Story: Three Free Wishes
2 copies of the story, all black text, Long E words in green
Includes 128 Long E vowel sound words
Provides context for the activities in this pack
Word Lists: 20 core words
Core words with one matching synonyms and antonym
Core words with 4 synonyms
Core words with 4 antonyms
In this resource:
Engaging 22 page phonics picture book story to help students develop phonemic awareness
103 Long A spelling words to learn 9 different ways the Long A sound can be spelled: ‘a’, ai’, ‘ay’, ‘a_e’, ‘ea’, ‘ei’, ‘eigh’, ‘e_e’ and ‘ey’.
Long 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: neighbors/neighbours, favorite/favourite, labeling/labelling, coloring/colouring
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 5 Short I vowel sound word families. Phonics picture book story with 162 focus sound words to develop phonemic awareness and learn letter sound correspondence. Short I 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 Itchy Witch is not feeling very well. Children will love reading about how Lizardy Wizard can help Itch Witch find which itch is making her itch 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 29 page phonics picture book story to help students develop phonemic awareness
162 Short I spelling words to learn 5 different ways the Short I sound can be spelled: ‘e’, ‘i’, ‘u’, ‘ui’ and ‘y’.
Short I 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.
Decode and spell 4 Short O vowel sound word families. Phonics picture book story with 89 focus sound words to develop phonemic awareness and learn letter sound correspondence. Short O 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 you can read about all the interesting things to be found in Poppy’s Shop. Children will love playing shops while 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 14 page phonics picture book story to help students develop phonemic awareness
89 Short O spelling words to learn 4 different ways the Short O sound can be spelled: ‘a’, ‘au’, ‘o’ and ‘ou’.
Short O 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
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.
Easily decode 6 ways the Short U sound can be spelled with this phonics picture book story. 114 focus sound words help develop phonemic awareness, with the Short U letters printed in green to scaffold learning of letter sound correspondence.
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 Doug and his brother are having fun building by the creek when suddenly it starts to rain. Children will love reading about their adventures in the mud 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 17 page phonics picture book story to help students develop phonemic awareness
114 Short U spelling words to learn 6 different ways the Short U sound can be spelled: ‘o’, ‘oe’, ‘oo’, ‘ou’, ‘o_e’ and ‘u’.
Short U 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 story and accompanying activity pages.
US/UK: Mom/Mum, clubhouse/cubby, 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.
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.
In this resource:
Engaging 25 page phonics picture book story to help students develop phonemic awareness
114 Long O spelling words to learn 9 different ways the Long O sound can be spelled: ‘ew’, ‘o’, ‘oa’, ‘oe’, ‘oh’, ‘ol’, ‘ough’, ‘ow’ and ‘o_e’.
Long O 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: yogurt/yoghurt, coloring/colouring, theatre, 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.
Easily decode 10 ways the Long U sound can be spelled with this phonics picture book story. 36 focus sound words help develop phonemic awareness, with the Long U letters printed in green to scaffold learning of letter sound correspondence.
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 the ewes are waiting in the queue to sample the unusual food on the menu. Children will love reading about the mischief they get up to 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 12 page phonics picture book story to help students develop phonemic awareness
36 Long U spelling words to learn 10 different ways the Long U sound can be spelled: ‘eau’, ‘ew’, ‘ewe’, ‘iew’, ‘u’, ‘ue’, ‘ueue’, ‘uu’, ‘u_e’ and ‘you’.
Long U 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 accompanying activity pages.
US/UK: coloring/colouring, theatre, 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 19 page phonics picture book story to help students develop phonemic awareness
92 Long I spelling words to learn11 different ways the Long I sound can be spelled: ‘eigh’, ‘eye’, ‘i’, ‘ia’, ‘ie’, ‘ig’, ‘igh’, ‘i_e’, ‘uy’, ‘y’ and ‘y_e’.
Long I 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: neighbors/neighbours, coloring/colouring
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 Suffixes Anchor Chart Posters to display in your class or home learning area. Each poster contains a suffix 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 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 Posters with suffix, meaning and picture clue
Print as A4 or any preferred size
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
Differentiated grammar activities to help your students understand and use 50 prefixes. Your students will learn how to 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. Each set of worksheets includes differentiated variations to cater for individual learning levels.
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, 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 prefixes, 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
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
Easily learn many ways the ‘ar’ sound can be spelled with a lively story full of focus sound words. Bring joy and life to your spelling time with our innovative story based approach. We combine the magic of stories with the science of explicit phonics to develop phonemic awareness and easily teach how sounds are spelled in many ways. Read the phonics story together to hear the ‘ar’ sound in words and then choose a follow up activity to set the scene for a successful spelling time for all.
Your students will become confident and competent spellers and they build skills in:
1: Phonemic awareness, hearing sounds in words
2: Phonics, learning all the ways to spell sounds words
The story and activities contain 67 focus sound words showing 11 ways to spell the 'ar sound: a, aa, air, ah, al, ar, are, au, ear, ia and ear
In this pack, (3 files included in total)
32 Page Phonics Picture Book, in 2 sizes
full of words that show 11 ways the ‘ar’ sound in words can be spelled, 67 spelling words included.
engaging narrative story in picture book style to captivate imagination, the story has more depth than your usual ‘readers’.
PDF book in 2 sizes, landscape and square, to cater for different displays
display on smart board or any device, or print out
all ‘ar’ letters are printed in green to provide a visual clue that these letters are pronounced as ‘ar’. The rest of the words in the story are reasonably simple, enabling students to read quite quickly.
complements any spelling methodology
Phonics Activities: use sequentially or to suit individual ability,
Beginning Sound: 3 activities to hear beginning sounds in words
Circle the Picture: 3 activities to match pictures and words and recognise ‘ar’ grapheme
Circle the Word: 3 activities to match pictures and words and recognise ‘ar’ grapheme
Circle the Spelling: 3 activities to recognise correct ‘ar’ spelling
Sounding Out:5 activities to segment words into phonemes and recognise ‘ar’ graphemes
Missing Letters: 3 activities to choose the correct letters to spell the ‘ar’ sound
Rhyming Words: 2 activities to recognise words that rhyme
Word Lists: 67 ‘ar’ sound words grouped in grapheme families