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!
Learn how to 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 writing.
Multi level resource to help your students to understand the meanings of 50 suffixes. Easy no prep printable worksheets plus word cards. Activities 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:
– 25 No Prep Worksheets
Suffix Sort: add suffix to base word, x5
How Many More: build words with suffixes, x5
Suffix Sentences: write a sentence with base word and new word, x5
New Meanings: base word and with suffix, x10
Each activity has 5 different worksheets with 10 suffixes, beginner to challenge levels
Worksheets 1: ed, er, ful, ing, ish, less, ly, ness, or, y
Worksheets 2: al, dom. en. ent, es/ies/s, est, ment, ship, sion, way
Worksheets 3: able, ee, once, hood, ist, ity, ling, ive, ous, ward
Worksheets 4: age, ance, ant, ible, ic, ise, ism, tion, ty, wise
Worksheets 5: acy, ary, eer, ery, iac, ian, ify, ious, some, ways
– 200 Word Cards for manipulative hands on word building activities, 150 base word cards and 50 Suffix cards
Also Included
Teacher Resources: Word and Suffix Lists
Answer keys for Suffix Sort and How Many More
50 Suffixes with meanings
5 lists of 10 suffixes with 3 examples
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
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
Learning about synonyms and antonyms doesn’t have to be boring! Our story based bingo games and flashcard activities offer a great way for middle primary students to learn new words and build vocabulary, to help their writing come alive and improving comprehension. Bonus phonics story is included to consolidate knowledge of spelling the Long A vowel sound alongside of your grammar lessons.
What is included:
22 base cards with picture clues
22 synonym cards
22 antonym cards
36 different bingo cards
2 bingo caller cards with core words and 4 synonyms and 4 antonyms for each word
Core word list of 22 words from the story
Synonym word list, 22 core words with 4 synonyms for each story word
Antonym word list, 22 core words with 4 antonyms for each story word
2 copies of Long A Phonics Story, ‘Baby Jake’s Birthday’, 1 plain text, 1 with the Long A words in green text
How to Use These Activities
Use the word cards for games such as Memory, Snap, Matching, Sorting, Dominoes etc. Print as many as you like.
Use the word cards as flash cards for word recognition.
3 variations of Bingo: 1) Simple version with core words, 2) Synonym or 3) Antonym Bingo where the caller calls a synonym or antonym and the player matches it to the core word on their card.
Bundle of printable activities with games to play, things to make, task cards and worksheets to learn about synonyms and antonyms. Everything you need to challenge your middle primary students, cater for a variety of learning styles and help them to build vocabulary and expression.
What is Included:
Games to Play
22 story word cards with picture clues
22 synonym cards
22 antonym cards
36 different bingo cards
2 bingo caller cards with core words and 4 synonyms and 4 antonyms for each word
Things to Make
22 synonym bookmarks
22 synonym and antonym posters to make, 1 for each story word
Task Cards
22 Find a Word Cards: highlight 4 synonyms and circle 4 antonyms for each story word
6 Matching Pairs Cards: draw a line to match the synonym and antonym cards
4 Thesaurus Skills Cards: use a thesaurus to find synonyms for the story words
22 Change the Story Cards: replace story words with antonyms and rewrite the story. Compare the original and the rewritten versions
2 Word Search Cards: word searches with a difference! Highlight the synonyms and antonyms for the words in the list and find the hidden messages.
Printable Worksheets
22 Cut and Paste Sorting Worksheets: sort the synonyms and antonyms into the correct column
5 Antonym Pairs Worksheets: find the antonym pairs and write in a sentence
4 Rewrite the Story Worksheets: rewrite the story with synonyms and antonyms
2 Color Code Worksheets: highlight the synonyms in blue and the antonyms in green
Teacher Resources
Core word list of 22 words from the story
Synonym word list, 22 core words with 4 synonyms for each story word
Antonym word list, 22 core words with 4 antonyms for each story word
2 copies of Long A Phonics Story, ‘Baby Jake’s Birthday’, 1 plain text, 1 with the Long A words in green text
Description
Unique story based learning approach to spelling, featuring engaging narrative picture book stories clearly showing how sounds in words are spelled in many ways. This 8 week set of Literacy Center activities is based on the included Long E phonics story, Three Free Wishes, purpose written to be read and enjoyed as a proper story, while at the same time providing an umbrella resource to easily show how the Long E sound in words can be spelled in many ways.
All activities are based on Three Free Wishes, making learning to spell easy, meaningful and memorable. The story contains one hundred and twenty seven focus sound words showing twelve different ways to spell the Long E sound and can be used as a standalone resource or complement any favorite program or methodology.
Easily learn the difference between homophones, homonyms and homographs with Tyson Pirate and consolidate learning to spell the Long I sound at the same time.
Includes the following words:
Homophones: I eye, high hi, might mite, by buy, right write
Homonyms: kind, light, tire, dry, might, mine
Homographs: live/live
Activities Include:
Lesson Ideas
All About Homophones, Homonyms and Homographs
Find the Words
Choose the Correct Homophone
Homophone Pairs
Long I Phonics Story, Diamonds in the Sky
All words are from the Long I phonics story Diamonds in the Sky, a purpose written story full of words to easily learn 11 different ways the Long I sound can be spelled.
Clever Speller’s unique story based approach to spelling features full length engaging picture book stories full of words with all the ways to spell a focus sound in the same story.
113 Word Cards showing 1 way the Short A sound can be spelled, (the Short A sound is usually only spelled in one way). All words are from ‘Dance of the Fancy Pants Ants’, a Phonics Story full of Short A 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 colored Short A graphemes and one with same colored text text, (making 226 word cards in total), plus a copy of Dance of the Fancy Pants Ants Phonics Picture Book Story for learning to spell in an authentic context
102 Printable Word Cards showing 9 ways the Long O sound can be spelled, ‘ew’, ‘o’, ‘oa’, ‘oe’, ‘oh’, ‘ol’, ‘ough’, ‘ow’ and ‘o_e’. All words are from ‘Joanna Goanna’, a Phonics Story full of Long O 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 O graphemes and one with same coloured text text, (making 204 word cards in total), plus a copy of ‘Joanna Goanna’.
102 Printable Word Cards showing 9 ways the Long A sound can be spelled, ‘a’, ‘ai’, ‘ay’, ‘a_e’, ‘ea’, ‘ei’, ‘ey’, ‘e_e’ and ‘eigh’. All words are from ‘Baby Jake’s Birthday’, a Phonics Story full of Long A 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 A graphemes and one with same coloured text text, (making 204 word cards in total), plus a copy of ‘Baby Jake’s Birthday’.
89 Word Cards showing 4 ways the Short O sound can be spelled, ‘o’, ‘a’, ‘ou’, and ‘au’. All words are from ‘Poppy’s Top Shop’, a Phonics Story full of Short O 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 Short O graphemes and one with same coloured text text, (making 178 word cards in total), plus a copy of ‘Poppy’s Top Shop’.
92 Printable Word Cards showing 11 ways the Long I sound can be spelled, ‘eye’, ‘eigh’, ‘i’, ‘ia’, ‘ie’, ‘igh’, ‘i_e’, ‘uy’, ‘y’, ‘y_e’ and ‘ig’. All words are from ‘Diamonds in the Sky’, a Phonics Story full of Long I 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 A graphemes and one with same coloured text text, (making 184 word cards in total), plus a copy of ‘Diamonds in the Sky’.
115 Word Cards showing 6 ways the Short U sound can be spelled, ‘u’, ‘o’, ‘o_e’, ‘ou’, ‘oo’ and ‘oe’. All words are from ‘Stuck in the Mud’, a Phonics Story full of Short 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 Short U graphemes and one with same coloured text text, (making 230 word cards in total), plus a copy of ‘Stuck in the Mud’.
161 Word Cards showing 5 ways the Short I sound can be spelled, ‘i’, ‘y’, ‘u’, ‘uy’ and ‘e’. All words are from ‘Itchy Witch’, a Phonics Story full of Short I 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 Short I graphemes and one with same coloured text text, (making 322 word cards in total), plus a copy of ‘Itchy Witch’.
33 Synonym and Antonym Worksheets to print out. Your middle primary students will enjoy the variety of activities to help build vocabulary, bring writing to life and improve comprehension.
What is included:
22 Cut and Paste Sorting Worksheets: Sort the synonyms and antonyms into the correct column
5 Antonym Pairs Worksheets: find the antonym pairs and write in a sentence
4 Rewrite the Story Worksheets: rewrite the story with synonyms and antonyms
2 Color Code Worksheets: highlight the synonyms in blue and the antonyms in green
Core word list of 22 words from the story
Synonym word list, 22 core words with 4 synonyms for each story word
Antonym word list, 22 core words with 4 antonyms for each story word
2 copies of Long A Phonics Story, ‘Baby Jake’s Birthday’, 1 plain text, 1 with the Long A words in green text
Easel Instructions
How to Use These Activities
Use the task cards for literacy centres, rotation groups, whole class or small groups
Great for morning tasks or early finishers
5 sets of Synonym and Antonym Task Cards, 56 Cards in total. Your middle primary students will enjoy the variety of activities to help build vocabulary, bring writing to life and improve comprehension.
What is included:
22 Find a Word Cards: Highlight 4 synonyms and circle 4 antonyms for each story word
6 Matching Pairs Cards: draw a line to match the synonym and antonym cards
4 Thesaurus Skills Cards: use a thesaurus to find synonyms for the story words
22 Change the Story Cards: replace story words with antonyms and rewrite the story. Compare the original and the rewritten versions
2 Word Search Cards: word searches with a difference! Highlight the synonyms and antonyms for the words in the list and find the hidden messages.
Core word list of 22 words from the story
Synonym word list, 22 core words with 4 synonyms for each story word
Antonym word list, 22 core words with 4 antonyms for each story word
2 copies of Long A Phonics Story, ‘Baby Jake’s Birthday’, 1 plain text, 1 with the Long A words in green text
How to Use These Activities
Use the task cards for literacy centres, rotation groups, whole class or small groups
Great for morning tasks or early finishers
About Story Based Learning
Humans have been using stories to teach their youngsters about life since day dot. Everyone loves a story but it can quite hard to find them with any depth to explicitly teach spelling, which can make spelling rather boring! Our purpose written phonics picture book stories are full of words showing how sounds in words are spelled in many ways and bring spelling and grammar to life. Check out our store for a range of activities based on our original picture books and add life and colour to your spelling and grammar lessons.
44 Bookmark and poster making printable activities for a hands-on way to learn about synonyms and antonyms. Your middle primary students will enjoy making these memorable learning aids to help build vocabulary, bring writing to life and improve comprehension.
How to Use These Activities
Breaking up bookwork time with practical activities is a welcome change from worksheets
Complete the bookmarks as a lesson activity, or add synonyms over time to use as a ‘personal thesaurus’.
Make posters with examples of synonyms and antonyms for each core word to brighten up your classroom and provide learning prompts for daily use
What is included:
22 synonym bookmarks
22 synonym and antonym posters to make, 1 for each story word
2 copies of Long A Phonics Story, ‘Baby Jake’s Birthday’, 1 plain text, 1 with the Long A words in green text
Core word list of 22 words from the story
Synonym word list, 22 core words plus 4 synonyms for each story word
Antonym word list, 22 core words plus 4 antonyms for each story word
About Story Based Learning
Humans have been using stories to teach their youngsters about life since day dot. Everyone loves a story but it can quite hard to find them with any depth to explicitly teach spelling, which can make spelling rather boring! Our purpose written phonics picture book stories are full of words showing how sounds in words are spelled in many ways and bring spelling and grammar to life. Check out our store for a range of activities based on our original picture books and add life and colour to your spelling and grammar lessons
Pick’em All Up! Practice classifying Australian animals with this classic collect them all ‘Draw the Well Dry’ style of card game in printable format. Students in the classroom, at home or on holidays will have fun tricking each other as they learn about fascinating Aussie characters and how to sort them according to their class: marsupials, mammals, birds, reptiles or fish. A perfect complement for your Living Things science theme, geography and non-fiction literacy units and will be a popular addition to your games collection. Play as a warm up or cool down, for early finishers, small groups, informal learning and to generally motivate, engage and energise.
Animals in This Game:
Bandicoot, Barking Gecko, Bearded Dragon, Bilby, Black Swan, Brolga, Budgie, Cassowary, Cockatoo, Dingo, Echidna, Emu, Frill-neck Lizard, Galah, Goanna, Kangaroo, Koala, Kookaburra, Leafy Sea Dragon, Lyre Bird, Numbat, Pelican, Platypus, Quokka, Quoll, Ringtail Possum, Tasmanian Devil, Ulysses Butterfly, Wallaby, Wombat
Included in this resource:
30 Aussie animal playing cards with backing, makes a deck of 120 cards
Extra cards: Instructions, Classification Guides, Action Card Guides
Preparation:
Print print 4 of each double sided for a total of 120 cards in the deck and laminate for long lasting use
Learn about animals in Australia with Trick’n Switch, a game of ‘Switch’ with extra tricks! Practice classifying Australian animals with this classic Uno style of game. Students in the classroom, at home or on holidays will have fun tricking each other as they learn about fascinating Aussie characters and how to sort them according to their class: marsupials, mammals, birds, reptiles or fish. A perfect complement for your Living Things science theme, geography and non-fiction literacy units and will be a popular addition to your games collection. Play as a warm up or cool down, for early finishers, small groups, informal learning and to generally motivate, engage and energise.
Animals in This Game:
Bandicoot, Barking Gecko, Bearded Dragon, Bilby, Black Swan, Brolga, Budgie, Cassowary, Cockatoo, Dingo, Echidna, Emu, Frill-neck Lizard, Galah, Goanna, Kangaroo, Koala, Kookaburra, Leafy Sea Dragon, Lyre Bird, Numbat, Pelican, Platypus, Quokka, Quoll, Ringtail Possum, Tasmanian Devil, Ulysses Butterfly, Wallaby, Wombat
Included in this resource:
30 Aussie animal playing cards with backing, makes a deck of 120 cards
Extra cards: Instructions, Classification Guides, Trick and Switch guides
Preparation:
Print print 4 of each double sided for a total of 120 cards in the deck and laminate for long lasting use
Play games and learn to classify Australian animals with this fun set of printable cards. Students in the classroom, at home or on holidays will have fun playing Snap, Memory, Happy Families, Sorting or Creating Their Own. They will learn about fascinating Aussie characters and how to sort them according to their class: marsupials, mammals, birds, reptiles or fish. A perfect complement for your Living Things science theme, geography and non-fiction literacy units and will be a popular addition to your games collection. Play as a warm up or cool down, for early finishers, small groups, informal learning and to generally motivate, engage and energise.
Animals in This Game:
Bandicoot, Barking Gecko, Bearded Dragon, Bilby, Black Swan, Brolga, Budgie, Cassowary, Cockatoo, Dingo, Echidna, Emu, Frill-neck Lizard, Galah, Goanna, Kangaroo, Koala, Kookaburra, Leafy Sea Dragon, Lyre Bird, Numbat, Pelican, Platypus, Quokka, Quoll, Ringtail Possum, Tasmanian Devil, Ulysses Butterfly, Wallaby, Wombat
Included in this resource:
30 Aussie animal playing cards with backing, makes a deck of 120 cards
2 sets are included one with classification labels and one without, for beginning and advanced learning
Extra cards: Instructions, Classification Guides
Preparation:
Print print 4 of each double sided for a total of 120 cards in the deck and laminate for long lasting use
Popular I Have Who Has game to learn the names of 30 Australian animals. 2 versions are included, an introduction and a challenge. Students at home, on holidays or at school will love learning about the interesting animals of Australia. A perfect complement for your Living Things science theme, geography and non-fiction literacy units and will be a popular addition to your games collection. Play as a warm up or cool down, for early finishers, small groups, informal learning and to generally motivate, engage and energise.
Animals in This Game:
Bandicoot, Barking Gecko, Bearded Dragon, Bilby, Black Swan, Brolga, Budgie, Cassowary, Cockatoo, Dingo, Echidna, Emu, Frill-neck Lizard, Galah, Goanna, Kangaroo, Koala, Kookaburra, Leafy Sea Dragon, Lyre Bird, Numbat, Pelican, Platypus, Quokka, Quoll, Ringtail Possum, Tasmanian Devil, Ulysses Butterfly, Wallaby, Wombat
Included in this resource:
30 Aussie animal cards with backing
2 sets are included one with animal names and one without, for beginning and advanced learning
Preparation:
Print print double sided and laminate for long lasting use
