Master the dictionary, collect the most books and race to victory in this 2-6 player board game. Dictionary Conqueror has been designed to students the practice needed to be competent dictionary users. In this game, they are challenged to locate words, give dictionary definitions and use the words correctly in sentences. Special race cards give students the chance to be the first to find a word, earning them extra points. Words have been chosen to expand their vocabularies as well as improving their dictionary skills. For an added level of difficulty, Dictionary Conqueror can be played against the clock. Level 1 – Players are given two words and they must say which would come first in the dictionary (frog/egg, hat/hello) Level 2 – Players find simple words in the dictionary (apple, happy, bird) Level 3 – Players find more difficult words in the dictionary (carpet, tulip, sword) Level 4 – Players find tricky words in the dictionary and put them into sentences to expand their vocabularies (haggard, proprietor, cower) Contains 44 pages.

A great resource for encouraging children to use a range of thinking skills. These cards can be used with or without real hats and can be applied to any text. They are particularly useful for KS2.

Match the prefix and root word cards. Includes an accompanying prefixes poster. Suitable for KS2.

Challenge pupils to create a sentence containing the adverb on their card. Includes an accompanying adverbs poster.

Synonym Happy Families encourages children to up-level the words they use in their writing by thinking of better alternatives. This game, which focuses on emotions, includes an easier version and the standard game that has been designed to increase pupils’ vocabulary. The aim of the game is to collect sets of emotion families. For example, the Happy family. In order to do so pupils must firstly identify the family and then collect the relevant cards from their opponents. Answer cards are included so the children can check their own sets during the game.

Parts of speech word searches for: Spring Summer Autumn/Fall (separate versions) Winter Easter Halloween Thanksgiving Christmas Each theme contains two word searches. Word search 1 (easier) asks the children to find nouns. Word search 2 (harder) asks them to find nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs, and to categorise them correctly. Each word search comes with an answer key showing the correct words and their locations in the grid. This is a fun way for children to revise their parts of speech.

Send your pupils on a book journey using this author themed tube map and booklet of activities. Download and print. Suitable for Year 6+.

This resource can be used at the start of the year as a quick revision of the four different sentence types. Towards the end of the year use it to consolidate the year’s teaching.

Short starter questions to get your class thinking about nouns. This PowerPoint has a built in timer.