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SPaG Year 6 Word Grammar: Formal and informal vocabulary
A powerpoint lesson and worksheet to teach the difference between vocabulary typical of informal speech and vocabulary appropriate for formal speech and writing.
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SPaG Year 5 Terminology powerpoint
Explains the terminology specified in Y5: modal verb, relative pronoun, relative clause, parenthesis, cohesion and ambiguity.
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SPaG Year 5 Punctuation: Parenthesis (brackets, dashes, commas) and commas to clarify meaning
This pack contains 2 powerpoint lessons:
Parenthesis: How brackets, dashes or commas can be used to indicate parenthesis.
Commas: Gives examples of what can happen if commas are omitted, and how they are important to the intended meaning.
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SPaG Year 5 Sentence Grammar: Relative clauses beginning with who, which, etc
A set of Y5 resources to teach about relative clauses beginning with who, which, where, when, whose, that, or an omitted relative pronoun
POWERPOINTS:
Relative clauses - pronouns who which that
Relative clauses with pronoun whose
Relative clauses with when and where
PRINTABLE FILES (PDF):
Relative clauses worksheet who which that
Relative clauses worksheet whose
Relative clauses worksheet when & where
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SPaG Year 5 Sentence Grammar: Degrees of possibility using adverbs or modal verbs
A powerpoint teaching about how to indicate degrees of possibility using adverbs or modal verbs might, should, will, must.
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SPaG Year 5 Word Grammar: Verb prefixes
A set of powerpoints and activities to teach verb prefixes such as dis-, de-, mis-, over- and re-, with a recap of previously learnt prefixes.
POWERPOINTS:
Prefixes un- dis- and mis-: Looks at the 3 prefixes; how they change the meanings of words; and words they can be added to.
Changing words into negatives with prefixes: un, de, anti, dis and il
Prefix meanings: 9 prefixes and their meanings
Prefixes dis, de, mis, over, re and pre: Looks at each prefix and words containing them individually, so one can be taught per session.
PRINTABLE FILES (PDF):
Prefix list and meanings
Prefix word list dis de mis over & re (word file)
Wordsearch x 6 (un-, dis-, de-, mis-, pre- and re-)
Change the paragraph to the opposite meaning using prefixes worksheet
Definitions worksheets x 4
Definitions matching cards
Extension work - more prefixes x 3 worksheets
Negatives
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SPaG Year 5 & 6 Spelling: Word list resouces
A set of resources to teach the spellings of words in the years 5 and 6 word list.
INTRODUCTORY POWERPOINTS
All about words: Introduces the history of the English spelling system and why some words are difficult to spell.
Spelling strategies: Looks at different ways to learn spellings for children to use.
12 SPELLING POWERPOINTS:
The words are organised into 12 different categories, according to how they are spelt. Each category contains between 7 and 9 words so that they can also be used for spelling tests.
Each category contains a PowerPoint with a page for each word and a range of strategies to help remember the spelling of each. The strategies include:
Looking at the history of the word
Looking at words in the same word family
Looking at spelling rules
Looking at root words and affixes
Using speak and spell
Highlighting unusual spelling
Mnemonics
Looking at words within the word
Looking at words with similar spelling patterns
The categories are as follows:
Words with doubles c and m
Words with doubles g, l and p
Words with doubles r, s and t
IE words
Words containing u
Words with affixes 1
Words with affixes 2
Words with unsounded vowels 1
Words with unsounded vowels 2
Words with unsounded vowels 3
Words with unusual Grapheme-Phoneme Correspondence 1
Words with unusual Grapheme-Phoneme Correspondence 2
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SPaG Year 5 & 6 Spelling: Homophones and other confusing words
Resources to teach the guidelines for spelling homophones and other words that are often confused.
POWERPOINTS
Each Powerpoint gives definitions/explanations of each homophone, then ends with an activity for the children to work out which homophone is appropriate in different sentences.
Homophones - nouns and verbs: advice advise, device devise, licence license and practice practise.
Homophones 1: aisle isle, aloud allowed, affect effect, altar alter, ascent assent, bridal, bridle, cereal serial, complement compliment
Homophones 2: descent dissent, desert dessert, draft draught, farther father, guessed guest, heard herd, led, lead morning, mourning
Homophones 3: past passed, precede proceed, principal principle, profit prophet, stationary stationery, steal steel, wary weary, who's whose
PDF (PRINTABLE) RESOURCES:
Look Write Cover Check x 7: For spelling practice, containing the words in the above PowerPoints
Worksheets x 7: To write definitions of the homophones and think of ways to remember how to spell them.
Definition and word cards x 3: Three sets of homophones and corresponding definitions for matching games etc.
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SPaG Year 5 & 6 Spelling: Words with silent letters
A pack of resources to teach about words containing silent letters.
POWERPOINTS
Words with silent letter k
Words with silent letter g
Words with silent letter w
Words with silent letter b
Words with silent letter c
Words with silent letter d
Words with silent letter n
Words with silent letter t
Words with other silent letters
Words with silent letter and unusual letter patterns
PDF (PRINTABLE) RESOURCES
Look Write Cover Check x 10: For spelling practice (Each one matches the words contained in each PowerPoint)
Silent letters k g and w worksheet: Words to sort into which silent letter they contain
Words with silent letter b worksheet: Jumbled words to rearrange then write a sentence.
Words with silent letter c worksheet: Jumbled words to rearrange then write a sentence.
Words with silent letters d and n worksheet: Jumbled words to rearrange then write a sentence.
Words with silent letter t worksheet: Jumbled words to rearrange then write a sentence.
Words with silent letters missing: To fill in then write a sentence.
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SPaG Year 5 & 6 Spelling: Words containing the letter-string ough
A set of resources ( 1 powerpoint lesson, 6 printable files) to teach about the many different words with the ough spelling.
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SPaG Year 5 & 6 Spelling: Words with the /i:/ sound spelt ei after c
A powerpoint lesson plus the following pdf files to teach the children how the i before e except after c rule applies to words where the sound spelt by ei is /i:/,plus the exceptions to the rule.
Pdf files:
Look Write Cover Check x 2: For spelling practice
ei and ie words worksheet: A passage to read and write down ei and ie words
ei words writing practice: List of ei words to identify and spell
Strategies for remembering how to spell ei words worksheet: Looks at the different spelling strategies children can use
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SPaG Year 5 & 6 Spelling: Use of the hyphen
A powerpoint lesson and a jigsaw activity to teach the spelling guidelines:
Hyphens can be used to join a prefix to a root word, especially if the prefix ends in a vowel letter and the root word also begins with one.
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SPaG Year 5 & 6 Spelling: Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in –fer
Resources to teach the spelling guidelines for adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in fer
POWERPOINT
Adding vowel suffixes to words ending fer: Explains the rule then gives the children opportunity to write the words applying the spelling rule.
PDF (PRINTABLE) RESOURCES
Complete the fer matrix worksheet
Word list
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SPaG Year 5 & 6 Spelling: Word endings able, ably, ible and ibly
A pack of resources to teach the spelling guidelines for Words ending in able, ably,ible and ibly
POWERPOINTS
able word endings
ible word endings
PDF (PRINTABLE) RESOURCES
Look Write Cover Check able ably words
Look Write Cover Check ible ibly words
Word cards - able endings
Word cards - ible endings
Wordsearch - able and ible words
Word endings ible or able worksheet x 2
Word lists
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SPaG Year 5 & 6 Spelling: Words ending in –ant, –ance/–ancy & –ent, –ence/–ency
A pack of 4 powerpoint lessons and 10 printable activities to teach the guidelines for spelling these types of words.
ENT ENCE ENCY ENDINGS
POWERPOINTS
1 Explains that ent is used after soft c g and qu, giving examples of each of these type of words. It ends with an activity that shows a word, then it can be hidden so the children can write it, then shown so the children can check the spelling.
2 Explains how you can think of related words to gauge whether to use an e for these types of endings, for example confidential:confident. It ends with the same spelling activity. Includes words other than those preceded by soft c g or qu
PDF WORKSHEETS
Look Write Cover Check ent words (soft c g and qu): For spelling practice
Look Write Cover Check ent words: For spelling practice
Look Write Cover Check ence ency words: For spelling practice
Word search
Worksheet: Adding the endings ent ence and ency to different words then writing them in a sentence
ANT ANCE ANCY ENDINGS
POWERPOINTS
3 Explains how you can think of related words to gauge whether to use an a for these types of endings, for example consultation: consultant. It ends with a spelling activity.
4 Looks at words that need to be memorised to learn which spelling to use: Ends with a spelling activity.
PDF WORKSHEETS
Look Write Cover Check ant words (related ation words): For spelling practice
Look Write Cover Check ance and ancy endings: For spelling practice
Look Write Cover Check ant words: For spelling practice
Word search
Worksheet: Adding the endings ant ance and ancy to different words then writing them in a sentence
Plus a word list for both spellings
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SPaG Year 5 & 6 Spelling: Endings which sound like /ʃəl/ usually spelt -cial or -tial
The powerpoint lesson explains that cial is common after a vowel letter and tial after a consonant letter and gives examples of the exceptions. It ends with a spelling activity
PDF (PRINTABLE) RESOURCES:
LWCC cial words: For spelling practice
LWCC tial words: For spelling practice
Word endings cial or tial worksheets x 2
Wordsearch cial and tial word endings
Word list
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SPaG Year 5 & 6 Spelling: Word endings that sound like /ʃəs/ spelt –cious or –tious
Resources to teach the spelling guidelines for endings which sound like /ʃəs/ spelt cious or tious
POWERPOINTS:
Shus endings spelt cious: Powerpoint explaining the rules If the root word ends in –ce, the /ʃ/ sound is usually spelt as c. It ends with a look, write cover check interactive activity.
Shus endings spelt tious: Explains the guideline If you can think of a noun from the same root word that ends in –tion, then the /ʃ/ (sh) sound is usually spelt as t. It ends with a look, write cover check interactive activity.
PDF (PRINTABLE) RESOURCES:
Look Write Cover Check cious words: For spelling practice
Anagrams ending cious worksheet
Look Write Cover Check tious words: For spelling practice
Anagrams ending cious worksheet
cious and tious wordsearch
Word list
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SPaG Year 4 Terminology powerpoint
A powerpoint explaining the terminology for pupils in Y4 - determiner,pronoun, possesive pronoun and adverbial.
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SPaG Year 4 Punctuation: Apostrophes to mark plural possession lesson, activity and display
A powerpoint lesson and worksheet to explain who apostrophes mark plural possession.
POWERPOINT:
Possessive apostrophes with plural words: Explains what they are and how they are used. Ends with an activity to rewrite phrases using possessive apostrophes.
PDF ACTIVITY:
Possessive apostrophes with plural words: Similar activity to the PowerPoint above.
DISPLAY
Plural possessive apostrophes posters
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SPaG Year 4 Punctuation: Inverted commas and other punctuation for direct speech
The powerpoint looks at the different forms of punctuation to use when writing direct speech. Shows different ways of recording direct speech, eg, direct speech first then the narrative/ narrative first then the direct speech etc. It ends with images and speech bubbles for the children to record direct speech using the correct formats.
The display posters give prompts to help the children remember how to write direct speech.