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.

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.

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

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’.

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’.

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’.

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’.

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’.

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’.

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’.

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’.

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.

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

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.