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!
Improve your phonics check results with this fun and interactive Short A words quiz. The Short A letters are printed in green for easy decoding. Great practice for phonics checks!
Students Will Develop Skills in:
phonemic awareness, hearing the Short A sound in words
letter sound recognition, learning which letters spell the Short A sound
segmenting words into phonemes, also known as sounding out
recognising words
decoding the Short A sound
How to Play
Click on the word that matches the picture.
With correct answer deck will advance to next slide
Incorrect answer will be circled in red for student to retry
Students can play as many times as they wish
Cards are randomised
All pictures are from the Short A phonics story ‘Dance of the Fancy Pants Ants’ by Clever Speller.
On purchasing you will receive a PDF with a link to the product and extensive information on how to use Boom Cards. You will need a Boom account which is free to use when accessing this resource.
Boom Cards are:
interactive digital activities
engaging
self-checking, instant response
can be used over and over, questions are shuffled for a new experience each time
accessible on computers, tablets, whiteboards, any smart device
accessible from the website or an app
perfect for classroom or home learning
Instructions
Official Information from Boom Learning℠
To use Boom Cards, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards play on
modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available for
Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. For security and privacy, adults must
have a Boom Learning account to use and assign Boom Cards. You will be able to
assign the Boom Cards you are buying with “Fast Pins,” (play provides instant
feedback for self-grading Boom Cards). Fast Play is always a free way for
students to engage with Boom Cards decks.
Fun and interactive Short E words quiz. The Short E letters are printed in green for easy decoding. Great practice for phonics checks!
Students Will Develop Skills in:
phonemic awareness, hearing the Short E sound in words
letter sound recognition, learning which letters spell the Short E sound
segmenting words into phonemes, also known as sounding out
recognising words
decoding the Short E sound
How to Play:
Click on the word that matches the picture.
With correct answer deck will advance to next slide
Incorrect answer will be circled in red for student to retry.
Students can play as many times as they wish.
Cards are randomised
All word and pictures are from the original Short E phonics story ‘My Best Friend Fred’ by Clever Speller.
On purchasing you will receive a PDF with a link to the product and extensive information on how to use Boom Cards. You will need a Boom account which is free to use when accessing this resource.
Boom Cards are:
interactive digital activities
engaging
self-checking, instant response
can be used over and over, questions are shuffled for a new experience each time
accessible on computers, tablets, whiteboards, any smart device
accessible from the website or an app
perfect for classroom or home learning
Instructions
Official Information from Boom Learning℠
To use Boom Cards, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available for
Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. For security and privacy, adults must
have a Boom Learning account to use and assign Boom Cards. You will be able to
assign the Boom Cards you are buying with “Fast Pins,” (play provides instant
feedback for self-grading Boom Cards). Fast Play is always a free way for
students to engage with Boom Cards decks.
Fun and interactive Long E words quiz. The Long E letters are printed in green for easy decoding. Great practice for phonics checks!
Students Will Develop Skills in:
phonemic awareness, hearing the Long E sound in words
letter sound recognition, learning which letters spell the Long E sound
segmenting words into phonemes, also known as sounding out
recognising words
decoding the Long E sound
How to Play
Click on the word that matches the picture.
With correct answer deck will advance to next slide
Incorrect answer will be circled in red for student to retry
Students can play as many times as they wish
Cards are randomised
All pictures are from the Long E phonics story Three Free Wishes by Clever Speller.
On purchasing you will receive a PDF with a link to the product and extensive information on how to use Boom Cards. You will need a Boom account which is free to use when accessing this resource.
Boom Cards are:
interactive digital activities
engaging
self-checking, instant response
can be used over and over, questions are shuffled for a new experience each time
accessible on computers, tablets, whiteboards, any smart device
accessible from the website or an app
perfect for classroom or home learning
Instructions
Official Information from Boom Learning℠
To use Boom Cards, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards play on
modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available for
Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. For security and privacy, adults must
have a Boom Learning account to use and assign Boom Cards. You will be able to
assign the Boom Cards you are buying with “Fast Pins,” (play provides instant
feedback for self-grading Boom Cards). Fast Play is always a free way for
students to engage with Boom Cards decks.
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’.
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 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’.
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’.
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.
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’.
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
These charts combine phonics with whole language to show the different ways that long vowel sounds can be spelled in words. Use them as wall displays, desktop placemats or general teaching resources. All images are from Clever Speller Phonics Picture Books stories full of focus sound words showing how sounds in words are spelled in many ways. Clever Speller is a story based learning approach to bring spelling alive and make learning to spell connected and meaningful.
Did you know there are at least 12 ways to spell the Long U sound in words! These 34 activities focus on 4 well known ways, (ew, u, ue and u_e), with extension activities for 8 unusual ways to spell Long U, (eau, eu, ewe, iew, queue, ui, uu and you). The activities are based on the included purpose written phonics story ‘Ewes in the Queue’, full of words showing different ways the Long U sound can be spelled in words.
No prep printable worksheets ready for your word work, literacy centres, morning routines, spelling program, ESL, revision or homework. Differentiated word lists based on the included phonics story cater to a range of ability from Kindergarten to Year 3. Your students will easily learn to hear sounds in words and know all the ways to spell them. Our story based learning approach provides context and meaning to engage students and make spelling time a happy time.
These Activities Will Help Students to Develop Skills in:
Understanding that sounds are represented by various letter combinations
Using sound letter knowledge to read familiar and unfamiliar words
Using words in everyday writing to show comprehension and context
Applying letter sound knowledge to spell familiar and unfamiliar words
Making new words by changing the first letter or letters
Building vocabulary
Recognising rhyme
Recognising and understanding homophones
What is Included
22 Long U Word Family Activities
Finding Long U: find the list words in the story
Meaningful Words: write the meaning of the list words in the story context
Writing Long U: combine list words to create a short story or paragraph
More Long U Words: find more words with the same Long U grapheme
Rhyming Long U: highlight words with the same end sound
Onset: change the first letter or letters to make new words, answers included
7 Long U Activities
Homophones, Homographs and Heteronyms: write meanings and sentences
Find All the Words: underline all the words in the story with a Long U sound
Missing Letters: fill in the missing Long U letters for each word
Choose the Letters: fill in the missing Long U letters in a story context
Word Family Sorting: sorting words into word families
4 Sight Words Activities
Sight Words Sorting: sorting sight words into word families and analysis
Sight Words Matching: cloze activity with sight words
Sight Words Practice: check lists sorted according to Long U word family
More Ways to Spell Long U
8 More Ways to Spell Long U: Vocabulary Challenge
12 Ways to Spell Long U: Words and Picture Chart
4 Teacher Resources
Long U Story: Ewes in the Queue, 2 versions one with all black text and one with Long U words printed in green
Story Word List, 37 Long O Words
Spelling Group Lists: 5 lists
ew, u, ue and u_e
8 Unusual ways
Chart: Ways to Spell Long U
About Clever Speller
Matching word and picture activities to easily learn many ways to spell the Long A sound in words. 6 Printable activities plus 2 copies of the phonics story are included. All words and pictured are from the original Long A phonics story ‘Baby Jake’s Birthday’. Focus sound letters are printed in green to help students decode the Long A sound in words.
Worksheets contain 7 Long E graphemes
a, ai, ay, a_e, ea, ei, eigh
Phonics Story ‘Three Free Wishes’ contains 9 Long E graphemes, 7 included in the worksheets plus 3 extra:
e_e and ey
How to Use
Use for spelling lessons, word-work, homework, practice, literacy centers
Print individual student worksheets or laminate for long lasting use.
Print in colour or black and white.
Clever Speller combines Phonics with Whole Language to help make sense of crazy English spelling and easily learn that sounds in words can be spelled in many ways.
Note: there are 2 versions of the stories and 2 of the worksheets to accommodate both US and UK/Australian spellings of the words favourite/favourite, labelling/labelling and neighbour/neighbour
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!)
Fun and interactive Long O words quiz. The Long O letters are printed in green for easy decoding. Great practice for phonics checks!
Students Will Develop Skills in:
phonemic awareness, hearing the Long O sound in words
letter sound recognition, learning which letters spell the Long O sound
segmenting words into phonemes, also known as sounding out
recognising words
decoding the Long O sound
How to Play:
Click on the word that matches the picture.
With correct answer deck will advance to next slide
Incorrect answer will be circled in red for student to retry.
Students can play as many times as they wish.
Cards are randomised
All word and pictures are from the original Long O phonics story ‘Joanna Goanna’ by Clever Speller.
On purchasing you will receive a PDF with a link to the product and extensive information on how to use Boom Cards. You will need a Boom account which is free to use when accessing this resource.
Boom Cards are:
interactive digital activities
engaging
self-checking, instant response
can be used over and over, questions are shuffled for a new experience each time
accessible on computers, tablets, whiteboards, any smart device
accessible from the website or an app
perfect for classroom or home learning
Instructions
Official Information from Boom Learning℠
To use Boom Cards, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available for
Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. For security and privacy, adults must
have a Boom Learning account to use and assign Boom Cards. You will be able to
assign the Boom Cards you are buying with “Fast Pins,” (play provides instant
feedback for self-grading Boom Cards). Fast Play is always a free way for
students to engage with Boom Cards decks.
Fun and easy Long I Boom Cards quiz to match simple Long I words to the picture. The Long I letters are printed in green for easy decoding. Great practice for phonics checks! All pictures are from the Long I phonics story ‘Diamonds in the Sky’ by Clever Speller.
Students Will Develop Skills in:
phonemic awareness, hearing the Long I sound in words
letter sound recognition, learning which letters spell the Long I sound
segmenting words into phonemes, also known as sounding out
recognising words
decoding the Long I sound
How to Play
Click on the word that matches the picture.
With correct answer deck will advance to next slide
Incorrect answer will be circled in red for student to retry
Students can play as many times as they wish
Cards are randomised
On purchasing you will receive a PDF with a link to the product and extensive information on how to use Boom Cards. You will need a Boom account which is free to use when accessing this resource.
Boom Cards are:
interactive digital activities
engaging
self-checking, instant response
can be used over and over, questions are shuffled for a new experience each time
accessible on computers, tablets, whiteboards, any smart device
accessible from the website or an app
perfect for classroom or home learning
Instructions
Official Information from Boom Learning℠
To use Boom Cards, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards play on
modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available for
Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. For security and privacy, adults must
have a Boom Learning account to use and assign Boom Cards. You will be able to
assign the Boom Cards you are buying with “Fast Pins,” (play provides instant
feedback for self-grading Boom Cards). Fast Play is always a free way for
students to engage with Boom Cards decks.
Fun and interactive Long U words quiz. The Long U letters are printed in green for easy decoding. Great practice for phonics checks!
Students Will Develop Skills in:
– phonemic awareness, hearing the Long U sound in words
– letter sound recognition, learning which letters spell the Long U sound
– segmenting words into phonemes, also known as sounding out
– recognising words
– decoding the Long U sound
How to Play
– Click on the word that matches the picture.
– With correct answer deck will advance to next slide
– Incorrect answer will be circled in red for student to retry
– Students can play as many times as they wish
– Cards are randomised
– All pictures are from the Long U phonics story ‘Ewes in the Queue’ by Clever Speller.
On purchasing you will receive a PDF with a link to the product and extensive information on how to use Boom Cards. You will need a Boom account which is free to use when accessing this resource.
Boom Cards are:
– interactive digital activities
– engaging
– self-checking, instant response
– can be used over and over, questions are shuffled for a new experience each time
– accessible on computers, tablets, whiteboards, any smart device
– accessible from the website or an app
– perfect for classroom or home learning
Instructions
Official Information from Boom Learning℠
To use Boom Cards, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards play on
modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available for
Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. For security and privacy, adults must
have a Boom Learning account to use and assign Boom Cards. You will be able to
assign the Boom Cards you are buying with “Fast Pins,” (play provides instant
feedback for self-grading Boom Cards). Fast Play is always a free way for
students to engage with Boom Cards decks.
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
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’.