Download alphabet alphabetical dictation dictate dictionary define definition

SPELLING LIST: This week’s focus: investigating words about
spelling
1. Read & Spell
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2. Copy & Spell
3. Cover & Spell
alphabet
alphabetical
dictation
dictate
dictionary
define
definition
prefix
suffix
literature
literacy
regular
irregular
homophone
phonics
fold
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Kae Douglas 2014
Day 2: WORD MEANING:
Across
a different
spelling(9)
3. often
following
the same standard
way of
doing something (7)
5. a method of teaching spelling and
reading using letter sounds (7)
7. a word part added to the end of a
word to create a different word with a
slightly different meaning (6)
10. the meaning of a word (10)
11. a word part added to the beginning of
Day 3: WORD STUDY:
a word to create a different word with a
different meaning (6)
12.Day
not standard,
different
(9)
4: EDIT
FOR SPELLING:
2
Down
1. the speaking or reading of words for a
person to write down or a machine to
record (9)
2. printed stories, poems and plays(10)
4. the letters of a written language,
given in the proper order (8)
6. the state of being able to read and
write (8)
8. a book that lists words and definitions
in alphabetical order (10)
9. a word that sounds the same as
another but has a different meaning and
often a different spelling(9)
Kae Douglas 2014
Day 3: WORD STUDY:
There are many different types of words, the main ones being
‘nouns’, ‘verbs’ and ‘adjectives’.
Write a definition for each of these words types:
Noun: __________________________________________
Verb: ___________________________________________
Adjective: _______________________________________
Put each of your spelling words into the table below according to
their word type:
Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Choose one word from each column and put it into a sentence that
makes good sense:
Noun: ______________________________________________
Verb: ______________________________________________
Adjective: __________________________________________
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Kae Douglas 2014
Day 4: EDIT FOR SPELLING:
Correct the spelling of these words:
alfabet _________________
dictacion _______________
defenision __________________
litrature _______________
iregular
homafone ______________
______________
Put a circle around the words from your spelling list that are spelled
correctly.
alphabetical/alfabeticall
dictionery/dictionary
preffix/prefix
suffix/sufix
reguler/regular
literassy/literacy
fonics/phonics
dictate/dictaite
Put the correct word into the sentences below so that they make
good sense:
The teacher had to ___________ the work to the class to write
down as there was no whiteboard to copy from. (dictate/dictation)
Words in a dictionary are in _________________ order.
(alphabet/alphabetical)
“Matilda” by Roald Dahl is a classic piece of children’s ___________
(literature/literacy)
Bear and bare are _________________. (phonics/homophones)
‘Anti-‘ is a ____________ found at the front of some words.
(suffix/prefix)
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Kae Douglas 2014