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Spelling Strategies for Thinkers
Spelling Cards Collated and Designed by Jennifer Moyle and Lyn Catchpole
Spelling Strategies for Thinkers
Word Grouping
Parts of Speech
Get a friend to do this activity too, with their words. Write all
of your words on coloured card, cut them out and put them into
groups. You can group them by how many letters they have, the
kinds of words they are (nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc.), or how
many sounds or syllables they have. Get your friend to try and
work out how you have grouped them, while you try and work
out how they’ve grouped theirs.
Sort all of your spelling words into a ‘parts of
speech’ table.
Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
Other...
elephant
refused
beautiful
lightly
between
linoleum
basking
magenta
happily
neighbour
destroyed
Challenge!
patiently
Use as many of the words from your list
as you can to construct a complex sentence.
Remember a complex sentence contains one
independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
Challenge!
Be creative and think of a different way
of grouping the words—put your green thinking hat
on and think outside the box!
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Underline the independent clause in your sentence.
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For example: The beautiful elephant with the magenta hat
invited her neighbour to a party, but she refused to go.
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Meaningful Sentences
Choose 5 of your spelling words and put
them into a simple sentence. Underline
your spelling words or write them in a
different colour. Remember a capital
letter at beginning of the sentence and a
full stop, question mark or exclamation
mark at the end. Circle the subject and
underline the verb of your sentence.
Synonyms
Select up to 5 of the list words that are either adjectives
(describing words) or verbs (doing words) and write as many
synonyms (words that have a similar meaning to) for each as you
can. Use a thesaurus to help you (www.thesaurus.com/ is great
for this!).
e.g.
delicious
tasty, tasty, delectable,
appetizing, scrumptious,
luscious, divine,
enjoyable, nice.
The big fat chicken laid a gargantuan square egg!
I love to debate issues with my friends.
We had fish and chips for tea.
Challenge!
The children played with the majestic dragon.
From the ceiling hung the crystal chandelier.
Challenges!
* Can you put two or more of your words together in just one
sentence?
* Can you construct compound sentences using FANBOYS and
find the subject and verbs in both independent clauses?
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How Many Synonyms Can You Find For One Word?
Synonym Genius: More than 20
Synonym Legend: 16 - 19
Synonym Master: 11 - 15
Synonym Magician: 6 - 10
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Spelling Strategies for Thinkers
Spelling Cards Collated and Designed by Jennifer Moyle and Lyn Catchpole
Spelling Strategies for Thinkers
Squidgy Spelling
Pattern Trains
Spread some shaving cream onto a smooth surface, or
flatten and smooth out some sand in a sand pit. Write
your spelling word into it, check the spelling and then
wipe it smooth again. Spell 15 of your words.
Choose 5 list words and write a list of
other words that share a common
feature or pattern. You could choose letter, sound or
shape patterns. Read your pattern trains out aloud.
e.g.
lunch
Sound pattern: ch – lunch, church, cheddar, chunky, cheese,
chicken, choose, chuck, kitchen, hutch, much, touch, grouch...
Rhyming pattern: lunch, bunch, hunch, punch, brunch,
munch, crunch.
Words that begin and end with l and h:
lunch, leach, latch, loofah, lush.
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Alphabet Soup
Consonants + Vowels
List all of your spelling words in alphabetic order.
If a consonant equals 10, and a vowel equals 5, how
much are all of your spelling words worth? Which word
is worth the most, and which one is worth the least?
almond,
boysenberry,
caramel,
cereal,
cinnamon,
combination,
crumble,
mandarin,
nectarine,
orange,
tangerine,
watermelon.
Challenge!
Pattern Genius: More than 20
Pattern Legend: 17 - 19
Pattern Master: 14 - 16
Pattern Magician: 10 - 13
moose = 10 + 5 + 5 + 10 + 5 = 35
panda = 10 + 5 + 10 + 10 + 5 = 40
wombat = 10 + 5 + 10 + 10 + 5 + 10 = 50
kangaroo = 10 + 5 + 10 + 10 + 5 + 10 + 5 + 5 = 60
crocodile = 10 + 10 + 5 + 10 + 5 + 10 + 5 + 10 + 5 = 70
I can’t believe I am worth
less than a wombat!
Once you have finished
give them to your
partner to check.
Can you list all of your words in alphabetic
order using the 2nd letter of each word?
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Spelling Strategies for Thinkers
Create Your
Own Activity!
Get your creative juices flowing with this spelling activity!
Think of an activity you already like and apply Tony Ryan’s BAR
Thinkers Key—this will help your brain to invent something new.
Below is a BAR of Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check.
B
Bigger
Write the words with an oversized writing implement
like a crayon, paintbrush or feathered ink pen.
A
Add
Do this activity with a partner.
R
Replace
Sneak a Peek for Look, Sing for Say, Shield for Cover,
Scribe for Write and Celebrate Success for Check.
New invented spelling activity:
Sneaky Peek, Sing, Shield, Scribe, Celebrate Success!
Challenge!
When you have invented and trialled your new
activity, create a poster for your class explaining how the
activity can be used to learn new spelling words. Ask your
teacher to find a prominent place on the wall so that everyone
can read it.
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