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Word split: compound words
A mix and match puzzle created by teachers, using compound words, to support primary school literacy and demonstrate examples of compound words.
Word colouring: nouns and pronouns
Colour the squares with nouns in green. Colour the squares with pronouns in brown. Leave the blank squares empty, then work out what the picture is.
Irregular past tense verbs wordsearch
A fun and free activity created by an experienced teacher with the aim of teaching KS2 children about irregular past tense verbs. Each of the sentences on the worksheet includes an incorrect past-tense verb. Circle the incorrect verb and then find the correct form of the verb in the wordsearch.
Spelling patterns: the prefix cir-
Can you complete this mini-wordsearch? All the words you need start with the prefix circ- and are below. What do you think circ- means?
Write your own homonyms crossword puzzle
Homonyms are pairs of words that are spelled and pronounced the same way, but have different meanings. Look at these words. Can you work out the two different meanings?
If not, look them up in the dictionary. On the next page you’ll need to create TWO crossword puzzles where the homonyms are the answers. Each word will need two different clues, one for each meaning.
If not, look them up in the dictionary. On the next page you’ll need to create TWO crossword puzzles where the homonyms are the answers. Each word will need two different clues, one for each meaning.
Extending simple sentences
A list of simple sentences which children need to extend in order to turn them into complex sentences.
Establishing time and place
Children need to look at two diary entries and then comment on the features that give clues as to the period in which the diary was written.
Punctuation: commas and semi-colons
A list of sentences for children to check in terms of the position of commas and semi-colons. They then need to correct any they think are wrong.
Alphabetical order
Encourage your child to put these words with tricky spellings into alphabetical order.
Writing haiku poems
A sheet encouraging children to choose a theme and then write three haikus that share this theme.
Word choice
Children are given a list of sentences with one word missing; they are then prompted to choose a word from the list given to improve the sentence.
Structuring a haiku
Children are encouraged to read these haikus and then think about the way haikus are structured.
Using unstressed vowel words
Your child needs to read the incomplete sentences and then choose a word from the list at the bottom to complete it. Each word in the list contains an unstressed vowel.
Using question marks, commas and exclamation marks
Worksheet prompting your child to write three sentences with a question mark, three with an exclamation mark and three with a comma.
Unstressed vowel words
Words with unstressed vowels and their definitions have been jumbled up. Children need to cut them up and then match the right ones together.
Suffixes
This worksheet includes words with suffixes which have been divided into two halves. Children need to cut these cards up and then arrange them back into whole words.
Spot the unstressed vowel words
A passage of text containing words that have unstressed vowels. Children need to read through and underline any of these words they can find.
Spelling unstressed vowel words
A list of words that contain unstressed vowels. Children are asked to identify the vowel that is not heard clearly when the word is spoken.
Punctuation practice
A list of sentences with no punctuation, which children need to re-write inserting the correct punctuation.
Punctuating correctly
Sentences to cut up and then sort into two piles: 'correctly punctuated' and 'incorrectly punctuated'.
Punctuating a paragraph
Children are asked to read an unpunctuated passage and rewrite it with the correct punctuation.
Spelling patterns: The prefix con-
Words with the prefix con- and their definitions have been muddled up. Encourage your child to read them and then draw lines matching them up.
Perspective in writing
A passage of text that includes the perspective of three characters; children need to answer questions prompting them to think about the different points of view.
Spelling patterns: numerical prefixes
Cards for children to cut out and re-arrange so that they have made various words with numerical prefixes.
Illustrating a text
Children need to read a paragraph of text and then use the imagery in it to guide them to draw a picture of what is described.