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Words ending in -ing and -ly worksheet

Words ending in -ing and -ly

Cut out the shape below. Fold along the lines and stick the flaps to make a word endings cube. Take turns to roll the dice and write down a word that ends with that spelling pattern. Compete with another player to see who can think of the most words! How many words can you think of? Write them in the table!
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Using commas in a list worksheet

Using commas in a list

Commas can be used to separate items that you are listing in a sentence. Can you turn these long lists into sentence lists? Don’t forget your commas!
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Using bullet points in lists worksheet

Using bullet points in lists

Pirate Pegleg wants to write a clear To Do list. He could use bullet points or number his list – can you help him?
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Understanding non-fiction text structure worksheet

Understanding non-fiction text structure

Look at the cover of a non-fiction book. What is the book about? Turn to the contents page. List four things you’d like to find out about. If there is a glossary, find some words you’ve not heard before.
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Understanding fiction and non-fiction texts worksheet

Understanding fiction and non-fiction texts

Read these titles and words. Cut them out and put them in two piles, one for things you think belong in a fiction book and one for non-fiction. Ask your mum or dad for help with reading the sentences if you need to.
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Their or there? worksheet

Their or there?

The two different ways of spelling this word are for two different meanings. If you’re talking about the place there it’s THERE. If it’s something belonging to someone (e.g. their house) it’s THEIR. Remember the difference by thinking there has the word 'here' in it. See if you can put the correct spelling of their/ there into these sentences.
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Story writing planning cards worksheet

Story writing planning cards

Cut out the cards below and use them to help you plan a story. What happens if you change the order of the cards? Does your story still make sense?
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Spelling patterns: igh and i_e worksheet

Spelling patterns: 'igh' and 'i_e' (Phase 5 phonics)

Read these words and use them to fill in the blanks in the sentences. We are practising spelling words with 'igh' and 'i_e'.
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Speech marks explained worksheet

Speech marks explained

Speech marks come at the beginning and end of spoken words when we write them down. Remember to include any commas, question marks or exclamation marks inside your speech marks. Have a go at putting the speech marks in the correct place in these sentences. Then write some things YOU might say. Don’t forget the speech marks!
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Sound buckets: using ir, or, ar and ur worksheet

Sound buckets: using ‘ir’, ‘or’, ‘ar’ and ‘ur’ (Phase 5 phonics)

Choose a sound from two or three of the buckets and see how many words you can make.
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Rhyming words in poetry worksheet

Rhyming words in poetry

Can you think of some words that rhyme? Write them down here then use some of them to write a little poem!
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Reading unfamiliar words using phonics worksheet

Reading unfamiliar words using phonics

These robots have such funny names! Can you read them?
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Reading and understanding non-fiction worksheet

Reading and understanding non-fiction

Choose an information book. If you don’t have many at home, see if you can borrow one from school or the library. What is the title of the book? What are you hoping to find out about? What do you already know about this subject? Read the book and write a list of things you’ve found out:
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Putting names in alphabetical order worksheet

Putting names in alphabetical order

Write the name of one of your friends or someone in your family in each box, and draw a portrait of them. Can you cut the boxes out and put portraits in alphabetical order?
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Plot and setting in texts worksheet

Plot and setting in texts

Choose a book that you know really well. Re-read the story. Can you draw and write about the book in the boxes? The setting is the collection of places where your story happens. The plot is what happens in the story. Draw one of the settings from your story and something that happens in your story.
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Ordering instructions puzzle

Ordering instructions puzzle

Write instructions for something you know how to do, putting one instruction sentence in each box. Cut out the boxes and muddle them up. See if a grown-up can put them in the right order and work out what you have instructed them to do! Here are some words you might need: first; next; then; finally; after that.
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High frequency words sentence challenge worksheet

High frequency words sentence challenge

Cut out this shape. Fold along the lines and stick down the flaps to make a cube. Roll the word die, then roll it again. Can you write a sentence with both of those high frequency words in? If you roll the same word twice, can you fit it into your sentence twice? Then write your sentences down.
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Favourite words collection worksheet

Favourite words collection

Can you think of great words or expressions to use in your writing? We’ve made some suggestions for you. What are your favourite words about your feelings? What are your favourite words to describe places? What about describing characters or actions?
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Extending vocabulary: synonyms worksheet

Extending vocabulary: synonyms

Can you think of some synonyms for these words? Synonyms are words with similar or identical meanings. You can look for synonyms in a special reference book called a thesaurus.
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Exploring story characters worksheet

Exploring story characters

Think of a character from a story that you know well (you’ll find a few suggestions here, do you recognise them?). What is your character’s name? Draw their picture! What happens to them at the start of the story? What happens to them at the end of the story?
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