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Writing a book review in KS2 template

Writing a book review in KS2

Use this template to write your book review. What was the book about? Share a few plot details. Who was your favourite character and why? Which was your favourite bit of the book and why? How many stars do you think the book should get?

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KS2 high-frequency words flashcards

KS2 high frequency words flashcards

After learning to read and spell the most common words in Reception and KS1, your child will move on to a longer list of common words including 'brought' and 'thought'. Support their learning at home with our KS2 high frequency words practice flashcards.

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Identifying silent letters worksheet

Identifying silent letters

All of these words contain a silent letter. This means that the sound of that letter is not made when the word is spoken. Cut out the words above. Can you arrange them into the correct lists below and stick them down?

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Polysyllabic words jigsaw puzzle

Polysyllabic words jigsaw puzzle (Phase 4 phonics)

Can you fit these polysyllabic jigsaw puzzle pieces together to make words?

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Phonics sentences art worksheet

Phonics sentences art (Phase 2 phonics)

Read each of these sentences and then draw a picture that describes what the sentence says.

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Phonics dominoes

Phonics dominoes (Phase 2 phonics)

Play dominoes with these Phase 2 phonics cards. The winner is the first player to put all their cards down on the table

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Phonics Connect 4: sp, pl and st

Phonics Connect 4: sp, pl and st (Phase 4 phonics)

This game is a bit like Connect 4, but with words using the adjacent consonants sp pl st.

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Phase 5 phonics tricky words practice worksheet

Phase 5 phonics tricky words practice (Phase 5 phonics)

First read these tricky words then read the following paragraph. Can you highlight all the new tricky words and then answer the questions below?

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Phase 4 phonics tricky words practice worksheet

Phase 4 phonics tricky words practice (Phase 4 phonics)

Cut them out these tricky Phase 4 phonics words and ask your child to read them out. See which ones they do know straight away and separate the ones that they don’t know. Then think of a sentence with one or more of these words and ask your child to find the tricky word that you emphasised.

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Phase 4 phonics Connect 4 game

Phase 4 phonics Connect 4 (Phase 4 phonics)

This game is a bit like Connect 4, but with words. All the words in this game include the adjacent consonants nt and lt.

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Phase 3 phonics tricky words practice worksheet

Phase 3 phonics tricky words practice (Phase 3 phonics)

Tricky words are ones that your child can’t sound out with their phonics knowledge but need to be learned and remembered. Here are some ideas to help your child learn tricky words.

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Phase 2 phonics tricky words practice worksheet

Phase 2 phonics tricky words practice (Phase 2 phonics)

These are sight words that should not be sounded out before reading but just need to be memorised. Read the word out loud, then trace the word and finally try writing the word.

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Phase 2 phonics bingo game

Phase 2 phonics bingo (Phase 2 phonics)

Cut out these word cards and play bingo with your child. Sometimes you can be the bingo caller and sometimes they should take a turn.

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Decoding graphemes: ‘ow’, ‘y’ and ‘i’ worksheet

Decoding graphemes: ‘ow’, ‘y’ and ‘i’ (Phase 5 phonics)

In these sentences there are examples of different pronunciations of the same grapheme. Using different-colour pencils, read the sentence and highlight the different ones.

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Yes or no? Reading ‘ear’ words worksheet

Yes or no? Reading ‘ear’ words (Phase 5 phonics)

Read these questions and underline any ‘ear’ words you can hear. Then answer the questions by colouring yes or no.

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Spelling the /or/ sound: ‘ore’ worksheet

Spelling the /or/ sound: ‘ore’ (Phase 5 phonics)

Can you add ‘ore’ to the end of these sounds in balloons? The read the word. If it is a real word, draw a balloon string to the girl’s hand; if it’s a nonsense word draw a string to the clown’s hand.

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Reading split digraph ‘e_e’ words worksheet

Reading split digraph 'e_e' words (Phase 5 phonics)

Can you spot the /ee/ sound, spelled e_e, in these words? Look carefully and colour in the letters e_e.

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Reading and drawing the /er/ sound worksheet

Reading and drawing the /er/ sound (Phase 5 phonics)

Read these /er/ words. Can you draw a picture for each one?

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First 100 high-frequency words

First 100 high-frequency words list

Children learn to read and spell high-frequency words, the most common words in English-language texts, throughout primary school. Download a list of the first 100 high-frequency words to use for at-home spelling practice and revision.

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Spelling patterns crossword: words containing 'sc' pronounced /s/

Spelling patterns: words containing 'sc' pronounced /s/

Can you use these words words containing 'sc' pronounced /s/ to complete this crossword?

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Choose oa, oe or ow worksheet

Choose 'oa', 'oe' or 'ow' (Phase 5 phonics)

All these words have the /oa/ sound in them, but some are spelled with the digraph 'oa', others with 'oe' or 'ow' or 'o_e'. Can you cut out the words and stick them into the right columns in the table?

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Choose ai, ay or a_e worksheet

Choose 'ai', 'ay' or 'a_e' (Phase 5 phonics)

All of these words have the same /ai/ sound in them, but some are spelled with the digraph 'ai', others with 'ay' or the split digraph 'a_e'. Can you cut out the words and stick them into the right columns in the table?

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Square words wordsearch

Square words wordsearch

Can you find all these Goldilocks-themed words in the wordsearch?

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