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Word split: compound words puzzle

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.
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Word colouring: nouns and pronouns

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.
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Irregular past tense verbs wordsearch

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.
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Spelling patterns: the prefix cir- worksheet

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?
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Write your own homonyms crossword puzzle

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.
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Matching rhyming words worksheet

Find rhyming words

Help your child familiarise themselves with word sounds with this rhyme-matching worksheet. Read the words with them and help them find the sound pairs.
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Writing frame - letter to a friend worksheet

Writing frame - letter to a friend

An empty writing frame for children to use to write their own letter. Also prompts the use of time connectives.
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Upper and lower case letters matching game

Upper case and lower case letters matching game

A fun game involving matching capital letter and lower case letters.
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Writing summaries of news reports

Writing summaries of news reports

This worksheet encourages your child to read through news reports, picking out the important facts in order to summarise them.
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Writing a poem worksheet

Writing a poem

This worksheet encourages children to recognise rhyming words and then complete a poem using the word list given.
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Using the present and past tense worksheet

Using the present and past tense

Encourage your child to think about sentences written in the present and past tense and use some of their own.
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Working on /s/ and /sh/

Working on /s/ and /sh (Phase 3 phonics)

Need some practice identifying where to use /s/ and where to use /sh/? This is the perfect say-then-write activity for you.
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Write your own kenning worksheet

Write your own kenning

Learn all about kennings: practise using just two words words to create a highly descriptive image.
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Finding the /ee/ sound worksheet

Finding the /ee/ sound (Phase 3 phonics)

Help your child read different words and identify the /ee/ sound, then colour in the words that contain it.
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Writing a riddle worksheet

Writing a riddle

A worksheet prompting your child to use descriptive phrases and rhyming words to write a riddle about an everyday object.
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Spelling game: Little Red Riding Hood

Spelling game Little Red Riding Hood

This game actively helps your child to memorise spellings and can be adapted for their personal level.
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Breaking words into syllables worksheet

Breaking words into syllables

Use this worksheet to encourage your child to read words aloud and then break them into syllables.
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Writing descriptive sentences worksheet

Writing descriptive sentences

This worksheet encourages children to improve sentences by adding descriptive words.
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Using tricky words worksheet

Using tricky words

This worksheet helps your child to read and write some tricky high frequency words, by putting them into sentences.
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Features in a spoken advert worksheet

Features in a spoken advert

This practical worksheet encourages your child to analyse a spoken advert and then use some of the same kind of persuasive language in their own writing.
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Open and closed questions worksheet

Open and closed questions

Do you know the difference between an open and a closed question? Use both to conduct and interview and evaluate which work best!
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Identifying words that rhyme worksheet

Identifying words that rhyme (Phase 2 phonics)

Stretch your child's beginner phonics skills with this rhyming exercise. Find the words that rhyme and write them on the correct lines.
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Using question marks worksheet

Using question marks

Full stop or question mark? Help your child know when to use which one by putting the correct mark at the end of these sentences.
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Reordering sentences worksheet

Reordering sentences

Help your child understand how to create sentences by having them rewrite these so the words are in the proper order.
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Capital letters and full stops worksheet

Capital letters and full stops practice

Your child can practise working with capital letters and full stops by writing them where needed in this list of sentences.
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