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Spelling patterns: words ending -ve
All these words end in -ve (not many English words end in -v without an ‘e’!). Some of them have a long vowel sound (like ‘five’) and some of them have a short vowel sound (like ‘give’). Can you sort them into words with short vowels and words with long vowels?
Spelling patterns: words ending -y wordsearch
Can you find all the words in this wordsearch that end in -y?
Spelling patterns: words ending in -il
All of these words end in -il but the letters have been jumbled up. Can you unjumble them to make the correct words?
Spelling patterns: words starting co- or re-
The prefix re- means again and the prefix co- means with. Have a look at these words and decide which one would fit best in the sentence gaps below.
Words containing ‘y’ making different sounds
Read these words and say them out loud. The ‘y’ in the words makes three different sounds: /i/ as in cygnet, /igh/ as in high, /y/ as in yellow. Can you group them into the three sound columns below?
Words containing the /ar/ sound
All of these words are missing the letters ‘ar’ in the middle. Add them in and read the words out loud. Write each word again three times so that you learn the spelling.
Writing compound words
A compound word is a word that is made up of two smaller words, for example: play + ground = playground. These compound words have been cut in half and jumbled around. Can you cut these words out and match up each purple half with the correct green half?
Writing two-syllable words
All of these words have two syllables. Syllables are like ‘beats’. Clap out the syllables as you say each of these words, then write the separate syllables in the two boxes on the right.
Spelling patterns: ‘ei’ and ‘eigh’ and ‘ey’ representing the /ai/ sound
All these words include the same sound (/ai/) but it is represented by ‘ei’,‘eigh’ or ‘ey’. Underline the groups of letters making the /ai/ sound in each word, then cut the words out and put them in the correct column. Once you think you know the words, ask someone to dictate these sentences to you. Write them down and then check to see if you got the spellings right.
24-hour clock: time intervals
Look at these clocks. Write the 12-hour time (including am or pm) underneath each one. How much time has passed between the clocks?