ACELA1512
Understand the use of vocabulary to express greater precision of meaning, and know that words can have different meanings in different contexts
Elaborations
- moving from general, ‘all-purpose’ words, for example ‘cut’, to more specific words, for example ‘slice’, ‘dice’, ‘fillet’, ‘segment’ (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
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Glorious Grammar Volume 1 - Worksheet Book
50 activities in one booklet which all revolve around learning grammar in the classroom.
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Simple and Compound - Roll a Sentence Dice Game
Play a ‘Roll-a-Sentence’ dice game to help your students practise writing simple and compound sentences.
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Wheely Wonderful Words – Overused Adjectives
Banish overused adjectives with a handy adjective-synonym word wheel!
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Editable Vocabulary Card Template Pack
Create English vocabulary cards to help your students study new vocabulary terms with our editable Vocabulary Card Template pack.
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Imagine Conjunctions Worksheet
Spark students' creativity with this conjunctions worksheet containing four images to prompt students to write compound sentences.
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Vocabulary Sketch Notes Template Pack
Review a variety of vocabulary skills and help your students build note-taking skills with our printable Vocabulary Sketch Notes Template Pack.
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Wheely Wonderful Words – Overused Verbs
Get rid of those overused verbs with a word wheel of synonyms.
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Wheely Wonderful Words – Emotional States Vocabulary
A word wheel of synonyms and similar words used to describe emotional states.
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Word Sleuth - Context Clues Game
Play ‘Word Sleuth’, one of our context clues games for upper primary students to help improve vocabulary skills.
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Word of the Week PowerPoint - Year 5 Vocab Words
A 40 slide PowerPoint Template for introducing new vocabulary to year 5 students.
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SCOOT! Context Clues Activity Cards
Play SCOOT!, a Context Clues Activity, to practise identifying unknown words in sentences.
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Fast Finisher Vocabulary Task Cards - Upper Years
Boost student vocabulary skills with rigorous, engaging Vocabulary Task Cards for Fast Finishers.
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Frayer Model Template
Work on your students' vocabulary development with this Frayer Model template.
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Writing Explanation Texts PowerPoint
A 33-slide editable PowerPoint template to use when teaching your students about explanation writing.
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Vocabulary Graphic Organisers - Upper Years
Use printable vocabulary graphic organisers to help your upper-primary students develop their academic and conversational vocabulary skills.
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Partner Sentence Challenge Worksheet
A teaching resource to help students consolidate the students’ knowledge of grammar and brainstorm vocabulary for writing.
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Grammar Sentence Challenge Worksheet
Practise using different parts of speech in a written piece of text with this grammar activity.
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Printable Vocabulary Word Matrix Templates
Use a printable vocabulary word matrix template to help your students organise and remember important vocabulary words.
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Year 5 Magazine – "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 3) Task Cards
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with Issue 3 of Teach Starter’s Year 5 magazine.
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Proper Nouns Crossword Puzzle - Worksheet
A crossword researching different proper nouns.
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Vibrant Varieties – Other Words for 'Very' Wheel
Replace the word 'very' in your students' writings by giving them a 'wheely' good synonyms reference guide.
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Quick Thinker Game – Worksheet
An alphabet racing game to help prompt vocabulary knowledge.
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Sorting Nouns - Worksheet
A cut and arrange activity which involves students using their grammar skill to sort through nouns and categorise them.
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Year 3 Magazine - "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 2) Task Cards
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with Issue 2 of Teach Starter’s Year 3 magazine.
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Verb Grammar Card Game – Flip It!
A fun game for students to play in small groups to consolidate their understanding of verbs.
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Using Context Clues Worksheet
Try a ‘Using Context Clues’ Worksheet to help your students determine the meaning of unfamiliar words based on the surrounding text.
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Vocabulary Foldables for Interactive Notebooks
Use Vocabulary Foldables to help your students demonstrate and review a variety of vocabulary concepts.
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Digital Vocab Log - Interactive Slides
Use a Digital Vocab log to record, track, and review new vocabulary words learned in the classroom.
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Word Power - Comic-Inspired Vocabulary Sheet
Expand your students’ vocabulary skills with our Word Power! Comic Book-Inspired Vocabulary Sheet!
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Nouns and Things - Worksheet
A worksheet to help students use more descriptive nouns in their writing.
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Year 4 Magazine - "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 2) Task Cards
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with Issue 2 of Teach Starter’s Year 4 magazine.
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Spelling Sentence Challenge Worksheet
A teaching resource to help consolidate their current spelling program and grammar use.