A set of 20 word cards for students to match to their definition.
Print, cut and laminate the definition game board and word cards for students to use in small groups or as a whole class. Students use a dictionary to locate the definition of the word, before matching it with the correct definition.
Use this teaching resource when learning about dictionary skills or as a literacy group activity when developing spelling skills and strategies.
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Understand how to use knowledge of letter patterns including double letters, spelling generalisations, morphemic word families, common prefixes and suffixes and word origins to spell more complex wordsElaborationsapplying generalisations for adding a...
Understand how to use knowledge of known words, base words, prefixes and suffixes, word origins, letter patterns and spelling generalisations to spell new wordsElaborationstalking about how suffixes change over time and new forms are invented to refl...
Understand how to use knowledge of known words, word origins including some Latin and Greek roots, base words, prefixes, suffixes, letter patterns and spelling generalisations to spell new words including technical wordsElaborationsusing a dictionary...
Uses a range of strategies, including knowledge of letterâ€"sound correspondences and common letter patterns, to spell familiar and some unfamiliar words
Draws on appropriate strategies to accurately spell familiar and unfamiliar words when composing texts
Recognise homophones and know how to use context to identify correct spelling
Understand how to use banks of known words, syllabification, spelling patterns, word origins, base words, prefixes and suffixes, to spell new words, including some uncommon plurals
Understand how to use banks of known words, word origins, base words, prefixes, suffixes, spelling patterns and generalisations to spell new words, including technical words and words adopted from other languages
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Thank you for this fabulous resource for my more independent students to work on alone and my lass capable ones to build their skills with a buddy!
Hi David, thank you for your wonderful feedback. I hope your students enjoy this resource.