This lovely narrated picture book story develops Phonemic Awareness and Phonics Skills, the building blocks of learning to spell. Providing a natural, authentic and successful spelling experience, this full length original picture book style story full of words with the Long A sound has been purpose written by an experienced teacher. Your students will be happily learning to spell in no time at all! Click on the preview to see this book in action! In this deck: Narrated phonics picture book story full of words showing 9 different ways the Long A sound can be spelled: 22 page story, 2 cards per page, 44 cards total. Card 1 Phonemic Awareness listen to narrated story full of words with a Long A sound tap on the words with a Long A sound click to check Card 2: Phonics learn 9 different ways the Long A sound can be spelled, with all the Long A sound letters printed in green repeat for next page of the story Learn to Spell with Stories! One of the hardest aspects of learning to spell the English language is that sounds in words can be spelled in so many ways. This can lead to stress, confusion and ongoing anxiety, often not helped by endless lists of disconnected and meaningless wordlists. Written and designed for the child to 1: hear sounds in words 2: know what letters to choose to spell the sounds they hear We hope you and your students enjoy the stories and easily learn to spell at the same time! What You Need to Use This Boom Cards Resource On purchasing you will receive a PDF with a link to the product and extensive information on how to use Boom Cards. You will need a Boom account which is free to use when accessing this resource. Boom Cards are: interactive digital activities engaging self-checking, instant response can be used over and over, questions are shuffled for a new experience each time accessible on computers, tablets, whiteboards, any smart device accessible from the website or an app perfect for classroom or home learning Instructions Official Information from Boom Learning℠ To use Boom Cards, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available for Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. For security and privacy, adults must have a Boom Learning account to use and assign Boom Cards. You will be able to assign the Boom Cards you are buying with “Fast Pins,” (play provides instant feedback for self-grading Boom Cards). Fast Play is always a free way for students to engage with Boom Cards decks.

33 Synonym and Antonym Worksheets to print out. Your middle primary students will enjoy the variety of activities to help build vocabulary, bring writing to life and improve comprehension. What is included: 22 Cut and Paste Sorting Worksheets: Sort the synonyms and antonyms into the correct column 5 Antonym Pairs Worksheets: find the antonym pairs and write in a sentence 4 Rewrite the Story Worksheets: rewrite the story with synonyms and antonyms 2 Color Code Worksheets: highlight the synonyms in blue and the antonyms in green Core word list of 22 words from the story Synonym word list, 22 core words with 4 synonyms for each story word Antonym word list, 22 core words with 4 antonyms for each story word 2 copies of Long A Phonics Story, ‘Baby Jake’s Birthday’, 1 plain text, 1 with the Long A words in green text Easel Instructions How to Use These Activities Use the task cards for literacy centres, rotation groups, whole class or small groups Great for morning tasks or early finishers

Did you know there are at least 15 ways to spell the Long O sound in words! These 69 activities focus on 4 well known ways, (o, oa, ow and o_e), with extension activities for 11 unusual ways to spell Long O, (au, eau, you, ew, oe, oh, ol, oo, ou, ough and owe). The activities are based on the included purpose written phonics story ‘Joanna Goanna’, full of words showing different ways the Long O sound can be spelled in words. No prep printable worksheets ready for your word work, literacy centres, morning routines, spelling program, ESL, revision or homework. Differentiated word lists based on the included phonics story cater to a range of ability from Kindergarten to Year 3. Your students will easily learn to hear sounds in words and know all the ways to spell them. Our story based learning approach provides context and meaning to engage students and make spelling time a happy time. These Activities Will Help Students to Develop Skills in: Understanding that sounds are represented by various letter combinations Using sound letter knowledge to read familiar and unfamiliar words Using words in everyday writing to show comprehension and context Applying letter sound knowledge to spell familiar and unfamiliar words Making new words by changing the first letter or letters Building vocabulary Recognising rhyme Recognising and understanding homophones What is Included 50 Long I Word Family Activities Finding Long O: find the list words in the story Meaningful Words: write the meaning of the list words in the story context Writing Long O: combine list words to create a short story or paragraph More Long O Words: find more words with the same Long I grapheme Rhyming Long O: highlight words with the same end sound Onset: change the first letter or letters to make new words, answers included 7 Long O Activities Homophones and Homographs: write meanings and sentences for each pair Find All the Words: underline all the words in the story with a Long O sound Missing Letters: fill in the missing Long O letters for each word Choose the Letters: fill in the missing Long O letters in a story context Word Family Sorting: sorting words into word families 4 Sight Words Activities Sight Words Sorting: sorting sight words into word families and analysis Sight Words Matching: cloze activity with sight words Sight Words Practice: check lists sorted according to Long O word family More Ways to Spell Long I 11 More Ways to Spell Long O: Vocabulary Challenge 15 Ways to Spell Long I: Words and Picture Chart 4 Teacher Resources Long O Story: Joanna Goanna, 2 versions one with all black text and one with Long O words printed in green Story Word List, 114 Long O Words Spelling Group Lists: 11 differentiated lists ‘o’, ‘ow’ and ‘o_e’: 3 levels ‘oa’: 2 levels 11 Unusual Ways Chart: 9 Ways to Spell Long O About Clever Speller

Matching, Cut and Paste, and Flash Cards activities to learn 7 Long O word families. 3 styles of activities provide variety to engage and keep students interested in spelling while easily building Long O phonemic awareness and phonics skills. In these activities students will learn 7 ways the Long O sound can be spelled: ew, o, oa, oe, ol, ow and o_e. All Long O letters are printed in alternative colour for easy decoding of the Long O sound. Simple to complex activities are included to cater for range of learning stages. Colour and black and white versions of each activity are included. In this resource: Cut and Paste: cut, paste and colour worksheets, 8 colour and 8 BW versions Match Words and Picture: activities to draw a line to match the word and picture. Print as individual worksheets or laminate/place in a plastic sleeve for multiple use. 11 colour and 11 BW versions Flash Cards: 46 cards with words and pictures provide concrete materials for practical hands on learning. Use for sorting into word families, matching words and pictures or games such as memory and pairs. Blank template included. Colour and BW versions Phonics story ‘Joanna Goanna’ full of words showing 9 different ways the Long O sound can be spelled in words. Provides context for connected and meaningful spelling learning. Each activity is contained as a separate PDF document in the zip file Story Based Learning All words and images are from the included Long O phonics story ‘Joanna Goanna’, an original purpose written traditional picture book style story full of words clearly showing 9 different ways the Long O sound can be spelled: ew, o, oa, oe, oh, ol, ough, ow and o_e. Benefits of Story Based Learning brings spelling to life provides context for phonics to make sense complements and reinforces any curriculum programme and method consolidates word family and phonics knowledge How to Use These Activities read story to bring spelling to life and show how the long O sound can be spelled in many ways practice and reinforce spelling and phonics lesson content help your ESL students learn that sounds in words in the English language are spelled in many ways literacy and rotation groups individual student worksheet activities laminate or place in plastic sleeve for multiple use homework

70 story based learning spelling activities to learn 9 ways the Long A sound in words can be spelled. No prep printable worksheets ready for your word work, literacy centres, morning routines, spelling program, ESL, revision or homework. Differentiated word lists cater to a range of ability from Kindergarten to Year 2. Your students will easily learn to hear sounds in words and know all the ways to spell them. Aligns to any curriculum. These Activities Will Help Students to Develop Skills in: Understanding that sounds are represented by various letter combinations Using sound letter knowledge to read familiar and unfamiliar words Using words in everyday writing to show comprehension and context Applying letter sound knowledge to spell familiar and unfamiliar words Making new words by changing the first letter or letters Building vocabulary Recognising rhyme Recognising and understanding homophones What is Included 61 Long A Word Family Activities Finding Long A: find the list words in the story Meaningful Words: write the meaning of the list words in the story context Writing Long A: combine list words to create a short story or paragraph More Long A Words: find more words with the same Long A grapheme Rhyming Long A: highlight words with the same end sound Onset: change the first letter or letters to make new words, answers included 5 Long A Activities Homophones: write meanings and sentences for each pair of homophones Find All the Words: underline all the words in the story with a Long A sound Missing Letters: fill in the missing Long A letters for each word Choose the Letters: fill in the missing Long A letters in a story context Word Family Sorting: sorting words into 9 word families 3 Sight Words Activities Sight Words Sorting: sorting sight words into word families and analysis Sight Words Matching: cloze activity with sight words Sight Words Practice: check lists sorted according to Long A word family 2 More Ways to Spell Long A 7 More Ways to Spell Long A: Vocabulary Challenge 16 Ways to Spell Long A: Words and Picture Chart 4 Teacher Resources Long A Story: Baby Jake’s Birthday, 2 versions one with all black text and one with Long A words printed in green Complete Word List, 103 Long A Words Spelling Group Lists: 11 differentiated lists ’a’: 2 levels, ’a_e’: 4 levels, ’ ai’: 2 levels, ’ay’: 2 levels, ’Unusual Ways’: 1 level Chart: 9 Ways to Spell Long A

95 story based learning spelling activities to learn 12 ways the Long E sound in words can be spelled. No prep printable worksheets ready for your word work, literacy centres, morning routines, spelling program, ESL, revision or homework. Differentiated word lists cater to a range of ability from Kindergarten to Year 2. Your students will easily learn to hear sounds in words and know all the ways to spell them. Aligns to any curriculum. These Activities Will Help Students to Develop Skills in: Understanding that sounds are represented by various letter combinations Using sound letter knowledge to read familiar and unfamiliar words Using words in everyday writing to show comprehension and context Applying letter sound knowledge to spell familiar and unfamiliar words Making new words by changing the first letter or letters Building vocabulary Recognising rhyme Recognising and understanding homophones What is Included 85 Long E Word Family Activities Finding Long E: find the list words in the story Meaningful Words: write the meaning of the list words in the story context Writing Long E: combine list words to create a short story or paragraph More Long E Words: find more words with the same Long E grapheme Rhyming Long E: highlight words with the same end sound Onset: change the first letter or letters to make new words, answers included 5 Long E Activities Homophones: write meanings and sentences for each pair of homophones Find All the Words: underline all the words in the story with a Long E sound Missing Letters: fill in the missing Long E letters for each word Choose the Letters: fill in the missing Long E letters in a story context Word Family Sorting: sorting words into word families 3 Sight Words Activities Sight Words Sorting: sorting sight words into word families and analysis Sight Words Matching: cloze activity with sight words Sight Words Practice: check lists sorted according to Long E word family 2 More Ways to Spell Long E 6 More Ways to Spell Long E: Vocabulary Challenge 16 Ways to Spell Long E: Words and Picture Chart 4 Teacher Resources Long E Story: Three Free Wishes, 2 versions one with all black text and one with Long E words printed in green Complete Word List, 127 Long E Words Spelling Group Lists: 11 differentiated lists ’ea’, ’ee’, ’y’: 3 levels of each ’e’, ‘ei’, ‘ey’, ‘e_e’, ‘i’, ‘ie’, ‘i_e’, ‘2 Long E Sounds’: 1 of each Chart: 12 Ways to Spell Long E About Clever Speller Clever Speller is a Story Based Learning approach to spelling and easily shows how sounds in words are spelled in many ways. All activities are based on a series of traditional picture book style stories full of words showing many different ways a short or long vowel sound can be spelled. Clever Speller makes it easy to learn how to hear sounds in words and how to spell them, and makes learning to spell a fun and successful time for all.

Description Unique story based learning approach to spelling, featuring engaging narrative picture book stories clearly showing how sounds in words are spelled in many ways. This 8 week set of Literacy Center activities is based on the included Long E phonics story, Three Free Wishes, purpose written to be read and enjoyed as a proper story, while at the same time providing an umbrella resource to easily show how the Long E sound in words can be spelled in many ways. All activities are based on Three Free Wishes, making learning to spell easy, meaningful and memorable. The story contains one hundred and twenty seven focus sound words showing twelve different ways to spell the Long E sound and can be used as a standalone resource or complement any favorite program or methodology.

Teach 300 ways to spell the 44 sounds of the English language with anchor charts, flash and flip cards, sound walls, bunting and assessment grids. Colourful pictures and relevant words make learning to spell easy and memorable. Reference charts ensure no gaps and enable differentiation to cater for learning levels. 2 versions are included to accommodate differences between US and UK pronunciation of some sounds. This set of resources aligns with any spelling methodology, the Science of Reading, Orton Gillingham, Jolly Phonics etc. Contents 298/301 Anchor Charts: display, desk charts, student reference 298/301 Sound Walls: make sound and word walls, booklets or as an activity sheet 298/301 Flash Cards: teach and practice, match and sort 2 versions 298/301 Flip Cards: assessment, sorting 2 versions 298/298/301 Bunting: visual display, digital flash cards 3 Phonics Assessment Records: 3 levels most common, common, uncommon Phonics Reference Charts Sounds Chart: most common vowels and consonants on one page Sounds on One Page: all 44 sounds 298/301 ways to spell Phonemes: how many ways to spell each sound Graphemes: how many sounds each grapheme can represent Note: slightly different number of resources is due to differences in US and UK pronunciation, eg ‘a’ as in bath is included in UK ‘ar’ group but not in US,298/ as the ‘a’ letter is pronounced as a short a sound Teach 44 Sounds of the English Language 10 short and long vowel sounds: a, e, i, o, u, ai, ee, igh, oa, you 10 other vowels: ar, er, ir, air, ear, oo (as in moon), oo (as in book), oi, ow, schwa 24 consonants b, c, d, f, g, h, j, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w, y, z, ch, ng, sh, th (soft), th (hard), zh Notes on Phonemes single examples of a word are included if a common word eg women, friend, many uncommon examples have been included but there are still more! x can represent 2 sounds eg c and s as in exercise and fox, g and z as in exam, c and sh as in luxury gn can represent 2 sounds eg, n and y as in lasagne q is pronounced as c and w and thus has no separate entry the word ‘one’ has no letters representing the ‘w’ sound oo and you are separated in this resource Pronunciation Many words are pronounced differently whether UK or US pronunciation however the process of spelling is the same: hear sounds in words and choose the correct letters to represent the sounds. The following words appear in different charts: ball, walk, astronaut, caught: US ‘ar’, UK ‘or’ draw, awe: US ‘ar’, UK ‘or’ bath: US short a, UK ‘ar’ laugh: US short a, UK ‘ar’ Add words to the Sound Wall sheets to build your own collection of words to suit local pronunciation.