SPELLING TASK BOARDTERM 4 2010

Week 1- Unit focus words Sustainability

Week 2-Unit words Marine/water words

Week 3- Demon words double letters

Week 4- Unit Words Australian Bush Week 5- Compound

words

Week 6- Unit Words Antarctica Week 7 -Unit Words Rainforests Week 8- Silent Letters Week 9 - Unit Words Australian Desert Week 10- Revision

Group One – The Tigers

WEEK ONE- TIGERS Spelling List Words -

Sustainability

weather

energy animals

planes

waste sun power gasheat plants food lightsworld forests cars

APLHABETICAL ORDER write out your spelling words, sort them in alphabetical

order, and write them on the numbered squares. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

world heat animalsforests energy powercars sun foodweather plants planeswaste gas lights

WEEK 2 – THE TIGERS Spelling Word List – Marine Words

filter ocean coralebb lakes shoretide seawee

dfreshwater

kelp waves riverswetlands

reef runoff

WORD FIND Create a word find using all of your

spelling words.

WEEK 3 - TIGERS Spelling Word List- Demon Words

library witch sugarfilm hiccups everyWednesday

burglar safety

destroy tongue doctoralways material fuel

TRICKY WORDS Write, and say each of your tricky

spelling words out loud. Which letter/s make/s the word a tricky

word? Circle this part of the word. Can you find other words that have

“tricky” letters? List them.

WEEK 4 - TIGERS Spelling Word List – Australian

bush

decay ozone seedsground paper seepsburned rain trunkleaves sandy twigslogging roots fuel

WEEK 5- TIGERS Spelling word List – Compound

Words

footprint aircraft birthdaypipeline below breakfastwindmill goodbye nightmareseahorse lifeboat butterflyrainbow saltwater starfish

WEEK 6 – THE TIGERS Spelling Word List – Antarctica

cloudy ice snowstorm

drifted inland iglooepic krill sealsexplorers melts thermalfrozen polar woollen

ALLITERATIONS Choose 5 of your spelling words to help you choose five sets of

words that begin with the same letter and write alliterative sentences.

E.g. Blustering blizzards battered brave biologists.

WEEK 7 -TIGERS Spelling Word List – The Rainforest

moss equator forestvines warm fernscanopy wildlife sunraystropical rainfall moisthumid balance damp

WEEK 8 -TIGERS Spelling Word List – Silent Letters

lamb wreck scenttomb comb castleanswer gnome knowheir dough wrongknit knead crumbs

WEEK 9 – TIGERS Spelling word List – Australian

Desert

dunes rocks saltbushheat snakes waterholemelting lizards shelteroutback stump degreesburnt dusk insects

WEEK 10 – TIGERS Revision

Group Two – The Bees

WEEK ONE – THE BEES Spelling List Words -

Sustainability

climate population

fossil fuel

electricity

degrees cyclones solar energy

tidal power

oceans appliances

wind power

machinery

floods drought factories

ALPHABETICAL ORDER write out your spelling words, sort them in alphabetical

order, and write them on the numbered squares.

1 2 34 5 67 8 910 11 1213 14 15

WEEK 2 – THE BEES Spelling word list- Marine/Water

infiltration marine kelp forestbarnacle whelk barrier reefcurrents condensati

onharbour

dolphin tidal wave pierkrill evaporatio

nfisheries

WORD FIND Create a word find using all of your

spelling words.

WEEK 3 – THE BEES Spelling Word List- Demon Words

exhausted

taught village

tongue which cottonmaterial governme

ntache

probably aviator pieceladies unusual neighbour

TRICKY WORDS Write, and say each of your tricky

spelling words out loud. Which letter/s make/s the word a tricky

word? Circle this part of the word. Can you find other words that have

“tricky” letters? List them.

WEEK 4 – THE BEES Spelling word List – Australian

Bush

absorb draining grasslands

flora shrubs groundwater

canopy wasteland greenhousecarbon problem sunlightcompost rainforest mudflats

WEEK 5 – THE BEES Spelling Word List – Compound

Words

coastline downpour

undergo

offshore overseas whoeversignpost everyone lifestyleforehead guideline windsurfafternoon soundpro

oftreetop

WEEK 6 – THE BEES Spelling Word List – Antarctica

blizzard mariners naturalcobalt polar charterfrostbite sledges dieselglaciers sealers iciclesgaleforce reflection exposed

ALLITERATIONS Choose 8 of your spelling words to help you choose five

sets of words that begin with the same letter and write alliterative sentences.

E.g. Blustering blizzards battered brave biologists.

WEEK 7 – THE BEES Spelling Word List - Rainforest

tropical species endangered

fungus predators extincthumid conditions diversitymangroves

fauna vegetation

swamps habitats dense

WEEK 8 – THE BEES Spelling word List – Silent Letters

handsome

wholemeal

knight

honest signpost climbedschedule thistle scentedwrinkled aisle wheelsoften knitting choir

WEEK 9 – THE BEES Spelling Word List – Australian

Desert

abundant

desolate thirst

beetles exposure reptilescamels famine clambere

dcondenses

hydration vastness

conserve quenched horizon

WEEK 10 – THE BEES Revision

Group Three – The Racers

WEEK ONE – THE RACERS

Spelling List Words – Sustainability

deforestation

emissions atmosphere

chemicals

biodiversity

toxics sustainability

evidence

contamination

celsius carbon dioxide

resources

synthetic organic environment

ALPHABETICAL ORDER write out your spelling words, sort them in alphabetical

order, and write them on the numbered squares.

Now write a paragraph using all your words to describe the effects they have on our environment.

1 2 34 5 67 8 910 11 1213 14 15

WEEK 2 – THE RACERS Spelling Word List – Marine Words

algae nautilus molluscsaturation salinity crustaceanoceanography

tsunami sewage

biodegradable

permeable estuary

depletion precipitation

seepage

CROSSWORD PUZZLE Create a crossword puzzle using all of

your spelling words. Find the meaning of each word and use

this as clues.

WEEK 3 – THE RACERS Spelling Word List – Demon Words

cemetery

exhausted

cologne

exaggerate

colonel precede

pyjamas probably adviceathletic morale affectlightning adapt formally

TRICKY WORDS Write, and say each of your tricky

spelling words out loud. Which letter/s make/s the word a tricky

word? Circle this part of the word. Can you find other words that have

“tricky” letters? List them.

WEEK 4 – THE RACERS Spelling Word List – Australian

Bush

camouflage ecosystems

maturation

chlorophyll efficient moistureconservation erosion oxygendecomposition

germinate regeneration

deciduous vegetation subtropical

WEEK 5 – THE RACERS Spelling Word List – Compound

Words

aftershock highlight copyrightforeshore greyhound downpourairtight stockbroker spreadshee

tbackdrop shareholder evergreencampsite guideline waterproof

WEEK 6 – THE RACERS Spelling word List – Antarctica

acclimatising

hemisphere

plateau

balaclavas isolated wildernesscarcasses inhospitabl

esurveyed

expedition refraction inaccessible

fossilised skiers crevasses

ALLITERATIONS Choose 10 of your spelling words to help you choose

five sets of words that begin with the same letter and write alliterative sentences.

E.g. Blustering blizzards battered brave biologists.

WEEK 7 – THE RACERS Spelling Word List – The Rainforest

humidity understory

extinction

biodiversity

biomass bromeliad

forest floor

adaptation

fauna

canopy sultry seasonalemergent medicinal parasites

WEEK 8 – THE RACERS Spelling Word List – Silent Letters

depot campaign

handkerchief

scenery resign psychologyknowledgeable

bustle solemn

catalogue weight columnmortgage psalm jeopardy

WEEK 9 – THE RACERS Spelling Word List – Australian

Desert

scorpion extremes

hinterland

carnivorous

herbivorous

searing

crevice laborious solitarydehydration

scurried survival

endurance

nomadic tenacious

WEEK 10 – THE RACERS Revision