Tuesday – Week 1

Spelling and Vocabulary Check-in.

We are learning to:

*understand the use of vocabulary to express greater precision of meaning, and know thatwords can have different meanings in different contexts.

*draw on appropriate strategies to accurately spell familiar and unfamiliar words.

*use morphemic, visual, syntactic, semantic and phonological strategies when spelling.

Spelling and Vocabulary Check-in:

This week we will be focusing on spelling

and vocabulary. To get started you are

going to complete a number of activities

throughout the week to identify where

you are at with your spelling and

vocabulary knowledge and understanding.

What the week will look like!

• Write the plural for each word.

bunch ____________

tooth ____________

child ____________

• Highlight the word that has a similar meaning to the word underlined.

Bobby shut the door. opened, broke, slammed, jammed

The hiker walked across the field. slowly, trudged, shouted, fell

What the week will look like!

• Choose a word from the first sentence to complete the second sentence.

Ron slid helplessly down the river bank.

My mother withdrew $500 from her _________ account.

The little girl began to skip across the playground.

It is not a good idea to ___________ breakfast.

The boss asked his assistant to type a letter.

My best friend and I like the same __________ of music.

What the week will look like!• Add the suffix given and write the new word.

perform + ance ______________________

partner + ship ______________________

busy + ness ______________________

• Highlight the word that answers each question correctly.

When you are sick, you go to see a: docter, doctor

Once describing something wonderful and ‘full of awe’, this word now means the opposite.

awesome, awestruck, awful, terrible

What the week will look like!

• Add a prefix to each word to give it the opposite meaning.

behave ______________________

pleasant ______________________

fair ______________________

• Choose the word that correctly completes the sentence.

The ___________ was covered with crumbs. table-cloth, tablecloth

I split chocolate milk on my ________ . Tshirt, T-shirt

Let’s take a closer look at how to answer our activities for this week.

Completing the activities.

• Write the plural for each word.

bunch bunches

tooth teeth

child children

• Highlight the word that has a similar meaning to the word underlined.

Bobby shut the door. opened, broke, slammed, jammed

The hiker walked across the field. slowly, trudged, shouted, fell

Completing the activities.

• Choose a word from the first sentence to complete the second sentence.

Ron slid helplessly down the river bank.

My mother withdrew $500 from her bank account.

The little girl began to skip across the playground.

It is not a good idea to skip breakfast.

The boss asked his assistant to type a letter.

My best friend and I like the same type of music.

Completing the activities.• Add the suffix given and write the new word.

perform + ance performance

partner + ship partnership

busy + ness business

• Highlight the word that answers each question correctly.

When you are sick, you go to see a: docter, doctor

Once describing something wonderful and ‘full of awe’, this word now means the opposite.

awesome, awestruck, awful, terrible

Completing the activities.

• Add a prefix to each word to give it the opposite meaning.

behave misbehave

pleasant unpleasant

fair unfair

• Highlight the word that correctly completes the sentence.

The ___________ was covered with crumbs. table-cloth, tablecloth

I split chocolate milk on my ________ . Tshirt, T-shirt

Now it’s your turn! Complete online or on paper.

Your task is to carefully read the instructions for each set of questions then highlight or record your answer as required.

• Choose a word from the first sentence to complete the second sentence.

The teacher marked the correct answers with a tick and the incorrect answers with a cross.

Be careful when you ____________ the road.

Get up on the stage and show the people how you can sing.

We are going to see the new ____________ on television tonight.

The little boy was hard to spot in the crowd.

This looks like a good ___________ to have a picnic.

• Write the plural for each word.

lady ________________ zoo ________________

boss ________________ shelf ________________

Now it’s your turn! Complete online or on paper.

Your task is to carefully read the instructions for each set of questions then highlight or record your answer as required.

• Highlight the word that best replaces the underlined words.

“How dare you speak to me like that!” he said angrily.

whispered pleaded shouted murmured

Mary did not want to disturb the sleeping baby, so she walked quietly.

strode stomped staggered tiptoed

• Add a prefix to each word to give it the opposite meaning.

like ________________ afraid ________________

appear ________________ true ________________

Now it’s your turn! Complete online or on paper.

Your task is to read carefully the instructions for each set of questions then highlight or record your answer as required.

• Highlight the text type that the sentence most likely belongs to.

Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived in the woods.

narrative exposition recount procedure

Yesterday we caught the 10 o’clock bus to the city.

narrative exposition recount procedure

Slice the onion finely then fry it in one tablespoon of oil over medium heat.

narrative exposition recount procedure

• Add the given suffix to each word.

friend + ship ________________ pay + ed ________________

beauty + ful ________________ funny + er ________________