Working+on+Words

= Working On Words Tasks =

Spelling City – List: 5th and 6th Grade Sound Alikes [] When you have finished you need to record: the date, the learning intention, the task name and a couple of sentences to explain what you did and how you went.
 * LI Match words to definitions and build my vocabulary knowledge **

Spelling City – List: Compound Words [] When you have finished you need to record: the date, the learning intention, the task name and a couple of sentences to explain what you did and how you went.
 * LI Match words to definitions and build my vocabulary knowledge **

Spelling City – List: Possessives vs Contractions [] When you have finished you need to record: the date, the learning intention, the task name and a couple of sentences to explain what you did and how you went.
 * LI identify the difference between possessive apostrophes and apostrophes to show omissions **

Task: There, Their or They're
 * LI use there, their and they're correctly **

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When you have finished you need to record: the date, the learning intention, the task name and a couple of sentences to explain what you did and how you went.

Select an interesting word from your reading material that you don’t know the meaning of. Find out what it means – but don’t write down the definition. Draw 4 pictures, take 4 photos or find 4 images online - using creative commons search tools – that show what the word means. Write the word underneath the picture e.g. Curriculum Focus – Visual Language, Written Language, Reading, Art ||
 * ** 4 Pictures /1 Word **
 * //<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">To be done in your Spelling Book or on a digital device //**
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">LI - use images to illustrate a word and show what it means **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Select an interesting word from your reading material that you don’t know the meaning of. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Write the word in the middle of the page – make it interesting to look at <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Use a thesaurus – either book or online – to find synonyms for the word <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Record the synonyms around the word <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">e.g.  Curriculum Focus – Visual Language, Written Language, Reading  ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;">Synonyms **
 * //<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">To be done in your Spelling Book or on a digital device //**
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">LI – identify synonyms for vocabulary words **