Senior+Literacy

Senior Literacy Learning

ADJECTIVES!!!!
WALT: identify adjectives in writing and discuss their effect WALT: use adjectives in our writing to make it more interesting and descriptive MONSTER ADJECTIVE POEM

MAGIC E RULE The Magic 'e' comes at the end of a word. It sprinkles it magical powder over the vowel, so that the vowel says its name instead of its sound. Learn the magic 'e' rule [|WALT: read words with a magic 'e'] [|WALT: read and spell words with a magic 'e']

Blends [|WALT: match a blend to its picture]

Chunks [|WALT: make words using chunks] [|WALT: sort words into their word family] [|WALT: make words using chunks] [|WALT: break words into chunks] [|WALT: make words using chunks] [|WALT: make words using chunks (word wheels)]

SYLLABLES We can break words up into syllables. This helps us to read and spell a words easier.

WAL: rules to break words into syllables

[|WALT: break words into syllables using rules we know]

[|WALT: break words into syllables using rules we know]

ALPHABETICAL ORDER [|WALT: put words into alphabetical order]

HOMOPHONES Homophones are words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings

[|WALT: identify and use the appropriate homophone]

[|WALT: match a homophone with its correct meaning]

[|WALT: match words that sound the same but have different meanings]

[|Word O Rama]

PLURALS [|WAL: plural rules]

[|WALT: identify the correct plural]

PREFIXES & SUFFIXES [|WALT: identify and understand prefixes]

[|WALT: identify and understand suffixes]

[|WALT: add endings to words] [|Fishing]

[|WALT: match prefixes with their meaning]

[|WALT: identify parts of a word (prefix, root word, suffix)] [|jelly fish]

[|WALT: use prefixes correctly] [|crystal castle]

Synonyms
A synonym is a word that has a //similar// meaning [|WALT: find a synonym for a word]

Contractions
A contraction is a shortened form of one or two words, one of which is usually a verb. In a contraction, an apostrophe almost always takes the place of the missing letter(s), for example “don’t” is the contraction for “do not”. [|WALT: put the apostrophe in the correct place (contrations)]

[|WALT: match a contraction to its uncontraction]

[|WALT: match a contraction with its word group]

[|WALT: match the contraction to the correct plane]

[|WALT: identify contractions]

[|WALT: match contractions]

[|Contractions Concentration]

[|Contractions Wordfind]

[|Contractions Crossword]

[|Typing Contractions 1]

[|Typing Contractions 2]