The TCHS Spelling Challenge

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The TCHS Spelling Challenge

• Spring Term

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L.O 1 To understand that sounding words out in
syllables helps to spell them.

• How many syllables does remember have? Clap
  each syllable out as you say the word.
• Now write the word in segments, like this
• re/mem/ber

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After clapping the syllables as a class, write
each of the words below in segments

• miniskirt
• February
• telephone
• computer
• diary
• saturday

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Write the words below under the correct headings
dictionary, sausages, pineapple, spontaneously,
television, cinema, video, cheeseburger,
encyclopaedia
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Study the words on the next slide for 30 seconds
before they are taken away

• Your challenge is to spell each correctly, by
  breaking the words into syllables.
• Here goes!

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• Satisfactory
• Reconsider
• Population
• Remember
• Disqualify

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L. O 2 To learn how knowledge of word families
helps us to spell unfamiliar words

• Children
• Childish
• Childhood
• Childless

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• In two minutes, write as many words as you can
  think of from the base, electric.

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L.O 3 Understand that antonym prefixes change the
meaning of a word to its opposite

• unnatural
• unhelpful
• antisocial
• inactive
• indecent

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Match the antonym prefixes with a base word
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Consolidation Activity

• www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/wordbuil
  ding/prefixes/quiz.shtml

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L.O 4 Use knowledge of prefixes to avoid spelling
errors

• When an antonym prefix is added, the base word
  stays the same
• im mature immature
• ir regular irregular

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Write the words below as their opposites, using
ir, im or il

• perfect imperfect
• patient
• rational
• possible
• legible
• polite
• responsible
• logical

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Play the insult game!

• Choose three of the words you have just
  written to include in a 30 second role play
• Either father to naughty toddler
• or police officer to burglar

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L.O 5 Understand that when the base word ends in
a y (e.g pity), you turn the y into i before
adding a consonant suffix

• mercy merciful
• pity pitiful

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Consonant suffixes ful, lessMatch one of the
suffixes above to each of the words below.
Construct a sentence using the word to share with
the class. (No need to write)
Which base words do you have to change when you
add a suffix? (There are three)
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Consolidation Activity

• www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/skillswise/mod_quizzes/wor
  ds/spelling/wordbuilding/suffixes/quizengine

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L.O 6 Learn to use roots from other languages to
help spell (and understand) families of words

• The English language has borrowed words from
  other languages, including Greek and Latin.
• bicycle
• biped
• binoculars
• binary

Bi comes from the Latin bis and means ?
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What does aqua mean?

• Think of as many words as you can from this
  root.

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How many words can you find that have these roots
in them? You could use a dictionary.