Word Work
Word Sort
Cut apart your words and sort them first. Come up with headings for your sort and
write the words in their category. Reflect on the patterns you see, and Declare what
you have learned.
Lesson:
Declare:
Word Work: Sentences
Use 10 (or more) words in at least 5 sentences. These can be
individual sentences, or part of a paragraph. You may add an
ending to a word if you need to make it plural or past tense.
The words must be used correctly. Underline the words you
have used from this week’s list.
Word Work: Alphabetical Order
In your best cursive, write each word from your sort in
alphabetical order.
Bonus: Include any new words from your word hunt in this list.
Word Work
Consonants and Vowels: Often consonants and vowels follow
a certain pattern in spelling. One way to help us see these
patterns is to write our the vowels and consonants in different
colors. Choose 5 words from each category and write them use
different colors for the vowels and consonants. Can you see a
pattern?
Biking
Word Work
5 Riddles
It is very important to know the meanings of words.
One way to do this is to try to define them in your own
words. Another way is to create a riddle about a word
for someone in your group to solve. These words must
be words from the original sort. Your riddles can be
fun and tricky – make it challenging for your group
mates!
Example:
Answer: subtraction
Riddle: A root word meaning to withdraw or
take away.
Word Work
Rainbow Words
It is important to familiarize yourself with your sort
words and rules. While writing your words twice in
your best cursive in different colors, think about the
spelling patterns and rules that each word follows.
Word Work
Prefixes and Suffixes
Write 10 of the words in your sort. Underline the base
word once. Underline prefixes and suffixes twice. Tell
how the prefix and/or suffix change the meaning and
part of speech of the word.
For example: dreamer
Adding –er to dream
changed the word from a a dream to someone who does
the dreaming. Both words are nouns.
For example: Burglarize
Adding -ize to the end of
burglar changed the word from a noun to a verb. It
changes it from someone who steals things to the act of
stealing things.
Word Work
Parts of Speech
Identify the part of speech for each word in the week’s
sort. Write the word and then the part of speech. If you
are unsure, try looking up the word in the dictionary.
For example:
Subtract = verb
Subtraction = noun
Slowly = adverb
Lovely = adjective
But = conjunction
Word Work
Create a Crossword
Use a piece of graph paper or the online site,
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/
to create a word search puzzle using words from this
week’s sort. You must include at least 15 words. Give
your puzzle to a person in your group to solve.
Word Work
Crossword Puzzle
Use a piece of Graph Paper or the website
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/
to create a crossword puzzle & clues using at least 15
words from this week’s sort. Give your puzzle to a
group member to solve.
Word Work!
It’s time to choose!
We have come to a point where I feel like I can trust you
to make great choices. We have gone over all of the
various word work assignments and the expectations
for each one. It is important to practice spelling and to
build our vocabulary. Each week you will need to
choose one assignments from the spelling category and
two assignments from the vocabulary category to
complete for word work.
Monday: You MUST sort your words and declare the
rule or pattern you are working with.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Spelling
Alphabetical Order
Consonants and Vowels
Rainbow Words
Word Search
Friday: Spelling Test
Vocabulary
Sentences
5 Riddles
Prefixes and Suffixes
Parts of Speech
Crossword Puzzle