Understanding English: Spelling (Series of 7): KS2, Years 3 - 6

by Carol Matchett (Author)

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  Paperback
  2004

  $3.25

  Understanding English is a series of books designed to reinforce skills and knowledge at Key Stage 2 of the National Curriculum. Each book focuses on a particular aspect of literacy with explanations and teaching points, exercises, answers section and 'Now you try!' extension activities to ensure that learning is really secure. Spelling words correctly is easy when you know how. This book describes various spelling strategies, including learning how to spell specific words, remembering spelling rules and checking for mistakes. Fascinating facts about how English spelling has developed over the years, plus lots of activities and examples, make this book a powerful resource in helping to improve spelling. The Spelling book includes: letter strings, syllables, compound words, homophones, prefixes and suffixes and letter rules.

• Used

  Paperback
  2004

  $3.25

  Understanding English is a series of books designed to reinforce skills and knowledge at Key Stage 2 of the National Curriculum. Each book focuses on a particular aspect of literacy with explanations and teaching points, exercises, answers section and 'Now you try!' extension activities to ensure that learning is really secure. Poetry expresses thoughts and feelings and describes things so vividly that you almost see them. This book looks closely at the features that make poetry so special, such as rhyme, rhythm, sound effects and imagery. Funny poems, narrative poems - these and more are included. Lively writing activities provide an easy springboard to poems that will make a real splash! The Reading and Writing Poetry book includes: writing a poem with rhythm, different types of rhyme, alliteration, similes and metaphors, personification, nonsense poetry, haiku, shape poems and narrative poems.