Practise Your Spelling Skills provides a sequential and comprehensive coverage of spelling requirements for primary school students. Each book is made up of 36 to 40 units of work with each unit focused on a spelling list. The spelling lists are chiefly based around common letter patterns but theme-based lists, frequently-used words and Revision units are also included. A wide variety of engaging activities and word puzzles allow the children to explore and practise the list words in each unit.
New features in this third edition:
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More thematic units
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More units based on commonly misspelt words
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More extension/challenging words activities
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Better sequencing of activities within units
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Stronger focus on explaining spelling rules
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New illustrations
Together with the best features of the earlier editions:
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Word lists based on common letter patterns carefully developed for each year level
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2-colour design highlights the letter patterns
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Plenty of opportunities for writing
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Interesting word puzzles and activities
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Predictable layout to allow for independent work
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Regular revision
Focus of Book 4
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Word lists based on common letter patterns
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‘Something to remember’ sections covering basic spelling and grammar rules: plurals, homographs, compound words, contractions, antonyms and synonyms
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Commonly misspelt words
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Thematic word lists: Olympic Games, Australian and New Zealand cities