Use these free printable Word of the Day templates in three differentiated levels, so every student can work on the same focus word at the level that suits them. Students start by breaking the word into letters, sounds and syllables, then move into morphology, parts of speech and meaning as they progress through the levels.
What's included:
Level 1
count the letters
break the word into phonemes using 4, 5 or 6 sound boxes
count the syllables
record words that rhyme
use the word in a sentence
draw the word or sentence
Picture icons are included as an extra scaffold for students.
Level 2:
map the word into phonemes
break it into syllables and record the total count
build the word from prefix, base word and suffix
find words within the word
identify the part of speech
record synonyms
use the word in a sentence
Level 3:
split the word into phonemes and syllables
build the word from prefix, base word and suffix
record other words that use the same prefix, base word or suffix
record synonyms and antonyms
identify the part of speech
write a definition
use the word in a sentence
The same focus word can run across all three levels at once, which makes this straightforward to use as a daily warm-up, a morning routine task, a spelling rotation, or a station activity.
Hive members can pair this with the digital Word of the Day to map the same focus word digitally, with full control over which particular focuses you’d like to use with your class.