Rule: Gold — Unit 1

Theme: Gold—Dictation I will pan for gold again after we look for the reef. The miner found a nugget and put it in his pocket, hoping to receive a good price for it. The deceitful miner received a receipt for discoveries of alluvial gold which were found when he was unlicensed.

Rule: i before e except after c.

A gold pan

Illustrate

Match the words and pictures.

knot donkey arrow stocking pocket

How many different words can you find on this wheel? Move around the wheel in a clockwise direction and write each word you find. Do not change the order of the letters.

8 = good; 12 = very good; 16 = excellent

Find the words in the list that match the rule.

Write 4 more words with the same letter pattern e.g. dinner, sinner, winner, thinner.

List Word Words with same pattern gold

pan

drank

found

pocket

Match the words and meanings. receipt •

reef • knot •

arrow • miner •

alluvial •

made of sand or mud which has been washed down by a river.

one who mines. a signed piece of paper proving you have paid for

something. a narrow ridge of rock. a piece of rope tied or tangled. used with a bow.

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Gold — Unit 1 gold

pan

again

reef

arrow

drank

dinner

found

pocket

miner

donkey

receive

riot

nugget

ceiling

stocking

deceit

difficult

receipt

decision

conceive

knot

deceitful

discoveries

alloy

conceited

alluvial

perceive

licence

conceivable

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A miner’s licence

A donkey’s dinner

A knotted stocking

Write these words in alphabetical order. deceitful dinner difficult drank donkey decision discoveries deceit ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________

Hexagon Puzzle Each clue has a six letter answer. Write the answers clockwise in the space. The first one has been done for you.

1. Blends of two or more metals.

2. A long-eared mammal, related to a horse.

3. A cloth fold or pouch sewn into a garment for holding things.

4. The act of tricking or misleading (noun)

5. The main meal of the day.

6. A lump of something, especially of gold.

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a l

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Join the pairs of letters in each row to make a list word.

do ey nk = donkey

ck et po = __________________

nn er di = __________________

gg nu et = __________________

ce de it = ___________________

lu al vi al = _________________

ve rc ei pe = ________________

ve ei co nc = ________________

Writing Imagine you are a miner on the gold fields in the 1800’s. Write a letter to a friend describing your daily life.


Make two list words from the letters in the circle.

g

o l

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p a

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k

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d k e r

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gold

pan

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Make two list words from the letters in the circle.

g

o l

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p a

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k

r n

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d k e r

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k d

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Fill in the missing letters.

g __ l __ ar __ o __ p __ c __ e __ d __ n __ __ y

__ i __ t __ t __ c __ __ n __ __ n __ t

__ i __ __ r d__ c __ s__ o __ __ __ i __ c __ __ e __ __ __ s

l __ c __ n __ e

Theme: Gold—Dictation The miner made a rich strike of gold. His gun went off with a loud bang to chase any robbers away. The troopers were helpful in catching the thief, who had taken a pretty, little nugget for his daughter.

Rule: Words ending in le double the consonant after a short vowel e.g. puzzle.

Missing Letter One letter is missing from each word. shove ________ aple ________ strik _________ fenc __________ ich __________ case ________

Choose the correct word from the list. 1. The miner used a ________ and _________ to dig

the ________ of gold.

2. The troopers were able to _______ the thief who stole the nugget.

3. “What was that ________ noise?” said Jack.

4. A Granny Smith is a type of _________.

Unjumble these words then match them to the pictures. cenef_____ palep_____ snug_______ ckip______ volesh____ hric_____ toblet______ ooterrs______

Word pieces Join a word piece in the circle to a word piece in the box to make six list words.

cat

min lit

shov

sec

puzz

ond el

tle

ing le ch

Write the words in the list that obey this rule. ________ _________ ________ __________ __________ ________ _________ ________ __________ __________

Rewrite these sentences using plurals. 1. The miner rode his donkey. _________________________________________________ 2. The puppy was hiding behind the fence. _________________________________________________ 3. A Gold nugget was often used for currency during the gold rush. _________________________________________________

miningunshoveloudaughterich


Gold — Unit 2 rich

guns

strike

loud

pick

vein

chase

shovel

apple

fence

mining

little

catch

troopers

bottle

pretty

giggle

sizzle

second

puzzle

surprise

throttle

daughter

massacre

twentieth

raffle

stubble

muzzle

musket

restriction

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Use list words to find. 1.Something you eat.

2. Can contain liquid.

3. Used for digging.

4. After first.

5. To hit something.

Put these words with their correct families. loud, group, touch, could, found, sound, would, soup, group, cloud, lounge, should, you, cousin, trouble, youth, young, trousers. c d m b c n t p 1. To laugh in a silly way

e d u a h p t r 2. A wall or barrier put up around something.

m a s s a c r e 3. To catch or overtake.

f u k h s a o t 4. To capture or take in the hands.

e g e o e t o t 5. Someone's female child.

n h t v l c p y 6. A tool with a wide blade for moving things.

c t a e o h e o 7. An old name for a policeman.

e e a l u s r u 8. The killing of a large number of people.

a r g i g g l e 9. An old fashioned type of gun.

10. Pleasant or attractive.

Use the clues to find the words in the word puzzle.

Rearrange the shaded letters to write another list word.

Now rearrange all of the letters to make one word. _____________

How many list words can you use in one sentence?

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Crack the code to match the words.

tvsqsjtf uispuumf nbttbdsf

surprise __________________________________

sftusjdujpo nvtlfu ebvhiufs

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Writing Describe the properties of gold and what makes it so valuable. Design a piece of jewellery made from 18 carat gold.


How many words can you make? Start at any letter and follow the lines to the other letters in any direction. e.g. had.

t h

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Theme: Gold—Dictation A pick, shovel, bucket and ladder were used by most miners. Deep shafts were dug by miners chasing reefs of gold. Prospectors searching for gold were thought of as pioneers opening up areas for larger populations.

Rule: tion says sh in a final syllable. Write words that follow this rule in the syllables table below.

A shaft of light

Illustrate

Fill in the missing words. 1. The train stopped at the __________. 2. The opposite to dark is __________. 3. The __________ of Australia is about 20 million. 4. Did you ____________ to do your homework? 5. I __________ all of the question correctly.

Rewrite these words with the missing vowels.

Match the list word to the clue. (Each should have 8 letters).

A family relative

Early settlers

A part of a whole number

To increase the size

Waste rock remaining after ore is removed

Two syllables Three syllables Four syllables

Write dictionary meanings for: Shaft: Ambition: Sieve: Prospector:

Match the words and pictures.

bucket ingot sieve ladder prospector


Gold — Unit 3 move

smell

rare

struck

grain

shaft

light

pause

action

station

bucket

addition

claim

fraction

nation

ladder

relation

remember

ingot

ambition

tailings

bullion

population

answered

pioneers

information

sieve

prospector

conversation

excavating

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smll strck bckt ngt lddr

pnrs mbtn rmmbr ppltn

A relation

A bucket of ingots

1.A strong desire for something in the future.

2. A block of gold. 3. A place at which a train

stops. 4. Uncovering by digging. 5. To sense through the nose. 6. Talk among people.

Use the clue to find the words. 1 ________________

6 ________________ 2 ________________

3 ________________

4 ________________

5 ________________

i t

b m

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g t o

n

t t i n s o a c e i n v e a a t x g

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grain light smell rare

Write rhyming words

How many words can you make from the letters in AMBITION using each letter only once in each word? ________________________________________________________

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________________________________________________________ 10 good — 15 very good — 20 excellent

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T T T T T T T

I I I I I I I

O O O O O O O

N N N N N N N

1. An act or deed. 2. A family member. 3. Knowledge or news. 4. Talk. 5. People living in a country. 6. To add together. 7. A country.

Write antonyms for these words. rare light addition

___________ ______________ _______________

fraction answered remember

___________ ______________ _______________

Writing Write an acrostic poem for the word GOLD.


Theme: Gold—Dictation Would a person rather have a bar of gold or a bag of gold dust? The official shipping of the bullion was crucial for the development of the mine. It was not known whether the tarnishing of the ingots would financially affect thousands of dollars in expected profits. Rule: cial and tial say sh

Illustrate

Fill in the missing words. 1. A _________ of gold is valuable.

2. To be __________ is to be happy.

3. We went to the school ________ last night.

4. A __________ of dust is very small.

5. You ___________ cross the road at the crossing.

Make two words from the letters. barather __________________ ______________

officialode _________________ ______________

merryoung ________________ ______________

specknown ________________ ______________

Dictionary meanings lode _______________________________________________ quartz _____________________________________________ partial ______________________________________________ gouging ____________________________________________ crucial _____________________________________________

cial tial

Write the list words according to their endings.

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i e l

n t s

How many words can you make of three letters or more? Each word must contain the middle letter.

What word uses all of the letters? ___________________________

Score: 9 good, 15 very good, 20 excellent.


bar

dust

merry

pulled

speck

known

shipping

social

rather

should

person

special

lode

young

official

cradle

crucial

partial

quartz

initial

thousand

essential

tarnish

financial

gouging

accurate

influential

valuable

provisions

artificial

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Gold — Unit 4

A bar of gold

A special person

A cradle for sifting gold

The first two letters of each word are missing.

__ __ rry __ __ rson __ __ung __ __ould

__ __eck __ __ __cial __ __ st __ __lled

Write these words in alphabetical order. special, cradle, valuable, dust, financial, accurate, social, crucial, young, bar

Match the words and meanings.

tarnish ☻ area of gold rich rock

accurate ☻ absolutely necessary

provisions ☻ the first letter of a name or word.

essential ☻ to discolour or spoil

initial ☻ supplies of food

lode ☻ correct or exact

Known has a silent k. Write 5 other silent k words.

Editing Rewrite correctly. 1. Do you no wen the shipp is comming? ______________________________________________________ 2. The specs of dust in the qurtz was gold. ______________________________________________________ 3. The initial for Primary Skool is S.P. ______________________________________________________ 4. The specal yung persen had a valuble but tarnshd teapot. ______________________________________________________

Use the code to work out the following words.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Writing How many different types of metal do you know? Put them in a find a word for your friends to solve.


Revision: Gold—Dictation A speck of gold dust can make the miner merry. When shipping gold in apple boxes you should cover it with a shovel so that the troopers do not pick it out. Some gold shipments have led to a massacre, with the deceitful trooper using the muzzle of his musket.

Jumbled words (from Gold Theme)

dole ________________ shace _______________ mailc _______________ tellit ________________ warro ______________ doul ________________ krand ______________ pecks ______________

Missing Vowels rewrite these words with the vowels. dst ________________ ctch ________________ grn ________________ strk ________________ shvl _______________ gggl ________________ pckt _______________ shft ________________ smll _______________ pck ________________

barareefacentenoisecretotal ____________ ____________ _____________

____________ ____________ _____________

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Correct the misspelt words.

Unjumble the letters to find out what type of gold the miner has found.

narigs

sarb

neiv megs

kpecss

efer

vialulla stud

_________ ________ _________ ________ _________ ________ _________ ________

Filthy Rich

BANG

Population Explosion

How many can you create?


Gold — Revision

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arow vien grian soail

lowd gigle actoin oficail

arnt halv mach

Add ing to the following words and write them in the correct groups, according to their rule. pan, cradle, claim, pause, shovel, knot, gouge, answer, move, shop, pick, dust

shipping mining lighting

Write three rules for adding ing to words. 1. ___________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ 2. ___________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ 3. ___________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________

Try and use 10 spelling list words (lists 6, 7, 8 and 9) to make a word step. Each new word must begin with the letter which ends the word before it.

How Many list 6, 7, 8 and 9 words can you find in the word puzzle? Write them down as you find them. (Hint: There are 53 words in the puzzle - and it goes 4 ways.)


M U S K E T S T O G N I L

L A I C N A N I F T N Y C Y S

V I C O N V E R S A T I O N Q U P

D L H C A T C H D U O L L R E N N I D

E V L A D D E R E L P P A I N K N A R D N

B Y N P A U S E E L D A R C E E C N E C I L H

K X E E M I A L L U V I A L N C I L A I C U R C W

K L M B L A I T N E S S E Q Y N I A R G A

N T I L L A P S O H X C

O T A I A T W T L C P O

D O L T I I D R L I A N

W B C H Y W T T O L A A E R A R N C

X F E N C E L I N O B M I N I N G E

E L Z Z U M E N K G M G I G G L E I

N W O N K L U F T I E C E D F R A C T I O N V B Y

W O R R A M O V E D I S C O V E R I E S E V E I S

D O H N O I T I B M A T S U D R E T H G U A D X D

X Z T O N K V F A R I T I F I C I A L Y F O U N D

C O N C E I V A B L E H Y D E T I E C N O C L F V

A L I G H T U E X C A V A T I N G S K D S N U G W

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Rule: Gold — Unit 1

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