14 January 2011

Thursday 13 January 2011

This week’s spellings are alternatives to “said”. Children will need a large bank of words to use to write great dialogues, and there’s some good phonics knowledge being reinforced too.

Said words (A)

This week, we’re looking at said words again.  All of the verbs below can replace ‘said’.  These will come in handy!

sobbed

commented

snapped

bellowed

suggested

retorted

spluttered

groaned

announced

gurgled

Said words (B)

 

interrupted

whined

conceded

groaned

whispered

gurgled

moaned

spluttered

sobbed

roared

Said words (C)

High frequency words to the right.

whispered

clever

moaned

really

sobbed

ready

laughed

heavy

yelled

early