T05
or
Smart Starters ©
Day 2
Write the words
doctor
escalator
anchor
tractor
narrator
_______________ _________________ ______________
_________________
________________
visitor
inspector
director
conductor
actor
_______________ _________________ _______________ _________________
________________
Copy and write True or False
A visitor entertains someone at their house. ___________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________ False
The Captain puts the ship’s anchor down in order to stop the ship from drifting.
______________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________ True
An actor takes his directions from the director of the play. ______________________________
____________________________________________________________________________ True
The orchestra take its direction from the conductor.
______________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________ True
You are required to show your lunch to the inspector on the train.
______________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________ False
A veterinarian is an animal doctor.
_________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________ True
A narrator tells a story. _____________________________________________________ True
Write the list word that means
story teller
narrator
physician
doctor
farm machine tractor
take hold, grip anchor
someone who checks things
moving stairs
someone who acts
someone who conducts
someone who directs
a caller
inspector
escalator
actor
conductor
director
visitor
Write the list word for the picture
tractor
conductor
actor
doctor
anchor
escalator
Read and fill the gaps with a list word
The play was ready to perform. The actors had learned their lines and the director was
pleased with their performance. The orchestra had practiced for many hours and the
conductor felt the music was ready. It was time to raise the curtain.
Cross out the incorrect synonyms
visitor: caller worker
guest friend
company
narrator: storyteller listener reciter reporter reader
trade
singer
T05
or
Smart Starters ©
Day 3
Write the words
doctor
escalator
tractor
narrator
_______________ _________________ ______________
_________________
________________
visitor
inspector
director
conductor
anchor
actor
_______________ _________________ _______________ _________________ ________________
Write words that have the same sound as the Syllables
letters underlined but use these letters to escalator es + cal + at + or
represent that sound
conductor con+ duct + or
narrator
inspector
in + spect + or
a-e ______________ _______________
director
dir + ect + or
ay ______________ _______________
Combine with a list word
ai ______________ _______________
welcome visitor
health inspector
Opposites
actress actor
orchestral conductor
Write the list word that rhymes with these words
factor
actor
director
doctor
Write these words and each base word
visitor
________________________
reactor
________________________
inspectorate ________________________
narrator
________________________
anchorage
________________________
visit
act
inspect
narrate
anchor
What happened to the base word “narrate” (verb) when ‘or’ was added to form a noun?
Remove the 'e' and add 'or' (The most common ending for those words ending in 't' or
'ct')
Find the name of the doctor who performed the first heart
transplant. Dr. Christian Barnard
Write the word Find the dictionary
meaning of escalator
moving staircase
The base word of “narrator” is “narrate”.
Make other words by adding ‘ion’, ‘ive’
narration narrative
Plurals
doctor
anchor
actor
escalator
doctors
anchors
actors
escalators
Singular
inspectors
directors
tractors
narrators
inspector
direct
tractor
narrator
Proofreading Circle the correct spelling and write correctly
ancher anchor anckor
________________________
visiter
visitor
vizitor
________________________
acktor
acter
actor
________________________
Find the name of the
first actor to play the
role of “Superman”.
Christopher Reeve
T05
Day 4
Interest strand
Smart Starters ©
:
Air - balloons
Write a word that means:
An elastic rubber container filled with air
to fill a balloon with air
method of filling the balloon
a gas used for filling balloons
balloon
inflate
blow
helium
Finish these verb families.
inflate
inflates
inflating
blow
blows
blowing
pop
pops
popping
What rule do you need to know to spell this last set ?
Double the consonant to keep the vowel short.
inflated
blew
popped
Write a word that means:
a balloon used for transport
hot air balloon
the fuel used for the fire
natural gas
the part of the balloon which carries the people the basket
Opposites
ascend
descend
Verb families
ascend ascends
float
floats
rise fall
ascending
floating
ascended
floated
Why does the hot air balloon rise when the fire is lit beneath the balloon?
The air heats up and expends which makes it lighter than the air outside
the balloon. Hot air rises and so does the balloon.
Who holds the record for travelling the furthest in a hot air balloon?
Jacques Piccard 1999 Around the world
What was the previous record?
Trans Atlantic crossing
(Encarta)