Description
In this article we explore sludge at sewage treatment plants and go “up the pipe” to find out what goes down household drains. The article raises awareness of the harmful chemicals we may be using every day and encourages us to use products that are less harmful to our environment.
This pack contains a range of structured literacy activities including
- Spelling rules ck / dge / drop the e / y as a consonant or vowel
- Sounds of -ed
- Exploring parts of language - adverbs, adjectives, nouns, verbs etc
- Doubling or not when adding -ing, -ed
- Floss rules
- Compound words
- Identifying and naming suffixes
- Identifying and naming prefixes
- Vowel teams
- Root words
- Controlling 'r'
- Diagraphs
- Schwa words
- Ghost diagraphs
- -oo- and -oo- / -au and -ow /
- Hard and soft c and g
- Common subordinating conjunctions
- And much more!!
Themes explored include: sludge, chemicals, scientist, environment, landfill, drains, sewage, sewerage, toxic, choice, green, eco-friendly, soap, environmental toxicologist, research, treatment plants
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