These Word Detective Cards are an engaging resource to consolidate parts of speech and work on spelling. It allows students to discover new words and enhance their vocabulary through reading.
These cards can be used individually or as part of a literacy group rotation and allow for differentiation associated with parts of speech.
These cards print out A4 in size.
Curriculum content descriptions
Explore differences in words that represent people, places and things (nouns, including pronouns), happenings and states (verbs), qualities (adjectives) and details such as when, where and how (adverbs) (ACELA1452)
Understand that nouns represent people, places, concrete objects and abstract concepts; that there are three types of nouns: common, proper and pronouns; and that noun groups/phrases can be expanded using articles and adjectives (ACELA1468)
Understand that verbs represent different processes, for example doing, thinking, saying, and relating and that these processes are anchored in time through tense (ACELA1482)