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Crime Vocabulary Spelling

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Crime Vocabulary Spelling

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🔍 Part 1: Crime Vocabulary Spelling

1. Complete the spelling of these crime-related words using the clues provided:

a) A person who may have committed a crime: s u s p _ _ _

b) A story about where someone was during a crime: a l _ _ _

c) Information or objects that help solve a crime: e v _ _ _ n c _

d) A person who saw something happen: w _ _ n e s _

2. Break down these words into their word parts (morphemes) and spell them correctly:

inter + rog + ation = ___________________

fore + nsic = ___________________

3. Circle the correctly spelled word in each pair:

culpret    
culprit

motive    
motiv

detective    
detectiv

📝 Part 2: Spelling in Context

4. Fill in the blanks with the correctly spelled crime vocabulary words. Use the word bank below:

Word Bank: investigation, criminal, evidence, witness, suspect, forensic

The police began their _________________ immediately after the crime was reported.

The _________________ scientist examined fingerprints found at the scene.

A _________________ came forward to describe what they had seen.

The main _________________ was questioned for three hours.

5. Write a sentence using each of these crime words. Make sure you spell them correctly:

alibi:

motive:

🎯 Part 3: Spelling Strategies

6. Choose the spelling strategy that would help you most with each word. Tick all that apply:

For the word "interrogation":

Breaking it into parts (inter-rog-ation)

Sounding it out phonetically

Remembering it rhymes with "station"

For the word "forensic":

Remembering it starts like "forest"

Breaking it into syllables (fo-ren-sic)

Connecting it to "science"

7. Reflection: Which spelling strategy helped you most in today's lesson?
8. Set a spelling goal: Choose one crime vocabulary word you want to practise more and write it here:

My spelling goal word: _____________________

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