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Curriculum
Evening
Spelling
Spellings in School
Learning Spellings
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Contrary to popular belief, learning a list of words for
a weekly spelling test is not the most effective way of
developing spelling abilities.
 An
effective spelling programme…
 Teaching Spelling Strategies
 Teaching at the child’s developmental level
 Daily reading and writing opportunities
 Teaching of high-frequency words
The focus is on using correct spellings
in their writing.
Spellings in School
Spelling in Key Stage 2
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Spellings are taught
through a vigorous
programme of
phonics in KS1
Children move from
Emergent Spellers to
Letter Name –
Alphabetic Spellers
They become WithinWord Pattern
Spellers.
 In
KS2 we focus
on spelling rules.
 How root words
change with
prefixes and
suffixes
 Learning
about
derivation from
Latin & Greek
root words
Spellings in School
How do we choose the words?
National
Curriculum 2014
Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar
– end of year expectations (SPAG)
spelling rules & common exception words
High
Frequency Words
Topic related vocabulary
Frequently misspelt words
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SPAG Spelling Rules
Y4 example
I can use the suffix –ous (poisonous, dangerous)
I can use the suffix –ous where –our is changed to –or
before –ous is added (glamorous)
I can use the suffix –ous where a final ‘e’ of the root word must
be kept if the sound of ‘g’ is to be kept (courageous)
I can use the suffix -ous where there is an /i:/ sound before the
–ous ending, it is usually spelt as i, but a few words have e.
(serious, hideous)
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Spelling End of Year ExpectationsY3 & Y4
Spelling Rules & Common exception word list
accident
accidentally
actual
actually
address
answer
appear
arrive
believe
bicycle
breath
breathe
build
busy
business
calendar
caught
centre
century
certain
circle
complete
consider
continue
decide
describe
different
difficult
disappear
early
earth
eight
eighth
enough
exercise
experience
experiment
extreme
famous
favourite
February
forward(s)
fruit
grammar
group
guard
guide
heard
heart
height
history
imagine
increase
important
interest
island
knowledge
learn
length
library
material
medicine
mention
minute
natural
naughty
notice
occasion
occasionally
often
opposite
ordinary
particular
peculiar
perhaps
popular
position
possess
possession
possible
potatoes
pressure
probably
promise
purpose
quarter
question
recent
regular
reign
remember
sentence
separate
special
straight
strange
strength
suppose
surprise
therefore
though
although
thought
through
various
weight
woman
women
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Spelling End of Year ExpectationsY5 & Y6
Spelling Rules & Common exception word list
accommodate
accompany
according
achieve
aggressive
dictionary
disastrous
embarrass
environment
equip
(–ped, -ment)
ancient
exaggerate
apparent
excellent
available
explanation
category
familiar
cemetery
foreign
committee
forty
communicate government
mischievous
necessary
neighbour
occupy
occur
amateur
appreciate
attached
average
awkward
especially
existence
frequently
guarantee
identity
programme
pronunciation
queue
recognise
restaurant
opportunity
parliament
recommend
relevant
rhythm
secretary
suggest
immediate(ly)
individual
interfere
language
leisure
muscle
nuisance
rhyme
sacrifice
shoulder
signature
sincere(ly)
soldier
stomach
community
controversy
correspond
develop
symbol
system
thorough
twelfth
vegetable
bargain
bruise
competition
conscience*
conscious*
convenience
criticise
(critic + ise)
curiosity
definite
desperate
determined
persuade
physical
prejudice
privilege
profession
sufficient
temperature
variety
vehicle
yacht
harass
hindrance
interrupt
lightning
marvellous
Ways to learn Spellings
Learning Spellings at Home
 Make
it multi – sensory
 Children learn in different ways…
Visual learners, auditory learners, kinaesthetic learners
 Research
suggests that good spellers can
picture the correct spelling in their ‘mind’s
eye’ – use colours and pictures to help.
 Make it Fun!
Ways to learn Spellings
Ways to learn Spellings
Make Up Mnemonics
Ways to learn Spellings
Visual Mnemonics
Why does a case have a handle?
Because you need to be able to carry it.
Ways to learn Spellings
Create Mind Maps
plurals
Ways to learn Spellings
Simultaneous Oral Spelling
1. Read the word
2. Write the
word as
you say the
letter
names
cat
3. Write over in colour as
you say the letter names.
cat
4. Read the
word, copy
it as you
say the
letter
names.
5. Fold the paper
over so you can
only see the
bottom half.
Ways to learn Spellings
Simultaneous Oral Spelling
6. Think the
word, write it
down as you
say the letter
names.
7. Close you eyes
and write the
word saying the
letter names.
cat
cat
Well Done! You have written your spellings five times and should
be developing a picture of it in your mind!
Ways to learn Spellings
And some more ideas…
Ways to learn Spellings
Ideas to take home…
1* Make a word
search with your
words. List them
underneath.
5* Play
charades with
your words.
When someone
has guessed the
word, spell it.
Thank you for
listening.
Any Questions?
9* Sit back to
back with a
partner and test
your words.
13* Illustrate
each of your
words with a
picture.
2* Write a
sentence for
each word to
explain its
meaning.
3* Write rhymes
for each of your
words.
4* Write your
words on cards.
Select 6 to put
on a bingo grid.
Turn cards over
one by one. If
you have word
and can spell it,
you can cover
it.
6* Put your
words to a
number code
eg A=1, B=2
7* Arrange your
words in
alphabetical
order.
8* Use each of
your words in a
silly sentence.
Underline the
word used.
10* Write your
words in
different fonts
and colours.
14* Play
hangman with a
partner using
your words.
11* Write out your
12* Design a
words, cut into
board game to
parts that help
play with your
you to learn them words. Write the
and glue them in.
rules too.
15* Paint your
words with paint
(in the book) or
water (outside).
16* Write your
words in
colourful
bubble writing.