Download Spellings Year 5 Based on Support for Spelling and the NC 2014

Spellings Year 5
Based on Support for Spelling and the NC 2014
Support for spelling is a fantastic programme which is available to view online and has some great ideas which support the teaching of spelling in
schools.
Autumn Term 1
Support for Spelling Objectives
To spell words with common letter strings
and different pronunciations.
Word examples with cross over to the new
curriculum.
Bough, cough, enough, plough, though, bought,
drought, sought, thought.
Plus:
ea – read, deaf, Reading and bear.
ai – ate, eight, train, gate.
igh- light, night, right, eight, weight, sigh, high
ear – pear, learn, ear, earth
NB. Word example list included in support
for spelling, year 5 term 1 (ii)
Autumn Term 2
To spell unstressed vowels in polysyllabic
words.
K – in knife, know, knee
Wednesday, separate, business
NC 2014 links
Key Words
thorough, accommodate, accompany, according,
rhyme, rhythm, occur, occupy, determined, develop
Statutory expectations to cover
Words containing the letter string ‘ough’
New NC with examples
ought, bought, thought, nought, brought, fought
rough, tough, enough cough though, although,
dough through
thorough, borough plough, bough
NB. ‘ough’ - This is one of the trickiest
spellings in English and can be used to spell a
number of sounds.
Key Words
(these were chosen from the new curriculum to
fit with support for spelling obj)
vegetable, familiar, category, definite, dictionary
plus
achieve, cemetery, forty, symbol, programme
Statutory expectations to cover
Words with ‘silent’ letters
New NC with examples
doubt, island, lamb, solemn, thistle, knight
NB. Word example list included in support
for spelling, year 5 term 1 (i)
Spring 1
To explore the spelling patterns of
consonants and to formulate rules. OUT –
Key Words
frequently, identity, muscle, neighbour,
Covered earlier.
opportunity, queue, recognise, relevant, soldier,
twelfth
Statutory expectations to cover
Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters
to words ending in –fer
Use of the hyphen
New NC with examples
referring, referred, referral, preferring,
preferred, transferring, transferred.
reference, referee, preference, transference
co-ordinate, re-enter, co-operate, co-own.
NB. The ‘r’ is doubled, if the –fer is still stressed
when an ending is added.
The ‘r’ is not doubled if the –fer is no longer
stressed.
Spring 2
To explore less common prefixes and suffixes
OUT – Covered earlier.
Summer 1
To investigate and learn spelling rules for
adding suffixes to words ending in ‘e’, words
Hyphens can be used to join a prefix to a root
word, especially if the prefix ends in vowel letter
and the root word also begins with one.
Key Words
Aggressive, amateur, bargain, bruise, especially,
excellent, government, harass, hindrance, variety
Statutory expectations to cover
Endings which sound like –cial and –tial
New NC with examples
official, special, artificial, partial, confidential,
essential.
NB: -cial is common after a vowel letter and –tial
after a consonant letter, though there are some
exceptions.
Exceptions: initial, financial, commercial,
provincial.
Key Words
Ancient, apparent, average, committee,
ending in ‘y’ and words containing ‘ie’.
Cover earlier OUT
Summer 2
To investigate and learn spelling rules for
adding suffixes
Word examples which overlap with new NC
- ous
infectious, previous, obvious, gaseous
communicate, community, desperate, language,
persuade, system
Statutory expectations to cover
Words with the ‘ee’ (/i:/) sound spelt ‘ei’ after
‘c’
New NC with examples
Deceive, conceive, receive, perceive, ceiling
NB. Exceptions, protein, caffeine, seize
Key Words
marvelous, mischievous, disastrous, conscious,
appreciate, competition, embarrass, individual,
physical, shoulder
Statutory expectations to cover
Words ending in –able/ably and –ible/ibly
Words which end in –cious or -tious
New NC examples
adorable/adorably (adoration),
applicable/applicably (application),
considerable/considerably (consideration),
tolerable/tolerably (toleration)
changeable, noticeable, forcible, legible
dependable, comfortable, understandable,
reasonable, enjoyable, reliable
possible/possibly, horrible/horribly,
terrible/terribly, visible/visibly,
incredible/incredibly, sensible/sensibly
vicious, precious, conscious, delicious, malicious,
suspicious
ambitious, cautious, fictitious, infectious,
nutritious
NB. Rule – if –able is added to a word ending
in ‘ce’ or ‘ge’ the ‘e’ must be kept (eg.
noticeable and changeable)