Download Year 6 Spelling Autumn Term

Unit 1
Words containing soft c and soft g
Examples: grace, precious, forgery
Rule: When c or g comes before e/i/y, the sound is
soft.
Online activities:
Unit 5
http://rbeaudoin333.homestead.com/hardsoftc_g_1.html
Unit 2
Words ending with the ent/ ence suffix
Examples: innocent, innocence, confident, confidence
Rule: Use –ent and –ence/–ency after soft c, soft g and
qu or if follows fid/cid/sid/vid
Online activities:
http://www.spellzone.com/games/index.cfm?wordlist=390
Unit 6
Words ending with the ant/ ance suffix
Examples: hesitant, hesitance, relevant, relevancy
Rule: In words ending in hard c/g. Words ending in y or
if the word starts with a (but not advent)
Online activities:
Unit 7
Words ending with cious/tious
Examples: vicious, spacious, cautious
Rule: When the root word ends with ce, add cious. For
example: Grace - gracious
Online activities: http://quizlet.com/28540606/spelling-
games-ks2-year-6-cious-words-by-saveteacherssundayscom-flashcards/
Words ending with the ible/able suffix
Examples: reliable, sensible, incomprehensible
Rule: End a word with “able” if the root before has a hard /c/ or
/g/ sound (despicable, navigable), after a complete root word
(teachable), or after a silent e (likeable). End a word with “ible” if
the root has a soft /c/ or /g/ sound (reducible, legible), after an
“ss” (admissible), or after an incomplete root word (audible).
http://www.spellzone.com/games/index.cfm?wordlist=397
Unit 4
Words ending with ough
Examples: although, rough, enough, thorough
Rule: can make the sound uff, off, ow, oo – no rule!
Online activities:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/en19patt-gamewordsearch-ough
http://www.spellzone.com/games/index.cfm?wordlist=402
Unit 3
Words ending with the suffix cial/tial
Examples: facial, partial
Rule: When the root word ends with a vowel, it is
common to use cial. Exceptions: initial, commercial,
financial. Tial used after a consonant.
Online activities:
Online activities:
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english2/exercise-english-22779.php
Unit 8
Polysyllabic words
Examples: miniature, conference, poisonous
Rule: depends on the word…..
Online activities: http://www.tes.co.uk/teachingresource/Millionaire-Spelling-6309872/
Year 5/6 Word List
Children are expected to be able to spell the following words by
the end of Year 6 in addition to all high frequency words (see
spelling lists in reading records for details).
accommodate
accompany
according
achieve
aggressive
amateur
ancient
apparent
appreciate
attached
available
average
awkward
bargain
bruise
category
cemetery
committee
communicate
community
competition
conscience*
conscious*
controversy
convenience
correspond
criticise
curiosity
definite
desperate
determined
embarrass
environment
equip (–ped,
–ment)
especially
exaggerate
excellent
existence
explanation
familiar
foreign
forty
frequently
government
guarantee
harass
hindrance
identity
immediate(ly)
individual
interfere
interrupt
language
leisure
lightning
marvellous
mischievous
muscle
necessary
neighbour
nuisance
occupy
occur
opportunity
parliament
persuade
physical
prejudice
privilege
profession
programme
pronunciation
queue
recognise
recommend
relevant
restaurant
rhyme
rhythm
sacrifice
secretary
shoulder
signature
sincere(ly)
soldier
stomach
sufficient
suggest
symbol
system
temperature
thorough
twelfth
variety
vegetable
vehicle
yacht
Each spelling unit lasts a fortnight with an
assessment at the end of the second week.
Although children will be given a small list of
words to learn, the most important thing is to
learn the RULE of the spelling focus and apply
the rule in everyday writing.
We will carry out spelling investigations and
play spelling games several times a week.
The assessment will be a dictation using words
which the children have learned as well as
words that may be unfamiliar. In this way,
children have to apply the spelling rules and
not just learn spellings by rote. Spellings
learned by rote are soon forgotten and not
always used in daily writing.
Please support your child by looking at the
spelling units in this booklet and supporting
them in their spelling activities. Thanks!