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Year 6 Spelling List- Autumn Term 2 In order to prepare children for the SATs test in May, the spellings in Year 6 will focus on the revision of spelling rules and patterns that have already been covered in Year 3 – 5. The statutory words for Year 6 cover the statutory word list from the National Curriculum for Years 3 and 4, and Years 5 and 6. Week beginning: 31st October Focus: -ant, -ance, -ancy words If there is a related word with the /a/ sound near the end (such as in cat or /ay/ as in day), generally use –ant, -ance, -ancy. Words with –ation endings give us a clue e.g. observation – observant, observance. Challenge 1 distant - distance important – importance entrant - entrance Challenge 2 significant -significance expectant - expectancy hesitant - hesitancy observant - observance Challenge 3 vigilant - vigilance abundant - abundance buoyant – buoyancy Statutory words (all children to learn) forward fruit grammar group guard guide heard heart height Week beginning: 7th November Focus: -ent, -ence, -ency words Use –ent, -ence/ -ency after soft /c/, /g/ and /qu/ sounds such as innocent – innocence, or if there is a related /e/ sound (/e/ in the word hen) such as confident – confidence. Challenge 1 absent - absence silent - silence different - difference Challenge 2 independent independence evident - evidence innocent - innocence confident - confidence Challenge 3 permanent - permanency prominent - prominence frequent - frequency Statutory words (all children to learn) history imagine increase important interest island knowledge learn notice Year 6 Spelling List- Autumn Term 2 Week beginning: 14th November Focus: -tial and –cial words -cial is commonly used after a vowel letter at the end of the word. There are some exceptions to this rule: financial, commercial, provincial. -tial is commonly used after a consonant letter at the end of a vowel. There are some exceptions to this rule: initial. Challenge 1 serious precious various Challenge 2 hideous dangerous obvious vicious Challenge 3 mysterious disastrous spontaneous Statutory words (all children to learn) occasion occasionally often opposite ordinary length library material medicine Week beginning: 21st November Focus: -ous words Many adjectives and adverbs end in –ous, others can be made by adding –ous to the end of a word (such as mountain to mountainous). If the word ends in –e, remove the e then add –ous (such as fame to famous). Challenge 1 special crucial official Challenge 2 essentially artificial superficial potentially Challenge 3 influential confidential beneficial Statutory words (all children to learn) mention minute natural naughty particular peculiar perhaps popular position Week beginning: 28th November Focus: -cious and –tious words Some words end in –cious. If a word ends in –ce, the –tious sound is usually spelt as a ‘c’ such as space- spacious, malice- malicious. Anxious is an exception to this rule. Some words end in –tious, often when the noun ends in – tion such as caution- cautious. Challenge 1 delicious precious ambitious Challenge 2 nutritious cautiously viciously consciously Challenge 3 fictitious infectious atrocious Statutory words (all children to learn) possess possession possible potatoes pressure probably promise purpose quarter Year 6 Spelling List- Autumn Term 2 Week beginning: 5th December Focus: -sure and –ture words Words that sound like /zher/ are usually spelt –sure. Words that sound like /cher/ are usually spelt –ture. Challenge 1 measured treasure picture Challenge 2 pleasure creature nature capture Challenge 3 enclosure furniture adventure Statutory words (all children to learn) question recent regular reign remember sentence separate special straight Week beginning: 12th December Focus: Hyphenated words A hyphen can be used to join a prefix to a root word. This is particularly the case if the prefix ends in a vowel letter and the root word also starts with the same vowel letter (such as re-enter). The prefixes ex- and selfusually use a hypen. Challenge 1 co-own re-enter ex-member Challenge 2 co-ordinate co-operate re-enact self-serve Week beginning: 19th December Review of all spellings across the term. Challenge 3 re-establish pre-existing anti-inflammatory Statutory words (all children to learn) strange strength suppose surprise therefore though although thought through
