Spelling Shed Scheme Stage 1

Spelling Scheme of Work

Stage 1

What is included?

- 40 weekly spelling lists (See contents) each based on National Curriculum spelling rules.

- For each list, you will find the following resources:

- One 20 – 30 minute lesson plan. - Resources to aid the delivery of the lesson. - One spelling practice sheet. - One homework sheet. Spelling lists – Stage 1

1. Spelling Rules: The /f/ sound spelled ff usually following a single vowel. 22. Spelling Rules: The short vowel sound /e/ spelled ea.

2. Spelling Rules: The /l/ sound spelled as ‘ll’ and usually comes straight after a single vowel in short words. 23. Spelling Rules: The vowel digraph er. In these words the sound is stressed

3. Spelling Rules: The /s/ sound spelled /ss/ usually straight after a single vowel letter in short words. 24. Spelling Rules: The vowel digraph er. In these words the sound is unstressed and found at the end of words.

4. Spelling Rules: The z sound spelled ‘zz’ usually comes straight after a single vowel in short words. There are exceptions 25. Spelling Rules: The digraphs ir and ur. Often found in the middle of words and occasionally at the beginning of words. which can be spelled with an ‘s’. 26. Spelling Rules: The long vowel sound /oo/ as in Zoo. Very few words start or end with /oo/ 5. Spelling Rules: The /ck/ sound. This sound is usually spelled as ck and comes straight after a single vowel letter in short words. 27. Spelling Rules: The short vowel sound ‘oo’ as in foot. *Standard English pronunciation has been used here. In some parts of England the –ook words may have a longer sound. 6. Spelling Rules: The /nk/ sound found at the end of words. This sound usually comes after a vowel. 28. Spelling Rules: The ‘oa’ digraph can come at the beginning or in the middle of words but very rarely at the end. The ’oe’ 7. Spelling Rules: -tch This sound is usually spelled as ‘tch’ when it comes after a single vowel letter. digraph can be sometimes found at the end of words.

8. Spelling Rules: The /v/ sound at the end of words. English words hardly ever end with the letter v, so if a word ends 29. Spelling Rules: The ’ou’ digraph. This digraph can be can be found at the beginning and in the middle of words. The only with a /v/ sound, the letter e usually needs to be added after the v. common English word ending in ‘ou’ is you.

9. Spelling Rules: Adding s and es to words (plurals) If the ending sounds like /s/ or /z/, it is spelled as –s. If it forms an 30. Spelling Rules: The ‘ow’ digraph. This digraph can make two different sounds like in ‘cow’ or in ‘blow.’ extra syllable, then it is spelled as –es. 31. Spelling Rules: The ‘oo’ and ‘yoo’ sounds can be spelled as u-e, ue and ew. If words end in the /oo/ sound, then it is 10. Spelling Rules: Adding the endings – ing and –ed to verbs. If the verb ends in two consonant letters (the same or likely that they will be spelled ew or ue. different), the ending is simply added on. 32. Spelling Rules: The digraph ‘ie’ making the /aɪ / sound as in pie. 11. Spelling Rules: Adding –er and –est to adjectives. 33. Spelling Rules: The digraph ‘ie’ making the /ee/ sound. 12. Spelling Rules: The /ai/ and /oi/ digraphs. These digraphs are virtually never used at the end of words in English. 34. Spelling Rules: The long vowel sound /i/ spelled ‘igh.’ This is usually found in the middle of words but sometimes at the 13. Spelling Rule: ay and oy digraphs. These digraphs are used for those sounds at the ends of words and syllables. end of words too.

14. Spelling Rule: The long vowel sound /a/ spelled with the split digraph a-e 35. Spelling Rules: The /or/ sound. The vowel digraph ‘or’ and trigraph ‘ore.’ It is more likely that when at the end of a word then it will be spelled with an ‘e.’ 15. Spelling Rule: The long vowel sound /e/ spelled with the split digraph e-e. 36. Spelling Rules: The /or/ sound spelled with the digraph aw or au. If it is at the end of a word it is more likely to be 16. Spelling Rule: The long vowel sound /i/ spelled with a split digraph i-e. spelled with an aw and at the beginning of a word with au.

17. Spelling Rules: The long vowel sound /o/ spelled with the split digraph o_e. 37. Spelling Rules: The /er/ sound spelled ‘air.’ This spelling is commonly found in the middle or at the end of words but can sometimes used at the beginning of words too.

18. Spelling Rules: The long vowel /oo/ and /yoo/ sounds spelled as u-e. These sounds are usually found in the middle or at the end of words. 38. Spelling Rules: The trigraph ‘ear’ as in hear.

39. Spelling Rules: The /er/ sound spelled with ’ear’ or ‘are’ 19. Spelling Rules: The /ar/ consonant digraph. This digraph may be used at the beginning, middle or end of words.

40. Spelling Rules: Words with ’ph’ or ‘wh’ spellings 20. Spelling Rules: Long vowel sound /e/ spelled ee. The letters ‘ee’ make a long vowel sound like in the word see. This is a common way of spelling the sound and is found in the middle of words and sometimes at the end.

21. Spelling Rule. The long vowel sound /e/ spelled ea. Another common spelling of the sound which is often found in the middle and end of words. Stage: 1 List: 1

The /f/ sound spelled ff usually following a single vowel. Stage: 1 Spelling Rules: The /f/ sound spelled ff usually following a single vowel.

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Introduction Words ending with the /f/ sound in English almost always have Spellings double f. Ask the children if they can think of any words that end with a /f/ sound. Write them on the board and see if the children puff can spot the pattern. off Main This week all of the words end with double f so this is easy to Teaching remember, all of the words can be sounded out too. Show children fluff Activity the slide with the ff on it and then say a spelling, get children to write it on their whiteboard and hold it up. Write it on to the slide huff with the ff on. Encourage the children to sound out the words as they write them. stuff cuff staff Independent Ask the children to choose three words to write into a sentence. Activity Work in pairs if necessary. Use the sentence starters if required. cliff Share sentences and spellings with the class. sniff stiff Stage: 1 The /f/ sound spelled ff usually following a single vowel.

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ff Stage: 1 The /f/ sound spelled ff usually following a single vowel.

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puff stiff off

sniff fluff ff cliff huff

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cuff Stage: 1 The /f/ sound spelled ff usually following a single vowel.

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Copy down three of the words in your spelling list and write a sentence containing it. Spellings Children can use the cloze sentences if required. Your word Your sentence puff The ______clouds looked like balls of off ______in the sky. fluff “Don’t go near the ______edge” shouted mum huff stuff cuff staff cliff sniff stiff Stage: 1 The /f/ sound spelled ff usually following a single vowel.

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Copy down three of the words in your spelling list and write a sentence containing it. Spellings Children can use the cloze sentences if required. Your word Your sentence puff The clouds looked like balls of ___fluff______in off the sky. fluff “Don’t go near the ___cliff___ edge” shouted mum huff stuff cuff staff cliff sniff stiff Stage: 1 Spelling Rules: The /f/ sound spelled ff usually following a single vowel.

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Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt puff off fluff huff stuff cuff staff cliff sniff stiff Stage: 1 Spelling Rules: The /f/ sound spelled ff usually following a single vowel.

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Spellings p u f f q d c u f f puff a v r s n i f f o p off j o f f t n b l k s fluff w v e i s p q j n t huff f l u f f a c h i a stuff s t i f f g r n o f cuff v g a h y s h u f f staff a s t u f f b c f m cliff k x l z c l i f f z sniff Find and colour your spellings stiff which are hiding in this grid. Stage: 1 Spelling Rules: The /f/ sound spelled ff usually following a single vowel.

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The /l/ sound spelled as ‘ll’ and usually comes straight after a single vowel in short words. Stage: 1 The /l/ sound spelled as ‘ll’ and usually comes straight after a single vowel in short words.

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Introduction The /l/ sound is usually spelled with a double l in words that only Spellings have one syllable. Get the children to clap each word and see how many syllables each word in the list has, they should notice full that the words are single syllable. till Main Show children the images and get them to write down the correct Teaching spelling for each, click once if they need clues for the spellings. bell Activity Discuss the spellings and any misconceptions, skill spill pull mill Independent Children play spelling noughts and crosses (tic tac toe). On a mini Activity whiteboard draw a nought and crosses grid (see powerpoint fell slide). Each child chooses a target word from the list and has to write it in one of the squares next child writes their word in doll another, play like noughts and crosses. First to get three words in still a row wins that round. Begin again with a new word from the list. What can you see? Write down what these images are:

_ e _ l t _ _ l d _ _ _

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s p _ _ _ _ u _ _ What can you see? Write down what these images are: Answers:

B e l l t I l l d o l l

m i l l

F u l l s p i l l Play a word version of noughts and crosses: • Each partner chooses a word from the spelling list and has to try and get three of their chosen word in a row. • Winner has three in a row, all spelled correctly. • Start again with new words.

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full till Stage: 1 The /l/ sound spelled as ‘ll’ and usually comes straight after a single vowel in short words.

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Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt full till bell skill spill pull mill fell doll still Stage: 1 The /l/ sound spelled as ‘ll’ and usually comes straight after a single vowel in short words.

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Unscramble the words below to find your spellings. Spellings full l l f u p s l i l till bell l o l d b l e l p l l u skill spill pull l i k s l l i t s l mill fell doll i m l l l l f e l i t l still Stage: 1 The /l/ sound spelled as ‘ll’ and usually comes straight after a single vowel in short words.

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Unscramble the words below to find your spellings. Spellings full l l f u p s l i l till f u l l s p i l l bell l o l d b l e l p l l u skill spill d o l l b e l l p u l l pull l i k s l l i t s l mill s k i l l s t i l l fell doll i m l l l l f e l i t l still m i l l f e l l t i l l Stage: 1 List: 3

The /s/ sound spelled /ss/ usually straight after a single vowel letter in short words. Stage: 1 The /s/ sound spelled /ss/ usually straight after a single vowel letter in short words.

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Introduction The /s/ sound is usually spelled with a double s in words that only Spellings have one syllable. Get the children to clap each word and see how many syllables each word in the list has, they should notice dress that the words are single syllable. class Main Ask the children to copy the words from the spelling list and put glass Teaching them in alphabetical order – use the slide with the alphabet on if Activity support is required. miss less Discuss the order and any misconceptions. fuss pass Independent Show the children the slide, or print it out, and get them to kiss Activity unscramble the words to find their spellings. Once spelling from the list is missing, can they spot which one it is? (mess). Get them hiss to write the missing word in the empty box. mess Put the words in your spelling list in to alphabetical order Spellings dress class glass a b c d e f g h I j k l m n miss less fuss o p q r s t u v w x y z pass kiss hiss mess Put the words in your spelling list in to alphabetical order – Answer Spellings class dress fuss a b c d e f g h I j k l m n glass hiss kiss o p q r s t u v w x y z less mess miss pass Stage: 1 The /s/ sound spelled /ss/ usually straight after a single vowel letter in short words.

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Find and unscramble your spellings in the grids.

r d e s s s a l s c

s s m i

l a s g s e l s s

s s p a u s f s k s s i

s e m s h s i s Stage: 1 The /s/ sound spelled /ss/ usually straight after a single vowel letter in short words.

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Find and unscramble your spellings in the grids.

r d e s s s a l s c d r e s s c l a s s s s m i m i s s l a s g s e l s s g l a s s l e s s

s s p a u s f s p a s s k s s i f u s s k i s s s e m s h s i s m e s s h i s s Stage: 1 The /s/ sound spelled /ss/ usually straight after a single vowel letter in short words.

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Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt dress class glass miss less fuss pass kiss hiss mess Stage: 1 The /s/ sound spelled /ss/ usually straight after a single vowel letter in short words.

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Spellings Vowels: a e i o u dress class dr_ss gl_ss cl_ss glass miss l_ss p_ss less Add the fuss missing vowel in each word. pass m_ss h_ss kiss hiss k_ss f_ss m_ss mess Stage: 1 The /s/ sound spelled /ss/ usually straight after a single vowel letter in short words.

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Spellings Vowels: a e i o u dress class dress glass class glass miss less pass less Add the fuss missing vowel in each word. pass mess hiss kiss hiss kiss fuss miss mess Stage: 1 List: 4

The z sound spelt ‘zz’ usually comes straight after a single vowel in short words. There are exceptions which can be spelt with an ‘s’. Stage: 1 The z sound spelt ‘zz’ usually comes straight after a single vowel in short words. There are exceptions which can be spelt with an ‘s’ List: 4

Introduction Ask the children what sound the words in the spelling list have in Spellings common /z/ - can they spot two different ways that it can be spelled? ‘s’ and ‘zz’. buzz whizz Main Ask the children to split their whiteboard with a line down the Teaching middle and write ‘s’ and ‘zz’ at the top. Ask them to work in pairs as Activity to split their spelling list depending on the ending of the words. busy Share results and misconceptions. Get the children to write the spellings on the buckets if time. has fizz jazz Independent Use the dice activity and allow the children to complete it for each Activity word. drizzle Share their sentences and definitions. his is Stage: 1 The z sound spelt ‘zz’ usually comes straight after a single vowel in short words. There are exceptions which can be spelt with an ‘s’ List: 4 Name:

Spellings buzz whizz as busy Words ending ‘s’ Words ending ‘zz’ has fizz jazz drizzle his Sort your spellings between the buckets. Can you add any of your own is words? Stage: 1 The z sound spelt ‘zz’ usually comes straight after a single vowel in short words. There are exceptions which can be spelt with an ‘s’ List: 4 Answers:

Spellings buzz whizz as busy Words ending ‘s’ Words ending ‘zz’ has as buzz whizz has fizz busy is fizz jazz jazz his drizzle drizzle his Sort your spellings between the buckets. Can you add any of your own is words? Stage: 1 The z sound spelt ‘zz’ usually comes straight after a single vowel in short words. There are exceptions which can be spelt with an ‘s’ List: 4 Name:

Roll a die or ask someone to pick a number from 1-6 for each spelling. Spellings buzz Write your word in a full sentence. whizz as Write your word in capital letters. busy Write your word three times. has fizz Write your word in different colours. jazz Write what your word means. drizzle his Spell the word out loud. is Stage: 1 The z sound spelt ‘zz’ usually comes straight after a single vowel in short words. There are exceptions which can be spelt with an ‘s’ List: 4 Name:

Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt buzz whizz as busy has fizz jazz drizzle his is Stage: 1 The z sound spelt ‘zz’ usually comes straight after a single vowel in short words. There are exceptions which can be spelt with an ‘s’ List: 4 Name:

Spellings Read through your spellings. Then cover them up. Circle the correct spelling in each row of the grid below. buzz whizz whizze whiz whizz as fize fiz fizz busy jazz jaaz jaz has buz buzz bus fizz drizzul drizzle drizel is iss iz jazz az as asz drizzle his hiz hiss his busy bussy buzzy is haz has hass Stage: 1 The z sound spelt ‘zz’ usually comes straight after a single vowel in short words. There are exceptions which can be spelt with an ‘s’ List: 4 Answers:

The /ck/ sound. This sound is usually spelt as ‘ck’ and comes straight after a single vowel letter in short words. Stage: 1 The /ck/ sound. This sound is usually spelt as ck and comes straight after a single vowel letter in short words. List: 5

Introduction Show the children the words and ask them what they have in Spellings common (ck), explain that the /k/ sound spelled ck usually comes at the end of short words with one syllable. back neck Main Show children the slides and get them to write down the missing Teaching word from each sentence. Hold up their whiteboard to show their click Activity word choice and discuss their choices, spellings and any misconceptions. suck block black deck Independent Print two sets of cards and in pairs children play snap, when they get Activity a pair, they need to write the spelling on their whiteboard. tick truck clock Look, that giraffe has such a long ____! Answer: Look, that giraffe has such a long ____!

neck You tell the time by using a ______. Answer: You tell the time by using a ______.

clock The sky at night is usually ______. Answer: The sky at night is usually ______.

black Companies often use a ______to transport products around the country. Answer:

Companies often use a ______to transport products around the country.

truck The part of the ship that you walk on is called a ______. Answer: The part of the ship that you walk on is called a ______.

deck Print two sets of cards and in pairs children play snap, when they get a pair, they need to write the spelling on their whiteboard.

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neck suck black tick clock Stage: 1 Spelling Rules: The /ck/ sound. This sound is usually spelt as ck and comes straight after a single vowel letter in short words. List: 5 Name:

Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt back neck click suck block black deck tick truck clock Stage: 1 Spelling Rules: The /ck/ sound. This sound is usually spelt as ck and comes straight after a single vowel letter in short words. List: 5 Name:

Spellings Draw a line to match each word with a picture. back back black neck deck click neck tick suck truck block clock click suck block black deck tick truck clock Stage: 1 Spelling Rules: The /ck/ sound. This sound is usually spelt as ck and comes straight after a single vowel letter in short words. List: 5 Answers:

Spellings Draw a line to match each word with a picture. back back black neck deck click neck tick suck truck block clock click suck block black deck tick truck clock Stage: 1 List: 6

The /nk/ sound found at the end of words. This sound usually comes after a vowel. Stage: 1 Spelling Rules: The /nk/ sound found at the end of words. This sound usually comes after a vowel. List: 6

Introduction Say some of the words to the children, can they pick up the sound that appears Spellings in every word? The /nk/ sound is often found at the end of words and usually comes after a vowel. bank honk Main Using the power point slide, discuss the meaning of the spelling tank Teaching list this week. Get children to come out and underline the /nk/ Activity sound in each word. Notice that most often the sound comes at trunk the end of the word, is there an exception in the list? (thanks). wink think Independent Get children to work in small groups, one child picks one of the Activity spelling list words and writes the first letter on a mini whiteboard, sunk then passes the board to their left, the next child writes the next letter of the word and so on until the word is complete. pink The child that writes the final letter checks the spelling is correct stink and then picks another word from the board to start again. thanks Circle the /nk/ sound in each word. What do the words mean? Can you use them in a sentence?

honk bank tank trunk wink

think sunk pink stink thanks Circle the /nk/ sound in each word. What do the words mean? Can you use them in a sentence? Answers:

honk bank tank trunk wink

think sunk pink stink thanks Stage: 1 The /nk/ sound found at the end of words. This sound usually comes after a vowel.

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Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt bank honk tank trunk wink think sunk pink stink thanks Stage: 1 The /nk/ sound found at the end of words. This sound usually comes after a vowel.

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Spellings bank ba__ ta__ Ho__ honk tank trunk tru__ Add the –nk to wi__ these words wink and read them think Thi__ out loud. su__ sunk pink stink tha__s pi__ sti__ thanks Stage: 1 The /nk/ sound found at the end of words. This sound usually comes after a vowel.

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Spellings bank bank tank Honk honk tank trunk trunk Add the –nk to wink these words wink and read them think Think out loud. sunk sunk pink stink thanks pink stink thanks Stage: 1 List: 7

Words ending ‘–tch’. The /ch/ sound is usually spelt as ‘tch’ when it comes after a single vowel letter. Stage: 1 Words ending ‘–tch’. The /ch/ sound is usually spelt as ‘tch’ when it comes after a single vowel letter. List: 7

Introduction Explain how the ‘tch’ sound is pronounced and ask the children if Spellings they can think of any words that contain this sound – give them a clue, e.g. the person flies on a broomstick, you wear this on your catch arm to tell the time. Get them to say the sound together. kitchen Main Ask the children to look at the slide with the images and write hutch Teaching down the 6 words, remind them that each of the words will Activity contain ‘tch’. ditch match Share the spellings and discuss any mistakes or misconceptions. fetch notch Independent Using the images again, or the other words in the list, ask the Activity children to write sentences using the words, can they make them witch really interesting? stretch Share the sentences with the class watch What can you see? Write down what these images are: What can you see? Write down what these images are: Answers:

Stretch kitchen watch

match witch hutch Stage: 1 Words ending ‘–tch’. The /ch/ sound is usually spelt as ‘tch’ when it comes after a single vowel letter. List: 7 Name:

Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt catch kitchen hutch ditch match fetch notch witch stretch watch Stage: 1 Words ending ‘–tch’. The /ch/ sound is usually spelt as ‘tch’ when it comes after a single vowel letter. List: 7 Name:

Spellings I can ______the ball. The food is cooked in the ______. catch kitchen The ______rides a broomstick. The ______is filled with hutch muddy water. ditch The rabbit lives in his match ______. I wear a ______to tell the time. fetch The footballers are playing a notch ______. Some pirates wear an eye - witch ______. patch The dog will ______the ball. The tool has a ______for watch pulling out nails. Stage: 1 Words ending ‘–tch’. The /ch/ sound is usually spelt as ‘tch’ when it comes after a single vowel letter. List: 7 Answers:

Spellings I can _catch_ the ball. The food is cooked in the _kitchen___. catch kitchen The _witch __ rides a broomstick. The __ditch_ is filled with muddy hutch water. ditch The rabbit lives in his match ___hutch___. I wear a __watch__ to tell the time. fetch The footballers are playing a Some pirates wear an eye - notch _match_. _patch_. witch patch The dog will __fetch__ the The tool has a _notch_ for pulling ball. out nails. watch Stage: 1 List: 8

The /v/ sound at the end of words. English words hardly ever end with the letter ‘v’, so if a word ends with a /v/ sound, the letter ‘e’ usually needs to be added after the ‘v’. Stage: 1 Spelling Rules: The /v/ sound at the end of words. English words hardly ever end with the letter v, so if a word ends with a /v/ sound, the letter e usually needs to be added after the v. List: 8

Introduction English words vary rarely end with a ‘v’. If they have a /v/ sound at Spellings the end then an ‘e’ is added to the end. Ask the children to think of any words which end with a /v/ sound, demonstrate how they are give spelled on the board. live Main Ask the children to match up the beginning and endings of each Teaching word on the slide. Remind them to be careful as some look very love Activity similar to others! dove Share their spellings and discuss any misconceptions! above have glove Independent Ask the children to work independently to choose 5 words and Activity write them in to a sentence, to extend more able children you five could ask them to use two of the words in one sentence, e.g. above and dove or dive and save. dive save Share sentences. Stage: 1 The /s/ sound spelt c before e, i and y. List: 8 Name:

Click to hide the spelling list! Spellings g ve Match the give li e beginning sound live to its ending. l ive love do love dove a ve above hav ave have g e glove fi ve five div bove dive s ove save Stage: 1 The /s/ sound spelt c before e, i and y. List: 8 Answers:

Click to hide the spelling list! Spellings g ve Match the give beginning sound li e live to its ending. l ive love do love dove a ve above hav ave have g e glove fi ve five div bove dive s ove save Stage: 1 Spelling Rules: The /v/ sound at the end of words. English words hardly ever end with the letter v, so if a word ends with a /v/ sound, the letter e usually needs to be added after the v. List: 1

Choose 5 of the words and write them in to a sentence. You can try and add two of the words to a sentence too! Spellings Your word Your sentence give live love dove above have glove five dive save Stage: 1 The /v/ sound at the end of words. English words hardly ever end with the letter v, so if a word ends with a /v/ sound, the letter e usually needs to be added after the v. List: 8 Name:

Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt give live love dove above have glove five dive save Stage: 1 The /v/ sound at the end of words. English words hardly ever end with the letter v, so if a word ends with a /v/ sound, the letter e usually needs to be added after the v. List: 8 Name:

Spellings a l i v e c f h d o v e give b h c g r d m f d i v e live g i v e z a h g q r r d love n j t l y t p s a v e j dove v k u y l o v e s q k f above w l v k z b o x f i v e have d a b o v e w p p n m k glove f m z j x b n g l o v e five h a v e w a v v u r t s dive Find and colour your spellings that save are hidden in this grid. Stage: 1 The /v/ sound at the end of words. English words hardly ever end with the letter v, so if a word ends with a /v/ sound, the letter e usually needs to be added after the v. List: 8 Answers:

Adding s and es to words (plurals). If the ending sounds like /s/ or /z/, it is spelled as –s. If it forms an extra syllable, then it is spelled as –es. Stage: 1 Adding s and es to words (plurals). If the ending sounds like /s/ or /z/, it is spelled as –s. If it forms an extra syllable, then it is spelled as –es. List: 9

Introduction When adding plurals to words explain that when the plural makes Spellings an extra syllable then it is usually spelled ‘es’, for example box (one syllable) becomes boxes (2 syllables). flowers boxes Main Ask the children to split the words between the two boxes, Teaching depending on whether the plural word has an extra syllable or lunches Activity not. Encourage children to clap the syllables in the singular word (red) and then in the plural word (green), to help them decide. apples Share their results and discuss. beaches trees Independent Get children to write the word ‘peaches’ across their mini white board. Activity Set a 7 minute timer and see who can add as many of the spelling list dishes words in to a scrabble web as possible. dogs You can use the example on the slide below if they need some support getting started. peaches Feedback and if time, draw a scrabble web on the board as a class. clouds Say the singular word (red word) then say the plural word (green word) and see if an extra syllable has been added.

flower box lunch apple beach flowers boxes lunches apples beaches dish dog peach cloud tree dishes dogs peaches clouds trees

Extra syllable No extra (es) syllable (s) Say the singular word (red word) then say the plural word (green word) and see if an extra syllable has been added. Answers:

flower box lunch apple beach flowers boxes lunches apples beaches dish dog peach cloud tree dishes dogs peaches clouds trees box cloud tree boxes lunch apple dog clouds trees peach flower lunches apples dogs peaches flowers beach beaches dish dishes

Extra syllable No extra (es) syllable (s) t r flowers u e n s c beach Answers (e.g.): P d ishes t o a r g c louds flowers h e e u s n s c Beaches o p e x p s e l s e s Stage: 1 Adding s and es to words (plurals). If the ending sounds like /s/ or /z/, it is spelled as –s. If it forms an extra syllable, then it is spelled as –es. List: 9 Name:

Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt flowers boxes lunches apples beaches trees dishes dogs peaches clouds Stage: 1 Adding s and es to words (plurals). If the ending sounds like /s/ or /z/, it is spelled as –s. If it forms an extra syllable, then it is spelled as –es. List: 9 Name:

Spellings flowers boxes lunches apples beaches trees dishes dogs peaches clouds Stage: 1 Adding s and es to words (plurals). If the ending sounds like /s/ or /z/, it is spelled as –s. If it forms an extra syllable, then it is spelled as –es. List: 9 Answers:

Spellings flowers boxes lunches apples clouds beaches dogs peaches dishes beaches trees dishes dogs peaches boxes flowers apples lunches trees clouds Stage: 1 List: 10

Adding the endings -ing and -ed to verbs. If the verb ends in two consonant letters (the same or different), the ending is simply added on. Stage: 1 Adding the endings -ing and -ed to verbs. If the verb ends in two consonant letters (the same or different), the ending is simply added on. List: 10

Introduction Adding the endings – ing and –ed to verbs. If the verb ends in two Spellings consonant letters (the same or different), the ending is simply added on. hunting buzzing Main Talk to the children about vowels and consonants, do they know Teaching what the five vowels are? Get the children to come and circle the jumping Activity two consonants before the prefixes ‘ing’ or ‘ed. walking Show children the slide with the root words, ask them to add ed and ing to each of the words to make new words. shouting hunted buzzed Independent Get children to work in small groups, one child picks one of the Activity spelling list words and writes the first letter on a mini whiteboard, jumped then passes the board to their left, the next child writes the next letter of the word and so on until the word is complete. walked shouted The child that writes the final letter checks the spelling is correct and then picks another word from the board to start again. Stage: 1 Adding the endings -ing and -ed to verbs. If the verb ends in two consonant letters (the same or different), the ending is simply added on. List: 10 Name:

Root add ‘-ing’ add ‘-ed’ Word hunt buzz

jump

walk

shout Stage: 1 Adding the endings -ing and -ed to verbs. If the verb ends in two consonant letters (the same or different), the ending is simply added on. List: 10 Answers:

Root add ‘-ing’ add ‘-ed’ Word hunt hunting hunted buzz buzzing buzzed jump jumping jumped walk walking walked shout shouting shouted Stage: 1 Spelling Rules: Adding the endings – ing and –ed to verbs. If the verb ends in two consonant letters (the same or different), the ending is simply added on. List: 10 Name:

Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt hunting buzzing jumping walking shouting hunted buzzed jumped walked shouted Stage: 1 Spelling Rules: Adding the endings – ing and –ed to verbs. If the verb ends in two consonant letters (the same or different), the ending is simply added on. List: 10 Name:

Spellings Read through your spellings. Then cover them up. Circle the correct spelling in each row of the grid below. hunting buzzing hunting huntting hunnting jumping buzing buzzing bussing walking jumpping jumping junping shouting walking wallking walkking hunted shoutting shouting shoutinng hunted huntted huntid buzzed bussed buzzed buzed jumped jumpt jumpped jumped walked wallked walkked walked shouted shouted shoutted shoutedd Stage: 1 Spelling Rules: Adding the endings – ing and –ed to verbs. If the verb ends in two consonant letters (the same or different), the ending is simply added on. List: 10 Answers:

Adding –er and –est to adjectives. Stage: 1 Adding –er and –est to adjectives.

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Introduction When adding er and est to words you create adjectives, usually Spellings the prefix can be added straight on to the end of the word. fresher quicker Main Get the children to look at the list of spellings, all of which are Teaching adjectives and ask them to write down the root words. higher Activity Share the root words and discuss the opposite of each word. harder darker freshest quickest Independent Children to become the teacher by marking Evie’s work and Activity helping her to work out which 6 words are spelled incorrectly.. highest After the children have had a minute to look at it, click the hardest powerpoint slide to hide the spelling list for this activity. darkest Stage: 1 Adding –er and –est to adjectives.

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Root Word Opposite quicker quick slow fresher higher harder darker freshest quickest highest hardest darkest Stage: 1 Adding –er and –est to adjectives.

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Root Word Opposite quicker quick slow fresher fresh stale higher high low harder hard soft darker dark light freshest fresh stale quickest quick slow highest high low hardest hard soft darkest dark light Stage: 1 Adding –er and –est to adjectives.

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Cover your spellings for this task Evie has scored 4/8 in her spelling test. Spellings Can you help her to work out which spellings are wrong and write them correctly? fresher quicker freshist higher qicker harder higher darker harrder darkor freshest fresher quickest highist highest darkest hardest darkest Stage: 1 Adding –er and –est to adjectives.

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Cover your spellings for this task Evie has scored 4/8 in her spelling test. Spellings Can you help her to work out which spellings are wrong and write them correctly? fresher freshest quicker freshist quicker higher qicker higher harder higher harder darker harrder darkor darker freshest fresher fresher quickest highist highest highest darkest darkest hardest darkest Stage: 1 Adding –er and –est to adjectives.

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Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt fresher quicker higher harder darker freshest quickest highest hardest darkest Stage: 1 Adding –er and –est to adjectives.

List: 11 Name:

Spellings Add -er and -est to the root words to create new adjectives. fresher quicker Root word add -er add -est higher fresh harder quick darker freshest high quickest hard highest hardest dark darkest Stage: 1 Adding –er and –est to adjectives.

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Spellings Add -er and -est to the root words to create new adjectives. fresher quicker Root word add -er add -est higher fresh fresher freshest harder quick quicker quickest darker freshest high higher highest quickest hard harder hardest highest hardest dark darker darkest darkest Stage: 1 List: 12

The /ai/ and /oi/ digraphs. These digraphs are virtually never used at the end of words in English. Stage: 1 The /ai/ and /oi/ digraphs. These digraphs are virtually never used at the end of words in English. List: 12

Introduction The digraphs ‘ai’ and ‘oi’ are almost always found in the middle of Spellings words, but occasionally at the start of words. rain train Main Show the children the list of words and ask them to sort them Teaching according to the sound /ai/ or /oi/. afraid Activity Share and discuss results and misconceptions. Get the children to join come up and draw lines from the words to the correct boxes. point Independent Play word bingo – get each child to draw a noughts and crosses wait Activity board to create 6 boxes on their white board. Ask them to write down 6 of the words on the powerpoint. paid Teacher randomly picks a word and says it as part of a sentence, oil children need to work out if they have the word (and double check they have the correct spelling) and cross it off. First to find all 6 coin wins. soil Sort the spelling list according to the sounds in the words.

rain train afraid join point

wait paid oil coin soil

/ai/ /oi/ Sort the spelling list according to the sounds in the words. Answers:

rain train afraid join point

wait paid oil coin soil

point oil coin afraid paid wait train join soil rain

/ai/ /oi/ Stage: 1 The /ai/ and /oi/ digraphs. These digraphs are virtually never used at the end of words in English. List: 12 Name:

Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt rain train afraid join point wait paid oil coin soil Stage: 1 The /ai/ and /oi/ digraphs. These digraphs are virtually never used at the end of words in English. List: 12 Name:

Spellings Read your spellings and then cover them up rain train r___n p___nt p___d afraid join tr___n ___l point Add the missing digraph wait to complete paid afr__d each word. c___n oil coin j___n w___t s___l soil Stage: 1 The /ai/ and /oi/ digraphs. These digraphs are virtually never used at the end of words in English. List: 12 Answers:

Spellings Read your spellings and then cover them up rain train rain point paid afraid join train oil point Add the missing digraph wait to complete paid afraid each word. coin oil coin join wait soil soil Stage: 1 List: 13

The ‘ay’ and ‘oy’ digraphs. These digraphs are used for those sounds at the ends of words and syllables. Stage: 1 The ‘ay’ and ‘oy’ digraphs. These digraphs are used for those sounds at the ends of words and syllables. List: 13

Introduction Introduce the digraph sounds ay and oy to the class. These Spellings sounds are often found at the end of words. day say Main Ask the children to draw a line down their whiteboards and put Teaching ‘toy’ at the top of one side and ‘say’ at the top of the other side. stay Activity Get them to work in pairs to see how many rhyming words they can add (with the same spelling pattern) to each side. toy Share the results and discuss and misconceptions or incorrectly joy spelled words. play way Independent Activity Children to work in pairs to practise writing the words, one child clay picks a word and their partner writes it on the whiteboard. The first child checks the word and then they switch roles. enjoy cowboy toy say Answers:

toy say

boy stay joy play enjoy way cowboy clay annoy day ahoy may bay lay Stage: 1 Spelling Rule: ay and oy digraphs. These digraphs are used for those sounds at the ends of words and syllables. List: 13 Name:

Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt day say stay toy joy play way clay enjoy cowboy Stage: 1 Spelling Rule: ay and oy digraphs. These digraphs are used for those sounds at the ends of words and syllables. List: 13 Name:

Spellings Sort your spellings into the right circle. day say stay toy joy -oy words -ay words play way clay enjoy cowboy Stage: 1 Spelling Rule: ay and oy digraphs. These digraphs are used for those sounds at the ends of words and syllables. List: 13 Answers:

Spellings Sort your spellings into the right circle. day say day stay say toy joy toy stay joy -oy words -ay words way play enjoy play way cowboy clay clay enjoy cowboy Stage: 1 List: 14

The long vowel sound /a/ spelled with the split digraph a-e. Stage: 1 The long vowel sound /a/ spelled with the split digraph a-e.

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Introduction Say the words in the list to the children and see if they can identify Spellings the sound that each word has. Write ‘made’ on the board and ask children if they know which letters are making the /ay/ sound (a_e) made same Main Ask the children to identify the images and apply the split digraph Teaching /ay/ sound when spelling them. There are some extra words in this take Activity section (flame, gate, grape, lake) plate Share their spellings and discuss misconceptions or errors. mistake came Independent Get children to try and create two new words from the letters Activity within a spelling list word. rake safe For example: awake snowflake – snow – now mistake - stake - time snowflake What can you see? Write down what these images are: What can you see? Write down what these images are: Answers:

snowflake

plate

rake

lake gate

grape flame Stage: 1 The long vowel sound /a/ spelled with the split digraph a-e.

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Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt made same take plate mistake came rake safe awake snowflake Stage: 1 Spelling Rules: The long vowel sound /a/ spelled with the split digraph a-e.

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He tidied the garden with a ______. Spellings Their dinner was served on a______. made same The policeman made the children feel ______. take I made a ______in my book. Insert a plate spelling My dad ______a pizza for lunch. into each mistake sentence My brother and I like the ______things. so that it came makes I like to ______my teddy to bed. rake sense. safe My grandma ______to visit at the weekend. awake I was ______early this morning. snowflake A freezing cold ______landed on my nose. Stage: 1 Spelling Rules: The long vowel sound /a/ spelled with the split digraph a-e.

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He tidied the garden with a _rake_. Spellings Their dinner was served on a_plate_. made same The policeman made the children feel _safe__. take I made a _mistake_ in my book. Insert a plate spelling My dad _made_ a pizza for lunch. into each mistake sentence My brother and I like the _same_ things. so that it came makes I like to _take_ my teddy to bed. rake sense. safe My grandma _came_ to visit at the weekend. awake I was _awake_ early this morning. snowflake A freezing cold _snowflake_ landed on my nose. Stage: 1 List: 15

The long vowel sound /e/ spelled with the split digraph e-e. Stage: 1 The long vowel sound /e/ spelled with the split digraph e-e.

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Introduction Say the words in the list to the children and see if they can identify Spellings the sound that each word has. Write ‘theme’ on the board and ask children if they know which letters are making the /ee/ sound even (e_e) theme Main Show children the split words and ask them to write the these Teaching beginnings and ends on their whiteboard to form the spelling lists. Activity Click o the slide to hide the spelling list if you want to make it more evening challenging. eve Share the words the children have made and discuss. delete Independent Children play spelling noughts and crosses (tic tac toe). On a mini Chinese Activity whiteboard draw a nought and crosses grid (see powerpoint slide). Each child chooses a target word from the list and has to complete write it in one of the squares next child writes their word in another, play like noughts and crosses. First to get three words in athlete a row wins that round. Begin again with a new word from the list. extreme Stage: 1 The long vowel sound /e/ spelled with the split digraph e-e. List: 15

Click to hide the spelling list! Spellings ev ese Match the even extr ve beginning sound theme to its ending. th en these eve ete evening e hlete eve del ning delete Chi me Chinese comp lete complete at nese athlete the eme extreme Play a word version of noughts and crosses: • Each partner chooses a word from the spelling list and has to try and get three of their chosen word in a row. • Winner has three in a row, all spelled correctly. • Start again with new words.

theme evening

theme

evening theme Stage: 1 The long vowel sound /e/ spelled with the split digraph e-e.

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Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt even theme these evening eve delete Chinese complete athlete extreme Stage: 1 The long vowel sound /e/ spelled with the split digraph e-e.

List: 15 Name:

Can you write 4 sentences? Use one of your spellings in each sentence. Spellings even theme these evening eve delete Chinese complete athlete extreme Stage: 1 List: 16

The long vowel sound /i/ spelled with a split digraph i-e. Stage: 1 The long vowel sound /i/ spelled with a split digraph i-e.

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Introduction Say the words in the list to the children and see if they can identify Spellings the sound that each word has. Write ‘side’ on the board and ask children if they know which letters are making the /iy/ sound (i_e) five like Main Show the children the slides and get them to input the correct Teaching word from the spelling list, remind them that all of the words have side Activity the split digraph i_e in them! spike Share their words and discuss misconceptions. fire ride Independent Get the children to pick 5 of the words and write a definition for Activity them, they can then share them in small groups, or to the whole time class, and see if children can guess what the word is (like Balderdash) slide trike mice My favourite thing at the park is the ______. Answer:

My favourite thing at the park is the ______.

slide Does anyone know what ______the match is on tonight? Answer:

Does anyone know what ______the match is on tonight?

time My new ______is really fun, did you know they have three wheels? Answer:

My new ______is really fun, did you know they have three wheels?

trike Don’t go too near that ______, it is really hot. Answer:

Don’t go too near that ______, it is really hot.

fire We have so many ______in the barn but the cats like to catch them. Answer:

We have so many ______in the barn but the cats like to catch them.

mice Stage: 1 The long vowel sound /i/ spelled with a split digraph i-e.

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Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt five like side spike fire ride time slide trike mice Stage: 1 The long vowel sound /i/ spelled with a split digraph i-e.

List: Name:

Spellings Draw a line from each picture to one of your spellings. five like side spike five time fire slide spike fire ride trike mice time slide trike mice Stage: 1 The long vowel sound /i/ spelled with a split digraph i-e.

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Spellings Draw a line from each picture to one of your spellings. five like side spike five time fire slide spike fire ride trike mice time slide trike mice Stage: 1 List: 17

The long vowel sound /o/ spelled with the split digraph o-e. Stage: 1 The long vowel sound /o/ spelled with the split digraph o-e.

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Introduction Say the words in the list to the children and see if they can identify Spellings the sound that each word has. Write ‘spoke’ on the board and ask children if they know which letters are making the /oh/ sound (o_e) home woke Main Ask the children to work out the scrambled up words to create Teaching their word list. Remind them that each word contains the o_e split hole Activity digraph. spoke Share their spellings and discuss any misconceptions. bone Independent Give the children the word search and ask them to find and colour those Activity in their spelling list words. hope mole joke phone Stage: 1 The long vowel sound /o/ spelled with the split digraph o-e.

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Find and unscramble your spellings in the grids. Spellings home h m o e o h e l l m o e woke hole n b o e spoke s o p e k bone those h p o e t e h o s j k o e hope mole joke h p n o e k w o e phone Stage: 1 The long vowel sound /o/ spelled with the split digraph o-e.

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Find and unscramble your spellings in the grids. Spellings home h m o e o h e l l m o e woke h o m e h o l e hole m o l e n b o e spoke s o p e k bone s p o k e b o n e those h p o e t e h o s j k o e hope h o p e t h o s e j o k e mole joke h p n o e k w o e phone p h o n e w o k e Stage: 1 Spelling Rules: The long vowel sound /o/ spelled with the split digraph o-e.

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Spellings h o m e t y b w o k e p home o i j n m p n l s f j t woke h x w o v h i s t m a h hole o d k b j o k e k q p o spoke p c m e a n b a p o c s bone e t h o l e j o m x l e those c b o f i h e b o n e h hope b y z n h s p r l a o w mole s p o k e t z y e e a b joke Find and colour your spellings that phone are hidden in this grid. Stage: 1 Spelling Rules: The long vowel sound /o/ spelled with the split digraph o-e.

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Spellings h o m e t y b w o k e p home o i j n m p n l s f j t woke h x w o v h i s t m a h hole o d k b j o k e k q p o spoke p c m e a n b a p o c s bone e t h o l e j o m x l e those c b o f i h e b o n e h hope b y z n h s p r l a o w mole s p o k e t z y e e a b joke Find and colour your spellings that phone are hidden in this grid. Stage: 1 The long vowel sound /o/ spelled with the split digraph o-e.

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Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt home woke hole spoke bone those hope mole joke phone Stage: 1 Spelling Rule: The long vowel sound /o/ spelled with the split digraph o-e.

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Add one of your spellings to each sentence so that it makes sense. Spellings We walk______from school. home woke The dog likes to chew his ______. hole The clown told a funny ______. spoke The ______made a little mound on the grass. bone those I ______up early this morning. hope I ______to my friend on the ______. mole I looked through the ______in the wall. joke phone ______children over there are my friends. Stage: 1 Spelling Rule: The long vowel sound /o/ spelled with the split digraph o-e.

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Add one of your spellings to each sentence so that it makes sense. Spellings We walk _home_ from school. home woke The dog likes to chew his _bone_. hole The clown told a funny _joke_. spoke The _mole_ made a little mound on the grass. bone those I _woke_ up early this morning. hope I _spoke_ to my friend on the _phone_. mole I looked through the _hole_ in the wall. joke phone _those_ children over there are my friends. Stage: 1 List: 18

The long vowel /oo/ and /yoo/ sounds spelt as u-e. These sounds are usually found in the middle or at the end of words. Stage: 1 The long vowel /oo/ and /yoo/ sounds spelt as u-e. These sounds are usually found in the middle or at the end of words. List: 18

Introduction The long vowel /oo/ and /yoo/ sounds spelt as u-e. These sounds are usually Spellings found in the middle or at the end of words. June rude Main Ask the children to copy the words from the spelling list and put Teaching them in alphabetical order – use the slide with the alphabet on if tube Activity support is required. flume Discuss the order and any misconceptions. huge rule use Independent Use the dice activity and allow the children to complete it for each Activity word. tune Share their sentences and definitions. flute plume Put the words in your spelling list in to alphabetical order Spellings June rude tube a b c d e f g h I j k l m n flume huge rule o p q r s t u v w x y z use tune flute plume Put the words in your spelling list in to alphabetical order Answers: Spellings flume flute huge a b c d e f g h I j k l m n June plume rude o p q r s t u v w x y z rule tube tune use Stage: 1 The long vowel /oo/ and /yoo/ sounds spelt as u-e. These sounds are usually found in the middle or at the end of words. List: 18 Name:

Roll a die or ask someone to pick a number from 1-6 for each spelling. Spellings June Write your word in a full sentence. rude tube Write your word in capital letters. flume Write your word three times. huge rule Write your word in different colours. use Write what your word means. tune flute Spell the word out loud. plume Stage: 1 The long vowel /oo/ and /yoo/ sounds spelt as u-e. These sounds are usually found in the middle or at the end of words. List: 18 Name:

Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt June rude tube flume huge rule use tune flute plume Stage: 1 The long vowel /oo/ and /yoo/ sounds spelt as u-e. These sounds are usually found in the middle or at the end of words. List: 18 Name:

Spellings June Ju_e tu_e ru_e rude tube flume tu_e Add the flu_e missing letters huge to these rule ru_e words. u_e use tune flute flu_e hu_e plu_e plume Stage: 1 The long vowel /oo/ and /yoo/ sounds spelt as u-e. These sounds are usually found in the middle or at the end of words. List: 18 Answers:

Spellings June June tube rude rude tube flume tune Add the flume missing letters huge to these rule rule words. use use tune flute flute huge plume plume Stage: 1 List: 19

The /ar/ digraph. This digraph may be used at the beginning, middle or end of words. Stage: 1 The /ar/ digraph. This digraph may be used at the beginning, middle or end of words.

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Introduction The /ar/ digraph. This digraph may be used at the beginning, Spellings middle or end of words. car park Main Get the children to come up and circle the /ar/ sound in each word. Teaching What do they notice? The sound can be found at the beginning, garden Activity middle or end of words. dark Discuss the /ar/ sound with the children, can they think of any more words that contain the sound? Bark, far, tar, charm, sharp, army starve, large. jar arm Independent Get the children to match the words to the definitions. They can Activity either draw lines between them or copy the words down and hard write the definitions with them. stars Share the definitions and discuss any unknown words. yard Stage: 1 The /ar/ digraph. This digraph may be used at the beginning, middle or end of words.

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Write your spelling list on your white board and then Spellings write the definition for each word next to it. car A place with A place where A vehicle. flowers often park swings and a slide. grow. garden dark The opposite Soldiers that of light. protect the This often has army country and jam inside it. jar fight wars. Your hand is arm attached to this limb. An American hard word for There are garden or stars millions of The opposite of outside space. these in the soft. yard sky at night. Stage: 1 The /ar/ digraph. This digraph may be used at the beginning, middle or end of words.

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Write your spelling list on your white board and then Spellings write the definition for each word next to it. A place where car A place with flowers often swings and a park A vehicle. grow. garden car slide. park garden dark The opposite Soldiers that of light. dark protect the army This often has country and jam inside it. jar fight wars. jar Your hand is army arm attached to this limb. arm An American hard word for There are garden or stars millions of outside space. The opposite of these in the yard soft. hard sky at night. stars yard Stage: 1 The /ar/ digraph. This digraph may be used at the beginning, middle or end of words.

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Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt car park garden dark army jar arm hard stars yard Stage: 1 The /ar/ digraph. This digraph may be used at the beginning, middle or end of words.

List: 19 Name:

Spellings Where does the /ar/ come in your words? Sort your spellings into the correct column. (Can you add some more of your own?) car Beginning Middle End park garden dark army jar arm hard stars yard Stage: 1 The /ar/ digraph. This digraph may be used at the beginning, middle or end of words.

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Spellings Where does the /ar/ come in your words? Sort your spellings into the correct column. (Can you add some more of your own?) car Beginning Middle End park army car stars garden arm park garden dark dark jar army hard jar yard arm hard stars yard Stage: 1 List: 20

Long vowel sound /e/ spelt ee. The letters ‘ee’ make a long vowel sound like in the word see. Stage: 1 Long vowel sound /e/ spelt ee. The letters ‘ee’ make a long vowel sound like in the word see. This is a common way of spelling the sound and is found in the middle of words and List: 20 sometimes at the end.

Introduction Long vowel sound /e/ spelt ee. The letters ‘ee’ make a long vowel Spellings sound like in the word see. This is a common way of spelling the sound and is found in the middle of words and sometimes at the feel end. tree Main Ask the children to copy down the words and circle the common Teaching sound in each. How is it spelled? Can they think of any more words green Activity with ‘ee’ in them? meet Show the children the slide with the words with missing ‘ee’ sounds. week They need to add ‘ee’ to those letters to create a word. So fl needs ee in the middle to make feel, grn needs ee in the middle to make see green. The letters are in the order they appear in the final word. free Independent Get children to work in small groups, one child picks one of the Activity spelling list words and writes the first letter on a mini whiteboard, sheet then passes the board to their left, the next child writes the next letter of the word and so on until the word is complete. feet The child that writes the final letter checks the spelling is correct seek and then picks another word from the board to start again. Stage: 1 Long vowel sound /e/ spelt ee. The letters ‘ee’ make a long vowel sound like in the word see.

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Spellings feel tree fl tr grn green meet Add the missing ‘ee’ mt sound to these letters wk week to create words. Some might go in the middle see and some at the end free s fr sheet feet sht ft sk seek Stage: 1 Long vowel sound /e/ spelt ee. The letters ‘ee’ make a long vowel sound like in the word see.

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Spellings feel tree feel tree green green meet Add the missing ‘ee’ meet sound to these letters week week to create words. Some might go in the middle see and some at the end free see free sheet feet sheet feet seek seek Stage: 1 Long vowel sound /e/ spelt ee. The letters ‘ee’ make a long vowel sound like in the word see.

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Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt feel tree green meet week see free sheet feet seek Stage: 1 Long vowel sound /e/ spelt ee. The letters ‘ee’ make a long vowel sound like in the word see.

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Spellings Write the correct spelling into each sentence. feel I wear shoes on my ______. tree A ______has seven days. green The branches on the ______are covered with ______leaves. meet week The grass is ______. see My teacher needs glasses to ______. free I ______proud when I get the answers right. sheet It is polite to shake hands when you ______someone new. feet Sometimes we play hide and ______at playtimes. seek Stage: 1 Long vowel sound /e/ spelt ee. The letters ‘ee’ make a long vowel sound like in the word see.

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Spellings Write the correct spelling into each sentence. feel I wear shoes on my _feet_. tree A _week_ has seven days. green The branches on the _tree_ are covered with _green_ leaves. meet week The grass is _green_. see My teacher needs glasses to _see_. free I _feel_ proud when I get the answers right. sheet It is polite to shake hands when you _meet_ someone new. feet Sometimes we play hide and _seek_ at playtimes. seek Stage: 1 List: 21

The long vowel sound /ē/ spelled ea. Another common spelling of the sound which is often found in the middle and end of words. Stage: 1 The long vowel sound / ē / spelt ea. Another common spelling of the sound which is often found in the middle and end of words. List: 21

Introduction The long vowel sound /ē/ spelled ea. Another common spelling of Spellings the sound which is often found in the middle and end of words. Let the children see the word list and see if they can spot the each letters that are making the /e/ sound. reach Main Do a speed spell and ask the children to write the words you say lead Teaching on their whiteboards as quickly as possible. Remind them that all Activity of the spellings contain the ‘ea’ digraph. leave squeak Share the spellings and discuss any misconceptions. peach teach Independent Get the children to complete the sentences using the words from Activity this week’s spellings. Share with a partner to check answers and leaf then share with the class. beak real Stage: 1 The long vowel sound /ē/ spelt ea. Another common spelling of the sound which is often found in the middle and end of words. List: 21 Name:

Spellings Choose one of your spellings to complete the sentence. each reach You can have one biscuit ______. lead I am so little that I can’t ______the cupboard! leave You know the way George, you ______the way. I definitely heard a ______, do you think there is a mouse? squeak My favourite fruit is a ______. peach I can ______you how to dance if you like? teach You can draw around a ______to get a good shape. leaf Birds have a ______to peck food. beak Is that treasure map ______? real Stage: 1 The long vowel sound /ē/ spelt ea. Another common spelling of the sound which is often found in the middle and end of words. List: 21 Answers:

Spellings Choose one of your spellings to complete the sentence. each reach You can have one biscuit _each_. lead I am so little that I can’t _reach_ the cupboard! leave You know the way George, you _lead_ the way. I definitely heard a _squeak_, do you think there is a mouse? squeak My favourite fruit is a _peach_. peach I can _teach_ you how to dance if you like? teach You can draw around a _leaf_ to get a good shape. leaf Birds have a _beak_ to peck food. beak Is that treasure map _real_? real Stage: 1 The long vowel sound /ē/ spelt ea. Another common spelling of the sound which is often found in the middle and end of words. List: 21 Name:

Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt each reach lead leave squeak peach teach leaf beak real Stage: 1 The long vowel sound /ē/ spelt ea. Another common spelling of the sound which is often found in the middle and end of words. List: 21 Name:

Spellings Unscramble the letters below to create the correct spelling. each e a h c r reach c h e a lead l e a r leave f e a l squeak a d l e peach c h t a e teach v e a l e leaf k e a b beak s k u e q a real p c h e a Stage: 1 The long vowel sound /ē/ spelt ea. Another common spelling of the sound which is often found in the middle and end of words. List: 21 Answers:

Spellings Unscramble the letters below to create the correct spelling. each e a h c r reach reach c h e a each lead l e a r real leave f e a l leaf squeak a d l e lead peach c h t a e teach teach v e a l e leave leaf k e a b beak beak s k u e q a squeak real p c h e a peach Stage: 1 List: 22

The short vowel sound /e/ spelt ea. Stage: 1 The short vowel sound /e/ spelt ea.

List: 22

Introduction Explain that the digraph ‘ea’ can be pronounced as a long /e/ Spellings sound or a short /e/ sound. This week we are looking at the short sound. head meant Main Get the children to look at the lists of words and divide them in to Teaching a group with a long /e/ sound and a group with a short /e/ sound. wealth Activity Discuss the words and get the children to come up and write them threat in to the correct bucket. Discuss misconceptions. dead bread instead Independent Get the children to think about meanings of words by selecting Activity five of their spellings and writing a definition for them. They can sweat use a dictionary if they get stuck. spread deaf Stage: 1 Spelling Rules: The short vowel sound /e/ spelt ea.

List: 22 Name:

Spellings head wealth meant threat teach dead real each Long /ē/ words Short /e/ words beak reach leave lead bread sweat peach deaf instead leaf

Sort the words between the buckets. Can you add any of your own words? Stage: 1 Spelling Rules: The short vowel sound /e/ spelt ea.

List: 22 Answers:

Spellings head wealth meant threat teach dead real each Long /ē/ words Short /e/ words beak reach teach leaf head bread real leave lead reach wealth deaf lead leave peach meant bread sweat beak dead threat peach deaf each sweat instead instead leaf

Sort the words between the buckets. Can you add any of your own words? Stage: 1 The short vowel sound /e/ spelt ea.

List: 22 Name:

Use a dictionary to find out what your spellings mean. Spellings Create your own definition for 5 of your words. Your word Your definition head meant wealth threat dead bread instead sweat spread deaf Stage: 1 The short vowel sound /e/ spelt ea.

List: 22 Name:

Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt head meant wealth threat dead bread instead sweat spread deaf Stage: 1 The short vowel sound /e/ spelt ea.

List: 22 Name:

Spellings h e a d t y b r e a d q head b i j e m m n l s f r r meant h x w a v i n s t e a d wealth g d k d u l m k g q p t threat f c m e a n t j p o c u dead s w e a t j n o k x l v bread c b i d i h w e a l t h instead b y z g h s p r e a d w sweat t h r e a t z y d e a f spread Find and colour your spellings that deaf are hidden in this grid. Stage: 1 The short vowel sound /e/ spelt ea.

List: 22 Answers:

The vowel digraph ‘er’. In these words the sound is stressed. Stage: 1 The vowel digraph ‘er’. In these words the sound is stressed.

List: 23

Introduction In this week’s spellings they each have the /er/ sound which is Spellings stressed in the word. This does not always happen, there are exceptions. herb her Main Show children the power point slide with the mixed up Teaching beginnings and endings. Click the mouse to hide the spelling person Activity list and see if children can copy down the correct beginning and end to create the spelling list! stern verse Share the words created and discuss any errors or misconceptions. verb Independent Get children to try and create two new words from the letters term Activity within a spelling list word. germ For example: perch yesterday – say – yes yesterday person - son - pore Stage: 1 The vowel digraph ‘er’. In these words the sound is stressed. List: 23 Name: Click to hide the Spellings spelling list! he er Match the herb h se beginning sound her to its ending. per m person st rday stern ver rb verse ver ern verb t erm term ger erch germ p b perch yeste son yesterday Stage: 1 The vowel digraph ‘er’. In these words the sound is stressed. List: 23 Answers: Click to hide the Spellings spelling list! he er Match the herb h se beginning sound her to its ending. per m person st rday stern ver rb verse ver ern verb t erm term ger erch germ p b perch yeste son yesterday Stage: 1 Spelling Rules: The vowel digraph er. In these words the sound is stressed.

List: 23 Name:

Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt herb her person stern verse verb term germ perch yesterday Stage: 1 Spelling Rules: The vowel digraph er. In these words the sound is stressed.

List: 23 Name:

Spellings Find and unscramble your spellings in the grids. herb her s r o e p n s r e e v person stern n r e t s t r e m m r e g verse verb term e r v b c r e p h e h r germ perch e r h b e t r d s e y a y yesterday Stage: 1 Spelling Rules: The vowel digraph er. In these words the sound is stressed.

List: 23 Answers:

Spellings Find and unscramble your spellings in the grids. herb her s r o e p n s r e e v person p e r s o n v e r s e stern n r e t s t r e m m r e g verse s t e r n t e r m g e r m verb term e r v b c r e p h e h r p e r c h h e r germ v e r b perch e r h b e t r d s e y a y yesterday h e r b y e s t e r d a y Stage: 1 List: 24

The vowel digraph ‘er’. In these words the sound is unstressed and found at the end of words. Stage: 1 The vowel digraph ‘er’. In these words the sound is unstressed and found at the end of words. List: 24

Introduction The vowel digraph ‘er’. In these words the sound is unstressed and Spellings found at the end of words. better summer Main Ask the children to copy the words from the spelling list and put Teaching them in alphabetical order – use the slide with the alphabet on if sister Activity support is required. over Discuss the order and any misconceptions. never under Independent Play a word version of noughts and crosses – each partner chooses a Activity word from the spelling list and has to try and get three of their chosen winter word in a row. Winner has three in a row, all spelled correctly. Start again with new words. brother ever river Put the words in your spelling list in to alphabetical order.

Spellings better summer sister a b c d e f g h I j k l m n over never under o p q r s t u v w x y z winter brother ever river Answers: Put the words in your spelling list in to alphabetical order.

Spellings better brother ever a b c d e f g h I j k l m n never over river o p q r s t u v w x y z sister summer under winter Play a word version of noughts and crosses: • Each partner chooses a word from the spelling list and has to try and get three of their chosen word in a row. • Winner has three in a row, all spelled correctly. • Start again with new words.

over winter

over

winter over Stage: 1 The vowel digraph ‘er’. In these words the sound is unstressed and found at the end of words. List: 24 Name:

Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt better summer sister over never under winter brother ever river Stage: 1 The vowel digraph ‘er’. In these words the sound is unstressed and found at the end of words. List: 24 Name:

Spellings Read through your spellings. Then cover them up. Circle the correct spelling in each row of the grid below. better summer beter better bettre sister summer sumer sumerr over sista sister sisster never ovver overr over nevver never neverr under underr undder under winter winter winnter wintter brother brothher brrother brother ever everr ever evver river river rivver riverr Stage: 1 The vowel digraph ‘er’. In these words the sound is unstressed and found at the end of words. List: 24 Answers:

The digraphs ‘ir’ and ‘ur’. Often found in the middle of words and occasionally at the beginning of words. Stage: 1 The digraphs ‘ir’ and ‘ur’. Often found in the middle of words and occasionally at the beginning of words. List: 25

Introduction The digraphs ir and ur. Often found in the middle of words and occasionally Spellings at the beginning of words. girl shirt Main Ask the children to draw a line down the middle of their Teaching whiteboards and write ‘ir’ on one side and ‘ur’ on the other. Read third Activity the words out to the children and ask them to write them in to the correct side. bird Discuss any misconceptions or mistakes. first turn hurt Independent Ask the children to circle or colour in their spellings in the Activity wordsearch. burst church Thursday Stage: 1 The digraphs ‘ir’ and ‘ur’.

List: 25 Name:

Spellings Place the words from your spellings into the correct box. Can you think of any more of your own? girl shirt Digraph ‘ir’ Digraph ‘ur’ third bird first turn hurt burst church Thursday Stage: 1 The digraphs ‘ir’ and ‘ur’. List: 25 Answers:

Spellings Place the words from your spellings into the correct box. Can you think of any more of your own? girl shirt Digraph ‘ir’ Digraph ‘ur’ third girl third bird burst first bird turn church turn shirt first hurt Thursday burst hurt church Thursday Stage: 1 The digraphs ‘ir’ and ‘ur’.

List: 25 Name:

Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt girl shirt third bird first turn hurt burst church Thursday Stage: 1 The digraphs ‘ir’ and ‘ur’.

List: 25 Name:

Spellings s o v t b e s o t u r n girl h u r t n g f a m f n h shirt i a y b h o i t g i r l third r e m n y n r e b a e h bird t k t h u r s d a y i t first s f e c b a t v b n y h turn c h u r c h s c t e r i hurt y z g h s y r e a r v r burst b u r s t e m n b i r d church Find and colour your spellings that Thursday are hidden in this grid. Stage: 1 The digraphs ‘ir’ and ‘ur’.

List: 25 Answers:

The long vowel sound /oo/ as in zoo. Stage: 1 The long vowel sound /oo/ as in zoo.

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Introduction The long vowel sound /oo/ is found in the middle and at the end of Spellings words, it is not found at the start of virtually any English words. food moon Main Ask the children to write down as many /oo/ words as they can in Teaching 2 minutes, they can work in pairs. soon Activity Share the words they have come up with and discuss boots misconceptions or errors. afternoon pool Independent Children play /oo/ snap or pelmanism, print out two sets of cards Activity and children play in small groups. When they get a pair they need zoo to spell it out. tool spoon boom Print two sets of cards and in pairs children play snap, when they get a pair, they need to write the spelling on their whiteboard. Stage: 1 The long vowel sound /oo/ as in Zoo.

List: 26 Name:

Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt food moon soon boots afternoon pool zoo tool spoon boom Stage: 1 The long vowel sound /oo/ as in Zoo.

List: 26 Name: Write the correct spelling into each sentence. Spellings The ______can be seen in the sky at night. food I wear Wellington ______in the rain. moon soon The animals in the ______were eating their ______. boots I need my armbands in the swimming ______. afternoon My mum used a hammer from the ______box. pool My baby brother is learning to eat with a ______. zoo I told my friends I would be out to play ______. tool spoon In the ______we played football. boom The fireworks made a loud ______. Stage: 1 The long vowel sound /oo/ as in Zoo.

List: 26 Answers: Write the correct spelling into each sentence. Spellings The _moon_ can be seen in the sky at night. food I wear Wellington _boots_ in the rain. moon soon The animals in the _zoo_ were eating their _food_. boots I need my armbands in the swimming _pool_. afternoon My mum used a hammer from the _tool_ box. pool My baby brother is learning to eat with a _spoon_. zoo I told my friends I would be out to play _soon_. tool spoon In the _afternoon_ we played football. boom The fireworks made a loud _boom_. Stage: 1 List: 27

The short vowel sound ‘oo’ as in foot. *Standard English pronunciation has been used here. In some parts of England

the –ook words may have a longer sound. Stage: 1 The short vowel sound ‘oo’ as in foot. Standard English pronunciation has been used here. In some parts of England the –ook words may have a longer sound. List: 27

Introduction Some words in English use the ‘oo’ spelling which is pronounced Spellings as a short sound, this is dependent on location and dialect however. book foot Main Ask children to look at the beginning sound, add the /oo/ sound Teaching and then work out what the end sound is to make their spelling good Activity words. They can draw lines or write the words in full. brook Share and discuss their results. cook took wood Independent Use the dice activity and allow the children to complete it for each Activity word. shook Share their sentences and definitions. stood wool Stage: 1 The short vowel sound ‘oo’ as in foot. List: 27 Name:

Click to hide the Spellings spelling list! b d Match the book f k beginning sound foot to its ending. g k good br d brook c + oo t cook t k took w l wood sh k shook st d stood w k wool Stage: 1 The short vowel sound ‘oo’ as in foot. List: 27 Answers: Click to hide the Spellings spelling list! b d Match the book f k beginning sound foot to its ending. g k good br d brook c + oo t cook t k took w l wood sh k shook st d stood w k wool Stage: 1 The short vowel sound ‘oo’ as in foot.

List: 27 Name:

Roll a die or ask someone to pick a number from 1-6 for each spelling. Spellings book Write your word in a full sentence. foot good Write your word in capital letters. brook Write your word three times. cook took Write your word in different colours. wood Write what your word means. shook stood Spell the word out loud. wool Stage: 1 The short vowel sound ‘oo’ as in foot.

List: 27 Name:

Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt book foot good brook cook took wood shook stood wool Stage: 1 The short vowel sound ‘oo’ as in foot.

List: 27 Name:

Spellings b k br k g d book foot t k good f t brook oo cook w d c k took wood w l sh k shook stood Create your spelling st d words by adding oo. wool Can you say them in a sentence? Stage: 1 The short vowel sound ‘oo’ as in foot.

List: 27 Answers:

Spellings book brook good book foot took good foot brook oo cook wood cook took wood wool shook shook stood Create your spelling stood words by adding oo. wool Can you say them in a sentence? Stage: 1 List: 28

The ‘oa’ digraph can come at the beginning or in the middle of words but very rarely at the end.

The ’oe’ digraph can be sometimes found at the end of words. Stage: 1 The ‘oa’ digraph can come at the beginning or in the middle of words but very rarely at the end. The ’oe’ digraph can be sometimes found at the end of words. List: 28

The ‘oa’ digraph can come at the beginning or in the middle of words Spellings Introduction but very rarely at the end. The ’oe’ digraph can be sometimes found at boat the end of words. Main Get the children to split the words up on the whiteboard according to road Teaching whether they have /oa/ or /oe/ spellings. Ask them to write the words in Activity to two lists and colour in, or circle, the common spelling pattern. toe Explain that there is no specific rule for how the words are spelled and soap so they need to be learnt. goat Independent Play sound bingo. coat Activity Give the children the grid, or get them to draw their own. Get them to coach put a small sound in each corner, either ‘oe’ or ‘oa’ – they choose which one (the first one is done to show them how) goes Once they have a spelling sound in each box, say one of the words from toast the list and they must put it in one of the boxes which contains that spelling. E.g. if you said toe or goes then it could go in the first box. The cloak aim is to get a row of three and then a full house first. Stage: 1 The ‘oa’ digraph can come at the beginning or in the middle of words but very rarely at the end. The ’oe’ digraph can be sometimes found at the end of words. List: 29 Name:

/oh/

‘oe’

‘oa’ Stage: 1 The ‘oa’ digraph can come at the beginning or in the middle of words but very rarely at the end. The ’oe’ digraph can be sometimes found at the end of words. List: 28 Name:

Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt boat road toe soap goat coat coach goes toast cloak Stage: 1 The ‘oa’ digraph can come at the beginning or in the middle of words but very rarely at the end. The ’oe’ digraph can be sometimes found at the end of words. List: 28 Name:

Spellings boat road toe soap goat coat coach goes toast cloak Stage: 1 The ‘oa’ digraph can come at the beginning or in the middle of words but very rarely at the end. The ’oe’ digraph can be sometimes found at the end of words. List: 28 Answers:

Spellings boat road toe soap coat soap road boat cloak goat coat coach goes toast toast goes goat coach toe cloak Stage: 1 List: 29

The ’ou’ digraph. This digraph can be can be found at the beginning and in the middle of words. The only common English word ending in ‘ou’ is you. Stage: 1 The ’ou’ digraph. This digraph can be can be found at the beginning and in the middle of words. The only common English word ending in ‘ou’ is you. List: 29

Introduction The ’ou’ digraph. This digraph can be can be found at the Spellings beginning and in the middle of words. The only common English word ending in ‘ou’ is you. out mouth Main Get the children to look at the sheet with the missing letters and Teaching try and locate the missing ones in pairs. You can allow them to see sound Activity the spelling list or you can hide it if you want more challenge. proud Share the spellings that the children come up with and discuss any misconceptions. shout about Independent Get the children to look at Marvin’s spelling test, he got 5 words Activity wrong. Can they spot which ones are incorrect? They can use the around spelling list if needed or hide it to make it more challenging. found mound count Stage: 1 The ’ou’ digraph.

List: 29 Name:

Spellings o t r o u d out mouth c o u n o u n d sound m o u h a o u t proud shout s u n d a r u n d about around m o u n h o u t found mound Can you use your spellings to locate the missing letters? count Stage: 1 The ’ou’ digraph.

List: 29 Answers:

Spellings o u t p r o u d out mouth c o u n t f o u n d sound m o u t h a b o u t proud shout s o u n d a r o u n d about around m o u n d s h o u t found mound Can you use your spellings to locate the missing letters? count Stage: 1 The ’ou’ digraph. List: 29

Cover your spellings for this task Marvin has scored 5/10 in his spelling test.

Spellings Can you help him out by writing the correct spellings into this grid? out out mouth mowth sound sound proud proud shout showt about abbout around arownd found found mound mound count cownt Stage: 1 The ’ou’ digraph. List: 29 Answers:

Cover your spellings for this task Marvin has scored 5/10 in his spelling test.

Spellings Can you help him out by writing the correct spellings into this grid? out out out mouth mowth mouth sound sound sound proud proud proud shout showt shout about abbout about around arownd around found found found mound mound mound count cownt count Stage: 1 The ’ou’ digraph.

List: 29 Name:

Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt out mouth sound proud shout about around found mound count Stage: 1 The ’ou’ digraph.

List: 29 Name:

Spellings o u t s m o u n d u out h r f s o u n d o p mouth s h o u t t r f d g sound o s a e c m o u t h proud f o u n d c e n d c shout h t p r o u d a k o about e r i a b o u t n u around a r o u n d e l o n found v s e b o b s i m t mound Can you find and colour your spellings hiding in this grid. count Stage: 1 The ’ou’ digraph.

List: 29 Answers:

The ‘ow’ digraph. This digraph can make two different sounds like in ‘cow’ or in ‘blow.’ Stage: 1 The ‘ow’ digraph. This digraph can make two different sounds like in ‘cow’ or in ‘blow’.

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Introduction The ‘ow’ digraph can be pronounced two ways – e.g. cow and Spellings blow. how brown Main Ask the children to decide which words go in the ‘ow’ like cow box Teaching and which go in the ‘ow’ like blow box. down Activity Share their classifications and check for misunderstandings. town frown Independent In small groups, one child picks a spelling list word and tells the own Activity others what it is. They must write the word on their whiteboard and the first child acts as teacher to check the spellings. The next blow child then becomes the teacher and they choose a word. Continue until all words have been spelled by the group. snow grow show Split the words up depending on their sound:

‘ow’ like cow ‘ow’ like blow

how own brown blow down

grow snow show frown town

ow like cow ow like blow Split the words up depending on their sound:

‘ow’ like cow Answers: ‘ow’ like blow

how own brown blow down

grow snow show frown town

down frown own grow brown blow snow how town show

ow like cow ow like blow Stage: 1 The ‘ow’ digraph. This digraph can make two different sounds like in ‘cow’ or in ‘blow.’

List: 30 Name:

Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt how brown down town frown own blow snow grow show Stage: 1 The ‘ow’ digraph. This digraph can make two different sounds like in ‘cow’ or in ‘blow.’

List: 30 Name:

Find and unscramble your spellings in the grids. Spellings how t w o n w n o r b w h o brown down n w o r f town n o w w o s h frown own l o w b blow w g r o d w o n snow grow w s n o show Stage: 1 The ‘ow’ digraph. This digraph can make two different sounds like in ‘cow’ or in ‘blow.’ List: 30 Answers: Find and unscramble your spellings in the grids. Spellings how t w o n w n o r b w h o brown t o w n b r o w n h o w down n w o r f town n o w w o s h frown f r o w n o w n s h o w own l o w b blow b l o w w g r o d w o n snow g r o w d o w n grow w s n o show s n o w Stage: 1 List: 31

The ‘oo’ and ‘yoo’ sounds can be spelt as u-e, ue and ew. If words end in the /oo/ sound, then it is likely that they will be spelt ew or ue. Stage: 1 The ‘oo’ and ‘yoo’ sounds can be spelt as u-e, ue and ew. If words end in the /oo/ sound, then it is likely that they will be spelt ew or ue. List: 31

Introduction Ask the children if they can remember any ways of spelling the Spellings ‘oo’ sound (ue, ew, u_e) blue true Main Ask the children to sort the spelling list in to groups depending on Teaching their spelling pattern. They can do this on their whiteboards. Tuesday Activity Share with the class and discuss any misconceptions. Get the few children to come up and draw a line from each spelling to the correct box. (two new words have been added to enable them to drew see the u_e spelling) clue rescue Independent Write each of your words twice using rainbow colours (red, Activity orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet) new grew threw Divide the words up depending on their spelling pattern:

blue threw grew true tube new

Tuesday few rescue drew cute clue

ew ue u-e Divide the words up depending on their spelling pattern: Answers:

blue threw grew true tube new

Tuesday few rescue drew cute clue

cute grew Tuesday rescue tube drew new blue few clue threw true

ew ue u-e Rainbow Spelling

blue threw grew true new

Tuesday few rescue drew clue Stage: 1 The ‘oo’ and ‘yoo’ sounds can be spelt as u-e, ue and ew.

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Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt blue true Tuesday few drew clue rescue new grew threw Stage: 1 The ‘oo’ and ‘yoo’ sounds can be spelt as u-e, ue and ew.

List: 31 Name:

Spellings Which spelling is correct? blue blue blew true trew true Cover your Tuesday Tewsday Tuesday spellings and few few fue colour the correct spelling drew drew drue from each spelling pair. clue clew clue rescue rescew rescue new nue new grew grew grue threw threw thrue Stage: 1 The ‘oo’ and ‘yoo’ sounds can be spelt as u-e, ue and ew.

List: 31 Answer:

The digraph ‘ie’ making the /aɪ/ sound as in pie. Stage: 1 Spelling Rules: The digraph ‘ie’ making the /aɪ / sound as in pie.

List: 32

Introduction Say some of the words from the list to the children and see if they Spellings can work out what digraph is that is making the /ai/ sound. lie pie Main Do a speed spell where you say the words quickly and children Teaching write them down on their white board and hold them up as tried Activity quickly as they can. spied Address misconceptions or mistakes as they occur and remind children that all of the words have the same ‘ie’ digraph in them. dried tie Independent Get the children to create triangle spellings where they draw a Activity triangle and add a letter each level until they write the whole cried spelling t tr died tri trie fried tried tied Triangle Spellings

Add a letter for each level until you write the whole word.

t tr tri trie tried Stage: 1 The digraph ‘ie’ making the /aɪ / sound as in pie.

List: 32 Name:

Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt lie pie tried spied dried tie cried died fried tied Stage: 1 The digraph ‘ie’ making the /aɪ / sound as in pie.

List: 32 Name:

Spellings l i d e d lie pie t e d p i tried t i e d p i e d spied dried c r i d t e tie cried f r i e d i e d died fried Can you use your spellings to locate the missing letters? tied Stage: 1 The digraph ‘ie’ making the /aɪ / sound as in pie.

List: 32 Answers:

Spellings l i e d i e d lie pie t i e d p i e tried t r i e d s p i e d spied dried c r i e d t i e tie cried f r i e d d r i e d died fried Can you use your spellings to locate the missing letters? tied Stage: 1 List: 33

The digraph ‘ie’ making the /ee/ sound. Stage: 1 The digraph ‘ie’ making the /ee/ sound.

List: 33

Introduction Ask the children if they know what digraph is making the /ee/ Spellings sound in the spelling list words. What ways are there to make /ee/? chief thief Main Get the children to copy down their spelling list and then colour in Teaching the digraph in each word. piece Activity Check the spellings and discuss any misconceptions or mistakes. brief handkerchief Independent Put the images up from the slide and see if they children know field Activity what they are and how to spell each word without the clues. You can add clues if they are finding it hard, e.g. write the first letter for belief them. priest shield grief What can you see? Write down what these images are: What can you see? Write down what these images are: Answers: handkerchief

thief

chief

priest shield field Stage: 1 The digraph ‘ie’ making the /ee/ sound.

List: 33 Name:

Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt chief thief piece brief handkerchief field belief priest shield grief Stage: 1 The digraph ‘ie’ making the /ee/ sound.

List: 33 Name:

Roll a die or ask someone to pick a number from 1-6 for each Spellings spelling. chief Write your word in a full sentence. thief piece Write your word in capital letters. brief Write your word three times. handkerchief field Write your word in different colours. belief Write what your word means. priest shield Spell the word out loud. grief Stage: 1 List: 34

The long vowel sound /i/ spelt ‘igh.’ This is usually found in the middle of words but sometimes at the end of words too. Stage: 1 The long vowel sound /i/ spelt ‘igh’. This is usually found in the middle of words but sometimes at the end of words too. List: 34

Introduction Tell the children some of the spelling list words, can they identify Spellings the common sound? Do they know how the sound is spelled? high light Main Ask the children to put the partial spellings through the machine Teaching to add ‘igh’ in the gap. What words do they make? right Activity Can they think of any more ‘igh’ words to add to their list? tight fright Independent Ask the children to put their words in alphabetical order. Check night Activity with a partner and share with the class. They can use the bright alphabet list on the slide if they need support. sight mighty midnight Stage: 1 The long vowel sound /i/ spelled ‘igh’.

List: 34 Name:

Add ‘ igh’ to these words to Spellings make your spelling words. high h l___t r___t t___t fr___t n___t br___t s___t m___ty midn___t Stage: 1 The long vowel sound /i/ spelled ‘igh’.

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Add ‘ igh’ to these words to Spellings make your spelling words. high h light l___t right r___t tight t___t fright fr___t night n___t bright br___t sight s___t mighty m___ty midnight midn___t Put the words in your spelling list in to alphabetical order

Spellings high light right a b c d e f g h I j k l m n tight fright night o p q r s t u v w x y z bright sight mighty midnight Put the words in your spelling list in to alphabetical order Answers: Spellings bright fright high a b c d e f g h I j k l m n light midnight mighty o p q r s t u v w x y z night right sight tight Stage: 1 The long vowel sound /i/ spelled ‘igh’.

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Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt high light right tight fright night bright sight mighty midnight Stage: 1 The long vowel sound /i/ spelt ‘igh’.

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Spellings s t l t h high light r t right fr t tight igh fright n t midn t night bright t t m ty sight mighty br t midnight Create your spelling words by adding igh. Can you say them in a sentence? Stage: 1 The long vowel sound /i/ spelt ‘igh’.

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Spellings sight light high high light right right fright tight igh fright night midnight night bright tight mighty sight mighty bright midnight Create your spelling words by adding igh. Can you say them in a sentence? Stage: 1 List: 35

The /or/ sound. The vowel digraph ‘or’ and trigraph ‘ore’. It is more likely that when at the end of a word then it will be spelled with an ‘e’. Stage: 1 Spelling Rules: The /or/ sound. The vowel digraph ‘or’ and trigraph ‘ore.’ It is more likely that when at the end of a word then it will be spelled with an ‘e.’ List: 35

Introduction The /or/ sound can be made by the digraph ‘or’ or the trigraph Spellings ‘ore’, If it is in the middle of the word it is usually ‘or’ and at the end of a word has the ‘e’ on the end. forty north Main Show children the split words and ask them to write the Teaching beginnings and ends on their whiteboard to form the spelling lists. horse Activity Click o the slide to hide the spelling list if you want to make it more challenging. score Share the words the children have made and discuss. wore morning torn Independent Get children to work in small groups, one child picks one of the Activity spelling list words and writes the first letter on a mini whiteboard, more then passes the board to their left, the next child writes the next letter of the word and so on until the word is complete. before shore The child that writes the final letter checks the spelling is correct and then picks another word from the board to start again. Stage: 1 The /or/ sound. List: 35

Click to hide the spelling list! Spellings for core Match the forty nor rn beginning sound north to its ending. ho th horse s ty score wor ore wore morn fore morning to rse torn m ore more be e before sh ing shore Stage: 1 The /or/ sound. List: 35 Answers: Click to hide the spelling list! Spellings for core Match the forty nor rn beginning sound north to its ending. ho th horse s ty score wor ore wore morn fore morning to rse torn m ore more be e before sh ing shore Stage: 1 The /or/ sound.

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Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt forty north horse score wore morning torn more before shore Stage: 1 The /or/ sound.

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Spellings Unscramble the letters below to create the correct spelling. forty n o r m g I n north s e h o r horse o r f t y score t n o r wore t h o r n morning e r o m torn o w r e more s e c r o before f r e o b e shore h o r s e Stage: 1 The /or/ sound.

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Spellings Unscramble the letters below to create the correct spelling. forty n o r m g i n morning north s e h o r shore horse o r f t y forty score t n o r torn wore t h o r n north morning e r o m more torn o w r e wore more s e c r o score before f r e o b e before shore h o r s e horse Stage: 1 List: 36

The /or/ sound spelt with the digraph aw or au. If it is at the end of a word it is more likely to be spelt with an aw and at the beginning of a word with au. Stage: 1 The /or/ sound spelt with the digraph aw or au. If it is at the end of a word it is more likely to be spelt with an aw and at the beginning of a word with au. List: 36

Introduction The /or/ sound spelt with the digraph aw or au. If it is at the end of a Spellings word it is more likely to be spelt with an aw and at the beginning of a word with au saw yawn Main Ask the children to look at the spelling list and find a way to split Teaching the words according to the digraph that they use – either ‘aw’ or author Activity ‘au’. dinosaur They can make two lists, colour them in, put different shapes around, make a code or anything else to identify the words with astronaut the same digraph. draw Independent Get the children to find a rhyming word for each of the spelling list crawl Activity words, they don’t need to have the same spelling rule.

August If any children need to be extended then they can try and create sentences containing both the spelling word and the new rhyming lawn word in! drawn Stage: 1 The /or/ sound spelt with the digraph aw or au.

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Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt saw yawn author dinosaur astronaut draw crawl August lawn drawn Stage: 1 The /or/ sound spelt with the digraph aw or au.

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Spellings Sort your spellings into the right circle. Can you add any other words you know? saw yawn author dinosaur astronaut Digraph aw Digraph au draw crawl August lawn drawn Stage: 1 The /or/ sound spelt with the digraph aw or au.

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Spellings Sort your spellings into the right circle. Can you add any other words you know? saw yawn yawn author dinosaur saw dinosaur draw author astronaut Digraph aw Digraph au draw August crawl crawl lawn astronaut August drawn lawn drawn Stage: 1 List: 37

The /er/ sound spelled ‘air’. This spelling is commonly found in the middle or at the end of words but can sometimes used at the beginning of words too. Stage: 1 The /er/ sound spelled ‘air’. This spelling is commonly found in the middle or at the end of words but can sometimes used at the beginning of words too. List: 37

Introduction Some words contain an /er/ sound, usually in the middle or at the Spellings end of the word, which is spelled with the trigraph ‘air’. air Main Can children think of any? Get them to work in pairs to try and pair Teaching make a list of any words that contain the ‘air’ trigraph. If children chair Activity are struggling then put the alphabet list on the board and get them to work through and see which letters can simply be added fairy to the front of ‘air’ to make a word E.g. fair, hair, lair, pair. Then ask them to add y or s to the end to make more words – fairy, hairy, dairy lairy, fairs, hairs, lairs, pairs etc. fair Share the word lists the children create. hair lair Independent Get the children to pick 5 of the spelling list words and write is Activity down on the sheet then draw a picture of what it is! hairy stairs Put the words in your spelling list in to alphabetical order.

Spellings air pair chair a b c d e f g h I j k l m n fairy dairy fair o p q r s t u v w x y z hair lair hairy stairs Put the words in your spelling list in to alphabetical order.

Spellings Answers: air chair dairy a b c d e f g h I j k l m n fair fairy hair o p q r s t u v w x y z hairy lair pair stairs Stage: 1 The /er/ sound spelled ‘air’.

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Pick five of the spellings, write the word and draw what it is. Spellings air pair chair fairy dairy fair hair lair hairy stairs Stage: 1 The /er/ sound spelled ‘air’.

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Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt air pair chair fairy dairy fair hair lair hairy stairs Stage: 1 The /er/ sound spelled ‘air’.

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Spellings Can you select 6 of your spellings to write into sentences? air pair 1. chair 2. fairy dairy 3. fair 4. hair 5. lair hairy 6. stairs Stage: 1 List: 38

The trigraph ‘ear’ as in hear. Stage: 1 The trigraph ‘ear’ as in hear.

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Introduction Tell the children some of the words from this week’s list. Can they Spellings pick of the common sound? Do they know how it is spelled? dear beard Main Show children the word list and the definitions, get them to come Teaching up to the board and match up the correct word to its definition. If year Activity any are unknown then get children to look words up in a dictionary. fear gear Independent Get children to try and create two new words from the letters Activity within a spelling list word. hear near For example: spear beard – bear – ear spear – pear - rap tear clear Stage: 1 The trigraph ‘ear’ as in hear.

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Write your spelling list on your white board and then write Spellings the definition for each word next to it. beard A word you use 365 days is one when you are year Hair on a ______. starting a letter. man’s face. fear

The opposite gear A word that of far. means to be hear You change afraid. near these on a bike A sharp sword like or in a car. spear object used for hunting in the past. tear You use your When someone ears to do this. clear cries, this Something you comes out of can see through. dear the eye. Stage: 1 The trigraph ‘ear’ as in hear.

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Write your spelling list on your white board and then write Spellings the definition for each word next to it. beard A word you use 365 days is one when you are year year Hair on a ______. starting a letter. man’s face. fear dear beard The opposite gear A word that of far. means to be hear near You change afraid. near these on a bike A sharp sword like or in a car. fear object used for spear hunting in the past. gear tear spear When someone You use your ears to do this. clear Something you cries, this can see through. comes out of the eye. dear hear clear tear Stage: 1 The trigraph ‘ear’ as in hear.

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Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt dear beard year fear gear hear near spear tear clear Stage: 1 The trigraph ‘ear’ as in hear.

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Spellings ear ear ear ear dear beard year d y f g fear gear ear ear hear ear ear near spear h n cl t tear Can you make your spelling words using the trigraph ‘ear’ and the clear letters next to the cans of paint? Which words were missing? Stage: 1 List: 39

The /air/ sound spelled with ’ear’ or ‘are’. Stage: 1 The /air/ sound spelled with ’ear’ or ‘are’

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Introduction The /air/ sound can be created using ‘ear’ or ‘are’. Spellings bear wear Main Get the children to split the words up depending on their trigraph. Teaching They can do this by putting a line down the middle of their dare Activity whiteboards and writing a list on either side. share Share their lists and discuss any misconceptions. To extend them, see if they can add any more words to either list. mare pear bare Independent Complete the dice activity for each word. Activity care scared hare Divide the words up depending on their spelling pattern:

bear mare wear pear hare dare

care bare share scared tear square

are ear Divide the words up depending on their spelling pattern:

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bear mare wear pear hare dare

care bare share scared tear square

hare share care wear scared are ear bear bare pear dare tear mare square Stage: 1 The /air/ sound spelled with ’ear’ or ‘are’

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Roll a die or ask someone to pick a number from 1-6 for each spelling. Spellings bear Write your word in a full sentence. wear dare Write your word in capital letters. share Write your word three times. mare pear Write your word in different colours. bare Write what your word means. care scared Spell the word out loud. hare Stage: 1 The /air/ sound spelled with ’ear’ or ‘are’

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Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt bear wear dare share mare pear bare care scared hare Stage: 1 The /air/ sound spelled with ’ear’ or ‘are’

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Write the correct spelling into each sentence. Spellings The men took great ______as the ______passed by. bear Climbing the wall was a silly ______. wear dare The boys decided to ______the toys. share It looked like a rabbit but, in fact, it was a ______. mare I didn’t want to ______my new school shoes. pear My favourite fruit is a ______. bare My sister was ______of the big dog on the playground. care scared The horse in the field was a ______. hare I had forgotten my gloves, and my hands were ______. Stage: 1 The /air/ sound spelled with ’ear’ or ‘are’

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Write the correct spelling into each sentence. Spellings The men took great _care_ as the _bear_ passed by. bear Climbing the wall was a silly _dare_. wear dare The boys decided to _share_ the toys. share It looked like a rabbit but, in fact, it was a _hare_. mare I didn’t want to _wear_ my new school shoes. pear My favourite fruit is a _pear_. bare My sister was _scared_ of the big dog on the playground. care scared The horse in the field was a _mare_. hare I had forgotten my gloves, and my hands were _bare_. Stage: 1 List: 40

Words with ’ph’ or ‘wh’ spellings. Stage: 1 Words with ’ph’ or ‘wh’ spellings.

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Introduction Ask the children if they know a way to create a /f/ sound using a Spellings digraph (ph), can they think of any words? Tell the children some of the ‘wh’ words, can they identify the starting sound and how it dolphin is spelled? phonics Main Do a speed spell, each child has a whiteboard and you say the Teaching words from the list. Children quickly write the word down and when Activity hold up their whiteboard to show. which Discuss misconceptions and correct after each spelling and remind the children that each word will contain either ‘ph’ or ‘wh’ while alphabet elephant Independent Ask the children to find their spellings in the word-search. One Activity word from the list is not in the word-search. Can they identify it? where (Elephant) wheel white Stage: 1 Words with ’ph’ or ‘wh’ spellings.

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Spellings d o l p h i n a w e dolphin e e w h e e l t h f phonics l w f o o o q i i t when e h e n i p t l t g which p e w i e e w f e w while h r w c q w h i c h alphabet a e x s u l e h j i elephant n l v b n m n e w l where t a l p h a b e t e wheel Find and colour your spellings which are white hiding in this grid. Which word is missing? Stage: 1 Words with ’ph’ or ‘wh’ spellings.

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Spellings 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt 3rd Attempt dolphin phonics when which while alphabet elephant where wheel white Stage: 1 Words with ’ph’ or ‘wh’ spellings.

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Can you use Spellings your spelling d o l i n words to work dolphin out whether a i c h wh or ph has phonics been removed e n from each of when these words? o n i c s which Write the e r e word again while with the e e l correct sound alphabet accurately placed. elephant i t e where i l e wheel a l a b e t white e l e a n t Stage: 1 Words with ’ph’ or ‘wh’ spellings.

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Can you use Spellings your spelling d o l i n dolphin words to work dolphin out whether a i c h which wh or ph has phonics been removed e n when from each of when these words? o n i c s phonics which Write the e r e where word again while with the e e l wheel correct sound alphabet accurately placed. elephant i t e white where i l e while wheel a l a b e t alphabet white e l e a n t elephant Stage 1 – Common Exception Words.

These words can be used to supplement the lists above. a the do to today of said says are were was is his has I you your they be he me she we no go so by my here there where love come some one once ask friend school put push pull full house our