Resources - Spelling

Spelling Resources

These learning objects cover the core sight works a child must know in the first two years of schooling.

The learning objects in this section cover some of the spelling strategies that need to be covered in Year One.

The learning objects in this section cover some of the spelling strategies that need to be covered in Year Two.

The learning objects in this section cover some of the spelling strategies that need to be covered in Year Three.

The learning objects in this section cover some of the spelling strategies that need to be covered in Year Four.

Strategies	LOOK-SAY-COVER-WRITE-CHECK	SISTER

Activities	Compound words	Digraphs
	Dipthongs	Plurals
	Tenses
	Word endings - le and el	Word endings - al and il
	Final syllables - er, ar, or	Final syllables - et and it
	Comparatives	Suffixes - tion, ish, ous, ey and y
	Homophones in two syllable words	Prefixes - over and under
	Suffix - ward	Word endings - '-dge' and '-ge'
	Word endings -ture and -sure	Adding final sounds - ion to ss and ct endings
	Hard and soft c	Homophones
	Hard and soft g	More homophones
	Prefixes - in, im, fore, en	Suffixes - ful, ly, ness
	Diphthongs and ambiguous vowels

Activities:	Find a word

The learning objects in this section cover some of the spelling strategies that need to be covered in Year Five.

Strategies	LOOK-SAY-COVER-WRITE-CHECK	SISTER

Activities	Prefixes - mis, un, dis, in, non	Compartives - Suffixes
	Prefixes and Suffixes	i before e except after c
	Diphthongs- aw, au, al and all	Confusing words
	Suffixes - let, ling, ian,ship, hood, ment	Comparative Levels
	Norse words	Suffixes - en, n, al and ar
	Suffixes - wards, ways, ish and ive	Linking words
	Homophones in two syllable words	Unusual plurals
	Prefixes - semi, multi, peri, circ, trans, inter	Word endings - final 'c' words
	Complex consonants - ph and qu	Prefixes - out, super, diff, dis
	Prefixes - im, il, ig and ir	Suffixes - change -ic ending to -ick before adding -ing
	Hard and soft c	Hard and soft g
	Prefixes - in, non, pre, uni, bi, tri	Suffixes - ar, er, or, ary, ery, ory
	Words from other languages	Difficult words
	Word endings le, el, il, al

Games:	Find a word

The learning objects in this section cover some of the spelling strategies that need to be covered in Year Six.

Strategies	LOOK-SAY-COVER-WRITE-CHECK	SISTER

Activities	gh and ph patterns	Hard and soft g
	Diphthongs- aw, au, al	Greek roots - graph
	Homophones	Latin roots - ped
	Prefixes - im, il, in, ir	Suffixes - ance and ence
	Suffixes -ist and -ism	Prefixes - ante and anti
	Greek roots - gram, micro, geo	Accented syllable - first
	Accented syllable - second	Word ending - ion
	Prefixes - sur, ex, pre, post	Ambiguous vowels - au, aw, al
	Prefixes - en and em	Suffixes -ist and -ism
	Advanced homophones - revision and extension	Prefixes - hyper, sub, inter, intra
	Suffixes - wise	Complex consonants - ch and qu
	Prefixes - mono, semi, cent	Prefixes - mil, pent, octo
	Consonant alternations	Suffixes - fy and ee
	Suffixes - ate and ise	Suffixes - ant and ent
	Difficult words	Greek roots - auto and poly
	Words from other languages

The learning objects in this section cover some of the spelling strategies that need to be covered in Year Seven.

Strategies	LOOK-SAY-COVER-WRITE-CHECK	SISTER

Activities	Greek roots - auto, tele	Prefixes - mono, uni, bi, tri
	Greek roots - meter, bio	Prefixes - quad, penta, octo, poly
	Greek roots - photo, geo	Prefixes - micro, mega, macro
	Prefixes - super, hyper	Greek root - demo
	Prefixes - fore, pre, post	Greek roots - hydro and hydra
	Latin roots - scribe and fer	Suffix - logy
	Accented syllable - second	Accented syllable - third
	Word endings - ary, ory, ery	Greek roots - ectomy and phobia
	Latin roots - jub and scribe	Latin roots - vis and vid
	Greek roots - path	Advanced homophones
	Prefixes - circum, peri, mal	Latin stems - bene, cap, cide
	Prefixes - multi, poly, quad	Latin stems - miss, mit, sci, dic, dict
	Consonant alternation	Greek roots - biblio, gram, graph
	Latin stems - ven, vent, prim, princ, lit	Suffixes - ar and ary
	Latin stems - mob, mot, pens, pend, port	Difficult words