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• Words which begin with H - A worksheet (PDF) which helps Year One children to identify words which begin with the letter 'H'. Contributed by Lynn Harvey.
• Medial Vowels - A fantastic Powerpoint presentation (1.6Mb) which can be used with children as part of your work on medial vowels. Contributed by Tina Godden.
• Medial Vowels 2 - An updated version of the above presentation, which is slightly more difficult.
• Making words with I, O and U - A PDF worksheet in which Year One children have to complete the words provided. Contributed by Lynn Harvey.
• B, D or P? - Which letter goes with each word... is it B, D or P? Contributed by Sherrie Bendjedidi.
• Long 'i' phoneme - A set of wonderful activities to review children's knowledge of this sound, and of words which use it. Contributed by Laura Harwood.
• AI, AY or IGH - What is the correct spelling for the given words? Contributed by Sherrie Bendjedidi.
• OW, OU or OA - Can children work out the correct spelling for each of the words given? Contributed by Sherrie Bendjedidi.
• OO, EE or EA - Which spelling pattern goes with which word? Contributed by Sherrie Bendjedidi.
• CH, SH or TH 1 - Do your children know which spelling pattern goes into the gaps? Contributed by Sherrie Bendjedidi.
• CH, SH or TH 2 - A useful worksheet, which requires children to put the correct spelling pattern into the gap. Contributed by Sherrie Bendjedidi.
• Long A and Short A - A list of spellings, linked to the Long A and Short A sounds. Contributed by Laura Harwood.
• Long E and Short A - A list of spellings, linked to the Long E and Short A sounds. Contributed by Laura Harwood.
• Initial and End Sounds - A requiring children to complete the initial and end sounds in each word. Contributed by Victoria Jackman.
• Code Breakers (le words) - A code breaking activity, aimed at Year 3 children, requiring children to explore words with the le ending. Contributed by Laura Harwood.
• OUGH words - A Powerpoint presentation to teach how to spell and pronounce a range of ough words. Contributed by Vanessa Spencer.
• OUGH words - A video which can be used to review spelling of OUGH words.
• IGHT words - A video which can be used to review spelling of IGHT words.
• Hot Potato! - An amusing game which encourages children to think about initial blends of words.
• Spelling Necessary - A video which can be used to review the spelling of necessary.

• Correct the Homophones - Use this worksheet to reinforce your children's knowledge of homophones.
• Homophone Weekly - A fantastic way of helping children to remember different homophones.
• There, Their and They're - Test your children on the correct usage of these words using this PDF worksheet. Contributed by Luke Townsend.

• Suffixes and Prefixes - A PDF file containing two posters explaining all about suffixes and prefixes. Contributed by Katie Bownes.
• Suffixes worksheet - Write a suffix in the central shape. It is then the children's task to find as many words as they can which have that suffix. Contributed by Paul Litten.
• Prefixes - A matching exercise, in which children sort words to their matching prefixes. Contributed by Maureen Rice.

• My Spellings - A useful sheet to help children to practise their spellings. Contributed by Lisa Daniels.
• Using Spellings - A great idea for getting children to use the words in their spelling lists.
• Silent Letters - A video which can be used to remind children about silent letters.
• Plurals Loop Cards - A set of loop cards, which help children to review regular and irregular plurals. Contributed by Sue Baxter.
• Word Family Spellings - A large set of spellings (PDF) based on different word families - originally used with Year 4. Contributed by Tim Dawson.
• Spelling List - A PDF template which can be used to remind children (and parents) of the spellings that need to be learned. Contributed by Hafeez.
• Word Chop - A set of common words have been split into two pieces. Can you put them together to create the correct words? Contributed by Ahmed Shalaby.
• Misspelled Words - A list of 100 of the most mispelled words, and activities to help your class remember how to spell them correctly. Also includes a printable version of the 100 words.
• Common Words Bingo Cards - A set of bingo cards which can be used to help children with spelling of the first 100 common words. Contributed by Janelle White.
• Common Words Bingo Calling Cards - Calling cards to be used with the Common Words Bingo Cards. Contributed by Janelle White.
• Compound Words - A practical resource which develops children's understanding (and ability to create) compound words. Contributed by Maureen Rice.
• Spelling Tips - A simple spelling tip which could increase your children's spelling scores.
• Spell Well Activities - A selection of activities which can be used to help children to improve their spelling. Contributed by Michelle Vivad.
• Spelling Sparkle - A fantastic way of reinforcing knowledge of spellings.
• Phonic Clouds - An activity to enhance phonics skills, containing instructions and an example (in PDF). Contributed by Mary Gordon.

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Links to other sites:

• Spellarama - A free card game which can be printed and used to help develop spelling with your children.
• Spelling it Right - A set of resources for spelling, created by an experienced teacher.
• Ozspeller - Ozspeller is a Free Australian Online Spelling Tutor and Game for K-12 students. It features spoken (voiced) words, hints, dictionary and sentence prompts, and a large selection of word.

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