Spelling Patterns:
Homophones:
- Words which begin
with H
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A worksheet (PDF) which helps Year One children to identify words which
begin with the letter 'H'. Contributed by Lynn Harvey. - Medial Vowels
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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
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An updated version of the above presentation, which is slightly more difficult. - Making words
with I, O and U
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A PDF worksheet in which Year One children have to complete the words
provided. Contributed by Lynn Harvey. - B, D or P?
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Which letter goes with each word... is it B, D or P? Contributed by Sherrie
Bendjedidi. - AA EE IGH OA OO Fish
- A
phonic resource for Phase 3 of the Letters and Sounds teaching sequence.
These are great for your daily blending and segmenting activities. This
SWF file can be opened with Internet Explorer, Smart Notebook, Powerpoint
or Flash Player. Contributed by Planet
Primary. - Read and Draw (NG)
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Read and draw words with 'NG'. Contributed by Sherrie Bendjedidi. - Read and Draw (LL)
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Read and draw words with 'LL'. Contributed by Sherrie Bendjedidi. - Read and Draw (CK)
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Read and draw words with 'CK'. Contributed by Sherrie Bendjedidi. - Read and Draw (AI)
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Read and draw words with 'AI'. Contributed by Sherrie Bendjedidi. - Read and Draw (OO)
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Read and draw words with 'OO'. Contributed by Sherrie Bendjedidi. - Read and Draw (EE)
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Read and draw words with 'EE'. Contributed by Sherrie Bendjedidi. - Read and Draw (EA)
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Read and draw words with 'EA'. Contributed by Sherrie Bendjedidi. - Read and Draw (TH)
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Read and draw words with 'TH'. Contributed by Sherrie Bendjedidi. - Read and Draw (SH)
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Read and draw words with 'SH'. Contributed by Sherrie Bendjedidi. - Read and Draw (CH)
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Read and draw words with 'CH'. Contributed by Sherrie Bendjedidi. - Initial
and End Sounds
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A requiring children to complete the initial and end sounds in each
word. Contributed by Victoria Jackman. - Hot Potato! - An amusing game which encourages children to think about initial blends of words.
- OUGH words
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A video which can be used to review spelling of OUGH words. - AI, AY or IGH
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What is the correct spelling for the given words? Contributed by Sherrie
Bendjedidi. - OW, OU or OA
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Can children work out the correct spelling for each of the words given?
Contributed by Sherrie Bendjedidi. - OO, EE or EA
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Which spelling pattern goes with which word? Contributed by Sherrie Bendjedidi. - CH, SH or TH 1
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Do your children know which spelling pattern goes into the gaps? Contributed
by Sherrie Bendjedidi. - CH, SH or TH 2
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A useful worksheet, which requires children to put the correct spelling
pattern into the gap. Contributed by Sherrie Bendjedidi. - IGHT words
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A video which can be used to review spelling of IGHT words. - Spelling Necessary
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A video which can be used to review the spelling of necessary. - Long A
and Short A
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A list of spellings, linked to the Long A and Short A sounds. Contributed
by Laura Harwood. - Long E
and Short A
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A list of spellings, linked to the Long E and Short A sounds. Contributed
by Laura Harwood. - Code Breakers
(le words)
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A code breaking activity, aimed at Year 3 children, requiring children
to explore words with the le ending. Contributed by Laura Harwood. - Long 'i' phoneme
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A set of wonderful activities to review children's knowledge of this sound,
and of words which use it. Contributed by Laura Harwood. - I before E
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A video which can be used to review understanding of the spelling rule
'I before E'. - I before E video
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Use videos to help children remember their spelling rules.
Homophones:
- 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
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Test your children on the correct usage of these words using this PDF
worksheet. Contributed by Luke Townsend.
- Suffixes and Prefixes
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A PDF file containing two posters explaining all about suffixes and prefixes.
Contributed by Katie Bownes. - Suffixes worksheet
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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
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A matching exercise, in which children sort words to their matching prefixes.
Contributed by Maureen Rice.
- Word Family Posters
- A set of posters which can be used to reinforce word and spelling patterns. Contributed by Baljeet Saini. - Morning Spellings - Use spare minutes in the mornings to practise your spellings!
- My Spellings
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A useful sheet to help children to practise their spellings. Contributed
by Lisa Daniels. - My Spellings
- Help your children to learn spellings with this handy sheet. Contributed by Mayoori Jeganmogan. - Silent Letters
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A video which can be used to remind children about silent letters. - Spelling
List
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A PDF template which can be used to remind children (and parents)
of the spellings that need to be learned. Contributed by Hafeez. - 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
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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
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Calling cards to be used with the Common Words Bingo Cards. Contributed
by Janelle White. - Spelling Sparkle - A fantastic way of reinforcing knowledge of spellings.
- Phonic Clouds
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An activity to enhance phonics skills, containing instructions and
an example (in PDF). Contributed by Mary Gordon. - Spelling Tips - A simple spelling tip which could increase your children's spelling scores.
- Using Spellings - A great idea for getting children to use the words in their spelling lists.
- Spelling Sentences - Make up sentences using your weekly spelling test words.
- Plurals
Loop Cards
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A set of loop cards, which help children to review regular and
irregular plurals. Contributed by Sue Baxter. - Word
Family Spellings
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A large set of spellings (PDF) based on different word families
- originally used with Year 4. Contributed by Tim Dawson. - Word Chop
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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. - Compound
Words
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A practical resource which develops children's understanding (and
ability to create) compound words. Contributed by Maureen Rice. - Compound
Word Activities
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A wonderful set of activity cards which could also be used for display.
Lots of examples of compound words with clues to help you work them
out, contributed by Elsa. - Spell
Well Activities
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A selection of activities which can be used to help children to
improve their spelling. Contributed by Michelle Vivad.
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