The list below shows 100 of the most often misspelled words:
| their | to | there | they | then |
| your | clothes | looked | people | pretty |
| because | thought | and | beautiful | it's |
| something | named | came | name | tried |
| swimming | first | were | than | two |
| let's | mother | another | through | some |
| woman | animals | started | that's | would |
| said | wanted | bear | from | frightened |
| cousin | alright | happened | didn't | always |
| interesting | sometimes | friends | children | an |
| until | our | asked | off | through |
| running | believe | little | things | him |
| went | where | stopped | very | morning |
| here | many | know | with | together |
| now | decided | friend | money | when |
| its | bought | getting | going | course |
| again | heard | received | coming | too |
| for | February | once | like | they're |
| surprise | before | caught | every | different |
| school | jumped | around | dropped | babies |
(if you would like to print this list, use this printable version here)
Why not try some of the following activities to help your class remember these words?
Activities
1) Make a class dictionary, which children can refer to when they are writing.
2) Ask the children to create some mnemonics to help remember the spellings of the above words.
For example,
Boys
Eating
Custard
Are
Usually
Sloppy
EatersBig
Elephants
Are
Ugly
T
I
F
U
LThere is always a LIE in BELIEVE
When you have made your mnemonics, show them off! Decorate the classroom with them, so that the children can easily refer to them if they forget them.
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