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Ages: 5-11
Contributor:
Craig Gill
Contributor:
Craig Gill
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 the printable version below.
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 them remember the spellings of the above words.
For example,
| Boys Eating Custard Are Usually Sloppy Eaters | Big Elephants Are Ugly T I F U L | There 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.
