Shakespeare and More Spelling
Spring Term Spellings
Year 1:
Vowel digraphs and trigraphs: ar ir ur ow ue ew Common exception words |
Vowel digraphs and trigraphs: or ore aw air ear are Common exception words and awareness of compound words |
Year 2:
The /ɹ/ sound spelt wr at the beginning of words The /l/ or /əl/ sound spelt –le at the end of words The /l/ or /əl/ sound spelt –el at the end of words The /l/ or /əl/ sound spelt –al at the end of words Words ending –il The /ɔ:/ sound spelt a before l and ll The /ʌ/ sound spelt o Common exception words |
The /i:/ sound spelt –ey The /ɒ/ sound spelt a after w and qu The / ɔ:/ sound spelt a after w The /ʒ/ sound spelt s Homophones and near-homophones Common exception words |
Year 3:
The suffix –ly Homophones and near-homophones Common exception words |
The /ʌ/ sound spelt ou More prefixes Homophones and near-homophones Common exception words |
Year 4:
The suffic -ous Common exception words |
More prefixes Common exception words |
Year 5:
Words ending in –ant, -ance, -ancy, -ent, -ence and –ency Homophones and near-homophones Common exception words |
Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in –fer Homophones and near-homophones Common exception words |
Year 6:
Words with ‘silent’ letters (i.e. letters whose presence cannot be predicted from the pronunciation of the word) Homophones and near-homophones Common exception words |
Homophones and near-homophones Common exception words |