Anston Hillcrest Primary School Spelling Workshop
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Anston Hillcrest Primary School
Spelling Workshop
Aims
• How we teach spelling in school• Spelling strategies • Games• What you can do at home?
Spelling.. a ‘peace’ of cake?
• Linked to self esteem• Specific difficulties • Only taught phonemes marked
Phonics Teaching in FS & KS1
• 15 minutes a day• Every single day• At the appropriate phase for the children • Y2 10 words per week• Learning environment
Fast Fun
Systematic
Timetable for Expected Phases
Phase 1: FS1Phase 2: Starts FS2 (6 weeks)Phase 3: Starts FS2 (Oct 12 weeks) Phase 4: FS2 (4-6 weeks) Phase 5: Starts Y1 (1 Year)Phase 6: Starts Y2 (1 Year)
44 Phonemes
Terminology
• A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a word
• A grapheme is the letter, or letters, representing a phoneme
t ai igh
Terminology
Two letters, making one sound A consonant digraph contains two consonants
sh ck th ll A vowel digraph contains at least one vowel
ai ee ar oyThree letters making one sound
igh dge
Terminology
Split Digraphs
A digraph in which the two letters making the sound are not adjacent,
(e.g. make)
• Segmenting • Chopping up the word to spell it.
Segmenting
t a p
sh o p
Phoneme frames
shelf = sh – e – l – f = 4 phonemes
dress = d - r - e – ss = 4 phonemes
sprint = s – p – r – i – n – t = 6 phonemes
string = s – t – r – i – ng = 5 phonemes
Segmenting
Phase 1
• Exploring and experimenting with sounds and words
• Distinguish between different sounds in the environment and phonemes
• Learn to orally blend and segment words
Phase 2
• 19 phonemes and graphemes
• VC and CVC words• 2 syllable words,
simple captions and some tricky words.
s a t p i n m
d g o c k ck e
u r h b f ff l
ll ss
the to I
no go
Phase 3
• Next 25 phonemes and graphemes • Learn letter names• New phonemes and 2 syllable words.
j v w x y z zz qu ch
sh th ng ai ee igh oa oo
ar or ur ow oi ear air ure
er
• Be able to blend and read CVC words
• (i.e. single-syllable words consisting of Phase Two and Phase Three graphemes) e.g.
Phase 3
cheep tooth chair
sharp north coach
shock thorn light
yurk quoam zort
• pat tap• snip pins• strap parts• ward draw
Anna Hannah
Reversibles
Palindromes!
Finish
st___ p
20 seconds to complete the word.
stamp stoop strip steep strap stop
‘ur’ ‘er’ ‘oi’surpise urgent purchase furniture purpose
Word Blocks
s t p
a o l
b m r
stop stab stamp star lamp
Phase 4
• Consolidation • Consonants and polysyllabic words. (CCVC, CVCC, CCVCC)Step list clap grasp strap
the to I no
go he she we
me be was my
you her they all
are
Tricky words
Word Ladders
Rhyme it
Helps tune the children into listening carefully.
Sick Stick
Choose ea / ee / e consonant eMeat seat treat heat complete
sleet
Right from Wrong
Children identify the correct version of the spelling.
Tomorrow Tommorow Tomoro
Phase 5
• Broaden knowledge of graphemes and phonemes
• Learn new graphemes and alternative pronunciations.
• Choosing appropriate graphemes when spelling and begin to build up word specific knowledge.
Phase 5 New graphemes
ay (day) oy (boy)wh (when)a-e (make)ou (out)ie (tie)ea (eat)
ir (girl) ue (blue)aw (saw)ey (honey)ph (photo)ew (new)oe (toe)
au (paul) e-e (these)i-e (like)o-e (home)u-e (rule)
Phase 5 – Alternative pronunciations
a: hat acorn fast wase: bed hei: tin findo: hot nou: but unit pullow: down lowie: pie fieldea: sea header: fern farmerou: out soup could mouldy: yes my gym happy
ch: chin chef schoolc: cat cellg: got magicey: they money
Speed Write
Write the word out as many times as possible within 30 seconds.
Muscle memory
Phase 6
Spelling• Identify tricky bits in a word.• Develop strategies for spelling longer
words.• Develop guidelines for making
choices between spelling alternatives.• Begin to explore spelling conventions
e.g. when using past tense, adding suffixes.
What’s the rule?
Move – movingShove – shovingChange –
changing
Hop – hoppingSlip – slippingTap – tappingStep – stepping
Remove the ‘e’ and add ‘ing’
Double the final consonant after a short vowel sound and add ‘ing’
Hangman
• Colour phonemes• Counting letters of challenging spellings• Splitting the word into syllables / phonemes Sep a rat e s e p a r a t e
• Look for words within words / word families.• Knowledge of prefixes and suffixes• Mnemonics
because• Big elephants can always understand small
elephants
Spelling Strategies
• Practise spellings and have fun with words.
• Find the tricky bits and work on that.• Read as much as possible to and with
your child.• Encourage and praise – get them to
have a "good guess!• Ask your child’s teacher if you want
to know more.
How to support your child?
Useful Websites
http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/index.htmhttp://www.topmarks.co.uk/EducationalGames.aspxhttp://www.familylearning.org.uk/phonics_games.htmlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/index.shtmlhttp://www.funbrain.com/kidscenter.html