The Berkeley Primary School

Everyone a Speller!

27.9.13

A third of young people who have not read a book in the past month, say that they have never been given a book as a present.The National Literacy Trust

Only one child in four has a book at home.

Functional Illiteracy in the U.K

• 22% of the U.K. is estimated to be functionally illiterate

• Illiteracy is costing the U.K. economy £81 billion per year

This is the highest in Europe

Government Priorities

• Read by Six

• Year One “Phonics Check”

• SPaG 2013

What we can do at home.

• Model spelling choices. Be seen writing.• Encourage proof reading.• Play a game with phoneme spotter

stories. to help reinforce spelling choices.

Spelling. New National Curriculum

• Planned over the year• Can be delivered in any order• Underlined patterns are key• Choose partly secure for the end

of terms

Best Guess /ai/• a-e. Overall best guess• ay. At the ends of words• ai. Usually in the middle of words

Rare graphemes:eight, grey, vein, apron, straight,great

Best Guess /ee/

• ea/ee. Middle of a word• y. End of word• e. End of a very short wordOther graghemes:Donkey, chief, receipt, people, these

Best Guess/oo/

• Overall”u-e”• In the middle “oo”• Usually at ends “ue” and “ew”

Rare GraphemesUniform, doo, view, you, lose, shoes

Best Guess/ igh/

Most common is “i-e”.

Next is in the middle “igh” eg. Nighight

Or at the end of a word “igh”. sigh

Best Guess/ow/At the end of a word or followed by “n”. Eg. cow, clownMost other words are spelt with “ou” eg. mouthLess commonPlough

Best Guess /oy/

Usually at the beginning or in the middle of a word. “oi”ointment, coin

“oy” usually at the end of wordseg. toy, destroy

Best Guess /oa/

• Best bet is o-e• Another good guess is “oa”in the

middle of words. eg.boat• Usually at the end of words we

have “ow” eg. bow• Rare graphemes.Sew, hoe, though, soul

Best Guess/air/“air” or “are” are at the start of a word. Eg. airport, area.

Rare graphemeTheir, aeroplane, vary

Best Guess /air/or /are/air/ at the beginning of a word.

Rare graphemestheir, aeroplane, vary

Best Guess /er/There is no best bet for this phoneme

Water,over,the,garden, suddenly, after

Best Guess “ur”There is no best bet for this phoneme

Just need to know…..her, were, first, work, birds, word, fur, earth, turn, skirt

“s” and “es”• pen• church• bush • toy• hair• hiss• girl• buzz

• GIRL• HISS• BOY

“s” and“ies”• ray• party• penny• baby• spray• envy• jelly• key

“ing”• Hop• Hope• Sit• Clean• Drive• Enjoy• Slip• Smile

Antonym means opposite. These mean opposite

• “un” means “not”• “de” means “making the opposite

of”• “dis” means “not, the opposite of”• “mis” means “wrong”or “false”• “non” means “not”• “anti” means “against”

Short words within longer words

• Grandfather• Another• Something• Whatever• Pretending• Constable

Spelling two syllable words containing double consonants

• Tennis• Dinner• Comma• Kissed• Holly• Silly• summer

Double the letter after a short vowel in the word.

Activity – create a double letter alphabetN.B. No words use hh, jj, kk, qq, vv, ww, xx, yy.

Compound Words

Join two individual words to make a new wordShout “ yes” when finished!

Prefixes and Meanings• aqua ……………….• audi ……………….• dent ……….……..• grat ……………...• mem ………………• mot ……………….• man ……………….

Prefixes and Meanings• aqua – means water• audi – means hear• dent – means tooth• grat – means please• mem – means mindful• mot – means move• man – means hand

Prefix and wordsTask .Write 3 words on your white boards for:•aqua•audi•dent•grat•mem•mot•man

Contractions• don’t• can’t• isn’t• shan’t• aren’t• should’ve• I’ve• Won’t

Give a different spelling!• Cell• Maid• Beach• Him• Aloud• Leak• Bored• know

Activity:On your whiteboards, write 3 alternative spellings and be prepared to show!

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