Swans Word Lists: Spring Term 2
Spicy Using ‘a’ or ‘an’ Mild Words that begin with a vowel sound, need ‘an’ before them. an apple an egg an ice‐cream an orange an umbrella Hot A word that begins with the vowel Words that begin with a ‘soft h’ sound need ‘an’ before them. ‘u’ but not does not sound like a vowel, needs ‘a’ before it. an hour a university an heir a unicorn an honour a uni‐cycle an honest person a unit an honourable man/woman Homophones/Near homophones not/knot mail/male plain/plane brake/break meet/meat rain/reign/rein heel/heal/he’ll missed/mist, medal/meddle grate/great piece/peace whether/weather whose/who’s accept/except affect/effect Prefixes The prefix ‘re’ meaning again or back The prefix ‘mis’ meaning wrong
redo repay reread refill misspell misjudge mishap misshape The prefix ‘sub’ meaning under subdivide subheading submarine submerge Prefixes The prefix ‘de’ meaning opposite depart defuse debug The prefix ‘pre’ meaning before
prejudge prepay The prefix ‘inter’ meaning between or among interact intercity international interrelated Suffixes Adding the suffix ‘ly’ firmly sternly sadly rudely Adding the suffix –ful wishful wonderful scornful Adding the suffix –less thankless powerless braveness kindness Year 3 and 4 words heard, heart, height, history, imagine, increase, important, interest, island, knowledge, learn, length, library Topic Words creation, temptation, innocence, guilt/guilty, wise, foolish, forgive/forgiveness, recycle/recycling Guidance:
Choose the set of words that best suits your child and the level of challenge they
need. Throughout the term, you should help your child to practice writing these
words so that they become familiar with them. The words, sounds and spelling
patterns will also be practised in our spelling sessions and through regular short
dictation activities.
Dictation will involve the children listening to a series of appropriate sentences
and writing them down, using their spelling knowledge. They will be given plenty
of time to complete the sentences and the focus of the task will be for the
children to use the spelling rules and patterns learnt in a context.
Dictation activities will use words from the top of the list first, gradually working
down the list during the term. Some words will be from the pattern rather than
just the words on the list. There are a number of approaches you can take to
support learning spellings and you should choose the one that best suits your
child.