Support for Spelling: Year 5
Objective Activities
Spell unstressed vowels in polysyllabic words (e.g. company, poisonous) •
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Spell words with common letter strings and different pronunciations (e.g. ‐ough: tough, plough, through) Explore the spelling patterns of consonants and to formulate rules (e g. full becomes ‐ful when used as a suffix, c is soft when followed by i) Explore less common prefixes and suffixes (e.g. ‐ian: magician, im‐: immature, il‐: illegal) Investigate and learn spelling rules for adding suffixes to words ending in e, words ending in ‐y and words containing ie (e.g. live, living, lively, lifeless, happy, happiness, happier) Identify word roots, derivations and spelling patterns as a support for spelling (e.g. sign, signature, signal) Extend the knowledge of spelling strategies and apply to high‐
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Topic Tools
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Snow Hope v1 – spell polysyllabic words that contain unstressed vowels Snow Hope v3 – spell polysyllabic words that contain unstressed vowels Snowman v1 – spell high frequency words using a look/say/cover/write/check strategy. Unstressed vowels. Snow Hope v2 – spell words containing the common letter string ‘ough’ with different pronunciations Moon Mission v1 – explore spelling patterns of consonants when a suffix is added •
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Word Wheels tool – in‐, im‐ Speed Read – Spelling Patterns > the I before e rule & exceptions Cave Escape v1 – spell words using the rule I before e except after c (only with the ‘ee’ sound) Words Win Prizes v1 – words that end with a vowel other than e Captain Cod v1 – spell longer words from root words Weepers Creepers v2 – recognise & identify Greek & Latin roots Space venture v1 – spell words ending in f when a suffix is added The Great Stensby v1 – match the words to the correct preix or suffix Treasure of the Deep v1 – spell words with suffixes Speed Read tool – Vocabulary extension > polysyllabic words •
Speed Read tool – Vocabulary extension > root words •
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Speed Read tool – prefixes & suffixes Speed Read tool – Spelling Patterns > common letter strings Speed Read tool – Spelling Patterns > soft c •
Staffroom: Home/ Making the most of your subscription/ Everyday Use/ Support for Spelling Support for Spelling: Year 5
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age/ed/est/er/ing/ful/ly/less/ness Hot & Spicy v1 – use knowledge of prefixes to develop new words Klara has Landed v1 – spell words with the suffixes cian, sion, tion Weepers Creepers v1 – use the prefixes auto, bi, trans, tele, circum Words Win Prizes v2 – spell words with common prefixes in, im, ir, il, pro, sus •
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Word Wheels tool – auto‐, trans‐ Word Wheels tool – mini‐, micro‐ Word Wheels tool ‐ ‐sion, ‐tion Word Search tool – prefixes & suffixes Staffroom: Home/ Making the most of your subscription/ Everyday Use/ Support for Spelling