Blue Level Overview
Studyladder Spelling Program
The Studyladder Spelling program is a sequential whole school program catering for primary students between the age of 5 and 12.
Each Level in the Studyladder program provides grade appropriate activities for teaching and learning. Areas covered across the Whole School Spelling
Program include: Phonics, Vocabulary Enrichment, Language Rules and Conventions, Word Usage and Etymology.
Studyladder Levels are arranged by colour in the following order:
Yellow Level, Red Level, Orange Level, Blue Level, Green Level, Brown Level, Black Level.
The Blue Level program consists of the following features:
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Introductory Videos that demonstrate skills and introduce new knowledge. Videos demonstrate ‘sounding out’ techniques to assist student under
standing of phonics and word families.
Online Practice activities that include ‘Look, Cover, Write’ techniques to help students recognise and use correct spelling.
Printable Activity Sheets that allow students to practice writing correct letter formations while practising correct spelling.
Online Test Activities that allow teachers/parents to keep records of student progress.
Order of Teaching:
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2)
3)
4)
5)
strategies for spelling words through understanding of phonic patterns
strategies for spelling words through understanding of spelling rules and plural rules
strategies for spelling words through recognition of contextual clues such as homophones
vocabulary through introduction of word banks, including descriptive words and technical words
morphemic word families through understanding of etymological word origins
The Word Lists:
Each list consists of five words that target a specific outcome. Teachers may choose to include one or more lists in their weekly spelling program. Teachers
can adjust the course to cater for the needs of their students by including additional words of their own choice (or by selecting from ‘themed’ word banks
that will be introduced to the program during the coming months.) Teachers may also access any of the activities in higher or lower grades to cater for
individual student needs.
Associated Activities:
VIDEOS: Each word list has teaching video that demonstrates skills and introduces new knowledge. Students are encouraged to watch the videos at
school to reinforce knowledge. Teachers may also like to set this task as a homework task to help students share their understanding with their parents.
ACTIVITY SHEET: Teachers are encouraged to use these activities within their classrooms to reinforce understanding of the spelling strategy that is
being addressed.
ONLINE ACTIVITIES AND TESTS: Teachers may choose to allow students online time at school or they may set these activities as Studyladder free
homework tasks.
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Focus Words
Spelling Rule:
‘ch or tch?’
Scratch
Match
Snatch
Fetch
Pitch
(ACELA1485)
Word Building:
‘catch’
Catch
Catching
Catches
Catchable
Caught
(ACELA1485)
Plural Rules:
Add ‘s’ or ‘es’?
Pencils
Flowers
Brushes
Foxes
Patches
(ACELA1485)
Crunch
Pinch
Lunch
Ranch
Finch
(ACELA1485)
Use ‘tch’ after a short
vowel.
Spelling Rule:
‘ch or tch?’
Use ‘ch’ after a
consonant.
Outcomes
Activities
Spelling Rules: ‘Use ‘tch’ after a
short vowel’ online instructional
video
Look, Cover Write online activity
Assessment
Notes
Spelling Rules:
‘Use ‘tch’ after a
short vowel’
online test
Printable activity sheet
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
Plural Rules: ‘Add s or es?’ online
instructional video
Look, Cover Write online activity
Word Building:
‘catch’ online test
Plural Rules: ‘Add s
or es’ online test
Assessment
Printable activity sheet
Spelling Rules: ‘Use ‘ch’ after a
consonant’ online instructional
video
Look, Cover Write online activity
Spelling Rules:
‘Use ‘ch’ after a
consonant’
online test
Printable activity sheet
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Focus Words
Spelling Rule:
‘ch or tch?’
Beach
Teach
Peach
Touch
Speech
(ACELA1485)
Walking
Singing
Jumping
Thinking
Playing
(ACELA1485)
Written
Wrinkled
Wrapping
Wrong
Wreck
(ACELA1485)
Knead
knuckle
knight
knitted
knowledge
(ACELA1485)
Use ‘ch’ after two vowels.
Suffix Rules:
Adding ‘ing’ and ‘ed’
All letters are usually
retained when adding
‘ing’ and ‘ed’
Rules: Silent ‘w’ in Digraph ‘wr’
Rules: Silent ‘k’ in Digraph ‘kn’
Outcomes
Activities
Spelling Rules: ‘Use ‘ch’ after two
vowels’ online instructional video
Look, Cover Write online activity
Assessment
Notes
Spelling Rules:
‘Use ‘ch’ after
two vowels’
online test
Printable activity sheet
Suffix Rules: ‘Adding ing and ed’
online instructional video
Look, Cover Write online activity
Suffix Rules:
‘Adding ing and ed’
online test
Printable activity sheet
Spelling Rules: ‘w is silent in wr’
online instructional video
Look, Cover Write online activity
Spelling Rules: ‘w is
silent in wr’
online test
Printable activity sheet
Spelling Rules: ‘k is silent in kn’
online instructional video
Look, Cover Write online activity
Spelling Rules: ‘k is
silent in kn’
online test
Printable activity sheet
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Date Studyladder Activities
Focus Words
Digraphs: ‘ph’
Phone
Photo
Phrase
Phobia
Phantom
(ACELA1485)
Focus Words
Wash
Wander
Swallow
Swap
Warrior
(ACELA1485)
Wash
Washes
Washing
Washed
Washable
(ACELA1485)
Heat
Heated
Preheat
Overheat
Reheat
(ACELA1485)
Spelling Rule:
“a’ says ‘o’
‘a’ sometimes makes
an ‘o’ sound
Word Building:
‘wash’
Word Building:
‘heat’
Outcomes
Activities
Spelling Rules: ‘k is silent in kn’
online instructional video
Look, Cover Write online activity
Assessment
Notes
Digraphs: ‘ph’
online test
Assessment
Printable activity sheet
Digraphs: ‘ph’ online instructional
video
Look, Cover Write online activity
Spelling Rules: ‘a
says o’
online test
Printable activity sheet
Spelling Rules: ‘a says o’ online
instructional video
Word Building:
‘wash’ online test
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
Word Building:
‘heat’ online test
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
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Focus Words
Suffix Rules: Drop ‘e’
before adding ‘ing’
Smiling
Riding
Joking
Hoping
Coming
(ACELA1485)
Word Building:
“live’
Live
Living
Lively
Life
Lifeless
(ACELA1485)
Word Building:
‘hope’
Hope
Hoped
Hoping
Hopeful
Hopeless
(ACELA1485)
Word Building:
‘bite’
Bite
Bite
Biting
Bit
Bitten
(ACELA1485)
If the base word ends in ‘e’,
drop the ‘e’ before adding
suffixes beginning with a
Outcomes
Activities
Suffix Rules: ‘Drop e before
adding ing’ online instructional
video
Assessment
Notes
Suffix Rules: ‘Drop e
before adding ing’
online test
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
vowel, eg. ‘ing’
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
Look, Cover Write online activity
Word Building: ‘live’
online test
Word Building:
‘hope’ online test
Word Building:
‘bite’ online test
Printable activity sheet
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Date Studyladder Activities
Focus Words
Word Building:
‘care’
Care
Caring
cares
Careless
Careful
(ACELA1485)
Word Building:
‘like’
Like
Likes
Liked
Liking
Likeable
(ACELA1485)
Digraphs:
‘ur’
Spelling Rule:
Digraph ‘or’ can make
an ‘er’ sound.
Outcomes
Activities
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
Slurp
Church
Blurted
Churned
Surfing
(ACELA1485)
Word
Worm
Work
World
Whorl
(ACELA1485)
Digraphs: ‘ur’ online instructional
video
Assessment
Notes
Word Building:
‘care’ online test
Word Building: ‘like’
online test
Digraphs: ‘ur’
online test
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
Spelling Rules: ‘or can make an er
sound’ online instructional video
Look, Cover Write online activity
Spelling Rules: ‘or
can make an er
sound’
online test
Printable activity sheet
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Date Studyladder Activities
Focus Words
Word Building:
‘work’
Work
Works
Worked
Working
Workable
(ACELA1485)
Baby
Lady
Fairy
Body
Copy
(ACELA1485)
Boys
Keys
Toys
Delays
Monkeys
(ACELA1485)
Ferries
Daisies
Berries
Stories
Cherries
(ACELA1485)
Spelling Rule: ‘y’ as a
vowel
Plural Rules:
Keep the ‘y’
To make a plural of words
ending in ‘y’ preceded by a
Outcomes
Activities
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
Assessment
Notes
Word Building:
‘work’ online test
Spelling Rules: ‘y as a vowel’
online instructional video
Look, Cover Write online activity
Spelling Rules:
‘y as a vowel’
online test
Printable activity sheet
Plural Rules: ‘Keep the y’ online
instructional video
Look, Cover Write online activity
Plural Rules:
‘Keep the y’
online test
Printable activity sheet
vowel, keep the ‘y’, add ‘s’.
Plural Rules:
change ‘y’ to ‘i’
To make a plural of words
ending in ‘y’, change ‘y’ to ‘i’
Plural Rules: ‘Change y to i’ online
instructional video
Look, Cover Write online activity
Plural Rules:
‘Change y to i’
online test
Printable activity sheet
then add ‘es
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Date Studyladder Activities
Focus Words
Outcomes
Word Building:
‘lazy’
Lazy
Lazier
Laziest
Laziness
Lazily
(ACELA1485)
Word Building:
‘happy’
Happy
Happiest
Happiness
Unhappy
Happier
(ACELA1485)
Word Building:
‘try’
Try
Tries
Tried
Trying
Trial
(ACELA1485)
Word Family ‘ore’
Shore
Score
Store
Chore
Wore
(ACELA1485)
Activities
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
Look, Cover Write online activity
Assessment
Notes
Word Building:
‘lazy’ online test
Word Building:
‘happy’ online test
Word Building: ‘try’
online test
Printable activity sheet
Word Family: ‘ore’ online
instructional video
Word Family ‘ore’
online test
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
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Date Studyladder Activities
Focus Words
Word Building:
‘grow’
Grow
Growing
Grown
Growth
Grew
(ACELA1485)
Digraphs:
‘dge’
Hedge
Bridge
Trudge
Wedge
Judge
(ACELA1485)
Circle
Decide
Species
Cycle
Certain
(ACELA1485)
Cheese
Rise
Nose
Please
Surprise
(ACELA1485)
When a ‘j’ sound follows
a short vowel, it is spelled
Outcomes
Activities
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
Digraphs: ‘dge’ online
instructional video
Assessment
Notes
Word Building:
grow’ online test
Digraphs: ‘dge’
online test
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
‘dge’.
Spelling Rules:
‘c’ says ‘s’
“c’ can make a ‘s’ sound
before ‘e’ ‘I’ and ‘y’.
Spelling Rule: ‘s’ says ‘z’
An ‘s’ usually makes a ‘z’
sound when it is placed
between two vowels.
Spelling Rules: ‘c says s’ online
instructional video
Look, Cover Write online activity
Spelling Rules: ‘c
says s’
online test
Printable activity sheet
Spelling Rules: ‘c says z’ online
instructional video
Spelling Rules: ‘c
says z’
online test
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
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Date Studyladder Activities
Focus Words
Outcomes
Word Building: ‘lose’
Lose
Losing
Lost
Loses
Loss
(ACELA1485)
Contractions: Using
‘not’
needn’t
mustn’t
wasn’t
aren’t
mightn’t
(ACELA1485)
Word Building;
‘shine’
Shine
Shines
Shining
Shiny
Shone
(ACELA1485)
Word Building:
‘throw’
Throw
Throwing
Thrown
Throws
Threw
(ACELA1485)
Activities
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
Look, Cover Write online activity
Assessment
Notes
Word Building:
‘lose’ online test
Contractions:
‘Using not’
online test
Word Building:
‘shine’ online test
Printable activity sheet
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
Word Building:
‘throw’ online test
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Date Studyladder Activities
Focus Words
Contractions: Using
‘have’
should’ve
might’ve
would’ve
could’ve
must’ve
(ACELA1485)
Word Family:
‘ight’
Sight
Fright
Flight
Knight
Bright
(ACELA1485)
Pie
Tie
Lie
Die
Tied
(ACELA1485)
Chess
Press
Fuss
Kissed
Missing
(ACELA1485)
Digraphs:
‘ie’
Double Consonants:
‘ss’
Outcomes
Activities
Look, Cover Write online activity
Assessment
Printable activity sheet
Contractions:
‘Using have’
online test
Word Family: ‘ight’ online
instructional video
Word Family ‘ight’
online test
Notes
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
Digraphs: ‘ie’ online instructional
video
Digraphs: ‘ie’
online test
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
Double Consonant: ‘ss’ online
instructional video
Look, Cover Write online activity
Double
Consonants: ‘ss’
online test
Printable activity sheet
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Date Studyladder Activities
Focus Words
Outcomes
Double Consonants:
‘gg’
Buggy
Egg
Wiggle
Struggle
Wriggle
(ACELA1485)
Word Building:
‘smell’
Smell
Smelled
Smells
Smelling
Smelly
(ACELA1485)
Word Building:
‘water’
Water
Waters
Watering
Watered
Watery
(ACELA1485)
Word Building:
‘drink’
Drink
Drinks
Drinking
Drank
Drinkable
(ACELA1485)
Activities
Double Consonant: ‘gg’ online
instructional video
Look, Cover Write online activity
Assessment
Notes
Double
Consonants: ‘gg’
online test
Printable activity sheet
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
Word Building:
‘smell’ online test
Word Building:
‘water’ online test
Word Building:
‘drink’ online test
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Date Studyladder Activities
Focus Words
Word Building:
‘smile’
Smile
Smiles
Smiling
Smiled
Smiley
(ACELA1485)
Letter Combination:
‘ttle’
Bottle
Settle
Rattle
Cattle
Little
(ACELA1485)
Apple
Topple
Supple
Ripple
Cripple
(ACELA1485)
Bubble
Babble
Wobble
Rubble
Pebble
(ACELA1485)
Letter Combination:
‘pple’
Letter Combination:
‘bble’
Outcomes
Activities
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
Assessment
Notes
Word Building:
‘smile’ online test
Spelling Rules: ‘’ttle’ online
instructional video
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
Spelling Rules: ‘’pple’ online
instructional video
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
Spelling Rules: ‘’bble’ online
instructional video
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
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Date Studyladder Activities
Focus Words
Plural Rules:
Change a few letters
Feet
Teeth
Geese
Men
Women
(ACELA1485)
Dear
Clear
Year
Hear
Ear
(ACELA1485)
Cheer
Deer
Steer
Peer
Beer
(ACELA1485)
Spare
Stare
Fare
Square
Share
(ACELA1485)
Letter Combination:
‘ear’
Letter Combination:
‘eer’
Letter Combination:
‘are’
Outcomes
Activities
Plural Rules: ‘Change a few letters’
online instructional video
Look, Cover Write online activity
Assessment
Notes
Plural Rules:
‘Change a few
Letters’ online test
Printable activity sheet
Spelling Rules: ‘ear is a
homophone’ online instructional
video
Spelling Rules: ‘ear’
online test
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
Spelling Rules: ‘eer is a
homophone’ online instructional
video
Spelling Rules: ‘eer’
online test
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
Spelling Rules: ‘are is a
homophone’ online instructional
video
Spelling Rules: ‘are’
online test
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
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Date Studyladder Activities
Focus Words
Letter Combination:
‘air’
Pair
Fair
Chair
Stairs
Hair
(ACELA1485)
Pear
Wear
Tear
Bear
Swear
(ACELA1485)
Grain
Sprain
Stain
Strain
Brain
(ACELA1485)
Weigh
Neigh
Sleigh
Freight
Weight
(ACELA1485)
Letter Combination:
‘ear’
Letter Combination:
‘ain’
Letter Combination:
‘eigh’
Outcomes
Activities
Spelling Rules: ‘air is a
homophone’ online
instructional video
Assessment
Notes
Spelling Rules: ‘air’
online test
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
Spelling Rules: ‘ear is a
homophone’ online
instructional video
Spelling Rules: ‘ear’
online test
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
Word Family: ‘ain’ online
instructional video
Word Family ‘ain’
online test
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
Letter Combination: ‘eigh’ online
instructional video
Look, Cover Write online activity
Letter
Combination: ‘eigh’
online test
Printable activity sheet
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Date Studyladder Activities
Focus Words
Word Building:
‘break’
Break
breaks
breaking
broke
broken
(ACELA1485)
Word Family:
‘eel’
Steel
Heel
Peel
Kneel
Reel
(ACELA1485)
Cheat
Wheat
Pleat
Treat
Neat
(ACELA1485)
Sheep
Tongs
Glasses
Scissors
Underwear
Shorts
(ACELA1485)
Word Family:
‘eat’
Plural Rules:
Word stays the same
Outcomes
Activities
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
Word Family: ‘eel’ online
instructional video
Assessment
Notes
Word Building:
‘break’ online test
Word Family ‘eel’
online test
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
Word Family: ‘eat’ online
instructional video
Word Family ‘eat’
online test
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
Plural Rules: ‘Word stays the
same’ online instructional video
Look, Cover Write online activity
Plural Rules: ‘Word
stays the same’
online test
Printable activity sheet
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Date Studyladder Activities
Focus Words
Word Family:
‘ought’
Bought
Fought
Brought
Ought
Sought
(ACELA1485)
Naught
Caught
Taught
Fraught
Daughter
(ACELA1485)
Sell
Sells
Selling
Sale
Sold
(ACELA1485)
Letter combination:
‘aught’
Word Building:
‘sell’
Outcomes
Activities
Assessment
Word Family: ‘ought’ online
instructional video
Word Family ‘ought’
online test
Notes
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
Word Family: ‘aught’ online
instructional video
Word Family ‘aught’
online test
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
Look, Cover Write online activity
Printable activity sheet
Word Building: ‘sell’
online test
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