Spelling - Mrs Badcock

We are learning to SPELL!

It is tricky but we are focussing on these skills as we progress through each year level at St Patrick’s.

KINDERGARTEN

In Kindergarten we are learning to spell by:

• listening to sounds, rhymes and stories
• experimenting with writing
• writing our names

PREP

In Prep we are learning to spell by:

• learning letters and their sounds
• recognising rhyming words
• listening to syllables and sounds
• writing letters of the alphabet
• learning the sounds alphabet letters can make
• representing beginning, middle and end sounds in cvc words
• writing high frequency words 

YEAR 1

In Year 1 we are learning to spell by:

• creating word families
• learning common digraphs
• writing short vowel sounds
• writing common long vowel sounds
• learning blends
• writing single syllable words
• writing high frequency words

YEAR 2

In Year 2 we are learning to spell by:

• increasing our range of digraphs
• understanding how to represent long vowels, blends and silent letters
• using prefixes and suffixes
• writing one and two syllable words
• building word families
• writing high frequency words

YEAR 3

In Year 3 we are learning to spell by:

• learning more letter-sound relationships
• using less-common letter-sound relationships
• writing most high frequency words
• learning homophones
• writing multisyllable words
• using more complex letter patterns
• understanding spelling rules

YEAR 4

In Year 4 we are learning to spell by:

• using letters patterns
• applying spelling rules
• using prefixes and suffixes
• understanding word origins
• using writing context
• writing more complex words
• understanding the shwa representations

YEAR 5

In Year 5 we are learning to spell by:

• using known words to spell new words
• using base words
• understanding word origins
• applying a range of spelling rules
• understanding how a suffix changes the meaning of a word
• understanding that common letter patterns can have different pronunciations

YEAR 6

In Year 6 we are learning to spell by:

• understanding word origins including Latin and Greek roots
• using base words
• applying spelling rules
• increasing our range of prefixes and suffixes
• writing technical words
• writing more complex words