Spelling Patterns: - Words which begin with H
- A worksheet (PDF) which helps Year One children to identify words which begin with the letter 'H'. Contributed by Lynn Harvey. - Medial Vowels
- A fantastic Powerpoint presentation (1.6Mb) which can be used with children as part of your work on medial vowels. Contributed by Tina Godden. - Medial Vowels 2
- An updated version of the above presentation, which is slightly more difficult. - Making words with I, O and U
- A PDF worksheet in which Year One children have to complete the words provided. Contributed by Lynn Harvey. - B, D or P?
- Which letter goes with each word... is it B, D or P? Contributed by Sherrie Bendjedidi. - Long 'i' phoneme
- A set of wonderful activities to review children's knowledge of this sound, and of words which use it. Contributed by Laura Harwood. - AI, AY or IGH
- What is the correct spelling for the given words? Contributed by Sherrie Bendjedidi. - OW, OU or OA
- Can children work out the correct spelling for each of the words given? Contributed by Sherrie Bendjedidi. - OO, EE or EA
- Which spelling pattern goes with which word? Contributed by Sherrie Bendjedidi. - CH, SH or TH 1
- Do your children know which spelling pattern goes into the gaps? Contributed by Sherrie Bendjedidi. - CH, SH or TH 2
- A useful worksheet, which requires children to put the correct spelling pattern into the gap. Contributed by Sherrie Bendjedidi. - Read and Draw (NG)
- Read and draw words with 'NG'. Contributed by Sherrie Bendjedidi. - Read and Draw (LL)
- Read and draw words with 'LL'. Contributed by Sherrie Bendjedidi. - Read and Draw (CK)
- Read and draw words with 'CK'. Contributed by Sherrie Bendjedidi. - Read and Draw (AI)
- Read and draw words with 'AI'. Contributed by Sherrie Bendjedidi. - Read and Draw (OO)
- Read and draw words with 'OO'. Contributed by Sherrie Bendjedidi. - Read and Draw (EE)
- Read and draw words with 'EE'. Contributed by Sherrie Bendjedidi. - Read and Draw (EA)
- Read and draw words with 'EA'. Contributed by Sherrie Bendjedidi. - Read and Draw (TH)
- Read and draw words with 'TH'. Contributed by Sherrie Bendjedidi. - Read and Draw (SH)
- Read and draw words with 'SH'. Contributed by Sherrie Bendjedidi. - Read and Draw (CH)
- Read and draw words with 'CH'. Contributed by Sherrie Bendjedidi. - Long A and Short A
- A list of spellings, linked to the Long A and Short A sounds. Contributed by Laura Harwood. - Long E and Short A
- A list of spellings, linked to the Long E and Short A sounds. Contributed by Laura Harwood. - Initial and End Sounds
- A requiring children to complete the initial and end sounds in each word. Contributed by Victoria Jackman. - Code Breakers (le words)
- A code breaking activity, aimed at Year 3 children, requiring children to explore words with the le ending. Contributed by Laura Harwood. - OUGH words
- A Powerpoint presentation to teach how to spell and pronounce a range of ough words. Contributed by Vanessa Spencer. - OUGH words
- A video which can be used to review spelling of OUGH words. - I before E
- A video which can be used to review understanding of the spelling rule 'I before E'. - IGHT words
- A video which can be used to review spelling of IGHT words. - Hot Potato! - An amusing game which encourages children to think about initial blends of words.
- Spelling Necessary
- A video which can be used to review the spelling of necessary.
Homophones: - Correct the Homophones - Use this worksheet to reinforce your children's knowledge of homophones.
- Homophone Weekly - A fantastic way of helping children to remember different homophones.
- There, Their and They're
- Test your children on the correct usage of these words using this PDF worksheet. Contributed by Luke Townsend.
Suffixes and Prefixes: - Suffixes and Prefixes
- A PDF file containing two posters explaining all about suffixes and prefixes. Contributed by Katie Bownes. - Suffixes worksheet
- Write a suffix in the central shape. It is then the children's task to find as many words as they can which have that suffix. Contributed by Paul Litten. - Prefixes
- A matching exercise, in which children sort words to their matching prefixes. Contributed by Maureen Rice.
Spelling Tips / Ideas: - Morning Spellings - Use spare minutes in the mornings to practise your spellings!
- My Spellings
- A useful sheet to help children to practise their spellings. Contributed by Lisa Daniels. - Using Spellings - A great idea for getting children to use the words in their spelling lists.
- Silent Letters
- A video which can be used to remind children about silent letters. - Plurals Loop Cards
- A set of loop cards, which help children to review regular and irregular plurals. Contributed by Sue Baxter. - Word Family Spellings
- A large set of spellings (PDF) based on different word families - originally used with Year 4. Contributed by Tim Dawson. - Spelling List
- A PDF template which can be used to remind children (and parents) of the spellings that need to be learned. Contributed by Hafeez. - Word Chop
- A set of common words have been split into two pieces. Can you put them together to create the correct words? Contributed by Ahmed Shalaby. - Misspelled Words - A list of 100 of the most mispelled words, and activities to help your class remember how to spell them correctly. Also includes a printable version of the 100 words.
- Common Words Bingo Cards
- A set of bingo cards which can be used to help children with spelling of the first 100 common words. Contributed by Janelle White. - Common Words Bingo Calling Cards
- Calling cards to be used with the Common Words Bingo Cards. Contributed by Janelle White. - Compound Words
- A practical resource which develops children's understanding (and ability to create) compound words. Contributed by Maureen Rice. - Spelling Tips - A simple spelling tip which could increase your children's spelling scores.
- Spell Well Activities
- A selection of activities which can be used to help children to improve their spelling. Contributed by Michelle Vivad. - Spelling Sparkle - A fantastic way of reinforcing knowledge of spellings.
- Phonic Clouds
- An activity to enhance phonics skills, containing instructions and an example (in PDF). Contributed by Mary Gordon.