Spelling & Vocabulary Building
How it works
A strong vocabulary is one of the most important tools for communication.
This year, our goal is to help you build your writing and spelling vocabulary, in a fun way, at a level that's just right for you.
Each week, you'll be challenged to learn up to 20 new words tailored just to you.
We'll begin on a Monday, by attempting to spell 50 different words from a list of 25 high frequency words and 25 phonemic pattern words.
Any errors from those lists will then become part of your list of personal words for the week.
If you make fewer than 20 errors, you will then be given the opportunity to select your own challenge words from a list of carefully selected 'pattern' words or to include interesting or problematic words from your reading and writing that week.
Then, throughout the week, we'll play games and complete study activities (see below) designed to help you memorise both the spelling and usage of your very own word list, before putting our learning to the test at the end the week. It's going to be fun!
Here's a little more about how the word lists have been designed and why.
This year, our goal is to help you build your writing and spelling vocabulary, in a fun way, at a level that's just right for you.
Each week, you'll be challenged to learn up to 20 new words tailored just to you.
We'll begin on a Monday, by attempting to spell 50 different words from a list of 25 high frequency words and 25 phonemic pattern words.
Any errors from those lists will then become part of your list of personal words for the week.
If you make fewer than 20 errors, you will then be given the opportunity to select your own challenge words from a list of carefully selected 'pattern' words or to include interesting or problematic words from your reading and writing that week.
Then, throughout the week, we'll play games and complete study activities (see below) designed to help you memorise both the spelling and usage of your very own word list, before putting our learning to the test at the end the week. It's going to be fun!
Here's a little more about how the word lists have been designed and why.
Term One Theme & Extension Words
Our extension words for this term focus on prefixes, suffixes and plurals.
If you're looking for an extra challenge, beyond our phonemic target words
If you're looking for an extra challenge, beyond our phonemic target words