Anston Hillcrest Primary School

Spelling Workshop

Aims

• How we teach spelling in school• Spelling strategies • Games• What you can do at home?

Spelling.. a ‘peace’ of cake?

• Linked to self esteem• Specific difficulties • Only taught phonemes marked

Phonics Teaching in FS & KS1

• 15 minutes a day• Every single day• At the appropriate phase for the children • Y2 10 words per week• Learning environment

Fast Fun

Systematic

Timetable for Expected Phases

Phase 1: FS1Phase 2: Starts FS2 (6 weeks)Phase 3: Starts FS2 (Oct 12 weeks) Phase 4: FS2 (4-6 weeks) Phase 5: Starts Y1 (1 Year)Phase 6: Starts Y2 (1 Year)

44 Phonemes

Terminology

• A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a word

• A grapheme is the letter, or letters, representing a phoneme

t ai igh

Terminology

Two letters, making one sound A consonant digraph contains two consonants

sh ck th ll A vowel digraph contains at least one vowel

ai ee ar oyThree letters making one sound

igh dge

Terminology

Split Digraphs

A digraph in which the two letters making the sound are not adjacent,

(e.g. make)

• Segmenting • Chopping up the word to spell it.

Segmenting

t a p

sh o p

Phoneme frames

shelf = sh – e – l – f = 4 phonemes

dress = d - r - e – ss = 4 phonemes

sprint = s – p – r – i – n – t = 6 phonemes

string = s – t – r – i – ng = 5 phonemes

Segmenting

Phase 1

• Exploring and experimenting with sounds and words

• Distinguish between different sounds in the environment and phonemes

• Learn to orally blend and segment words

Phase 2

• 19 phonemes and graphemes

• VC and CVC words• 2 syllable words,

simple captions and some tricky words.

s a t p i n m

d g o c k ck e

u r h b f ff l

ll ss          

the to I

no go  

Phase 3

• Next 25 phonemes and graphemes • Learn letter names• New phonemes and 2 syllable words.

j v w x y z zz qu ch

sh th ng ai ee igh oa oo

ar or ur ow oi ear air ure

er              

• Be able to blend and read CVC words

• (i.e. single-syllable words consisting of Phase Two and Phase Three graphemes) e.g.

Phase 3

cheep tooth chair

sharp north coach

shock thorn light

yurk quoam zort

• pat tap• snip pins• strap parts• ward draw

Anna Hannah

Reversibles

Palindromes!

Finish

st___ p

20 seconds to complete the word.

stamp stoop strip steep strap stop

‘ur’ ‘er’ ‘oi’surpise urgent purchase furniture purpose

Word Blocks

s t p

a o l

b m r

stop stab stamp star lamp

Phase 4

• Consolidation • Consonants and polysyllabic words. (CCVC, CVCC, CCVCC)Step list clap grasp strap

the to I no

go he she we

me be was my

you her they all

are      

Tricky words

Word Ladders

Rhyme it

Helps tune the children into listening carefully.

Sick Stick

Choose ea / ee / e consonant eMeat seat treat heat complete

sleet

Right from Wrong

Children identify the correct version of the spelling.

Tomorrow Tommorow Tomoro

Phase 5

• Broaden knowledge of graphemes and phonemes

• Learn new graphemes and alternative pronunciations.

• Choosing appropriate graphemes when spelling and begin to build up word specific knowledge.

Phase 5 New graphemes

ay (day) oy (boy)wh (when)a-e (make)ou (out)ie (tie)ea (eat)

ir (girl) ue (blue)aw (saw)ey (honey)ph (photo)ew (new)oe (toe)

au (paul) e-e (these)i-e (like)o-e (home)u-e (rule)

Phase 5 – Alternative pronunciations

a: hat acorn fast wase: bed hei: tin findo: hot nou: but unit pullow: down lowie: pie fieldea: sea header: fern farmerou: out soup could mouldy: yes my gym happy

ch: chin chef schoolc: cat cellg: got magicey: they money

Speed Write

Write the word out as many times as possible within 30 seconds.

Muscle memory

Phase 6

Spelling• Identify tricky bits in a word.• Develop strategies for spelling longer

words.• Develop guidelines for making

choices between spelling alternatives.• Begin to explore spelling conventions

e.g. when using past tense, adding suffixes.

What’s the rule?

Move – movingShove – shovingChange –

changing

Hop – hoppingSlip – slippingTap – tappingStep – stepping

Remove the ‘e’ and add ‘ing’

Double the final consonant after a short vowel sound and add ‘ing’

Hangman

• Colour phonemes• Counting letters of challenging spellings• Splitting the word into syllables / phonemes Sep a rat e s e p a r a t e

• Look for words within words / word families.• Knowledge of prefixes and suffixes• Mnemonics

because• Big elephants can always understand small

elephants

Spelling Strategies

• Practise spellings and have fun with words.

• Find the tricky bits and work on that.• Read as much as possible to and with

your child.• Encourage and praise – get them to

have a "good guess!• Ask your child’s teacher if you want

to know more.

How to support your child?

Useful Websites

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/index.htmhttp://www.topmarks.co.uk/EducationalGames.aspxhttp://www.familylearning.org.uk/phonics_games.htmlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/index.shtmlhttp://www.funbrain.com/kidscenter.html