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Pre-test

Without seeing the spellings, we are going to have a spelling test to give ourselves a

baseline score to try and beat.


12Homophones – what is a homophone?

- Mail- Male- Flour- Flower- Berry- Bury- Great- Grate- Plain- Plane

Read the words aloud.

What do you notice?

What do you notice about how they are spelt?

Can you think of any other words like this?


13Quick Activity! You have 30 seconds to write these words down as many times as possible.


We saw a ______________ whilst walking

through a field in the countryside.

hair or hare

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My parents have put our house up for

__________________ as they want to move.

sail or sale

15


On my next birthday, I will be

______________ years old.

eight or ate

16


I was __________________ when I

was late returning a library book.

find or fined

Matching activity!17


• Match the word to the correct picture

• Write a sentence with the word in.

• Share your sentences with your partner.

• Have you used the word cor-rectly?

Peace

Piece

Mane

Main

Fair

Fare

Their

There

18Pictionary activity!

Split a double page into eight.

Write the word in each of the boxes and

then draw a quick picture to represent

the word.

Listen to your partner who will say a

sentence with one of the words in. You

need to point to the correct word from

your pictures.


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bawl

Race your partner to write down a homophone for these words…


110

sew


111

sum


112

son


113

bare


114

mist


Spelling Scheme

Circle the correct word to complete the sentence.

1. The Jones’ went to ( there / their / they’re ) holiday home in France this summer.

2. For Halloween, I decided to ( where / wear ) all black and dress up as a ( witch / which ).

3. “Can you ( hear / here ) me?” asked my grandmother as she ( red / read ) me a story.

4. “( You’re / your ) going to be late if ( you’re / your ) sister doesn’t hurry up,” warned

mum whilst looking at her watch.

5. ( Our / Are ) dog is very badly behaved and often dig a ( whole / hole ) in the garden

when we aren’t looking.

Place the words from the grid into the correct sentence.

seen

blew

sew

knot

blue

scene

not

so

1. They had a sign on the motorway which showed the way to the

theme park.

2. My mum had to the hole in my jumper after I ripped it playing

football.

3. I had a large in my hair which made brushing my hair sore.

4. My little brother was in a bad mood and caused a terrible in front

of the other parents we had to go home.

5. My coach into the whistle to get our attention.

6. I did like to wear my school jumper as I

only like to wear the colour red.

Spelling Scheme










seen

blew

sew

knot

blue

scene

not

so


theme park.


football.







115Find the correct words to complete the sentences.


116Spelling Test!

Try and beat your score from your baseline test.


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118What is similar about these words?


- Vein- Neighbour- Weigh- Eight- They- Obey- Grey- Reindeer- Beige- Veil

Write the words into your spelling journals and identify where the /ai/ sound is within the word.

119Identify the words in the text which use the long a sound.

Write them into the correct column below.


My neighbour is quite old and looks a little bit like Father Christmas! His mobility scooter is his sleigh and his little dogs look like reindeers. They can run very quickly too! He always wears a beige pair of trousers and he even wore these to his eightieth birthday party. His long, grey beard hangs down to his belly button and it must weigh a tonne!

When he shouts, everyone obeys him as his voice is as loud as a freight train!

My Neighbour

Quick Activity! You have 30 seconds to write these words down as many times as possible.

120

height

or heit


121

rayn

or reign


122

greigh

or gray


123

weyt

or weight


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obei

or obey


















125Bingo!

Create a 3 x 3 grid on white-boards or in your book.

Complete their grid with the sounds ei, ey or eigh.

Here is an example:


ei eigh ei

eigh eigh ey

ey ei ey

126Spelling Test!



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128What do you notice about all these spellings?

- Science- Scene- Discipline- Fascinate- Crescent- Fascination- Scenery- Ascend- Descent-Scissors

What sound do these letters make when they are together in these words?

What rule can we make for these spellings?


129Remember the spelling rule!


All these spellings have the ‘sc’ pattern in them.

Use a dictionary to help you when spelling the words.

Spelling Scheme


130Quick Activity! Rearrange the letters to make a word with ‘sc’ in.


Rearrange the anagrams to find the words which follow the rule. Once you have rearranged the letters to create a word, orally create a sen-tence with the word in it and share it with your partner.

c t e n s

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e n s e cc i r o s s s s

132Activity!

Identify the correct spelling of the word in the sentences.

Write the correct spelling under-neath.

Use a dictionary to check the spell-ings.


Spelling Scheme


Spelling Scheme


Spelling Scheme

133Alphabetical order – what does it mean?

True or false:

• You only need to look at the first letter.

• The length of the word is important.

• Dictionaries can support you with placing words in al-phabetic order.


134

Place these words in alphabetical order.

What do we need to look at?

cat apple axe cart cards


135

Activity!

Look at the word cards with words with the ‘sc’ digraph.

What do the words mean?

Work in pairs to place these words in alphabetical order

Write a silly sentence(s) with all the words in their alphabetical order.


136Spelling Test!



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138What do these words have in common?

- League- Antique- Tongue- Unique- Cheque- Mosque- Fatigue- Plague- Technique- Vague

• Look at the spellings.

• Sort the spelling into two categories and underline the ‘tricky’ part of the spelling .

• How do we pronounce this part of the word?


139Word Search – can you find all of the words?


V V P U Z O A F L Y D R I J E

M V A I E T E E D S Q O J N U

U A T G E W A V Z W V G Y W Q

O T N M U G Q P B M Z U M X S

U S S T U E E G Y C F E F W O

T V U E I U A W B W A A Q Q M

L F J X Q Q P E E O T I S F R

O K Z E Y A U U N P I O D J P

C L H I O Y Q E M K G X O G M

E C N G T I M H V T U W J A W

L U A I N T R I G U E P C H I

I B Q H D S M E U G N O T C X

C J C I F H X J M Z Q X O U M

A E N E N M V B C I N P A I M

T P L A G U E A B P S L Q N K

ANTIQUECHEQUEFATIGUEINTRIGUELEAGUEMOSQUEPLAGUEROGUETECHNIQUETONGUEUNIQUEVAGUE

Quick Activity! Race to beat your partner to write down the correct spelling first.

140

antique anteek


141

techneeke technique


142

plague plaige


leege league

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144

roge rogue


145

intreege intrigue


146

On holiday, we on donkeys on the beach.

rode rowed


Read the passage and rewrite it so that there are no spelling mistakes!

147


My mother is extremely interested in anteeks as she says they fill her with in-

treage. However, I don’t understand the interest. Yesterday, she took me to her

favourite shop which is positioned just behind the local mosk. I stuck my tung

out in protest at having to go but she dragged me there anyway; I even pre-

tended I had heard there was a plaig of wasps attacking everyone in our town

but she wouldn’t believe me! Once we arrived, she spotted a vase that she had

wanted for a year now and quickly wrote a chek for the owner.

148What am I?

I am used occasionally by people to transfer money from my account to theirs.

I am written on paper.

You would write number and words on me.

What am I?


149Spelling Test!





150Pre-test


- Chef- Chalet- Machine- Brochure- Parachute- Champagne- Chute- Moustache- Quiche- Crochet

151What is the rule?

- What makes these words tricky? - Write the words in your spelling journals/ books and underline the part of the word that the spellings have in common

– ch making a ‘sh’ sound.


Let’s draw!152


champagne

moustache

quiche

brochure

Quick Activity! Race to beat your partner to write down the correct spelling first.

153

machine masheeen


154

shalay chalet


155

shute chute


shalay chalet

156


157

champagne shampain


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Spelling Scheme


Spelling Scheme


Spelling SchemeSpelling Scheme


Identify the correct words to complete the sentences.

1. My mum went into the travel agents in town because she wanted to get a

about Greece.

2. The drove the limo to pick up the girls for the exclusive party.

3. When we went skiing, my whole family stayed in a on the slopes of the

mountain.

4. We celebrated our new marriage with a glass of .

5. Once the sky diver had reached a certain height, he released the trigger to release the

6. Whilst operating heavy , you must take care to read the instruction

manual and wear the correct protective clothing.

7. The peeled the vegetables and prepared the rest of the food before

throwing the rubbish down the refuse .

.

Identify the correct words to complete the sentences.

Quick Activity! Find as many words within this words by rearranging the letters.

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machine

160


champage

161


crochet

162


chalet

163Game!

- Play game in threes.

- Player 1 picks up a card and hides from the group.

- Player 1 must describe the word that is on their card without telling the other children the word.

- The other two players must write the word that is being described on their whiteboard.

- Player 1 reveals the word. Correct guesses earn a point.

- Player 2 then has a go.

- Repeat until all the cards are used.


164Spelling Test!





165Pre-test


- Scheme- Chorus- Chemist- Echo- Character- Ache- Anchor- Monarch- Stomach- Mechanic

166What is the spelling rule?

What do you notice about these words?

What do the words have in common?

Write them into your spelling jour-nals/ books and identify the spelling pattern.


167Write the word to match the image.


Is it…

- mechanic

- monarch

- orchestra

168Quick Activity!


chaosLook at the word.

In pairs, create a sentence with the word in to show that you understand the meaning.

169Quick Activity!


echoLook at the word.


170Quick Activity!


Look at the word.


character

Spelling Scheme










seen

blew

sew

knot

blue

scene

not

so


theme park.


football.







171Complete the sentences by using the correct word.


172Quick Activity!

Listen carefully.

I will read out some words.

You need to decide if the word has a ‘k’ or a ‘ch’ to make the ‘k’ sound.

Write your words on your whiteboard.


173Dictation!

Write these sentences in your books. Listen carefully and make sure you

check your spellings carefully.


174How accurate were you?

1. The chemistry teacher was also in charge of the

orchestra.

2. The architect was asked to design a new school.

3. The monarch was given an orchid as a present.


175Spelling Test!



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