Letter strings, etymology and curriculum words
Why this, why now
In this unit, pupils review and learn a wide range of Year 6 spellings, including letter strings, words with the suffixes -ant, -ance, -ent, -ence, -able and -ible, silent letters, French and Greek origin words, curriculum words and words that use the hyphen in two ways.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Ardaydu waa inay yaqaanaan aasaaska maadada.
- Ardaydu waa inay awoodaan inay raacaan tilmaamo fudud.
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Letter strings, etymology and curriculum words
In this unit, pupils review and learn a wide range of Year 6 spellings, including letter strings, words with the suffixes -ant, -ance, -ent, -ence, -able and -ible, silent letters, French and Greek origin words, curriculum words and words that use the hyphen in two ways.
16 lessons- Spelling words from the Y5/6 curriculum list
- Spelling words with the 'ee' sound spelt 'ei'
- Spelling words with the 'ee' sound spelt 'ie'
- Using hyphens to join prefixes to root words
- Recognising the different sounds made by the letter strings 'ough' and 'au'
- Spelling words with French etymology
- Spelling words with the -ible suffix
- Spelling words with Greek and Latin etymology
- Spelling words with the suffixes -ant and -ance
- Spelling key curriculum words
- Spelling words with the suffixes -ent and -ence
- Spelling words with the -able suffix
- Using hyphens to create adjectives
- Recognising the different sounds made by the letter strings "ou", "ear" and "ice"
- Spelling words with the silent letters 'b', 'k', 'g', 'w' and 't'
- Spelling words with the silent letters 'h', 'p', 'n', 'l' and 's'