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The Berkeley Primary School Everyone a Speller! 27.9.13 A third of young people who have not read a book in the past month, say that they have never been given a book as a present. The National Literacy Trust Only one child in four has a book at home. Functional Illiteracy in the U.K • 22% of the U.K. is estimated to be functionally illiterate • Illiteracy is costing the U.K. economy £81 billion per year This is the highest in Europe Government Priorities • Read by Six • Year One “Phonics Check” • SPaG 2013 What we can do at home. • Model spelling choices. Be seen writing. • Encourage proof reading. • Play a game with phoneme spotter stories. to help reinforce spelling choices. Spelling. New National Curriculum • Planned over the year • Can be delivered in any order • Underlined patterns are key • Choose partly secure for the end of terms Best Guess /ai/ • a-e. Overall best guess • ay. At the ends of words • ai. Usually in the middle of words Rare graphemes: eight, grey, vein, apron, straight, great Best Guess /ee/ • ea/ee. Middle of a word • y. End of word • e. End of a very short word Other graghemes: Donkey, chief, receipt, people, these Best Guess/oo/ • Overall”u-e” • In the middle “oo” • Usually at ends “ue” and “ew” Rare Graphemes Uniform, do, view, you, lose, shoes Best Guess/ igh/ Most common is “i-e”. Next is in the middle “igh” eg. Night Or at the end of a word “igh”. sigh Best Guess/ow/ At the end of a word or followed by “n”. Eg. cow, clown Most other words are spelt with “ou” eg. mouth Less common Plough Best Guess /oy/ Usually at the beginning or in the middle of a word. “oi” ointment, coin “oy” usually at the end of words eg. toy, destroy Best Guess /oa/ • Best bet is o-e • Another good guess is “oa”in the middle of words. eg.boat • Usually at the end of words we have “ow” eg. bow • Rare graphemes. Sew, hoe, though, soul Best Guess/air/ “air” or “are” are at the start of a word. Eg. airport, area. Rare grapheme Their, aeroplane, vary Best Guess /air/or /are /air/ at the beginning of a word. Rare graphemes their, aeroplane, vary Best Guess /er/ There is no best bet for this phoneme Water,over,the,garden, suddenly, after Best Guess “ur” There is no best bet for this phoneme Just need to know….. her, were, first, work, birds, word, fur, earth, turn, skirt “s” and “es” • • • • • • • • pen church bush toy hair hiss girl buzz “s” and“ies” • • • • • • • • ray party penny baby spray envy jelly key “ing” • Hop • Hope • Sit • Clean • Drive • Enjoy • Slip • Smile Antonym means opposite. These mean opposite • “un” means “not” • “de” means “making the opposite of” • “dis” means “not, the opposite of” • “mis” means “wrong”or “false” • “non” means “not” • “anti” means “against” Short words within longer words • Grandfather • Another • Something • Whatever • Pretending • Constable Spelling two syllable words containing double consonants • Tennis • Dinner • Comma • Kissed • Holly • Silly • summer Double the letter after a short vowel in the word. Activity – create a double letter alphabet N.B. No words use hh, jj, kk, qq, vv, ww, xx, yy. Compound Words Join two individual words to make a new word Shout “ yes” when finished! Prefixes and Meanings • aqua • audi • dent • grat • mem • mot • man ………………. ………………. ……….…….. ……………... ……………… ………………. ………………. Prefixes and Meanings • aqua – means water • audi – means hear • dent – means tooth • grat – means please • mem – means mindful • mot – means move • man – means hand Prefix and words Task . Write 3 words on your white boards for: • aqua • audi • dent • grat • mem • mot • man Contractions • don’t • can’t • isn’t • shan’t • aren’t • should’ve • I’ve • Won’t Give a different spelling! • Cell • Maid • Beach • Him • Aloud • Leak • Bored • know Activity: On your whiteboards, write 3 alternative spellings and be prepared to show! [email protected] Tel; 01625 573044