Spelling Program Year 4

Spelling Program:

single sounds
2 letter words
3 letter words
rhyming words/ long words/ short words
segmenting words into syllables
sight words/ word banks/ class lists
consonant digraphs (ck, ch, sh, th, wh)
initial double consonants (bl, fl cl, pl, sl, br, dr, fr, cr, gr, pr, tr, sm, sn, st, sk, sp, sc, sw, tw)
double consonants (ll, tt, gg, ss, dd, zz, mm, nn, ff)
final double consonants (_nt, _ ft, _ st, _mp, _nd, _sp, _ng, _lm, _ct, _lk, _lt, _nk)
tri consonant blends (scr, str, spr, thr, shr, squ, spl)
grouping of words according to sound patterns/ visual patterns
high frequency words taken from children’s reading and writing and added to class lists
vowel digraphs (ee, oo, ay, oy)
word families (ar, all, qu, er, ir, ur, or)
long vowels (a-e, o-e, i-e, u-e, e-e)
syllabification -2 syllables…compound words
homophones (plain plane) and homonyms
antonyms / synonyms
Finding words within words
Word building games
Use mnemonics
Use dictionaries / alphabetical lists
Develop word banks on theme, topic, high frequency and interesting words
Proof reading strategies
Adding ed, ing
Plurals
Word sort- meaning / letter patterns / sound
Rules … silent e / plurals
Endings…tion….ious….ight
Begin to make spelling generalisations
Use double letters correctly
Use visual knowledge of common English letter sequences
Use knowledge of word meanings and derivations
Extended bank of known words
Suffix, prefix
More difficult homophones, homonyms, compound words
Have a go at specialised words…science
Willing to use a range of resources
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia words
Continue to model and teach mnemonics and proof reading strategies
Silent letters
Contractions
Words with unusual or irregular spellings
Consonant diagraphs (ph, gh, kn, gn)
Irregular diagraphs (aw, au, ei)
Word origins
Advance use of dictionaries and thesaurus
Word play…crosswords
Words with multiple meanings