Year 6 - English
Spelling key curriculum words
Letter strings, etymology and curriculum words
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Unit Summary
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.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to choose and use spelling strategies to spell curriculum words.
Key Notes
- How to spell the curriculum words: pronunciation, explanation and dictionary.
- How to spell the curriculum words: disastrous, mischievous and marvellous.
- How to spell the curriculum words: frequently, immediately, especially and sincerely.
- Spelling strategies help us to notice how words are spelled.
- The practice spelling strategy you choose often depends on the spelling you are practising and what makes it difficult.
Vocabulary To Learn
- suffix: a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning
- letter sting: a group of letters that are written together in a word
- root word: the base word from which other words are formed often by adding prefixes or suffixes
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- When starting a strategy, pupils may have copied the spelling down incorrectly.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
How to spell the curriculum words: pronunciation, explanation and dictionary. How to spell the curriculum words: disastrous, mischievous and marvellous.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'suffix'
a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: When starting a strategy, pupils may have copied the spelling down incorrectly. Correction: Model the process of looking at it, considering what's difficult about the spelling and thinking about it. Then, model copying it for the first time, carefully checking each letter and verbalising what you notice.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Recognising the different sounds made by the letter strings 'ough' and 'au' Study Guide
- Recognising the different sounds made by the letter strings "ou", "ear" and "ice" Study Guide
- Spelling words from the Y5/6 curriculum list Study Guide
- Spelling words with French etymology Study Guide
- Spelling words with Greek and Latin etymology Study Guide
- Spelling words with the -able suffix Study Guide
- Spelling words with the -ible suffix Study Guide
- Spelling words with the 'ee' sound spelt 'ei' Study Guide
- Spelling words with the 'ee' sound spelt 'ie' Study Guide
- Spelling words with the silent letters 'b', 'k', 'g', 'w' and 't' Study Guide
- Spelling words with the silent letters 'h', 'p', 'n', 'l' and 's' Study Guide
- Spelling words with the suffixes -ant and -ance Study Guide
- Spelling words with the suffixes -ent and -ence Study Guide
- Using hyphens to create adjectives Study Guide
- Using hyphens to join prefixes to root words Study Guide
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