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Spelling Matters Wednesday 27 th February Woodford Valley Nicki Shewring – English and Literacy Adviser nicola.shewring@wiltshire.gov.uk

Outcomes • To understand the expectations for spelling in the primary phase of education • To learn how best to help your child become a better speller at home

What we know about spelling • Being able to spell easily and automatically helps us to become better writers. • Judgements are made about our literacy (even intelligence) based on our ability to spell • There are patterns in the English language. Learning these helps us to spell unfamiliar words. • Learning to spell is a developmental process of learning to apply different strategies (not a rote learning task)

( 4 c ) F o c u The development of spelling s E d As in all areas, there is a developmental process that children go through in order u to become confident and accurate spellers. c a t i Independent o Spelling n Transitional ( U Spelling Phonetic K Spelling ) Semi- L t Phonetic d Preliminary Spelling Spelling

What is phonics? • Letters & Sounds • There are 44 phonemes (smallest units of sound) in the English language. • Phonics helps to identify the sound that each letter makes to be able to read and write. • How do you say them?

Blending (combining the sounds) Building words from phonemes to read. How many sounds are in this word? cat

Blending (combining the sounds) Adding Phoneme buttons (sound buttons) really helps. cat cat

Segmenting (separate the sounds) • Alongside blending the children learn to segment the words which supports spelling.

Segmenting (separate the sounds) This can be put into a phoneme frame which helps to separate each sound . d o g

Blending (combining the sounds) How many sounds are in this word? shed

Blending (combining the sounds) Add phoneme buttons and blend the phonemes together. shed

Blending (combining the sounds) How many sounds are in this word? coat

Blending (combining the sounds) Add phoneme buttons and blend the phonemes together. coat

Blending (combining the sounds) How many sounds are in this word? night

Blending (combining the sounds) Add phoneme buttons and blend the phonemes together. night

Segmenting (separate the sounds) Alongside blending the children learn to segment the words which supports spelling.

Segmenting (separate the sounds) This can be put into a phoneme frame which helps to separate each sound . r ai ai n

Split digraphs a-e

Split digraphs cake

Year 1 Phonics Screening • The children will be asked to ‘sound out’ a word and blend the sounds together. e.g. d-o-g – dog • The check will consist of 40 words and non-words; • Children will be told if the word is a real or ‘alien’ word, with a corresponding alien image.

Word Examples

How can you help? Encourage them to use their phonics skills when reading. Children can practise their phonics by playing games online. The children particularly like - * Buried Treasure * Picnic on Pluto www.phonicsplay.co.uk

How can you help? Encourage your child to ‘sound out’ when reading or writing. Focusing particularly on spotting more unusual sound patterns. Eg Digraph- 2 letters making one sound cow - ow Trigraphs- 3 letters making one sound Night - igh Split digraphs- 2 vowels with a consonant in between. Used to be known as the magic e! spine - i-_e

2 ( 5 c ) Connect Four Y1 and 2 F o c u s Vowel phonemes You need 4 people, one E baseboard and two sets of d cards (different u colours.) Work with a partner to c make a team of two. a Place your cards in a pile facing down. t Take it in turn to turn over i your top card and try to think of a word. o Write it on the back of the n card with a washable pen and place it on ( the board where the vowels match U The winning team is the first K to get four in a row ) vertically, diagonally or horizontally.. L t d

Useful Definitions PHONEME - smallest unit of sound GRAPHEME - written representation of the sound DIGRAPH - two letters making one sound e.g ee TRIGRAPH - three letters making one sound e.g igh SPLIT DIGRAPH - where two letters are not adjacent e.g a-e as in make

Useful websites https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/phonics/play/ https://learn.readwithfonics.com/school/phonics-games https://www.phonicsbloom.com/ http://more2.starfall.com/n/level-a/learn-to-read/load.htm?f&redir=www

Common Exception Words • Words where it is harder to apply phonics knowledge • Words we use frequently in reading and writing • List for Year 1 and Year 2 • Taught as well as phonics sounds in KS1

Learning the difficult bits in words could

Learning the difficult bits in words could

Learning the difficult bits in words – Read it – Say it could – Identify the tricky bit – Make up a rhyme or draw a picture – Think of word that rhyme – Write it

Statutory word lists • Year 3/4 and Year 5/6 • Frequently used but with irregular or unusual spelling patterns • Will be taught alongside spelling patterns in class

Year 6 SAT’s Spelling is tested in two ways: • 20 spellings as part of the SPaG test • Statutory words are looked for being spelt correctly in children’s writing

( 3 c 4 ) F o c u Spelling Strategies s E d u There are four main ways people use to process the spelling of words: c a t • Visual – writer responds to shapes of words and patterns of letter i o strings and thinks ‘Does it look right?’ n ( • Auditory – writer ‘sounds it out’, recognising relationships U between letters and groups of letters and their associated sounds K ) • Linguistic – writer is aware of relationships between words, L t origins of words or parts of words, thinking ‘why is it spelt like d that?’ • Kinaesthetic – ‘motor memory’; writer is accustomed to making specific hand movements to produce letter strings

Activities to support spelling at home Visual • Rainbow writing • Pyramid words

Finish Finite Definitely Finishing Indefinite Unfinished Indefinitely definite Definition Define Redefine Infinite Confine Infinity Confinement Refine Refinery (c) Focus Education (UK) Ltd 69

Activities to support spelling at home Auditory • Sound it out: beautiful people Kinaesthetic • Look, say, cover, write, check

( 3 c 8 ) Mnemonics and memory aids F o c These can be useful. However, make sure that the same aid is used across the u school and that there are not too many! s E d u c a t i o n ( U K ) L t d Here, there and everywhere

Other resources

What could help? What do you know Spelling rules? Say the word aloud about the tricky Spelling patterns? bit? Classroom displays? Spelling books? Do you already Fill in your best Which part is the know how to spell guesses for the tricky part? it? tricky bits. Split the word into Write down the bits syllables. Say the Does your best that you know how sounds and put in guess look right? to spell. the sound buttons. (c) Focus Education (UK) Ltd 40

Other possible steps in a routine Does the word I have written have a small word hiding inside it that I can Are there any silent spell? letters that I need to remember? Does the word have Does the word have the right number of the right shape/ letters? length? Can I find it in a Have I cross- book we have read / checked with a classroom display / another spelling my spelling journal? strategy? (c) Focus Education (UK) Ltd 41

Quizzes KS1 KS2 Think of 5 words ending in – FF Arrive is a verb. What is its noun? • • How many syllables in the word ENOUGH rhymes with stuff. Think • • SUNSET? of two other words ending in – OUGH that also rhyme with stuff. Which two letters will fit in all these • words: ba – - thi – - ho- - su – - ? Find two ready-made words • (2 answers) inside REMEMBER. Which words ending in – TCH mean Use some of the letters in PROMISE • • 1) get hold of 2) rabbit home 3) once only to spell the name of a mark on wood 4) bring capital city, a way of drinking, a cleaning tool and a flower. Which two letters do you add to • an adjective to show it means Which letter can be put before • ‘more’? e.g. more fast? OFTEN to make a new word? (c) Focus Education (UK) Ltd 42

Word building game kind kindly unkind unkindly win wind kindness windy unkindness winding unkindliness winded (c) Focus Education (UK) Ltd 43

Useful Websites www.phonics play .co.uk/ www. spellingplay .co.uk/ https://www. spellingcity .com/ www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy.html www. spell zone.com/ games / http://www.howtospell.co.uk/spellingquiz.php (c) Focus Education (UK) Ltd 44