Spelling

3 Class Structure Spelling progression

Spelling Resource = Twinkl PlanIt English Spelling Scheme

Expectation:

All classes teach the PowerPoint at the beginning of the week. Handwriting/activities throughout the week relating to spellings, spellings sent home, spelling test at the end of the week.

Reception/Year 1 to teach the same progression as a repetitive cycle.

Year 4 is a stand-alone year group and taught discretely.

Year 2/3 and Year 5/6 are on a two-year rolling programme which covers both year’s content over 2 years.

Year R/1:

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7
Term 1	The sounds /f/ and /s/, spelt ‘ff’ and ‘ss’	The sounds /l/ and /k/, /z/ spelt ‘ll’, ‘zz’ and ‘ck’	Adding the endings -ing, -ed and -er to verbs where no change is needed to the root word	The sound spelt n before g ‘ng’ The /ŋ/ sound spelt n before k ‘nk’	The sound /ch/ spelt ‘ch’ The sound /ch/ spelt ‘-tch’	The sound v The /v/ sound at the end of words spelt with ‘ve’	Review Week
Term 2	The digraphs ‘ai‘ and ‘oi’ are hardly ever used at the end of English words	The digraphs ‘ay’ and ‘oy’ are used for those sounds at the end of words and at the end of syllables	The sound /oa/ spelt with the vowel digraphs ‘oa’, ‘ow’, ‘oe’ (oa is very rare at the end of a word)	The sound /ee/ spelt ‘e’ and with the vowel digraph ‘ee’	Adding -ies to nouns and verbs ending in -y	The vowel digraph ‘ie’ making the /igh/ and /ee/ sounds	Review Week
Term 3	The trigraph ‘igh’	The vowel digraph ‘ar’	The vowel digraph ‘er’ (unstressed) ‘er’ (stressed)	The vowel digraph ‘ir’, ‘ur’	Adding -er and -est to adjectives where no change is needed to the root word	Days of the week/Common exception words	Review Week
Term 4	The sound /k/ spelt with ‘k’ not ‘c’, before e, i and y	The split vowel digraphs ‘a-e’ and ‘e-e’	The split vowel digraph ‘a-e’ and ‘e-e’	The /yoo/ and /oo/ sounds spelt with the split digraph ‘u-e’	The vowel digraph ‘oo’ - very few words have oo at the end	The sounds /oo/ and /yoo/ spelt with ‘ue’ ‘ew’	Review Week
Term 5	The vowel digraphs ‘ow’ and ‘ou’	Words ending with the sound /e/ spelt with ‘y’	The vowel digraph ‘or’ and the vowel trigraph ‘ore’	The vowel digraphs ‘aw’ and ‘au’	The vowel trigraph ‘air’ and ‘are’	The vowel trigraph ‘ear’	Review Week
Term 6	New consonant spelling ‘ph’ and ‘wh’	Adding the prefix -un without any change to the spelling of the root word	Adding s and es to words	Compound words	Read words with contractions (Word reading - English)	Common exception words	Review Week

Year A

Year 2/3: Yellow boxes taken from Y3 progression, white taken from Y2 progression

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7
Term 1	Words with the long /eɪ/ sound speltwith ‘ei’	Words with the long / ei/ sound spelt with ‘ey’	Words with the long /eɪ/ sound spelt with ‘ai’	The sound /j/ spelt with ‘-dge’ and ‘-ge’ at the end of words	The sound /j/ often spelt with ‘g’ before e, I and y The sound /j/ always spelt with ‘j’ before a, o and u	Common exception words	Review Week
Term 2	The sound /l/ spelt with ‘-le’ at the end of words	The sound /l/ spelt with ‘-el’ at the end of words	The sound /l/ spelt with ‘-il’ and ‘-al’ at the end of words	Creating adverbs using the suffix -ly (root word ends in ‘-ic’ or ‘-al’)	Creating adverbs using the suffix -ly (exceptions to the rules)	Statutory spelling challenge words	Review Week
Term 3	Words with short /i/ sound spelt with ‘y’	Adding suffixes beginning with a vowel (er/ed/ing) to words with more than one syllable (unstressed last syllable - DO NOT double the final consonant)	Adding suffixes beginning with a vowel (er/ed/en/ing) to words with more than one syllable (stressed last syllable – double the final syllable consonant)	Adding -ing, -ed, -er, -est and -y to words of one syllable ending in a single consonant after a single vowel	The sound /or/ spelt ‘a’ before l or ll	Common exception words	Review Week
Term 4	The sound /u/ spelt with ‘o’	The sound /ee/ spelt with ‘-ey’	The /o/ sound spelt with ‘a’ after w and qu	Words ending in the/g/ sound spelt ‘-gue’ and the /k/ sound spelt ‘-que’	Words with a /sh/ sound spelt with ‘ch’	Statutory spellings challenge words	Review Week
Term 5	Words ending in -ary	Words with a short /u/ sound spelt with ‘o’	Words with a short /u/ sound spelt with ‘ou’	Contractions	The possessive apostrophe	Common exception words	Review Week
Term 6	Homophones and near homophones	Homophones and near homophones	Homophones and near homophones Conjunctions	Words ending with a / chuh/ sound speltas ‘ture’	Silent letters revision	Silent letters revision	Review Week

Year B

Year 2/3: Yellow boxes taken from Y3 progression, white taken from Y2 progression

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7
Term 1	The sound /n/ spelt ‘kn’ and (less often) ‘gn’ at the beginning of words	The sound /r/ spelt ‘wr’ at the beginning of words.	The sound /s/ spelt ‘c’ before e, i and y	Words with /ur / sound spelt with ‘ear’	Homophones and near homophones	Homophones and near homophones	Review Week
Term 2	Creating adverbs using the suffix -ly (no change to root word)	Creating adverbs using the suffix -ly (root word ends in ‘-y’ with more than one syllable)	Creating adverbs using the suffix -ly (root word ends in ‘-le’)	The sound /igh/ spelt with ‘-y’ at the end of words	Adding -ies to nouns and verbs ending in -y	Common exception words	Review Week
Term 3	Adding -ed, -er and -est to a word ending in -y with a consonant before it	Adding -ing to a word ending in -y with a consonant before it	Adding -ing, -ed, -er, -est and -y to words ending in -e with a consonant before it	Creating negative meanings using prefix mis-	Creating negative meanings using prefix dis-	Words with a /k/ sound spelt with ‘ch’	Review Week
Term 4	Homophones and near homophones	Homophones and near homophones	Adding the prefix bi- (meaning ‘two’ or ‘twice’) and Adding the prefix re- (meaning ‘again’ or ‘back’)	The stressed /er/ spelt with ‘or’ after w and the sound /or/ spelt ‘ar’ after w	The sound /zh/ spelt ‘s’	Common exception words	Review Week
Term 5	The suffixes -ment,-ness and -ful	The suffixes -less and -ly	Words ending in -tion	Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning	Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning	Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning	Review Week
Term 6	Words ending in the suffix -al	Words ending with an /zhuh/ sound spelt with ‘sure’	Words ending with a /chuh/ sound spelt with ‘ture’	Months of the year/time	Months of the year/time	Question words SPaG terms	Review Week

Year 4:

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7
Term 1	Words with /aw/ spelt with ‘augh’ and ‘au’	Adding the prefix in- (meaning ‘not’ or ‘into’)	Adding the prefix im- (before a root word starting with ‘m’ or ‘p’)	Adding the prefix il- (before a root word starting with ‘l’) and the prefix ir- (before a root word starting with ‘r’)	Homophones and near homophones	Words with /shun/ endings spelt with ‘sion’ (if root word ends in ‘se’, ‘de’ or ‘d’)	Review Week
Term 2	Words with a /shuhn/ sound, spelt with ‘sion’ (if root word ends in ‘se’, ‘de’ or ‘d’)	Words with a /shuhn/ sound, spelt with ‘ssion’ (if root word ends in ‘ss’ or ‘mit’)	Words with a /shuhn/ sound, spelt with ‘tion’ (if root word ends in ‘te’ or ‘t’ / or has no definite root)	Words with a /shuhn/ sound, spelt with ‘cian’ (if root word ends in ‘c’ or ‘cs’)	Words with ‘ough’ to make a long /o/, /oo/ or /or/ sound	Statutory spellings challenge words	Review Week
Term 3	Homophones and near homophones	Homophones and near homophones	Nouns ending in the suffix -ation	Nouns ending in the suffix -ation	Adding the prefix sub- (meaning ‘under’) and adding the prefix super- (meaning ‘above’)	Plural possessive apostrophes with plural words	Review Week
Term 4	Words with the /s/ sound spelt with ‘sc’	Words with a ‘soft c’ spelt with ‘ce’	Words with a ‘soft c’ spelt with ‘ci’	Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning	Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning	Statutory spellings challenge words	Review Week
Term 5	Adding the prefix inter- (meaning ‘between’ or ‘among’)	Adding the prefix anti- (meaning ‘against’)	Adding the prefix auto- (meaning ‘self’ or ‘own’)	Adding the prefix ex- (meaning ‘out’)	Adding the prefix non- (meaning ‘not’)	Words ending in -ar/-er	Review Week
Term 6	Adding the suffix -ous (No change to root word)	Adding the suffix -ous (No definitive root word)	Adding the suffix -ous (Words ending in ‘y’ become ‘i’ and words ending in ‘our’ become ‘or’)	Adding the suffix -ous (Wording ending in ‘y’ become ‘I’ and words ending in ‘our’ become ‘or’)	Adverbials of frequency and possibility	Adverbials of manner	Review Week

Year A

Year 5/6: Yellow boxes taken from Y5 progression, white taken from Y6 progression

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7
Term 1	Words with endings that sound like /shuhs/ spelt with ‘-cious’	Words with endings that sound like /shuhs/ spelt with ‘-tious’ or ‘-ious’	Words with the short vowel sound /i/ spelt with ‘y’	Adjectives ending in -ent into nouns ending in -ence/ -ency	Hyphens: To join a prefix ending in a vowel to a root word beginning with a vowel	Hyphens: To join compound adjectives to avoid ambiguity	Review Week
Term 2	Words ending in -able	Words ending in -able	Words ending in -ably	Words ending in ‘ment’	Adverbs of possibility and frequency	Statutor spelling challenge words	Review Week
Term 3	Creating nouns using -ity suffix	Creating nouns using -ness suffix	Creating nouns using -ship suffix	Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning	Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning	Statutory spelling challenge words	Review Week
Term 4	Words with endings which sound like /shuhl/ after a vowel letter, commonly spelt ‘-cial’	Words with endings which sound like /shuhl/ after a consonant letter, commonly spelt ‘-tial’	Words with a ‘soft c’ spelt /ce/	Convert nouns or adjectives into verbs using the suffix -ise	Convert nouns or adjectives into verbs using the suffix -ify	Convert nouns or adjectives into verbs using the suffix -en	Review Week
Term 5	Words containing the letter string ‘ough’	Words containing the letter string ‘ough’	Adverbials of time	Words with a long/o/ sound spelt ‘ou’ or ‘ow’	Words ending in -ible	Words ending in -ibly	Review Week
Term 6	Synonyms and antonyms	Synonyms and antonyms	Synonyms and antonyms	Convert nouns or verbs into adjectives using the suffix -ful	Convert nouns or verbs into adjectives using the suffix -ive	Convert nouns or verbs into adjectives using the suffix -al	Review Week

Year B

Year 5/6: Yellow boxes taken from Y5 progression, white taken from Y6 progression

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7
Term 1	Ambitious Synonyms Adjectives	Homophones and near homophones: Nouns that end in -ce/-cy and verbs that end in -se/-sy	Adjectives ending in -ant into nouns ending in -ance/ -ancy	Words with the long vowel sound/i/ spelt with ‘y’	Homophones and near homophones	Homophones and near homophones	Review Week
Term 2	Words with ‘silent’ letters	Words with ‘silent’ letters	Modal verbs	Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning	Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning	Creating diminutives using prefixes micro- or mini-	Review Week
Term 3	Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in -fer	Words with a long /e/ sound spelt ‘ie’ or ‘ei’ after c (and exceptions)	Words with the long /e/ sound spelt ‘ie’ or ‘ei’ after c (and exceptions)	Homophones and near homophones	Homophones and near homophones	Homophones and near homophones	Review Week
Term 4	Words with an /or/ sound spelt ‘or’	Words with /or/ sound spelt ‘au’	Convert nouns or adjectives into verbs using the suffix -ate	Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning	Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning	Statutory spelling challenge words	Review Week
Term 5	Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning	Words that can be nouns and verbs	Words that can be nouns and verbs	Adverbials of place	Words with an /ear/ sound spelt ‘ere’	Statutory spelling challenge words	Review Week
Term 6	Unstressed vowels in polysyllabic words	Adding verb prefixes de and re-	Adding verb prefix over-	Synonyms and antonyms	Synonyms and antonyms	Synonyms and antonyms	Review Week

Statutory Spelling