Spelling

Spelling Test! accommodate cemetery embarrassed harassed necessary unparalleled ecstasy lady’s gauging symmetry

Common exception words for Year 1 and Year 2

Look could Say Cover Write Check

Memory Strategy 1 Syllables Break into smaller bits to remember

Using the word within a sentence. The town was busy and full of people shopping for Christmas. Everybody was poor because they loved spending money on clothes and presents for their children over the winter break.

cemetery Memory Strategy 2 Find and focus on the tricky part of the word Patterns in words cemetery

Memory Strategy 3 Words within words everybody everybody

Memory Strategy 4 Exaggerate the pronunciation water

Clear the Board The first player throws the dice, reads the number and looks at the word opposite the number Using Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check the player tries to spell the word which the other player covers – if correct the word is crossed out – if not, it stays on the board Player 2 takes their turn If the word has already been crossed out, the player misses a turn. The first player to cross out all their words is the winner.

Other games you can play with your child at home Wordsearch – create online Connect 4 - 4 in a line correct Snap cards – visually looking at the words Pairs - 2 sets of each word Clear the board