a group of words common in feature, pattern or meaning

present tense refers to a verb form that indicates an action or state happening in the current moment or a general truth, such as "run,"

past tense refers to a verb form that indicates an action or state that has already happened or was completed in the past, such as "jumped"

the way a word or language is spoken, including the sounds, stress and intonation patterns

silent letters are letters in a word that are not pronounced when speaking, like the "k" in "knee" or the "w" in "wrist."

Silent letters: the 'wr' spelling

English

Spelling homophones and near-homophones

Spelling more homophones and near-homophones

Silent letters: the 'mb' spelling

Silent letters: the 'kn' spelling

Silent letters: the 'gn' spelling

The 's' spellings, including 'ss' and 'c'

The 's' spellings, including 'se' and 'ce'

The 'j' spellings, including 'g', 'ge' and 'dge'

Applying the 'j' spellings, including 'g', 'ge' and 'dge'

The 'l' spellings, including 'le' and 'el'

The 'l' spellings, including 'il' and 'al'

Spelling the 'o' sound after 'w' or 'qu'

Spelling the 'e' phoneme with 'ea' and the 'ch' phoneme using 'tch'

The 'or' spellings, including 'or', 'oor', 'au' and 'aw'

Applying the spellings 'or', 'oor', 'au' and 'aw' in familiar words

New 'or' spellings, including 'ore', 'ough' and 'a'

Applying the new 'or' spellings, including 'ore', 'ough' and 'a'

In this unit pupils learn new GPCs for consonants.  In 'Suffixes', pupils learn spelling patterns associated with suffixes and grammar.

In 'Alternative GPCs for long vowels', pupils learnt new GPCs for long vowels.  In 'Alternative GPCS for consonants and homophones', pupils learn new GPCs for consonants.

In this unit, pupils learn to spell homophones, near-homophones and new consonant spellings.

Alternative GPCS for consonants and homophones

Choose the correct word and spelling to complete this sentence: Did you __________ me a question?

Choose the correct word and spelling to complete this sentence: He __________ it's time to go.

Which words contain the 'wr' spelling of the 'r' sound.

Choose the representation of the 'r' sound that matches the words.

Choose the correct word and spelling for the following sentence: I sprained my __________ playing football.

Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence: I had to **right** a sentence during my English lesson.

Match each word to the number of phonemes it contains.

How many syllables are in the word **carrots**?

Choose one more spelling that can also represent the sound '**r**', like in **r**age.

Choose the correct word and spelling to complete this sentence: I thought the garden __________ was cute.

letters in a word that are not pronounced

words that sound the same with different spelling

a type of grapheme where two letters represent one phoneme

Choose the correct word and spelling to complete this sentence: They said __________ to the offer.

Silent letters: the 'wr' spelling

Lesson outcome