the study of the origin of words and the ways their meanings have changed over time

the source or beginning of something like the place, time or history of a word or idea

Spelling words with Greek and Latin etymology

English

Recognising the different sounds made by the letter strings 'ough' and 'au'

Recognising the different sounds made by the letter strings "ou", "ear" and "ice"

Spelling words with the 'ee' sound spelt 'ie'

Spelling words with the 'ee' sound spelt 'ei'

Spelling words with the suffixes -ant and -ance

Spelling words with the suffixes -ent and -ence

Spelling words with the -able suffix

Spelling words with the -ible suffix

Spelling words with the silent letters 'b', 'k', 'g', 'w' and 't'

Spelling words with the silent letters 'h', 'p', 'n', 'l' and 's'

Spelling words with French etymology

Spelling words from the Y5/6 curriculum list

Spelling key curriculum words

Using hyphens to join prefixes to root words

Using hyphens to create adjectives

In this unit, pupils focus on spellings of key letters strings, words of French and Greek origin and curriculum words. In ‘Review and revision of all taught spelling’, pupils revise the full range of spelling content learnt across KS2. 

In ‘Homophones and tense', pupils learnt a range of spelling patterns and conventions, with a focus on homophones and suffixes. In this unit, pupils focus on spellings of key letters strings, words of French and Greek origin and curriculum words. 

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.

Letter strings, etymology and curriculum words

Words containing the 'sc' spelling of the 's' sound come from...

Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold in the following sentence: A doctor rushed to the **sceene** to provide help.

Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold in the following sentence: The voice was an **ekow** in the distance.

Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold in the following sentence: Can you come up with a catchy **fraze** for the poster?

Select all the words containing the 's' sound.

Select all the words containing the 'ch' sound. 

Select all the words containing the 'f' sound. 

Match the word to the representation of the 's' sound it contains. 

the shape of the moon when it looks like a narrow arc

Spelling words with Greek and Latin etymology

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