a group of letters that are written together in a word

the smallest unit of sound that can change a word's meaning

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

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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 with Greek and Latin 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

the letter or group of letters that represent a sound (the spelling)

a case or situation that does not follow the usual or expected rule or pattern

a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning

the base word from which other words are formed often by adding prefixes or suffixes

a type of noun that names an idea or quality that cannot be seen

a naming word for a person, place or thing

a letter in a word that is not pronounced when the word is spoken

the smallest unit of sound that can change its meaning

the letter or group of letters that represent a sound

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

a letter or group of letters added to the start of a root word to change its meaning

a punctuation mark that can join a prefix to a base word to avoid spelling or meaning ambiguity

a punctuation mark that can join two words to make one compound adjective

an adjective formed of two hyphenated words

a word or phrase that provides additional information or describes an adjective or adverb

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