Letter strings, etymology and curriculum words
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Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' knowledge of noun suffixes and letter strings learnt in the Year 5 unit, 'Year 5: Noun suffixes, letter strings and homophones'. Here, pupils review and learn a wide range of Year 6 level spellings: letter strings; words with suffixes -ant, -ance, -ent, -ence, -able and -ible; words with silent letters; words with French and Greek origin; curriculum words; words hyphenated to join prefixes to root words; and words hyphenated to create adjectives. This unit prepares pupils for review in the Year 6 unit 'Year 6: Review and revision of all taught spelling'.
Prior knowledge requirements
- The knowledge outlined in the unit 'Year 5: Spelling 1'.
- The knowledge outlined in the unit 'Year 5: Spelling 2'.
- The knowledge outlined in the unit 'Year 5: Spelling 3'.
- The knowledge outlined in the unit 'Year 6: Spelling 1'.
- The vocabulary, grammar and punctuation for Year 5, as set out in National Curriculum Appendix 2.
Threads
Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' knowledge of noun suffixes and letter strings learnt in the Year 5 unit, 'Year 5: Noun suffixes, letter strings and homophones'. Here, pupils review and learn a wide range of Year 6 level spellings: letter strings; words with suffixes -ant, -ance, -ent, -ence, -able and -ible; words with silent letters; words with French and Greek origin; curriculum words; words hyphenated to join prefixes to root words; and words hyphenated to create adjectives. This unit prepares pupils for review in the Year 6 unit 'Year 6: Review and revision of all taught spelling'.
Prior knowledge requirements
- The knowledge outlined in the unit 'Year 5: Spelling 1'.
- The knowledge outlined in the unit 'Year 5: Spelling 2'.
- The knowledge outlined in the unit 'Year 5: Spelling 3'.
- The knowledge outlined in the unit 'Year 6: Spelling 1'.
- The vocabulary, grammar and punctuation for Year 5, as set out in National Curriculum Appendix 2.
Spelling
Letter strings, etymology 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.
16 lessons in unit
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