Spelling

List 1:

a	I	it	the	was
and	in	my	to	we

List 2:

at	had	of	that	up
but	he	on	then	went
for	is	she	there	when
got	me	so	they	you

List 3:( Lists 1-3 expected by end of year 2)

about	be	go	into	our
after	because	going	just	out
all	came	have	like	said
are	day	her	mum	some
as	down	his	not	were
back	get	home	one	with

List 4:

again	do	next	people	time
an	first	night	put	took
around	food	no	ran	two
big	from	now	saw	us
by	good	off	school	very
can	has	old	see	well
come	him	only	started	what
could	house	or	their	will
dad	if	other	them	would
did	little	over	this	your

List 5:

am	door	last	once	through
another	everyone	left	play	told
away	family	long	really	too
bed	five	looked	room	walked
been	found	made	something	want
before	friend	man	still	way
best	fun	more	thing	where
brother	heard	morning	think	which
called	here	name	thought	who
car	know	never	three	year

List 6:( List 1-6 expected by end of year 6)

also	cool	eyes	head	jump
always	dark	fell	hit	knew
asked	decided	felt	how	later
black	dog	find	inside	life
boy	eat	four	its	live
bus	end	gave	it’s	lot
cat	even	getting	I’ll	lunch
coming	every	great	I’m	make
minutes	place	sister	top	water
most	ready	sleep	town	while
much	ride	suddenly	tree	why
nice	right	take	turned	window
opened	run	tell	until	woke
outside	say	ten	wanted	yes

List 7:

any	each	ground	money	soon
baby	ever	guard	mother	stay
bad	everything	hand	myself	stop
ball	face	happened	new	swimming
being	fast	happy	parents	tea
bit	father	help	picked	than
boat	few	hole	playing	tried
bought	finally	hot	presents	under
camp	finished	hour	road	wait
dead	game	let	side	won
died	girl	look	small	work
doing	gone	many	sometimes	world

Challenging Words:

allowed	disappeared	holidays	stopped
awhile	doesn’t	hopped	straight
believe	dollars	hospital	they’re
breakfast	don’t	instead	threw
brought	everybody	lightning	tomorrow
cannon	everyday	luckily	video
can’t	everywhere	nearly	wasn’t
caught	excited	police	watch
centre	favourite	present	weren’t
chocolate	field	probably	we’re
clothes	friends	quiet	whole
couldn’t	front	scared	won’t
didn’t	grabbed	second	you’re
different	having	someone

Here are some fun ways to practice learning your spelling words.

Twister
I write all of the letters of the alphabet on the carpet with chalk (it vacuums up I promise).  Turn over a word and spell it by putting a hand, foot, head, elbow, knee... on each letter. For big words, like 'because' you might need to work with a buddy.

Keep it Clean
Write the words with water on hot concrete. You could use a paint brush or a water pistol or a water bottle.  Can you write all of your list words before the first words burns away?

Make some bath paint by mixing shaving foam and food colouring. Paint the words on the shower walls or sides of the bath.  Grating a bar of soap and mixing in a bit of boiling water and food colouring also works.

Get Moving
Skip your words by jumping over the rope each time you call out a letter. Stick word cards to plants, fences, the letterbox... Run from one word to the next. Look at it, call it out, close your eyes to spell it, check to see if you were right then run to the next word. how fast can you spell all of your words.

Body spelling is fantastic - I use it everyday. For tall letters (tlbd etc) reach your arms high into the air. For 'grass letters' (aecoi...) reach arms wide. For tail letters (jygy) touch your toes. Call out the word then call out each letter as you show move to show it's shape.

Puzzle Time
Write spelling words on a strip of paper. Cut the words into syllables and put them back together. Make it harder - cut into individual letters then put them back together. Use the pieces to join all of your words like a scrabble board.  Use scrabble tiles to make your words on the board.

Word Hunt
Hide words or letters around the backyard or house. How quickly can you find them. Alternatively, try hiding one piece of each word or the cut up syllables/chunks in different places. race around to find the pieces and put them back together.

Find the words in your reading books. Make a tally chart to see which words are most common. Search for them in newspapers or magazines. 

Fly Swat
Cut a hole in a clean fly swat. Put word cards or letters on the floor. When a word is called out, use the fly swat to slap the word/letters. Really great for fast recognition of words, too.  Having 2-3 fly swats in a competition increases the fun and the pressure. You could also use the fly swat idea in some of the other activities e.g. swatting the letters hidden around the backyard.

Feel Your Way
Grab a plastic tray and cover it with a thin layer of flour, rice, sand, shaving foam... Use your finger to write the words on the tray. Smooth it out with your hand and do it again.

Make words with playdough or pipe cleaners.  Use a little bottle of PVA to write the words on paper. Let it dry hard. Run your fingers over the PVA words and see if you can figure out which word is which by feel.

Spotlight
Stick alphabet cards to a bedroom wall or ceiling. Call out a word and use a little torch to spotlight each letter to spell it. 

Silly Sentences
Use your words to write silly sentences. Try writing one sentence that uses every word on your list.

Riddle Me This
Ask a big person to write some clues for your spelling words. Can you figure out what word they are thinking about?  I have four letters. I rhyme with shoe. My second letter is tall. The other three letters are grass letters. A word that means the same is 'hint'. Can you figure out my secret word?

Sing It
Two Letter Word Song - If you're happy and you know it
If you're happy and you know it spell: at
a-t
If you're happy and you know it spell: at
a-t
If you're happy and you know it
Then your face will really show it
If you're happy and you know it spell: at
a-t

Three Letter Word Song - Mary had a little lamb.
Spell the word: cat
c-a-t   c-a-t   c-a-t
Spell the word: cat
c-a-t
c-a-t spells cat

Four Letter Word Song - Oh My Darlin'
s-a-i-d   s-a-i-d   s-a-i-d
Spells said.
s-a-i-d   s-a-i-d   s-a-i-d
Spells said.

Five Letter Word Song - Bingo
There are five letters in this word
And there is its name-o
t-h-e-r-e    t-h-e-r-e    t-h-e-r-e
And there is its name-o

Six Letter Word Song - Ten Little Indians
s - c - h     o - o - l
s - c - h     o - o - l
s - c - h     o - o - l
School is what that spells.