Sp l li ng

Stage Three
Term Three

Outcomes & Content.

EN3-4A draws on appropriate strategies to accurately spell familiar and unfamiliar words when
composing texts.
Develop and apply contextual knowledge
- understand how accurate spelling supports the reader to read fluently and interpret written text with clarity
Understand and apply knowledge of language forms and features
- understand how to use banks of known words, word origins, base words, suffixes and prefixes, morphemes, spelling patterns and generalisations to learn and spell new words, for example technical words and words adopted from other
languages (ACELA1513, ACELA1514, ACELA1526)
- understand that the pronunciation, spelling and meanings of words have histories and change over time (ACELA1500)
Respond to and compose texts
- recognise most misspelt words in their own writing and use a variety of resources for correction
- integrate a range of spelling strategies and conventions to accurately spell most words, including words of many
syllables, when composing imaginative and other texts
- use morphemic, visual, syntactic, semantic and phonological strategies, eg recognition of letter patterns of words,
when composing texts
- demonstrate an awareness of the limitations of spell check features in digital communication

Learning Intention:
To be able to use a range of strategies and conventions to spell familiar and unfamiliar words.
To be able to recognise misspelt words in own writing and use strategies to correct these.

Success Criteria:
I can use morphemic, visual, syntactic, semantic and phonological strategies when composing texts.
I can recognise and self-correct misspelt words in my own writing.

Term Overview.
Week/Sound
Waves

Sound

Focus 1

Focus 2

2/18

n nn kn ng
Extra Grapheme ne

Homophones

Contraction

3/19

Oa o_e ow o
Extra grapheme
ou

Homophones

Adding s -es

4/20

P pp; r rr wr
Extra grapheme pa

Suffixes ry ery -ory

Prefixes re- post-

5/21

ar a

Extra grapheme al
ou au

Antonyms

6/22

s ss se ce c
Extra grapheme ps

Homophones

Antonyms

7/23

ir ur or er
Extra grapheme ear

Extra grapheme - err

Adding ed or -ing

8/24

t tt
Extra grapheme ter

Compound words

Prefix trans-

9/25

or ore a aw au
Extra grapheme augh

Homophones

Prefix auto-

10/26

v ve; w wh u

Homophones

Antonyms

Spelling Activities & Groups.

Students are provided with a weekly spelling list every Monday. Spelling lists are based upon six areas including high frequency,
spelling rules, etymological, compound and theme/extension words (maximum 30 words).
tudents complete Spelling Board activities where each activity is worth different amounts of points. Each Monday, students writ
out their words and glue their checklists into their books. Students aim to achieve 30 points by the end of the week. Assessmen
of spelling words will occur every Friday. Once students have achieved 100% accuracy for 3 weeks, they move up a level.

Group 1 (5 words)

Group 2 (10 words)

Group 3 (15 words)

Group 4 (20 words)

Group 5 (25 words)

Group 6 (30 words)

Phonics Groups.
Phonics: involves making the connection between sounds and letters when reading and spelling.
Texts include oral, aural, written, visual, electronic and multimodal texts.

Cluster 5

*Blends initial consonants with

common vowel patterns or word
families.
*Attempts to read more complex
words using letter/sound knowledge.
*Uses knowledge of letter clusters
and vowel digraphs to spell unfamiliar
words.

Cluster 6

* Segments sounds in consonant

clusters to spell unfamiliar words.
Uses familiar words and letter
clusters to decode words when
reading.

Cluster 7

Cluster 8

*Recognises that common suffixes in

words can have different sounds, e.g.
wanted, talked.
*Understands that sounds can be
represented in various ways when
spelling words, e.g. meet, meat.

*Knows common sounds for vowel

digraphs and uses syllabification when
reading/spelling.
*Uses knowledge of word
identification strategies including
blending, segmenting and letter
patterns when reading/spelling.

Stage 3 Spelling Board

Each activity is worth different points. You must get to 30 points by Friday of each week. Activities must all
include a heading and be completed neatly. Have fun! +
2 points
each

Write three of your

words in acrostic
poems. Make sure it
makes sense!.

4 points
each

5 points
each

10 points
each

15 points
each

Write your spelling

words upside down.

Sort your words into

groups nouns, verbs,
adjectives, other.

Make 10 of your words

out of one page of a
newspaper/magazine

Use the meanings of

ten of your words to
create a crossword

Write out your words

and highlight vowels in
one colour &
consonants in another
colour.

Write alliteration
sentences for three of
your spelling words

Write a short story using

10 of your spelling
words.

Write your words in

rainbow colours.

Play the Roll & Spell

game.

Write 6 of your words in

a pyramid.
d
do
dog

Write your spelling

words using your
opposite hand.

Write a sentence for 6

of your spelling words.

Convert 10 of your
words using a secret
code. Get a friend to
solve it!

Make a comic strip

using 10 of your words.

Spellamadoodle words
draw pictures out of
your words.

Write your words in

reverse alphabetical
order.

Separate your words

into syllables

Find out how many

dollars 10 of your
spelling words are worth

Write a letter to Mr
Greentree using 10 of
your spelling words.

Week __

Week __

Spelling Board

Spelling Board

Checklist

Checklist

Activity

Points

Total

Signature:_______________

Activity

Points

Total

Signature:_______________

rainbow colors.
Teaching is Believing 2012

Write the word in

Write the word upside down.

down.

Write the word in your neatest

handwriting.

Write the word as fast as you can.

Write the word with both eyes closed.

Write the word with your opposite hand.

hand.

Directions: Roll the die and follow the

chart below on how to spell your
word!

Roll and Spe

Spell

$4
j

$10
p

$16
v

$22

$3
i

$9
o

$15
u

$21

$23

$17

$11

$5

$24

$18

$12

$6

$4
j

$10
p

$16
v

$22

$3
i

$9
o

$15
u

$21

$23

$17

$11

$5

$24

$18

$12

$6

How many dollars are your spelling words worth?

Spelling Dollars

How many dollars are your spelling words worth?

Spelling Dollars

$25

$19

$13

$7

$26

$20

$14

$8

$2

$1
g

$26

$20

$14

$8

$25

$19

$13

$7

$2

$1
g

$4
j

$10
p

$16
v

$22

$3
i

$9
o

$15
u

$21

$23

$17

$11

$5

$24

$18

$12

$6

$4
j

$10
p

$16
v

$22

$3
i

$9
o

$15
u

$21

$23

$17

$11

$5

$24

$18

$12

$6

How many dollars are your spelling words worth?

Spelling Dollars

How many dollars are your spelling words worth?

Spelling Dollars

$25

$19

$13

$7

$26

$20

$14

$8

$2

$1
g

$26

$20

$14

$8

$25

$19

$13

$7

$2

$1
g

Week Two

Spelling Words
1. cannon
2. gnome
3. assign
4. foreign
5. kneel
6. knight
7. machine
8. chlorine
9. Noun
10.Wednesday
11. children
12. balloon
13.always
14.something
15. thought
16. aunt
17.arent
18. mown
19. moan
20.brooch
21. broach
22.doesnt
23.couldnt
24.mightve
25.shouldnt
26.earthquake
27.epicentre
28.magnitude
29.seismograph
30.tsunami

Groups

Sound Waves Week 18

N nn kn ng n
Extra Grapheme - ne

Sight Words

Homophones

Contractions

Theme Words
Earthquake Words

Week Three

Spelling Words
1. globe
2. snow
3. coach
4. soap
5. groan
6. borrow
7. meadow
8. woe
9. approach
10.though
11. clothes
12. swimming
13.important
14.white
15. money
16. wholly
17.holy
18. lone
19. loan
20.boulder
21. bolder
22.monkeys
23.enemies
24.delays
25.hobbies
26.dormant
27.active
28.crater
29.magma
30.lava

Groups

Sound Waves Week 19

Oa o_e ow o
Extra grapheme - ou

Sight Words

Homophones

Adding s es

Theme Words
ANZAC words

Week Four
Spelling Words
1. paper
2. panda
3. party
4. dripping
5. array
6. typewriter
7. barrel
8. overwrite
9. rainbow
10.seperately
11. happy
12. world
13.paper
14.heard
15. friends
16. scenery
17.imaginary
18. vocabulary
19. nursery
20.ordinary
21. mandatory
22.revenge
23.rebound
24.reaction
25.postpone
26.intrusion
27.sill
28.mantle
29.plate tectonics

Groups
Sound Waves Week 20
P pp; r rr wr
Extra grapheme - pa

Sight words

Suffixes ery ary ory

Prefixes re post

Theme Words
Earthquakes

Week Five
Spelling Words
1. star
2. charm
3. last
4. debacle
5. drama
6. starch
7. sharp
8. farm
9. panorama
10.heart
11. own
12. earth
13.sister
14.sound
15. window
16. palm
17.calm
18. cloud
19. draught
20.about
21. trousers
22.unadorned
23.fancy
24.continue
25.cease
26.conduit
27.seismologist
28.eruption
29.fissures

Groups
Sound Waves Week 21
ar a

Sight words

Extra grapheme al ou
au

Antonyms

Theme Words
Earthquakes

Week Six
Spelling Words
1. sit
2. city
3. scissors
4. scent
5. celery
6. secretary
7. psychology
8. cinnamon
9. circumference
10.psychologist
11. almost
12. before
13.different
14.gone
15. inside
16. cellar
17.seller
18. cereal
19. serial
20.soared
21. sword
22.send
23.receive
24.nephew
25.niece
26.vent
27.Vulcan
28.fault
29.basalt

Groups
Sound Waves Week 22
s ss se ce c
Extra grapheme - ps

Sight words

Homophones

antonyms

Theme Words
Earthquakes

Week Seven
Spelling Words
1. circle
2. squirm
3. swerve
4. murder
5. purple
6. verse
7. virtuoso
8. worship
9. serpent
10.pearly
11. across
12. began
13.during
14.morning
15. under
16. research
17.conferred
18. pearly
19. occurred
20.journal
21. whirled
22.ending
23.handed
24.kicked
25.itching
26.community
27.cooperation
28.government
29.import

Groups
Sound Waves Week 23
ir ur or er
Extra grapheme - ear

Sight words

Extra grapheme - err

Adding ed or -ing

Theme Words
Global Communities

Week Eight
Spelling Words
1. train
2. tomorrow
3. attract
4. button
5. chatting
6. kitten
7. quitter
8. shatter
9. attempt
10.interesting
11. asked
12. between
13.found
14.never
15. young
16. goodbye
17.cookbook
18. footpath
19. bushfire
20.bookcase
21. football
22.transaction
23.transcend
24.transcribe
25.transferal
26.globalisation
27.outsource
28.tariff
29.consumerism

Groups
Sound Waves Week 24
t tt
Extra grapheme - ter

Sight words

Compound words

Prefix trans

Theme Words
Global Communities

Week Nine
Spelling Words
1. snore
2. fork
3. scorch
4. chore
5. sauce
6. fraudulent
7. spawn
8. applause
9. because
10.taught
11. suddenly
12. brought
13.garden
14.sometimes
15. without
16. sure
17.shore
18. hoarse
19. horse
20.forward
21. foreword
22.autopilot
23.automate
24.autograft
25.autocracy
26.homogenisation
27.multilateral
28.capitalism
29.multinational

Groups
Sound Waves Week 25
or ore a aw au
Extra grapheme - augh

Sight words

Homophones

Prefix auto

Theme Words
Global communities

Week Ten
Spelling Words
1. above
2. whale
3. intensive
4. awhile
5. shovel
6. queen
7. lover
8. whenever
9. quietly
10.quickly
11. together
12. where
13.stopped
14.started
15. while
16. waist
17.waste
18. whale
19. wail
20.whine
21. wine
22.abrasive
23.cohesive
24.explosive
25.objective
26.legislation
27.communism
28.intercultural
29.multicultural

Groups
Sound Waves Week 26
v ve; w wh u

Sight words

Homophones

Antonyms

Theme Words
Global Communities