Ideas for teaching spelling

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For further explanation on various aspects of English as taught in schools look at Literacy & English.

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Age 0 - 5
Young children enjoy pages to stimulate their thought processes and activities to develop their manipulative and coordination skills. We have included some pencil-based ideas to support this.

Children have varying abilities so they might like pages under Age 5-7 as well.

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Ideas for teaching spelling

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Number of Documents: 11

Goldilocks and the Three Bears discussion board Free Download	Handwriting High Frequency Words R1	Handwriting High Frequency Words R2	High frequency words R to 2	Letters and sounds -phase 2
Letters and sounds -phase 3	Letters and sounds 6	Reception words 2	Spelling FS aeiou	Winter weather words and spelling
Word search 1 reception

Number of Documents: 59

2003 Key stage 1 spelling test	2004 KS1 Spelling - making soup	Alien hangman	Alphabetical order	Animals spelling
Complete the sentences	Comprehension & spellings on adventure KS1 Free Download	CVCe pattern words	Dictation spelling passage for Year 2	Dictation spelling test
Dolch basic sight vocabulary	el and le words	Family names	First and last letter spelling	First and last letter spellings Year 2
Goldilocks and the Three Bears discussion board Free Download	Help your child with spellings Free Download	High Frequency words list	High frequency words R to 2	Homophones KS 1 to 3
How to teach spelling	Humpty spelling	Key words spelling Free Download	KS1 spelling Coconut Free Download	KS1 spelling In the park
Look up these words	National Literacy Strategy spelling bank	ow and ou words	Phonics and spelling 2 Free Download	Rhyme time
SATS spellings KS1 and 2	Schonell spelling test	Spell your numbers	Spelling Free Download	Spelling - plurals
Spelling -the 1-6 game	Spelling and thoughts for Year 2	Spelling list 1	Spelling list 2	Spelling list 3
Spelling plural story KS!	Spelling rules Free Download	Spelling tips 1 and 2	Spelling- silent letters	Spelling-plurals
Spellings on colours	Spellings per day for KS1 Free Download	Stimulate spelling in children Free Download	Teaching spelling	The essential spelling book 2
The essential spelling list	There, they're and their	Toys spelling	Vowel sounds ee and ea spelling	Winter weather words and spelling
Word search 2 KS1	Word search 3 for KS1	Word search KS1	Words to learn to read and spell Free Download

Number of Documents: 116

able words 2	Adding suffixes	Alien hangman	Alphabetical order	Alphabetical order for Year 3
Anagrams	Can you spell?	Common spelling mistakes KS2	Commonly misspelt words	Compound word cards
Compound words Year 3	Dictation passage for KS2	Dictation spelling test	Dictionaries and spelling	Dictionary work upper KS2
Difficult spellings for reference	Dolch basic sight vocabulary	Edmonton spelling test	el and le words	Help your child with spellings Free Download
Help your spelling words with ch	Homonyms Year 3	Homophones	Homophones and spelling mistakes	Homophones KS 1 to 3
Homophones KS2	Homophones upper KS2	How to teach spelling	How words are made	How words are made Literacy practice Y6
Key stage 2 shorter writing task	KS2 English 2009 spelling - teacher	KS2 English 2010 shorter writing/spelling	KS2 English 2010 Teachers' spelling	KS2 English spelling SAT buster
KS2 National Literacy Strategy spelling rules	Look at these compound words	Look up these words	Medium frequency words Years 4 and 5	National Literacy Strategy spelling bank
Olympic sports spellings Free Download	Playing with words-KS2 Free Download	Plurals	Proof reading and spelling for Year 6	Read and pronounce these words
Safer cycling spelling passage	Same sound different meaning	SATS KS2 English 2011 teachers' spelling	SATS spelling words for Year 6	SATS spellings KS1 and 2
Schonell spelling test	Short vowel sound spelling	Silent letters Free Download	Sound out these words and learn to spell them	Spellcheck-using the spellchecker
Spelling Free Download	Spelling -the 1-6 game	Spelling activity sheet before football	Spelling help Year 3 and 4	Spelling ideas
Spelling ideas	Spelling ideas - alphabetical order	Spelling ideas to help you remember Free Download	Spelling KS2 tests	Spelling list for football fans
Spelling mnemonics	Spelling passage Year 4 - 1	Spelling patterns ai ay igh	Spelling patterns ance and ence Year 6	Spelling patterns ance/ence Year 6 no 2
Spelling patterns ch	Spelling patterns ei Year 5	Spelling patterns le Year 3	Spelling patterns silent letters Year 4	Spelling rules Free Download
Spelling rules 2	Spelling rules KS2	Spelling test	Spelling test contractions KS2	Spelling test dictation Year 4
Spelling test for KS2 tests	Spelling test tips	Spelling test Years 3 and 4 - clothes Free Download	Spelling tests Year 5 and 6	Spelling tips 1 and 2
Spelling tips and rules Free Download	Spelling tips for Year 3	Spelling tips for Year 4	Spelling tips for Year 5	Spelling tips for Year 6
Spelling words on the Olympics Year 3	Spelling- silent letters	Spelling: words with silent letters Free Download	Spellings for KS2	Spellings suitable for Year 3
Spellingscrossword1	Spellng same word different meaning	Sports we enjoy spellings	Stimulate spelling in children Free Download	Support for spelling
Teaching spelling	The essential spelling book 2	The essential spelling list	There, they're and their	Tricky words 2
Try these spellings for Year 4 Free Download	Usborne guide to better English	Vowel sounds ee and ea spelling	Word search 4 Years 3-4	Word search 5 Years4-5
Words from other languages	Writing test for KS2 and spelling	Year 3 optional spelling	Year 4 spelling qu and our	Year 4 spelling test
Year 6 SATS frequent spelling words Free Download