As they are so specific, these lessons are not intended for whole-class use. Ideally, they will work with small groups who are not yet proficient with a particular rule or pattern.
When used correctly and informed by data, the downloadable lessons on this site should help you tailor a spelling program that is differentiated and relevant to the needs of a wide range of learners.
| Reading and Viewing: Language: Phonics and Word Knowledge: VCELA 181 | |
| Content Descriptor | Recognise short vowels, common long vowels and consonant digraphs, and consonant blends (VCELA 181) |
| Relevant Lessons | -all/-ell (as in ball and bell) -ill (as in bill and mill) -ast (as in blast and cast) -ass (as in brass and glass) |
| See also | Fountas and Pinnell Literacy Continuum, Expanded Edition (Fountas and Pinnell, 2017): Phonics, Spelling and Word Study Year 1 – Letter-Sound Relationships: Vowels Single Word Spelling Test (Sacre and Masterson, 2000): SWST Structured Spelling Lists: Levels 1 and 2 Successful Spelling – Australian Homeschooling Series (Marrett, 2007): Book 1 |
| Reading and Viewing: Language: Phonics and Word Knowledge: VCELA 182 | |
| Content Descriptor | Understand how to spell one and two syllable words with common letter patterns (VCELA 182) |
| Relevant Lessons | -ck (as in kick and muck) -ff (as in cliff and puff) -ss (as in bless and cross) bl- (as in black and bless) cl- (as in clap and clock) fl- (as in flag and flip) gl- (as in glad and glum) pl- (as in plan and plug) sl- (as in slim and slot) br- (as in brag and brick) cr- (as in crab and crisp) dr- (as in drag and drum) fr- (as in frill and frost) gr- and pr- (as in grab and pram) tr- (as in track and trot) sm- and sn- (as in small and snip) sp- (as in spam and spun) sw- and tw- (as in swam and twin) c- and sc- (as in crab and scuff) k- and sk- (as in kept and skip) st- (as in stack and stop) -st (as in best and just) -ft (as in left and soft) -lp and -lk (as in help and walk) -lt and -pt (as in halt and slept) -mp (as in camp and jump) nd (as in brand and windmill) -ng (as in bang and hung) -ing (as in bring and wing) -nk (as in bank and wink) -nt (as in ant and hunt) -y (as in by and cry) |
| See also | Fountas and Pinnell Literacy Continuum, Expanded Edition (Fountas and Pinnell, 2017): Phonics, Spelling and Word Study Year 1: Letter-Sound Relationships – Consonants. Single Word Spelling Test (Sacre and Masterson, 2000): SWST Structured Spelling Lists: Level 2 Successful Spelling – Australian Homeschooling Series (Marrett, 2007): Book K |
| Writing: Language: Phonics and Word Knowledge: VCELA 191 | |
| Content Descriptor | Recognise and know how to use simple grammatical morphemes in word families. (VCELA 191) |
| Relevant Lessons | Plural -s that says /s/ and /z/ Suffix -ing Suffix -ed that says /t/, /d/ and /ed/ |
| See also | Fountas and Pinnell Literacy Continuum, Expanded Edition (Fountas and Pinnell, 2017): Phonics, Spelling and Word Study Year 1: Word Structure – Suffixes Single Word Spelling Test (Sacre and Masterson, 2000): SWST Structured Spelling Lists: Level 1 |
Stone & Stave 