1. L/O – to revise and understand strategies to help your spelling
Write down some of the ways
you already use to help with your
spelling.

2. Breaking a word into affixes

3. You could break the word down into prefixes and suffixes:
Breaking words apart
What technique could I use to remember how to spell the word ungracefully?
You could break the word down into prefixes and suffixes:
ungracefully un
grace
ful ly
prefix
root word
suffix
suffix
It can also be helpful to deliberately mispronounce a word you have trouble spelling, so that you emphasize each syllable.

4. Identify the prefixes, suffixes and root words in the words below:
Breaking words apart
Identify the prefixes, suffixes and root words in the words below:
unhappiness
unemployment
unrecognizable
recyclable
disagreement
replaying
unwanted
un-happy-ness
un-employ-ment
un-recognize-able
re-cycle-able
dis-agree-ment
re-play-ing
un-want-ed

5. Word families

6. Etymology

7. Breaking into syllables – or sounding out words

8. Sound out the following words to help
you spell them –
Imagine
Appealing
Ridiculous
Repeat

9. Analogy

10. How many words can you make by mixing and matching the cards below?
Word webs
How many words can you make by mixing and matching the cards below?
scope
phone
tele
geo
bio
graph
graphy
logy
micro

11. distrust trustee trusting mistrust
Word webs
Often, several words can be made from the same root. Which root word do the words below share?
distrust
trustee
trusting
mistrust

12. Create your own word web for the root word like.
Word webs
Create your own word web for the root word like.
like

13. Mnemonics and silent letters

14. Big Elephants Can Always Understand Small Elephants!
Mnemonics
Sayings, rhymes and pictures can help you remember spellings.
Like, ‘I before E except after C’!
Can you tell which word someone is trying to remember?
Big Elephants Can Always Understand Small Elephants!

15. Silent letters
Press play to hear five words. Can you spell them?
Knight
Knife
Plumber
Raspberry
Debt
What are the silent letters in these words?
Words with silent letters can be really difficult to spell.
Can you think of any mnemonics to help you remember the words above?

16. Summary activity