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    • Spelling

    In Year 1 our children have spelling sessions each day. We cover spelling rules, common exception words (45 words that don't follow the rules e.g. 'of'), plurals and compound words. 

    Spellings are applied in various ways. Children spell words individually moving on to applying said spellings in a sentence. Eventually working towards words being spelt correctly in their creative writing.

    In Year 1 we gain a greater understanding of the importance of vowels and their relevance to spelling rules:-

    After a short vowel the 'c' sound in a word is represented by 'ck' - click/duck/deck/pack

    After a short vowel the 'l' sound in a word is represented by 'll' - ill/bell/gull/call/doll

    After a short vowel the 's' sound in a word is represented by 'ss' - mess/pass/miss/boss/fuss

    After a short vowel the 'z' sound in a word is represented by 'zz' - fizz/buzz/

    After a short vowel the 'ch' sound in a word is replaced by 'tch' - hatch/fetch/hitch/watch/hutch

    Below you will find links to Year 1 spelling exercises and videos to support plurals.

    For spellings if children start with practising the word moving to spelling the word correctly in a sentence so;

    they - they - they= they - they - they 

    They are going to play a game.

    Here are the 45 CEW words the children practise throughout Year 1

    1. Common-Exception-Words-HL.pdf
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    Further Common Exception Word Practise

    1. t-l-52123-year-1-spelling-and-reading-common-exception-words-activity-booklet.pdf
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    Jolly Phonics Tricky Words

    Nessy Spelling Strategy | Plurals -s -es | Learn to Spell

    This video helps organise plurals to those words that needs us to just add an 's' to make a plural and those words that end with a 'hiss' sound which means we add a 'es'.

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    Adding s/es to work words plural

    1. Matching s-es making plurals.pdf
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    Spelling rule practise

    1. ff-ss and exceptions spelling rule.pdf
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    Spelling Rule Practise

    1. ll-zz-ck spelling rule and exceptions.pdf
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    Spelling rule - Using an e after a v and exceptions - love/glove/have

    1. e after v and exceptions.pdf
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    Spelling rule practise

    1. tch spelling rule and exceptions.pdf
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