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Spelling Patterns

Common spelling patterns that trip learners up all year round — always available, whatever week it is

Sort into groups

Different spellings of the same sound — sort words into the right bucket.

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K or CK endings

back / sock vs. speak / milk — which spelling of the /k/ sound?

Year 2–6
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CH or TCH endings

catch / watch vs. each / teach — which spelling of the /ch/ sound?

Year 2–6
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tion, sion, ssion, cian endings

station / television / discussion / musician — the /shun/ sound has four spellings

Year 3–6
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le, el, al, il endings

table / travel / animal / pencil — which spelling of the /l/ sound?

Year 2–6

Build the word

See a root word and an instruction — pick the correctly-spelled result.

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Doubling the consonant

hop + -ing = hopping, not hoping — doubling before a vowel suffix

Year 2–6
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Adding -ing, -ed, -er, -ly to words ending in Y

happy + -er = happier, but carry + -ing = carrying — when does y change to i?

Year 2–6
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Plurals

cats, buses, babies, leaves, children — more than one, spelled the right way

Year 2–6

Hear it, spell it

The real test — hear the word read aloud, not shown, then type what you heard. Any of the seven patterns above, dictation-style.

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K or CK endings

Year 2–6
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CH or TCH endings

Year 2–6
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tion, sion, ssion, cian endings

Year 3–6
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le, el, al, il endings

Year 2–6
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Doubling the consonant

Year 2–6
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Adding -ing, -ed, -er, -ly to words ending in Y

Year 2–6
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Plurals

Year 2–6