This worksheet allows students to fill in the missing silent letter found in common words which are all supported by a visual as clues. Students then have an opportunity to write three words they now know that include the silent letters of b, l and w.
Use phoneme–grapheme (sound–letter/s) matches, including vowel digraphs, less common long vowel patterns, consonant clusters and silent letters when reading and writing words of one or more syllables, including compound words
Use most letter-sound matches including vowel digraphs, less common long vowel patterns, letter clusters and silent letters when reading and writing words of one or more syllable
Uses a variety of strategies, including knowledge of sight words and letter–sound correspondences, to spell familiar words
Uses initial and extended phonics, including vowel digraphs, trigraphs to decode and encode words when reading and creating texts
Applies phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling words in a range of writing contexts
Recognise most letter–sound matches including silent letters, trigraphs, vowel digraphs and common long vowels, and understand that a sound can be represented by various letter combinations
Understand how to use digraphs, long vowels, blends, silent letters and syllabification to spell simple words including compound words
Identify all Standard Australian English phonemes, including short and long vowels, separate sounds in clusters