This set of 12 spelling mnemonics charts help students learn tips and tricks for learning how to spell common tricky words that appear again and again.
Use phoneme–grapheme (sound–letter) relationships and less common letter patterns to spell words
Understand how to use knowledge of letter patterns, including double letters, spelling generalisations, morphological word families, common prefixes and suffixes, and word origins, to spell more complex words
Read and write high-frequency words including homophones and know how to use context to identify correct spelling
Build and spell new words from knowledge of known words, base words, prefixes and suffixes, word origins, letter patterns and spelling generalisations
Understand how to use letter-sound relationships and less common letter patterns to spell words
Understand how to use knowledge of letter patterns including double letters, spelling generalisations, morphemic word families, common prefixes and suffixes and word origins to spell more complex words
Read and write a large core of high frequency words including homophones and know how to use context to identify correct spelling
Understand how to use knowledge of known words, base words, prefixes and suffixes, word origins, letter patterns and spelling generalisations to spell new words
Uses a range of strategies, including knowledge of letter– sound correspondences and common letter patterns, to spell familiar and some unfamiliar words
Draws on appropriate strategies to accurately spell familiar and unfamiliar words when composing texts
Builds knowledge and use of Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, and by defining and analysing words
Sustains independent reading with accuracy, automaticity, rate and prosody suited to purpose, audience and meaning
Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
Selects, applies and describes appropriate phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling in a range of contexts
Extends Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, morphological analysis and generating precise definitions for specific contexts
Fluently reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes, analysing text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
Automatically applies taught phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling in a range of contexts, and justifies spelling strategies used to spell unfamiliar words
Understand how to use letter–sound relationships and less common letter combinations to spell words
Understand how to apply knowledge of letter–sound relationships, and blending and segmenting to read and use more complex words with less common consonant and vowel clusters
Understand how to use spelling patterns and generalisations including syllabification, letter combinations including double letters, and morphemic knowledge to build word families
Recognise homophones and know how to use context to identify correct spelling
Understand how to use banks of known words, syllabification, spelling patterns, word origins, base words, prefixes and suffixes, to spell new words, including some uncommon plurals