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.

Breaking a word into

affixes

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
prefix

grace

ful

root word

suffix

ly
suffix

It can also be helpful to deliberately mispronounce a word you

have trouble spelling, so that you emphasize each syllable.

Breaking words apart

Identify the prefixes, suffixes and root words in the
words below:
unhappiness

un-happy-ness

unemployment

un-employ-ment

unrecognizable

un-recognize-able

recyclable

re-cycle-able

disagreement

dis-agree-ment

replaying

re-play-ing

unwanted

un-want-ed

Word families

Etymology

Breaking into syllables or

sounding out words

Sound out the following words to help

you spell them
Imagine
Appealing
Ridiculous
Repeat

Analogy

Word webs
How many words can you make by mixing and
matching the cards below?
scope

phone

tele
geo

bio

graph
graphy
logy
micro

Word webs

Often, several words can be made from the same root.

Which root word do the words below share?

distrust
trustee

trusting

mistrust

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

like

Mnemonics and
silent letters

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!

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?

Summary activity