High Frequency Word list by year.
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Specific phonics and spelling work by term:
Overview
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Reception year
To recognise all initial consonant and short vowel sounds (a-z, ch, sh, th) in speech and in writing; to identify and write correct initial letters in response to the letter sound, word, object or picture.
To recognise and name each letter of the alphabet and to be aware of alphabetical order through rhymes, songs.
Discriminate, write and read final sounds in simple words.
Year 1
Term 1
Practise and reinforce work from YR
Discriminate, write and read middle (short vowel) sounds in simple words: 'a' (fat), 'e' (wet), 'i' (pig), 'o' (pot), 'u' (mug).
Term 2
Practise and reinforce work from Y1 Term 1
Read and spell words ending in ck, ff, ll, ss, ng
Discriminate, blend and spell initial consonant clusters:
bl, br, cl, cr, dr, dw, fl, fr, gl, gr, pl, pr, sc, scr, sk, sl, sm, sn, sp, spl, spr, squ, st, str, sw, tr, tw, thr, shr and common end clusters: ld, nd, lk, nk, sk, lp, mp, sp, ct, ft, lt, nt, pt, st, xt, lf, nch, lth
Term 3
Practise and reinforce work from Y1 Term 2
Discriminate, spell and read the common spelling patterns for the long vowel phonemes: 'ee', 'ai', 'ie', 'oa', 'oo':
- ee: 'ee' (feet), 'ea' (seat)
- ai: 'ai' (train), 'a-e' (name), 'ay' (play)
- ie: 'ie' (lie), 'i-e' (bite), 'igh' (high), 'y' (fly)
- oa: 'oa' (boat), 'o-e' (pole), 'ow' (show)
- oo: 'oo' (moon), 'u-e' (tune), 'ew' (flew), 'ue' (blue)
Year 2
Term 1
Practise and reinforce long vowel work from Y1 Term 3 above
Discriminate, spell and read the common spelling patterns for the vowel phonemes: 'oo' (short) 'ar' 'oy' 'ow':
- oo (short): 'u' (pull), 'oo' (good)
- ar: 'ar' (car)
- oy: 'oi' (boil), 'oy' (toy)
- ow: 'ow' (cow), 'ou' (sound)
Term 2
Practise and reinforce work from Y2 Term 1.
Discriminate, spell and read the common spelling patterns for the vowel phonemes: 'air', 'or', 'er'
- air: 'air' (fair), 'are' (scare), 'ere' (there), 'ear' (bear, wear)
- or: 'or' (sport), 'oor' (floor), 'aw' (claw), 'au' (caught), 'ore' (more, store)
- er: 'er' (her, were), 'ir' (bird), 'ur' (fur)
Term 3
Practise and reinforce work from previous terms.
Discriminate, spell and read the common spelling patterns for the vowel phonemes: 'ear', 'ea'
- ear: eg fear, hear
- ea: (bread, head)
Word List Key Stage One
Plus:
- Days of the week
- Months of the year
- Numbers to twenty
- Common colour words
- Pupil's name and address
- Name and address of school
Key Stage Two
Medium Frequency Words Overview
Teachers should expect many Y4 pupils to have little or no difficulty reading most of the words below. However, there may be difficulties in being able to spell them accurately. Many of these words do not follow a regular pattern and others are easily confused. The list is intended as a check for spelling. It is not intended that teachers should go slavishly through the lists, teaching by drilling, though there is an important place for practice, reinforcement and testing. There are many ways in which these words can be investigated and learned eg through grouping them by meanings, common spelling patterns, sound patterns, locating them in dictionaries and other texts, creating mnemonics, inventing and playing word games, proof-reading and checking them in independent writing. The words are grouped for ease of teaching. A complete list is provided below should teachers wish to re-group them to suit the needs of their classes.
Year 4
Term 1: ask(ed), began, being, brought, can't, change, coming, didn't, does, don't, found, goes, gone, heard, I'm, jumped, knew, know, leave, might, opened, show, started, stopped, think, thought, told, tries, turn(ed), used, walk(ed)(ing), watch, write, woke(n).
Term 2: almost, always, any, before, better, during, every, first, half, morning, much, never, number, often, only, second, sometimes, still, suddenly, today, until, upon, while, year, young.
Term 3: above, across, along, also, around, below, between, both, different, following, high, inside, near, other, outside, place, right, round, such, through, together, under, where, without.
Year 5
Term 1: baby, balloon, birthday, brother, children, clothes, garden, great, happy, head, heard, something, sure, swimming, those, word, work, world.
Term 2: earth, eyes, father, friends, important, lady, light, money, mother, own, paper, sister, small, sound, white, whole, why, window.
Term 3: Use this term to check up on spelling knowledge from previous terms.
Complete list
above across almost along also always animal any around asked baby balloon before began being below better between birthday both brother brought can't change children clothes coming didn't different does don't during earth every eyes father first follow(ing) found friends garden goes gone great
half happy head heard high I'm important inside jumped knew know lady leave light might money morning mother much near never number often only opened other outside own paper place right round second show sister small something sometimes sound started still stopped such suddenly sure swimming think those thought through today together told tries turn(ed) under until upon used walk(ed)(ing) watch where while white whole why window without woke(n) word work world write year young
