Spelling – Term 2 – 5/6C * Core list words are given to students as part of a morning routine. These will not be part of the homework spelling lists unless students are getting them incorrect and have them as their ‘my list’ words. Week 2: Skill Focus Simpler List Words Extension Words Year 5 Year 6 Acronyms: blends; eponyms Confusing pairs of words bridal bridle bare bear yoke yolk heliport saxophone valentine lamington diesel bikini braille pasteurized silhouette guillotine accent ascent future further cemetery symmetry stationary stationery bizarre bizaar device devise pasteurisation saxophonist homogeonised respectfully respectively presence presents compliment complement scuba radar sonar laser smog excess descent ESL List: bear yolk laser smog radar
scuba she’s he’s it’s fishes wishes hats jumpers shorts dogs Week 3: Skill Focus Simpler Words List Words Extension Year 5 Year 6 Digraphs aw, or, au Affixes; suffixes –logy?? (Said this in the spelling policy) pork hawk August haunt more forest conserve save extinct waste squawk awkward awesome exhaust authentic orthodontist audible author environment rainforest pollution greenhouse climate atmosphere deforestation hoarse leprechaun caterwaul autograph ecological pollutant climate ordinary organise orphan orchard ornament pause naughty recycle ecology irrigation conservation flora fauna sustainable ESL List: pork hawk August haunt more forest save waste sunny happy naughty healthy hasn’t wouldn’t couldn’t
Week 5: Skill Focus Simpler Words List Words Extension Words Year 5 Year 6 Prefixes im-, in-, ir-, il- Letter patterns al, el, le; suffix –al; homophones irritate impress improve impulse income (words were same as last week in policy) imperfect impatient insane incomplete irregular irrelevant illegal illogical optical practical beneficial sequential serial cereal mettle vehicle impractical immature indirect inappropriate inconvenient irresponsible irresistible skeletal serial gradual especially essentially excel rebel parallel particle ESL List: excel rebel parallel income usual eleventh twelfth thirteenth fourteenth fifteenth sixteenth seventeenth eighteenth nineteenth twentieth
Week 6: Focus Simpler Words List Words Extension Words Year 5 Year 6 Adding multiple affixes Etymology: nova, vox, notare, reminisce belief excel fortune behave appear note remind voice remember memory disbelief disappearance responsibility embarrassment acknowledgement sincerely excitedly unfortunately inconveniently extravagantly novel novelty novice innovate innovation vocal vocabulary imaginatively misfortune excitability independently excellence fascination misbehavior imaginative independent innovative provocation annotation reminiscing advocate invoke provoke notice notify annotate reminisce ESL List: note remind voice memory behave concern continue decision picture interest internet thousand hundred
Week 7: Skill Focus Simpler Words List Words Extension Words Year 5 Year 6 words Suffix word elements scope, meter dim sim wok won ton bangle jungle solve dissolve gas mineral heat bouquet camouflage trek spaghetti kaleidoscope yoga bazaar solution toxic method experiment acid alkaline temperature evaporate confetti crescendo ghetto fiasco toxicity chemically mandarin tsunami sushi kimono bonsai karate origami kayak moccasin corroboree kiwi thermometer theory equipment chemical microscope hypothesis laboratory ESL List: dim sim wok won ton bangle jungle solve gas mineral heat stomach hundredth thousandth further
Week 8: Skill Focus Simpler Words List Extension Words Year 5 Year 6 Letter pattern qu- Suffixes -ition, abbreviations quick quit quiet quite satisfy define repeat continue notify squash liquid require request frequent tranquil inquisitive satisfaction definition repetition conversation alteration variation multiplication application queuing queued tranquillise eloquently quarantined alternatively continually applying notifying aqua acquire adequate eloquent queue quality quantity quarantine continuation declaration cancellation explanation exclamation identification notification ESL List: quest quick quit quiet quite define repeat continue notify careful capital secret worrying machine scared