1. National Curriculum 2014 (UK)
2. English
3. Key Stage 1
4. Year 1
5. Spelling

Revision of Reception Work

Outcomes

• All letters of the alphabet and the sounds which they most commonly represent
  Play Activities 151
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• Consonant digraphs which have been taught and the sounds which they represent
  Play Activities 74
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• The process of segmenting spoken words into sounds before choosing graphemes to represent the sounds
  Play Activities 9
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• The sounds /f/, /l/, /s/, /z/ and /k/ spelt ff, ll, ss, zz and ck
  The /f/, /l/, /s/, /z/ and /k/ sounds are usually spelt as ff, ll, ss, zz and ck if they come straight after a single vowel letter in short words. Exceptions: if, pal, us, bus, yes. Example words: off, well, miss, buzz, back
  Play Activities 8
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• Adding s and es to words (plural of nouns and the third person singular of verbs)
  If the ending sounds like /s/ or /z/, it is spelt as -s. If the ending sounds like /ɪz/ and forms an extra syllable or 'beat' in the word, it is spelt as -es. Example words: cats, dogs, spends, rocks, thanks, catches
  Play Activities 3
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• Adding -er and -est to adjectives where no change is needed to the root word
  As with verbs (see above), if the adjective ends in two consonant letters (the same or different), the ending is simply added on. Example words: grander, grandest, fresher, freshest, quicker, quickest
  Play Activities 6
  Examples