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In Phase Six children need to acquire more word-specific knowledge. They still need to segment words into phonemes to spell them, but they also learn that good spelling involves not only doing this and representing all the phonemes plausibly but also, where necessary, choosing the right grapheme from several possibilities.
In some cases, word-specific spellings (e.g. key/cat/clock/school) simply have to be learned.
It is important to devote time in this phase to learning common words with rare or irregular spellings (e.g. they, there, said) as the quantity children write increases and without correction they may practise incorrect spellings that are later difficult to put right.However, there are spelling conventions or guidelines that generalise across many words and that children should understand. Where there are exceptions these can usually be dealt with as they arise in children’s reading and writing.
Revisit: /ar/ a, al; /or/ aw, au, ore, oar, oor, al, a, our, augh; /ur/ ir, er, or, ear; /air/ are, ear, ere; /ear/ eer, ere
Teach: /f/ ff, ph
Blending: /f/ fish, frog, (ff) puff, fluff, (ph) phone,
Apply: The dolphin scoffed the fish.
Revisit: /or/ aw, au, ore, oar, oor, al, a, our, augh; /ur/ ir, er, or, ear; /air/ are, ear, ere; /ear/ eer, ere; /f/ ff, ph
Teach: /h/ wh
Blending: /h/ horse, house, how, (wh) whole, who, whom
Apply: Who ate my whole hamburger?
Revisit: /or/ aw, au, ore, oar, oor, al, a, our, augh; /ur/ ir, er, or, ear; /air/ are, ear, ere; /ear/ eer, ere; /f/ ff, ph
Teach: /j/ g, dge, ge
Blending: /j/ jam, jet, (g)gem, ginger, (dge) hedge, bridge, (ge) orange, large
Apply: I spread the orange jam to the edge of the bread.
Revisit: /ur/ ir, er, or, ear; /air/ are, ear, ere; /ear/ eer, ere; /f/ ff, ph; /j/ g, dge, ge
Teach: /k/ c, ck, ch
Blending: /k/ key, kid, (c) cat, can, (ck) clock, sock, (ch) school, chemist
Apply: The car key is in a sock at school.
Revisit: /ur/ ir, er, or, ear; /air/ are, ear, ere; /ear/ eer, ere; /f/ ff, ph; /j/ g, dge, ge
Teach: /l/ ll, le, el, al, il
Blending: /l/ lap, let, (ll) bell, sell, (le) little, babble, (el) tunnel, level, (al) metal, animal, (il) pencil, until
Apply: The pupil gave an apple to the animal in the tunnel.
Revisit: /air/ are, ear, ere; /ear/ eer, ere; /f/ ff, ph; /j/ g, dge, ge; /l/ ll, le, el, al, il
Teach: /m/ mb, mn
Blending: /m/ mat, meet, (mb) climb, comb, (mn) autumn, column
Apply: In the autumn I hit my thumb with a hammer.
Revisit: /ear/ eer, ere; /f/ ff, ph; /j/ g, dge, ge; /l/ ll, le, el, al, il; /m/ mb, mn
Teach: /n/ gn, kn
Blending: /n/ nest, never, (gn) gnome, gnaw, (kn) knight, knee, knock
Apply: The gnome had dinner with the knight
Revisit: /ear/ eer, ere; /f/ ff, ph; /j/ g, dge, ge; /l/ ll, le, el, al, il; /m/ mb, mn; /n/ gn, kn
Teach: /r/ wr
Blending: /r/ rabbit, right, rain (wr) write, wrap, wrong
Apply: I wrote a story about a parrot.
Revisit: /f/ ff, ph; /j/ g, dge, ge; /l/ ll, le, el, al, il; /m/ mb, mn; /n/ gn, kn; /r/ wr
Teach: /s/ ss, c, se, ce, st, sc
Blending: /s/ socks, (ss) mess, (c) acid, (se) horse, (ce) prince, (st) listen, (sc) scene
Apply: The science fair was held at a castle in the city.
Revisit: /j/ g, dge, ge; /l/ ll, le, el, al, il; /m/ mb, mn; /n/ gn, kn; /r/ wr; /s/ ss, c, se, ce, st, sc
Teach: /v/ ve
Blending: /v/ van, visit, velvet, (ve) have, live, forgive
Apply: She gave me a massive vase.
Revisit: /j/ g, dge, ge; /l/ ll, le, el, al, il; /m/ mb, mn; /n/ gn, kn; /r/ wr; /s/ ss, c, se, ce, st, sc; /v/ ve
Teach: /w/ wh
Blending: /w/ web, will, wig, (wh) when, which, whirl
Apply: When will you get the wheel fixed?
Revisit: /j/ g, dge, ge; /l/ ll, le, el, al, il; /m/ mb, mn; /n/ gn, kn; /r/ wr; /s/ ss, c, se, ce, st, sc; /v/ ve; /w/ wh
Teach: /z/ zz, se, ze
Blending: /z/ zip, zebra, (zz) jazz, puzzle, (se) cheese, tease, (ze) breeze, sneeze
Apply: The zebra stood in the breeze and ate cheese.
Revisit: /l/ ll, le, el, al, il; /m/ mb, mn; /n/ gn, kn; /r/ wr; /s/ ss, c, se, ce, st, sc; /v/ ve; /w/ wh; /z/ zz, se, ze
Teach: /ch/ tch, t(ure)
Blending: /ch/ chop, such, (tch) catch, ditch, (t(ure)) capture, creature
Apply: I put cheese in the trap to catch the creature.
Revisit: /m/ mb, mn; /n/ gn, kn; /r/ wr; /s/ ss, c, se, ce, st, sc; /v/ ve; /w/ wh; /z/ zz, se, ze; /ch/ tch, t(ure)
Teach: /sh/ ch, ti, ci, ssi
Blending: /sh/ shed, fish, (ch) chef, brochure, (ti) fiction, nation, (ci) facial, official, (ssi) mission, passion
Apply: The ship's chef made a special passion fruit milkshake.
Revisit: /s/ ss, c, se, ce, st, sc; /v/ ve; /w/ wh; /z/ zz, se, ze; /ch/ tch, t(ure); /sh/ ch, ti, ci, ssi; /sh/ ch, ti, ci, ssi
Teach: /th voiced/ , /th unvoiced/
Blending: /th voiced/ the, them, then, /th unvoiced/ theft, theme, thick
Apply: I used a thick feather to soothe the baby.
Revisit: /v/ ve; /w/ wh; /z/ zz, se, ze; /ch/ tch, t(ure); /sh/ ch, ti, ci, ssi; /sh/ ch, ti, ci, ssi; /th voiced/ , /th unvoiced/
Teach: /ng/ n(k)
Blending: /ng/ ring, song, (n(k)) bank, blink
Apply: I dropped my ring down the sink.
Revisit: /z/ zz, se, ze; /ch/ tch, t(ure); /sh/ ch, ti, ci, ssi; /sh/ ch, ti, ci, ssi; /th voiced/, /th unvoiced/; /ng/ n(k)
Teach: /zh/ su, si, ge
Blending: /zh/ (si) vision, decision, (su) leasure, casual, (ge) collage, barrage
Apply: It was my decision to look for the treasure.
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