Teach/revise more word specific positional spellings and spelling rules. Add prefix: un (unhappy(. Add prefix: dis (disown).

Add suffixes and general spelling rules where changes maybe required to the base word:

• -ment to form nouns - development, enjoyment
• -ness to form nouns - darkness, happiness
• -ly to form adverbs - mostly, safely

Teach/revise/apply spelling strategies for writing + marking and proofreading

Contractions - understand apostrophe represents missing letters

Possessive apostrophes - understand apostrophe represents possession

Homophones and near homophones their/there/they’re

Secure reading and spelling of more ‘tricky’ common exception words:

door, floor, poor, because, find, kind, mind, behind, child, wild, climb, most, only, both, old, cold, gold, hold, told, every, everybody, even, great, break, steak, pretty, beautiful, father, hour, move, prove, improve, sure, sugar, eye, could, should, would, who, whole, any, many, clothes, busy, people, water, again, half, money, Mr, Mrs, parents, Christmas, thought, through, work, mouse, house, laughed, eyes, different, friends, today, once, another