Eight common exception words for Year 1, practised three ways across three pages. Pupils look, cover, write and check said, was, friend, school, they, are, once and put, twice each. Then they use six of them to finish sentences such as She is my best _____. The last part is a five-word dictation, read by an adult: push, pull, one, you and we. The answer key includes the dictation list. It covers England National Curriculum spelling.
Spelling
“Common exception words”
All eight words in the grid, and the five dictation words, are from the Year 1 common exception list.
Spelling
“Write from memory simple sentences dictated by the teacher that include words using the GPCs and common exception words taught so far.”
The dictation in Part 3 is single words only. Read a short sentence with two of them if you want to cover this objective in full.
A grid of eight tricky words, with two columns for writing each one from memory.
Six sentences, a) to f), to finish with said, friend, school, They, was or are.
Five numbered lines for words read aloud by an adult. The list is in the answer key.
Weekly spelling routine
Use Part 1 on Monday, Part 2 midweek and the dictation on Friday.
Adult helper
Give a teaching assistant the dictation list from the key and let them run Part 3 with a small group.
Homework
Send Part 1 home so families can do look, cover, write, check with the eight words.
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