Information about English Skills Spelling
The English Skills Spelling program focuses on common spelling rules, generalisations and strategies using a combination of teaching videos, engaging online activities and games with printable worksheets and assessment tests. The program includes a variety of instructional strategies including visual memory, definitions, word families, word sorts, and proofreading with differentiated word lists.
Spelling Program Components
- 216 lessons across years 1 – 6, with 36 lessons per year.
- 432 student worksheets with 2 per lesson.
- Adaptive lessons allow students to progress through three levels of difficulty.
Overview of skills, phonics and generalisations
| Begin | Early | Mid | Late |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alphabet | ch and tch | ou and ow | ew and ue |
| Short vowels | Plurals: s, es | Endings: et, it, ot | wh and ph |
| Long vowels | Hard k | or and ore | Endings: en and on |
| a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e, u-e | oo and ou | The suffix: ing | ie and igh |
| Double consonants | Ending: ve | Ending: y | Suffixes: er and est |
| ea and ee w | oa and ow | oy and oi | au and aw |
| ea exceptions | Ending: er | air, ear, are | Compound words |
| nk | ay and ai | Suffixes: ed | Tricky words |
| ar, er, ir, ur | Hard and soft c | Words endings: le | The prefix: un |
| Begin | Early | Mid | Late |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plural verbs | Plurals with y | Suffixes: er and est | Past tense |
| ar and or | j | Homophones | Endings: tion |
| y and ey | le, el, al | ing and ed (2) | ea and ee |
| scr, spr and str | wh | k and ck | Suffix: ness |
| qu | Exceptions | Suffix: ly | ar, er, or |
| Suffixes: ing and ed | Plurals: s, ves | Ending: ge | ai, a-e |
| Prefix: un | oo (2) | Compound words | Word building |
| oo | Suffixes: ful, less | Contractions | er and est (2) |
| Soft c | kn, gn, wr | Suffix: ment | Tricky words |
| Begin | Early | Mid | Late |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vowels | igh | ies, ied | squ and sph |
| shr and thr | Suffix: ing | augh and ough | Suffix: y |
| Endings: et, it, ot | ei, ey, eigh | Suffix: ed | Contractions |
| oy and oi | le, el, al | c and g | Irregular plurals |
| Endings: ch | Suffix: ed | Past tense | Suffix: ly |
| air and eer | Homophones | ery, ary, ory | ear |
| Plurals: s, es | Silent k, g, w | ful and less | un, dis, mis |
| Silent b, l, h | Suffixes: er and or | Silent t, n, u | Tricky words |
| Suffix: ing | wh, ph, gh | Compound words | Suffix: ness |
| Begin | Early | Mid | Late |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long vowels | un, dis, mis | Past tense | re, de, pre |
| ew, ue, ui | Plurals: s, ies | our, ure | ment, ship, hood |
| air, eer, ear | ice, ise | wh, ph, gh | ery, ary, ory |
| Suffix: ing | er and est | y | able, ible |
| Plurals: s, es | ie and ei | ch | Latin origins |
| c and g | Suffix: ly | in, ine, ain | Tricky words |
| le, el, al | Homophones | Suffix: ous | Suffix: ly (2) |
| ge | ent and ant | in, im, ir, il | cc, xc |
| Suffix: ed | Compound words | ion, ation | Greek origins |
| Begin | Early | Mid | Late |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vowels: exceptions | ity | ous | oo, ou |
| rse and rce | Compound words | Plurals: s, ies | wh, ph, gh |
| ent and ant | Latin origins | fer | ence and ance |
| and, end, ond | Suffix: ive | age, idge | Eponyms |
| Suffix: fy | ish | ment, ship, hood | Suffix: ly |
| Homophones | un, dis, mis | Vowels | que |
| our and ure | Plurals: s and es | ion, ian | Word building |
| ic | ist | ch | Loan words |
| Silent letters | Portmanteau | Tricky words | anti, circum, extra |
| Begin | Early | Mid | Late |
|---|---|---|---|
| ea and ee | i and ay | oa and ow | Eponyms |
| Homophones | Word building | Greek origins | Vowels: exceptions |
| er and est | Suffix: ic | re, de, pre | Plurals: s, ies |
| ant and ent | Compound words | ance, ence | Suffix: ly |
| Plurals: s, es | Loan words | cc, xc | ity |
| er and or | ie and ei | Tricky words | ary, ery, ory |
| Vowels | able and ible | ness | ably, ibly |
| ful and less | igh, eigh, aigh | Irregular plurals | in, im, ir, il |
| un, mis, dis | Suffix: ous | ion, ian | ancy, ency |
Scientific Research Base
Download the ABC Reading Eggspress Spelling Program Scientific Research Base PDF.