Spelling
Reading Eggspress Spelling program for Years 1 to 6
Students learn to spell while improving reading, writing and comprehension skills
Research proves that students have more spelling success if they learn to recognise common spelling patterns and generalisations among words as part of an explicit and systematic teaching program.
What is required for automaticity of recall is spelling instruction that is explicit and systematic, focusing on exploring patterns that can be detected in the sound, structure, and meaning features of words, and thus reinforcing and consolidating children’s understanding of how the spelling system works (Mullock, 2013).
The Reading Eggspress 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.
- Explicit and systematic teaching videos explore spelling patterns and rules, morphology, word building, irregular words plus words that derive from other languages including Latin, Greek and French.
- Sequential lessons cover a core of year-level words essential for reading and writing success.
- Spelling activities build skills in reading, writing, language, and speaking and listening.
- A research-based program with spelling skills that transfer to improved reading and writing.
- Supports students of all abilities through differentiated word lists and motivational online activities and games.
- Comprehensive student and class reports – show student progress over time.
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 generalizations
| 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 | a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e, u-e |
| y and ey | le, el, al | ing and ed (2) | ea and ee |
| scr, spr and str | wh | k and ck | Endings: ar, er, or |
| qu | Exceptions | Suffix: ly | ai, a-e |
| Suffixes: ing and ed | Plurals: s, ves | Ending: ge | Word building |
| Prefix: un | oo (2) | Compound words | er, est |
| oo | Suffixes: ful, less | Contractions | Tricky words |
| Soft c | kn, gn, wr | Plurals | ment, ness |
| 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
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