Spellings

Term 6

Year 2 Common Exception Word List

Spellings for checking on Friday 15th July

Mrs Kelleher's Group: _tion suffix

1. station
2. fiction
3. emotion
4. position
5. action
6. potion
7. action
8. location

Sir Linkalot:

1. move
2. one

Spellings for checking on Friday 8th July

Mrs Kelleher's Group:

Revision: Verbs ending in _ing and _ed

1. walking
2. riding (drop the e)
3. waiting
4. running (double the consonant)
5. looked 
6. chatted (double the consonant)
7. waved (drop the e)

Sir Linkalot:

is

his 

this

Spellings for checking on Friday 17th June

Mrs Kelleher's Group:

The /or/ sound spelt with an 'a' before l and ll

1. small
2. stall
3. chalk
4. walk
5. altogether
6. always

Sir Linkalot: 

1. he 
2. she
3. they

Term 5

Year 2 Common Exception Word List

Spellings for checking on Friday 27th May

Mrs Kelleher's Group:

The /l/ or /əl/ sound spelt _al and _el at the end of words 

1. animal
2. mammal
3. final
4. several
5. natural
6. camel
7. squirrel
8. festival
9. travel

Sir Linkalot:

11. full

12. half

Spellings for checking on Friday 20th May

Mrs Kelleher's Group:

The /l/ or /əl/ sound spelt –le at the end of words 

Notice that the words with short vowel sounds directly before the consonant have a double consonant. 

1. bubble
2. little
3. puddle
4. bottle
5. apple
6. riddle
7. table  (the 'a' is not a short vowel sound and we don't spell table as 'tabble'
8. castle
9. purple

Sir Linkalot

1. eye
2. very
3. every

Spellings for checking on Friday 13th May

Mrs Kelleher's Group:

• the /s/ sound spelt as 'c' before e, i and y 
• the /r/ sound spelt as 'wr' at the beginnings of words

1. cycle
2. city
3. circle
4. nice
5. write
6. wrist
7. wrong
8. wriggle

Sir Linkalot

1. do
2. don't
3. done

Spellings for checking on Friday 6th May

Mrs Kelleher's Group: ge/dge endings + kn/gn  as 'n'

1. badge
2. edge
3. change
4. large
5. knowledge
6. knock
7. design
8. gnawed

Sir Linkalot

1. both

2. call

Spellings for checking on Friday 29th April

Mrs Kelleher's Group: Prefixes: un/mis/dis 

1. unsafe
2. uncertain
3. unfold
4. unhappy
5. unlucky
6. disappoint
7. dislike
8. misread
9. misplace

Sir Linkalot

1. before

2. more

Note: Mrs Fordyce's Group have spellings checks as part of their Letters and Sounds sessions.

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Spellings for checking on Friday 22nd April

Mrs Kelleher's Group: Compound Words + their/there/they're (repeated from last week)

1. there  ('here' and 'there')
2. their  (their coats)
3. they're  (contraction - they are)
4. sunflower
5. rainbow
6. football
7. butterfly
8. bookshelf
9. raincoat
10. shipwreck

Sir Linkalot

1. our 

2. your

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Term 4

Note: Mrs Fordyce's Group have spellings checks as part of their Letters and Sounds sessions.

Spellings for checking on Friday 1st April

Mrs Kelleher's Group: Compound Words + their/there/they're (repeated from last week)

1. there  ('here' and 'there')
2. their  (their coats)
3. they're  (contraction - they are)
4. sunflower
5. rainbow
6. football
7. butterfly
8. bookshelf
9. raincoat
10. shipwreck

Sir Linkalot

1. our 

2. your

Spellings for checking on Friday 25th March

Mrs Kelleher's Group: Adding y suffix to nouns + their/there/they're

1. there  ('here' and 'there')
2. their  (their coats)
3. they're  (contraction - they are)
4. stormy
5. dirty
6. sunny (short vowel 'u' so double the consonant)
7. funny
8. noisy (drop the 'e' in noise and + y)

Sir Linkalot

1. were
2. you

Spellings for checking on Friday 11th March

Mrs Kelleher's Group:_ment suffix and _en suffix

1. treatment
2. enjoyment
3. equipment
4. wooden
5. hidden
6. golden
7. frozen
8. tighten

Sir Linkalot

1. thumb
2. tie

Spellings for checking on Friday 4th March

Mrs Kelleher's Group:_ness and _ful suffixes

1. fitness
2. kindness
3. happiness (note - "change the y to an i")
4. darkness
5. helpful
6. thoughtful

Sir Linkalot:

1. key
2. out
3. read
4. school

Spellings for checking on Friday 25th February

Mrs Kelleher's Group: Plural s and es

1. forks
2. farmers
3. boats
4. foxes
5. beaches
6. dishes
7. lunches

Sir Linkalot:

1. hear
2. head
3. ice

Mrs Fordyce's Group

Sir Linkalot:

1. hear
2. head
3. ice

Term 3

Spellings for checking on Friday 11th February

Please note: All children will have 2 extra spellings per week from the Sir Linkalot list.  We will look at these in class.

This week's Sir Linkalot words are: he + her

Mrs Kelleher's Group: Revision of this term's suffixes

1. colder
2. hottest
3. walked
4. missed
5. running 
6. quickly
7. happily

Mrs Willis's Group

1. lady 
2. grey 
3. dream 
4. chief 
5. could
6. looked 

Mrs Fordyce's Group (Tricky words):

1. they
2. said
3. have
4. the
5. come
6. when

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Spellings for 4th February

Mrs Kelleher's Group: _ly suffix

1. brightly
2. quickly
3. happily
4. easily
5. incredibly
6. gently

Mrs Willis's Group

1. acorn 
2. sky 
3. chef 
4. could 
5. put
6. very

Spellings for checking on Friday 28th January

ALL CHILDREN

Spellings from Sir Linkalot 'Key Keats' Level 1

1. busy
2. does
3. goes
4. door
5. floor
6. easy
7. last

Spellings for checking on Friday 21st January

Mrs Kelleher's Group 

Past tense: _ed suffix

1. walked
2. jumped
3. asked
4. liked
5. clapped
6. missed

 Common Exception Words:

7. pass

8. plant

Mrs Willis's Group

1. grow 
2. field 
3. bread 
4. weather 
5. I’m
6. by 

Mrs Fordyce's Group

1.

Spellings for checking on Friday 14th January

Mrs Kelleher's Group 

Suffixes: _er   _est

1. colder

2. coldest

3. funnier

4. funniest

5. hotter

6. hottest

 Common Exception Words:

7. class

8. grass

Mrs Willis's Group

1. nice 
2. giant 
3. gold 
4. music 
5. old
6. here 

Mrs Fordyce's Group

1. spot

2. step

3. from

4. are

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Term 2

Spellings for checking on Friday 10th December

Mrs Kelleher's Group (Revision of some of this term's words)

1. uniform
2. although
3. behind
4. eight
5. could
6. friends
7. different

Mrs Willis's Group 

1. author 
2. sprawl  
3. screw 
4. statue 
5. people
6. saw 

Mrs Edwards' Group

Spellings for checking on Friday 3rd December

Mrs Kelleher's Group (Alternative spellings for /oo/ 

1. new
2. uniform
3. amuse
4. blue

Tricky Words - Revision 

1. again
2. don't

Mrs Willis's Group 

1. time 
2. made 
3. came 
4. make 
5. just
6. it’s 

Mrs Edwards' Group

Spellings for checking on Friday 27th November

Mrs Kelleher's Group (Alternative spellings for /oa/ 

1. roasted
2. globe
3. window
4. clothes
5. although (Note - 'ough')

Tricky Words - Revision  ('ough' = only use good hands)

1. through
2. thought

Mrs Willis's Group 

1. game 
2. complete 
3. flume 
4. shine 
5. one
6.  from 

Mrs Edwards' Group

1. are
2. pure
3. herb
4. lair
5. rear

Spellings for checking on Friday 19th November

Mrs Kelleher's Group (Alternative spellings for /igh/ 

1. knight
2. behind
3. why
4. tried

Tricky Words

1. some
2. come
3. were
4. where
5. who

Mrs Willis's Group 

1. toes 
2. haunted 
3. turkey 
4. jockey 
5. out
6. children

Mrs Edwards' Group

1. tonight
2. airport
3. sure
4. all
5. they

Spellings for checking on Friday 12th November

Mrs Kelleher's Group (Alternative spellings for /ai/ 

1. train
2. eight
3. delay
4. grey
5. date

Tricky Words

1. said
2. have
3. like

Mrs Willis's Group (oe, ou, ey)

1. hero

2. goes

3. about

4. key

5. said

6. like

Mrs Edwards' Group

1

Sir Linkalot

We will start using the Sir Linkalot spellings app in class during Week 1.  For Week 2, I will post some instructions on here for you to access the Sir Linkalot app at home and correspond with the words we are learning in class.  These Sir Linkalot words will be taught to the class as a whole and not within Letters and Sounds groups.  The Sir Linkalot words will not be incorporated into our weekly Spellings Checks this term.  

Spellings for checking on Friday 5th November

Mrs Kelleher's Group

(Alternative Pronunciations:  a, y, ch, ou)

1. fast
2. happy
3. school
4. could

Tricky Words

1. because
2. different
3. friends

Mrs Willis's Group

1. wheel 
2. dolphin 
3. nephew 
4. launch 
5. when
6. what

Mrs Edwards' Group

1. hear
2. pair
3. sure
4. tear
5. pure

Term 1

Spellings for checking on Friday 15th October

Mrs Kelleher's Group

(Alternative Pronunciations: ow, ie, ea + tricky words)

1. window
2. shield
3. instead

Tricky Words:

1. where
2. again
3. through (this one is tricky - I will teach the children to the mnemonic 'only use good hands' to remember the 'ough')

Mrs Willis's Group

1. blue 
2. rescue 
3. claw 
4. straw 
5. there
6. little 

Mrs Edwards' Group

1. tear

2. hair

3. sure

4. beard

5. they

Spellings for checking on THURSDAY 7th October

(It's 'Hello Yellow Day' on Friday 8th so we'll check spellings on Thursday.)

Mrs Kelleher's Group (Alternative pronunciations: i, o, c, g, u)

1. remind
2. both
3. danger
4. ice
5. unicorn

Tricky Words:

1. when
2. what

Mrs Willis's Group

1. royal
2. enjoy
3. chirp
4. third
5. come
6. were

Mrs Edwards' Group

1. surf
2. cow
3. coin
4. you

Spellings for checking on Friday 1st October

Mrs Kelleher's Group (Split Digraphs: a_e, e_e, i_e, o_e, u_e)

1. shake
2. these
3. shine
4. alone
5. June

Tricky Words:

1. some
2. come

Mrs Willis's Group

1. loud
2. cried
3. leaf
4. cream
5. like
6. some

Mrs Edwards' Group

1. book
2. zoo
3. park
4. torn
5. tonight
6. no

Spellings for checking on Friday 24th September

Mrs Kelleher's Group (wh, ew, oe, au, ey)

1. which
2. nephew
3. goes
4. launch
5. trolley

Tricky Words:

1. said
2. have

Mrs Willis's Group

1. sandpit 
2. windmill 
3. spray 
4. tray
5. said
6. have 

Mrs Edwards' Group

1. goat
2. light
3. main
4. feet
5. was

Spellings for checking on Friday 17th September

Mrs Kelleher's Group (ue, oy, aw, ir)

1. rescue
2. enjoy
3. drawer
4. thirteen

Tricky Words:

1. called
2. asked

Mrs Willis's Group

1. damp 
2. mend 
3. chimp 
4. pond

5. so

6. do 

Mrs Edwards' Group

1. fish
2. chop
3. that
4. ring