This year, as part of our focus on Literacy, a priority area in all classrooms is the teaching of Spelling. To further reinforce this initiative at home, the following Mini Posters have been developed. Term One will specifically examine the Rules for making Plurals, moving into general spelling rules for the remainder of the year.
| PLURAL RULE 1 - ADDING 'S' | PLURAL RULE 2 - ADDING 'ES' | PLURAL RULE 3 - ADDING 'ES' |
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| PLURAL RULE 4 - ADDING 'S' | PLURAL RULE
5 WORDS ENDING IN 'F' AND 'FE' |
PLURAL RULE
6 WORDS ENDING IN 'O' |
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| PLURAL RULE
7 WORDS THAT CHANGE FORM |
PLURAL RULE 8 WORDS THAT NEVER CHANGE |
SPELLING RULE 1 ADDING 'ED' |
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| SPELLING RULE 2 ADDING 'ES' TO ACTION WORDS |
SPELLING RULE 3 CHANGING 'Y' TO AN 'I' BEFORE ADDING 'ES' |
SPELLING RULE
4 DOUBLING A CONSONANT BEFORE ADDING 'ING' |
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SPELLING RULE 5 |
SPELLING RULE 6 |
SPELLING RULE 7 |
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| SPELLING RULE 8 ADDING 'LY' TO BASE WORDS |
SPELLING RULE 9 ADDING 'LY' TO WORDS ENDING IN 'Y' |
SPELLING RULE 10 ADDING 'FULL' TO WORDS |
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| SPELLING RULE 11 ADDING 'ER' AND 'EST' TO WORDS ENDING WITH A 'Y' |
SPELLING RULE 12 ADDING 'ER' AND 'EST' TO WORDS ENDING WITH SHORT VOWELS AND SINGLE CONSONANTS |
SPELLING RULE 13 ADDING 'Y' TO WORDS ENDING WITH A SHORT VOWEL AND A SINGLE CONSONANT |
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| SPELLING RULE 14 ADDING 'Y' TO WORDS ENDING IN DOUBLE CONSONANTS |
SPELLING RULE 15 ADDING 'Y' TO WORDS ENDING WITH A SILENT 'E' |
SPELLING RULE 16 THE APOSTROPHE OF POSSESSION |
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| SPELLING RULE 17 THE APOSTROPHE OF POSSESSION WORDS ENDING IN 'S' |
SPELLING RULE 18 USING AN APOSTROPHE TO FORM CONTRACTIONS |
SPELLING RULE 19 'I' BEFORE 'E' EXCEPT AFTER 'C' |
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| SPELLING RULE 20 CAPITAL LETTERS FOR PROPER NOUNS (NAMES AND PLACES) |
SPELLING RULE 21 ADDING PREFIXES TO BASE WORDS |
SPELLING RULE 22 ADDING NEGATIVE PREFIXES TO BASE WORDS |
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| SPELLING RULE 23 JOINING PREFIXES AND ROOTS TO FORM WORDS |
SPELLING RULE 24 ADDING VOWEL SUFFIXES TO WORDS ENDING IN SILENT 'E' |
SPELLING RULE 25 SOFT 'G' AND HARD 'G' |
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| SPELLING RULE 26 SOFT 'C' AND HARD 'C' |
PLURAL RULE 9 MAKING COMPOUND WORDS PLURAL |
PLURAL RULE 10 FORMING PLURAL EXCEPTIONS |
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| SPELLING RULE 27 STARTING WORDS WITH CAPITAL LETTERS |
SPELLING RULE 28 HOMOPHONES : WORDS THAT SOUND ALIKE |
SPELLING RULE 29 HOMOGRAPHS : WORDS SPELT THE SAME WITH DIFFERENT MEANINGS |
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SPELLING RULE 30 ABBREVIATIONS : SHORTENED FORMS OF WORDS |
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