YEAR 5C- TERM 1- SPELLING (Weeks 1-4)
Each week you will learn 20 spelling words to get ready for your spelling test each Monday.
 Write out your spelling 4 times.
1. Say the word, THRASS the word and hear the sounds.
3. Write ……. the word unseen.
2. Cover the word.
4. Check each letter
 Ensure you understand the meaning of each of your words by looking them up in the dictionary.
 Choose 3 words to write out the dictionary definition (select words you don’t know- especially KLA words)
Spelling Activities (OPTIONAL –select a different activity each week to help you learn the words)
Phonological - Alliterative Phrases or Sentences
Etymological
Choose 5 of your spelling words and write five alliterative
Create a Concept Map based on word origins
geogr
phrases or sentences. Alliteration uses the same initial
aphy
letter. You may include a word or two that do not begin
geo
with the same initial letter. Be sure to underline your
geom
geogr
etry
aphy
spelling words. Examples: Deep down in the dungeon tiny
town sheep shout
Phonological- tongue twister’
Morphemic- Antonyms
Use some of spelling words to create a ‘tongue twister’
Choose 10 spelling words and write an antonym next to
Etymological: Root words
each word. An antonym is a word that means the
Identify root words in your spelling words. Create a list
opposite. Use a dictionary or thesaurus for help, if
of words with the same root word. Identify origin and
needed.
meaning).
Example: hot cold
Morphemic
Definition Match
Find the Base Words in your spelling words. Make a list
Choose 5 of your spelling words (most difficult). List
with your spelling word, base word and another ‘family’
these words on the left side of your paper. Then write
word, e.g. opened, open, opening
the definitions of each word on the right side of the
paper mix them up for someone to solve.
Morphemic -Missing Consonants
Morphemic -Missing Vowels
Write your spelling words, leaving blank spaces for all
Write your spelling words, leaving blank spaces for all
consonants.
vowel letters.
Example: __a__ __ e__ (answer: carpet)
Examples: bl__ck =black l__st =list b__x =boxMoney
Code
Morphemic -Synonyms
Visual- Scrambled Words
Choose 10 spelling words and next to each one write a
Pick and write 10 of your spelling words, but scramble
synonym. A synonym is a word that means the same. Use a
the letters of each word. Next to each word, leave a
dictionary or thesaurus for help, if needed.
blank line, and write a clue or an illustration.
Example: large big
Example: cholos________ a place where you learn
Silly Sentences
Visual - Words-in-Words
Choose 5 of your spelling words and write 5 silly
Choose 5 of your spelling words and then write at least
sentences. Underline each spelling word.
two words that you can make from each. You may
Choose one of your silly sentences and illustrate it.
scramble the letters to create new words.
Example: The long line at the grocery store was empty.
Example: shower show owe row
The Conversation
Word Cousins
Pick 10 of your spelling words and write a dialogue
Choose 5 spelling words and put them into a word bank
between two characters using the words. Be sure to use
at the top of your paper. Write 3 clues relating to each
quotation marks around the words that are being said by a word and leave a blank after the clues. The words can
character. Underline each spelling word.
be related by similar categories.
Example: “Hey Jack, do you want to skate to the park?”
Examples: Coat, raincoat, hat,______ (answer: jacket).
asked Matt. Jack replied, “I would love to but where is
Toast, peanut butter, cream cheese, ___(answer: jelly)
that place?”
Term 1
Weekly Spelling Words
The spelling content descriptors are aligned with the Australian Curriculum to include the Four
Orthographic Knowledges (Phonological, Visual Morphemic and Etymological)
Focus words (8)
Focus:
Prefixes — ‘mis’, ‘un’, ‘dis’, ‘in’, ‘non’
Suffixes — ‘y’, ‘ly’
Week 1
1.
misjudge
2. uncertain
3. unbelievable
4. disagree
5. incomplete
6. nonsense
KLA/ English (4/4)
KLA:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
adaptation
biotic
abiotic
vital
because
conclusion
therefore
habitat
High frequency words (4)
1.
2.
3.
4.
achieve
whether
which
you’re
1.
2.
3.
4.
accidentally
especially
opinion
seize
7. previously
8. happily
Focus:
Comparatives and superlatives
Week 4
Week 3
Week 2
Suffixes — ‘ful’, ‘less’, ‘ness’, ‘ment’
1. earlier
2. smallest
3. thoughtful
4. careless
5. management
6. beautiful
7. pointless
8. awareness
Focus:
Silent letters
1. reign
2. know
3. weight
4. answer
5. listen
6. rhyme
7. rhythm
8. foreign
Focus:
Word endings — ‘le’, ‘el’, ‘il’, ‘al’
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
believable
people
council
pencil
several
social
enviable
miserable
KLA:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
since
consequently
responsible
obviously
results
Governor
settlement
pioneers
KLA:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
camouflage
evaporate
desert
humidity
church
significant
events
history
KLA:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
creature
animal
mimicry
thousand
convicts
biome
flora
fauna
1.
2.
3.
4.
surface
effect
millions
around
1.
2.
3.
4.
properly
scissors
heavy
calm