Spelling
Common Exception Words
Little Wandle Spelling
In year 2 we follow the Little Wandle Spelling programme. This builds on children’s knowledge of the alphabetic code and teaches them how to spell with confidence.
The programme consists of 3 stages
Phase 5 review- ensuring the children have secured the trickier parts of Phase 5 and can apply this alphabetic knowledge both to reading and spelling
Bridge to spelling- complete the alphabetic code and learn the underpinning concepts of spelling.
Once this learning is secure, children are ready to move on to the Year 2 Spelling units.
The Spelling units follow the familiar structure of Little Wandle phonics lessons, supporting children to make links to their phonics learning. Little Wandle Spelling teaches children to consider etymology (where words come from and their meaning), morphology (how words are formed and link to others) and grammar when spelling new words.
Building on children’s knowledge of the alphabetic code
To be able to read, children need to first learn to sound and blend. When they spell, they need to encode by segmenting the sounds. It’s natural, therefore, that there will be a lag with spelling as young children have not had enough time to learn or absorb the accurate spelling of all words they want to write. However, by the end of Key Stage 1, the children should be able to segment spoken words into phonemes and represent these using graphemes, spelling many of these words correctly and making phonically plausible attempts at others. They should also be able to spell many common exception words.