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Year 5 Spelling Patterns

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Year 5 Spelling Patterns

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🎯 WALT (We Are Learning To)

Today we are learning to: Apply spelling patterns and rules including ie/ei, silent letters, and doubling consonants

🌟 Starter Activity: Pattern Detective

Look at these word pairs. Circle the correctly spelt word in each pair:

1.

beleive
believe

2.

recieve
receive

3.

running
runing

4.

castle
castel

📝 Part 1: Spelling Rules Practice

A) The ie/ei Rule

1. Complete the rule: "I before E except after ______"

Answer: ___________

2. Fill in the missing letters (ie or ei):

a) fr____nd

b) c____ling

c) rec____pt

d) ach____ve

B) Silent Letters

3. Cross out the silent letter in each word:

a) knife b) thumb c) island d) listen

C) Doubling Consonants

4. Add the suffix to these words. Double the consonant if needed:

a) stop + ing = ___________

b) hope + ing = ___________

c) run + er = ___________

d) paint + ed = ___________

🏆 Part 2: Spelling Challenge

5. Choose the correctly spelt word for each sentence:

The _______ was very heavy.

wieght
weight

She was _______ the ball.

catching
catchhing

The _______ lived in the tower.

knight
night

6. Write a sentence using TWO words with silent letters:

✅ Success Criteria - Tick when you can do this:

I can use the ie/ei rule correctly

I can identify silent letters in words

I know when to double consonants before adding suffixes

I can spell tricky words using these patterns

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