📚 10-Week Term Spelling Program

Week 1: Silent Letters & Double Consonants

knowledge, rhythm, psychology, parliament, guarantee, embarrass, necessary, accommodate, committee, occurrence, beginning, excellent

Week 2: Greek Roots (graph, phon, bio)

biography, geography, photograph, telephone, microphone, phonics, autograph, paragraph, symphony, saxophone, megaphone

Week 3: Latin Roots (spect, dict, port)

inspect, respect, dictate, predict, contradict, transport, portable, import, export, spectacle, dictionary, reporter

Week 4: Prefixes (dis-, mis-, pre-, anti-)

disagree, disappear, misunderstand, misbehave, preview, prehistoric, antibiotic, antisocial, disability, prehistoric, misleading

Week 5: Suffixes (-tion, -sion, -ous)

education, celebration, discussion, television, dangerous, marvellous, curious, serious, nervous, obvious, generation, extension

Week 6: 'ie' and 'ei' Patterns

believe, achieve, receive, deceive, ceiling, neighbour, weight, height, brief, field, piece, relief

Week 7: Greek Roots (auto, tele, photo)

automatic, automobile, telegraph, telescope, television, photograph, photocopy, telephoto, autopilot, telecast, autobiography

Week 8: Latin Roots (aqua, terra, audi)

aquarium, aquatic, territory, terrain, terrestrial, audible, audience, auditorium, audiovisual, aqueduct, subterranean

Week 9: Complex Suffixes (-ible, -able, -ment)

responsible, incredible, comfortable, reasonable, government, development, achievement, environment, establishment, visible, terrible

Week 10: Review & Challenge Words

conscientious, maintenance, Mediterranean, entrepreneur, manoeuvre, bureaucracy, surveillance, renaissance, archaeology, psychology, rhyme

✏️ Weekly Practice Activities

The student didn't follow instructions because they ______________ the task.

educate + _____ = ______________

discuss + _____ = ______________

danger + _____ = ______________

🎯 Study Tips & Strategies

Remember these spelling rules:

• 'i' before 'e' except after 'c' (when the sound is 'ee')

• Double the final consonant when adding suffixes to short vowel words

• Greek roots often relate to science and communication

• Latin roots are common in academic and formal language

• Prefixes change the meaning; suffixes change the word type