Foundation Level: the, was, said, have, come, some, one, once, two, you, your, they, where, there, what, who, why, put, could, would, should, friend, school, laugh, because

Intermediate Level: through, thought, bought, caught, taught, daughter, enough, rough, cough, island, answer, listen, castle, whistle, Christmas, Wednesday, beautiful, favourite, colour, centre

Level 1-2 (Years 0-1): cat, dog, run, big, red, mum, dad, sun, fun, can, man, hat, bat, sit, top, hop, get, pet, win, bin

Level 3-4 (Years 1-2): shop, ship, chip, when, then, this, that, with, much, back, look, book, good, took, play, day, way, may, night, light, right, might

Level 5-6 (Years 2-3): jumping, running, walking, played, wanted, looked, helping, going, coming, flying, trying, crying, happy, funny, sunny, windy, cloudy, rainy

Level 7-8 (Years 3-4): action, station, nation, question, invention, celebration, dangerous, famous, nervous, serious, curious, mysterious, different, important, interesting, exciting

Common Suffixes to Practice:
-ing: reading, writing, spelling
-ed: jumped, walked, talked
-er: teacher, worker, helper
-ly: quickly, slowly, carefully
-tion: action, fraction, subtraction
-ous: dangerous, famous, curious

Important Homophones (NZ Focus):
to/too/two • there/their/they're • here/hear • see/sea • right/write • no/know • for/four • our/hour • by/buy • ate/eight

Home Learning Tips:
• Practice 5-10 words daily from your child's level
• Use the 'look, cover, write, check' method
• Create sentences using the words in context
• Focus on Heartwords first as they appear in most writing