SPELLING RULES STAGE 1 Year 1 Exposed to Year 2 Consolidate Can be taught in ANY order – – Rule Example Registration Most words form a plural by adding dog dogs cat cats –s – – bay bays toy toys Words ending in –ay, –ey and –oy, just add – – stay stayed staying the ending bat batted batting – – containing a short vowel followed by a shop shopper shopping – – single consonant must double the consonant before adding –ed or –ing run runner – Words with a short vowel followed by one win winner – consonant must double the consonant before big bigger – adding [link to above rule] –er love loving loved – – When a word ends in –e, drop the –e, before dare daring – dared – adding -ing or -ed is/was has/have ran/run Some verbs do not take a past tense –ed go/went write/wrote ending, but change their form call tall Double l, f or s after a single vowel at the end mass less of a word cat cot cut When c goes in front of a, o or u, it sounds like k cent circus cycle When c is followed by e, i or y, it sounds like s [link to keg kick k goes in front of e and i [link to above] sack neck brick lock ck is only used after a short vowel sound duck packet tickle gentle rage gypsy When g is followed by e, i or y, it sounds like j gesture queen, quit, aqua q is always followed by a u [except in QANTAS] travel travelled travelling – – When a word ends in l, double the l, before traveller – adding or –ed, –ing –er SPELLING RULES STAGE 2
SPELLING RULES STAGE 1 Year 1 – Exposed to Year 2 – Consolidate Can be taught in ANY order Rule Example Registration Most words form a plural by adding –s Words ending in –ay, –ey and –oy, just add the ending containing a short vowel followed by a single consonant must double the consonant before adding –ed or –ing Words with a short vowel followed by one consonant must double the consonant before adding –er [link to above rule] When a word ends in –e, drop the –e, before adding -ing or -ed Some verbs do not take a past tense –ed ending, but change their form Double l, f or s after a single vowel at the end of a word When c goes in front of a, o or u, it sounds like k When c is followed by e, i or y, it sounds like s [link to k goes in front of e and i [link to above] ck is only used after a short vowel sound When g is followed by e, i or y, it sounds like j q is always followed by a u When a word ends in l, double the l, before adding –ed, –ing or –er dog – dogs cat – cats bay – bays toy – toys stay stayed staying bat – batted – batting shop – shopper – shopping run – runner win – winner big – bigger love – loving – loved dare – daring – dared is/was has/have ran/run go/went write/wrote call tall mass less cat cot cut cent circus cycle keg kick sack neck brick lock duck packet tickle gentle rage gypsy gesture queen, quit, aqua [except in QANTAS] travel – travelled – travelling – traveller SPELLING RULES STAGE 2