These crosswords support children to learn Year 5 spelling patterns and clarify word meanings, enabling children to use these words more confidently in their writing.
Each crossword focuses on a different spelling pattern with answer sheets are also included.
Which spelling patterns from the Year 5 and 6 spelling word lists are included?
- word endings which sound like ‘shus’ spelt -cious or -tious
- word endings which sound like ‘shul’ spelt -cial or -tial
- words ending in -ant, -ance or -ancy
- words ending in -ent, -ence or -ency
- words ending in -able, -ably, -ible and -ibly
- words containing the letter string ‘ough’
- silent letters
- words containing ‘ei’ after c
National Curriculum English programme of study links
Pupils should be taught to:
Use further prefixes and suffixes and understand the guidance for adding them
Spell some words with ‘silent’ letters [for example, knight, psalm, solemn]
Continue to distinguish between homophones and other words which are often confused
Use knowledge of morphology and etymology in spelling and understand that the spelling of some words needs to be learnt specifically, as listed in English Appendix 1
Use dictionaries to check the spelling and meaning of words