Spelling

Curriculum details

Strand

Using Writing Conventions/Grammar Usage (Strand 5)

Sub-strand

Spelling (5.10)

Content standard

B3.5.10.1 - Use phonics knowledge to spell words

Indicator

B3.5.10.1.1 - Spell phonically irregular words correctly

Suggested placement

Term 3, Week 12 (Week 36 of the year)

Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.

Source document note

The official curriculum document has a fault in this entry, so the curriculum text above is transcribed exactly as printed:

• exemplars - p.102

Curriculum reference

English Language Curriculum (Basic 1-3), 2019, p. 102

Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Have learners play the Pick and Spell game to spell phonically irregular words.
e. g. enough, answer, because, bought.
- Dictate the words for learners to spell.
- Have learners use these words in oral and written sentences.
- Provide sentences with blank spaces for learners to fill in the blanks using the words they have learnt to spell.
e.g. bought, answer, because, enough etc. ii. I drink ------- water. iii. Your ................. is wrong. iv. I miss the class ..................... I was late. v. My father ................... chocolate. The fill-in-the-blank list is numbered ii, iii, iv, v; there is no i. The blanks are printed as rows of dashes and dots and are transcribed as printed.