Spellings for year 5

Spellings for year 5 offers year 5 teachers all they need for weekly spelling tasks. 

The pack is divided into six terms of six weeks. Each week focuses on a different spelling rule and features two differentiated spelling lists, a worksheet and a challenge. The packs also include ideas for spelling games and useful templates.

The pack has been designed to ensure all the planning and thinking is done for you - you can simply photocopy and go!

What's included?

• Divided into six terms of six weeks, each focusing on a different rule
• Weekly differentiated spelling lists and worksheets
• Spelling templates and suggestions for games

You might also like Spellings for year 3 and Spellings for year 4.

What's inside?

Introduction (page 4)

Term 1, week 1 – words beginning with -in/-il/-im/-ir (pages 5-7)

Term 1, week 2 – words ending in -cious/-tious (pages 8-10)

Term 1, week 3 – words ending in -cial/-tial (pages 11-13)

Term 1, week 4 – words ending in -ant/-ent (pages 14-18)

Term 1, week 5 – homophones (pages 19-22)

Term 1, week 6 – year 5/6 word list 1 (paages 23-26)

Term 2, week 1 — words ending in -ation (pages 27-31)

Term 2, week 2 — words ending in -able (pages 32-34)

Term 2, week 3 — words ending in -ible (pages 35-37)

Term 2, week 4 — words ending in -ance/-ancy/-ence/-ency (pages 38-42)

Term 2, week 5 — homophones ending in -ce/-se (pages 43-45)

Term 2, week 6 — year 5/6 word list 2 (pages 46-49)

Term 3, week 1 — words ending in -ly (pages 50-52)

Term 3, week 2 — adding suffixes to words ending in -fer (pages 53-56)

Term 3, week 3 — hyphenated words: prefixes and root words (pages 57-59)

Term 3, week 4 — hyphenated words: compound words (pages 60-62)

Term 3, week 5 — homophones (pages 63-65)

Term 3, week 6 — year 5/6 word list 3 (pages 66-69)

Term 4, week 1 — words ending in -sion/-tion/-ssion/-cian (pages 70-72)

Term 4, week 2 — words containing ough (pages 73-75)

Term 4, week 3 — words containing ei (pages 76-80)

Term 4, week 4 — words with silent letters: t, u, w (pages 81-83)

Term 4, week 5 — words that are homophones (pages 84-87)

Term 4, week 6 — year 5/6 word list 4 (pages 88-91)

Term 5, week 1 — words ending in -ous (pages 92-97)

Term 5, week 2 — words with silent letters: b, c, g, h (pages 98-100)

Term 5, week 3 — adding prefixes (1) (pages 101-105)

Term 5, week 4 — adding prefixes (2) (pages 106-109)

Term 5, week 5 — words that are homophones (pages 110-114)

Term 5, week 6 — year 5/6 word list 5 (pages 114-117)

Term 6, week 1 — words ending in -ture/-sure (pages 118-120)

Term 6, week 2 — words with silent letters: k, l, n, p, s (pages 121-123)

Term 6, week 3 — mix and match reminders (1) (pages 124-127)

Term 6, week 4 — mix and match reminders (2) (pages 128-130)

Term 6, week 5 — words that are homophones (pages 131-133)

Term 6, week 6 — year 5/6 word list 6 (pages 134-138)

Spelling games (pages 139-141)

Look/Say/Cover/Write/Check template (page 142)

Word of the week template (page 143)