Action Research Project

Spelling

TAPANUI TAPANUI SCHOOL - SCHOOL -

SPELLINGSPELLING

TAPANUI TAPANUI SCHOOL - SCHOOL -

SPELLINGSPELLING

Spelling is an essential aspect of Spelling is an essential aspect of English and children need to be able English and children need to be able to spell accurately or to use a to spell accurately or to use a dictionary to check spelling guesses.dictionary to check spelling guesses.

We have set goals for our children and our aim is to have the following learning outcomes achieved by children by the end of each year they are at school. We realise that some children will be able to remember and use far more than these words, but we would appreciate your help at home so that all children have reached a satisfactory level of spelling before they leave Tapanui School at the end of Year 6.

Learning Outcomes End of:• Year 1 Be able to recognise a list of 30 high frequency words

and spell many of these incidentally

• Year 2 Spell-Write Essential Lists 1 [10 words], 2 [20 words], 3 [30 words] and 4 [50 words] which make up 60%

of words used most often in writing

• Year 3 Spell Write Essential Lists 5 [50 words] and 6 [70 words] 10% of writing

De Ath Spelling Mastery Set 1 & 2

• Year 4 Spell Write Essential List 7 [60 words] 3% of writing De Ath Spelling Mastery Set 3

• Year 5 Commonly Misspelt Words De Ath Spelling Mastery Set 4

• Year 6 De Ath Spelling Mastery Set 5 & 6

Spelling Results Feb 2009

Y6

Y5

Y4

Y3

Y2

Ye

ar

Le

ve

ls

Number of Students

Below

At

Above

Above 1 6 5 1 9

At 2 2 3 4 5

Below 7 8 10 6 3

Y6 Y5 Y4 Y3 Y2

Total Spelling Results

34, 47%

16, 22%

22, 31%

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Above

Jock shares his thoughts.

Walter is a rookie spelling racer.

TTaine shares what he likes about playing Spellodrome.

George is our highest scorer.

Sophie signs in.

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