Spelling Year 1 - RWI NC Gaps

Year 1 - Read Write Inc Gaps

In response to requests from teachers, we have provided below a set of resources and task codes that support the Read Write Inc phonics scheme to cover the entirety of the spelling national curriculum. We do not make any claim on the Read Write Inc scheme but are simply trying to provide support and tools for teachers following the scheme.

National Curriculum Gaps

Below are extracts from the national curriculum not covered by Read Write Inc Phonics and links to a set of resources to help.

Statutory requirements

Rules and guidance (non-statutory)

Example words (non-statutory)

Emile

Division of words into syllables

Each syllable is like a ‘beat’ in the spoken word. Words of more than one syllable often have an unstressed syllable in which the vowel sound is unclear.

pocket, rabbit, carrot, thunder, sunset

Emile Year 1 – List 33

The /v/ sound at the end of words

English words hardly ever end with the letter v, so if a word ends with a /v/ sound, the letter e usually needs to be added after the ‘v’.

have, live, give

Emile Year 1 – List 6

Adding s and es to words (plural of nouns and the third person singular of verbs)

If the ending sounds like /s/ or /z/, it is spelt as –s. If the ending sounds like /ɪz/ and forms an extra syllable or ‘beat’ in the word, it is spelt as –es.

cats, dogs, spends, rocks, thanks, catches

Emile Year 1 – Lists 37 & 38

Adding the endings –ing, –ed and –er to verbs where no change is needed to the root word

–ing and –er always add an extra syllable to the word and –ed sometimes does.

The past tense of some verbs may sound as if it ends in /ɪd/ (extra syllable), /d/ or /t/ (no extra syllable), but all these endings are spelt –ed. If the verb ends in two consonant letters (the same or different), the ending is simply added on.

hunting, hunted, hunter, buzzing, buzzed, buzzer, jumping, jumped, jumper

Emile Year 1 – List 39

e–e

these, theme, complete

Emile Year 1 – List 27

ea (/ɛ/)

head, bread, meant, instead, read (past tense)

Emile Year 1 – List 22

er (/ɜ:/)

(stressed sound): her, term, verb, person

Emile Year 1 – List 20

toe, goes

Emile Year 1 – List 31

ie (/aɪ/)

lie, tie, pie, cried, tried, dried

Emile Year 1 – List 23

ie (/i:/)

chief, field, thief

Emile Year 1 – List 23

ear (/ɛə/)

bear, pear, wear

Emile Year 1 – List 19

Words ending –y (/i:/ or /ɪ/)

very, happy, funny, party, family

Emile Year 1 – List 35

New consonant spellings ph and wh

The /f/ sound is not usually spelt as ph in short everyday words (e.g. fat, fill, fun).

dolphin, alphabet, phonics, elephant when, where, which, wheel, while

Emile Year 1 – List 3

Adding the prefix –un

The prefix un– is added to the beginning of a word without any change to the spelling of the root word.

unhappy, undo, unload, unfair, unlock

Emile Year 1 – List 34

Compound words

Compound words are two words joined together. Each part of the longer word is spelt as it would be if it were on its own.

football, playground, farmyard, bedroom, blackberry

Emile Year 1 – List 41

List 3
Ph and wh spelling.

1. dolphin
2. alphabet
3. phonics
4. elephant
5. phone
6. when
7. where
8. which
9. wheel
10. while

Emile codes for students:
Learn: SY1L3L
Practise: SY1L3P
Snake: SY1L3S
Frog: SY1L3F
Anagram: SY1L3A
Sailing: SY1L3Sa
Feast: SY1L3Fe