Year 1 - Letters & Sounds
In response to requests from teachers, we have provided below a set of task codes that support the Letters & Sounds phonics scheme (and in particular the ELS scheme). We do not make any claim on the ELS scheme but are simply trying to provide support and tools for teachers following the scheme.
Autumn Term 1A
1. Assess and review week Y1:1
2. Review week Y1:2
3. Revise: /ai/ <ay>, /ow/ <ou>, /igh/ <ie>, /ee/ <ea>
4. Assess and review week Y1:3
5. Assess and review week Y1:3
6. Revise: /w/ , /f/ , /(y)oo/ & /oa/
Autumn Term 1B
1. Revise: or/ , /ee/ , /ai/ <a–e> & /ee/ <e–e>
2. Revise: /igh/ <i–e>, /oa/ <o–e>, /(y)oo/ <u–e> & /s/
3. /ee/ & /or/ , (walk)
Review week Y1:4
4. Review week Y1:5
5. Assess and review week Y1:6
6. Review week Y1:7
Spring Term 2A
1. Review week Y1:8
2. /ai/ (acorn), /ai/ (they), /ai/ (great), /ai/ (weight), /ar/ (father), /ee/ (he), /igh/ (find), & /igh/ (by)
3. /oa/ (go) /o/ (was) /oo/ (push) /yoo/ (music) /c/ (school) /sh/ (chef) /e/ (head) /e/ (friend)
4. /ur/ (world) /ur/ (learn) /oo/ (soup) /oa/ (shoulder) /ee/ (brief) /v/ (have) /i/ (gym)
5. Assess and review week Y1:9
6. /air/ (care) /air/ (there) /air/ (pear) /ch/ (catch)
Spring Term 2B
1. /u/ (brother)
Review week Y1:10
2. /j/ (gem) /j/ (fringe) /j/ (bridge) /s/ (listen)
3. /s/ (fence) /s/ (house) /n/ (sign) /n/ (knee) /r/ (wrap) /m/ (lamb)
4. /z/ (cheese) /z/ (freeze) /ear/ (cheer) /ear/ (here) /sh/ (patient) /sh/ -tion (station)
5. Assess and review week Y1:11
6. /ar/ (half) /or/ (caught) /sh/ (session) /zh/ (vision) /sh/ -tious (scrumptious) /sh/ (delicious) –ous, –ion, –ian
Summer Term 3A
Review all previously taught GPCs for reading and spelling, and teach further rarely-used GPCs (see Appendix ii).
Summer Term 3B
Review all previously taught GPCs for reading and spelling, and teach further rarely-used GPCs (see Appendix ii).
Autumn Term 1A
1. The /n/ sound spelt kn- and (less often) gn- at the beginning of words.
2. The /r/ sound spelt wr- at the beginning of words.
3. The /s/ sound spelt c before e, i and y.
4. The /j/ sound spelt j or g.
5. The /j/ sound spelt as ge and dge.
6. Common Exception Words 1.
Consolidation.
Autumn Term 1B
1. The /l/ sound spelt –le at the end of words.
2. The /l/ sound spelt –el at the end of words.
3. The /l/ sound spelt –al at the end of words.
4. Words ending –il.
5. Common Exception Words 2.
6. *Compound words 2.
Year 2, autumn term, spelling assessment.
Spring Term 2A
1. The /i/ sound spelt –y at the end of words.
2. Adding –ies to words ending in –y.
3. Adding –ed, –ing, –er and –est to a root word ending in –y with a consonant before it.
4. Adding the endings – ing, –ed, –er, –est and –y to words ending in –e with a consonant before it.
5. Adding –ing, –ed, –er, –est and –y to words of one syllable ending in a single consonant letter after a single vowel letter.
6. Common Exception Words 3.
Consolidation.
Spring Term 2B
1. The /u/ sound spelt o.
2. The /ee/ sound spelt –ey.
3. The /o/ sound spelt a after w or qu
4. The /ur/ sound spelt or after w.
5. The /or/ sound spelt ar after w.
6. The /zh/ sound spelt s.
Year 2, spring term, spelling assessment.
Summer Term 3A
1. The /or/ sound spelt a before l and ll.
2. The suffixes –ment, –ness & –ful
3. The suffixes –less and –ly.
4. Words ending in –tion.
5. Common Exception Words 4.
6. Common Exception Word 5.
Consolidation.
Summer Term 3B
1. Homophones 1.
2. Homophones and near-homophones 2.
3. Contractions.
4. The possessive apostrophe (singular nouns).
5. Common Exception Words 6
6. *Question words.
Year 2, summer term, spelling assessment.
ing assessment.
Autumn Term 1A
1. The /ay/ sound spelt ei.
2. The /ay/ sound spelt ey.
3. Homophones and near-homophones 1.
4. Homophones and near-homophones 2.
5. *The /s/ sound spelt c before e, i and y. (Year 2 revision).
6. *Double consonants.
Consolidation.
Autumn Term 1B
1. Suffix -ly.
2. Suffix -ly where the root word ends in y.
3. Adverbs with the suffix -ly where the root word ends in le.
4. Adverbs with the suffix -ly where the root word ends in ic .
5. Adverbs with the suffix -ly exceptions & consolidation.
Year 3, autumn term, spelling assessment.
Spring Term 2A
1. The prefix dis–.
2. The prefix mis–.
3. The prefix re-.
4. Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one syllable.
5. *Split digraph i-e with a short & long vowel sound (Year 1 revision).
6. The /n/ sound spelt kn and gn at the beginning of words. (Year 2 revision).
Consolidation.
Spring Term 2B
1. The /k/ sound spelt ch.
2. The /sh/ sound spelt ch.
3. Words ending with the /g/& /k/ sound spelt gue and que.
4. The /s/ sound spelt sc
5. The /i/ sound spelt y.
6. The /u/ sound spelt ou.
Year 3, spring term, spelling assessment.
Summer Term 3A
1. *Words containing the letter string ough.
2. *Days of the Week & Seasons.
3. *Months of the Year
4. *Time & Place
5. *Cross curricular.
6. *Direction Dimension & Amount.
Consolidation.
Summer Term 3B
1. *The vowel digraph ea and trigraph ear.
2. *Word family – sol.
3. *Word families – dec, cent, milli & micro.
4. *Conjunctions
5. *Prepositions
6. *Long /ee/ sound spelt y at the end of words.
Year 3, summer term, spelling assessment.
Autumn Term 1A
1. Prefix in- .
2. Prefix im- .
3. Prefix il- and ir-.
4. Prefix sub- and super-.
5. Prefix inter-.
6. Prefix anti- & auto-.
Consolidation.
Autumn Term 1B
1. *Adverbs of Manner
2. *Adverbs of Time
3. *Adverbs of Place
4. Nouns ending in -ation.
5. Year 3 & 4 Word List 1.
6. Year 3 & 4 Word List 2.
Year 4, autumn term, spelling assessment.
Spring Term 2A
1. Word ending sounds /zhuh/ spelt -sure.
2. Word ending sounds /cher/ spelt -ture.
3. Words ending /shuhn/ spelt -sion.
4. Words ending /shuhn/ spelt -ssion.
5. Words ending /shuhn/ spelt -tion.
6. Words ending /shuhn/ spelt -cian.
Consolidation.
Spring Term 2B
1. Suffix -ous with no change to the root word.
2. Suffix -ous with no root word.
3. Suffix -ous where –our is changed to –or before –ous is added.
4. Suffix -ous where the word ends in -y become i.
5. Suffix -ous where root word ends in e.
6. Suffix -ous – consolidation.
Year 4, spring term, spelling assessment.
Summer Term 3A
1. Possessive apostrophe with plural words.
2. *The suffix -ary.
3. *Words spelt -ar.
4. *Words spelt -er.
5. *Word families – uni, bi, tri & quad.
6. *Word families – pent, hex, oct, & dec.
Consolidation.
Summer Term 3B
1. *Word families – acro, acu/accu & aero.
2. *Word families – anni/annu, aqu & Astro.
3. *Word families – bi & bio.
4. *Word families – cert, chrono & circ.
5. *Word families – co & corp.
6. *Word families – demo, dent & dia.
Year 1, spring term, 4 summer assessment.
Autumn Term 1A
1. Words with endings that sound like /shuhs/ spelt with –cious.
2. Words with endings that sound like /shuhs/ spelt with –tious or -ious.
3. *The sound /i/ spelt y (revision from year 3 & 4).
4. *Words that start with ‘con-’.
5. *Words ending /shuhn/ spelt -tion.
(Year 4 revision).
6. *The /l/ or /əl/ sound spelt –le at the end of words. (Year 3 revision).
7. Silent letters
Autumn Term 1B
1. Adjectives ending in -ant into nouns ending in -ance/-ation .
2. Adjectives ending in -ent into nouns ending in -ence/-ency.
3. Words ending in -able.
4. Words ending in -able & -eable.
5. Words ending in -ible.
6. Words that end in -ibly.
Year 5, autumn term, spelling assessment.
Spring Term 2A
1. *Words spelt ie.
2. Words with a long /ee/ sound spelt ie or ei after c (and the exceptions).
3. Words where c makes an /s/ sound before i, e and y.
4. Hyphens: To join a prefix ending in a vowel to a root word beginning with a vowel.
5. *Words ending -ment.
6. *Words ending -ity.
Consolidation.
Spring Term 2B
1. Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in -fer.
2. Words with endings which sound like /shuhl/ after a vowel spelt -cial.
3. Words with endings which sound like /shuhl/ after a consonant spelt -tial.
4. *Words beginning acc-.
5. *Words beginning occ-.
6. *Words ending in -ant
Year 5, spring term, spelling assessment.
Summer Term 3A
1. *Words containing the letter string ough.
2. *Words ending in -ate.
3. *Words ending in -ture (inc year 4 content).
4. *Words ending in -age.
5. *Words ending in -ary.
6. *Suffix -ly (inc year 3 content) .
Consolidation.
Summer Term 3B
1. *Prefix -inter.
2. *Double consonant.
3. *Year 5 & 6 Word List 1.
4. *Year 5 & 6 Word List 2.
5. *Modal verbs.
6. *Word families – dis & dur
Year 5, summer term, spelling assessment.
Autumn Term 1A
1. *Synonyms 1.
2. *Synonyms 2.
3. *Antonyms.
4. *Word families – com & contra.
5. *Word families – equ, ex & extra.
6. *Word families – gen, geo & graph.
Consolidation.
Autumn Term 1B
1. *Word families – lab & liber .
2. *Word families – loc & log.
3. *Word families – maxi & mini.
4. *Word families – mid & mal.
5. *Word families – mono & du.
6. *Word families – nat & mort.
Year 6, autumn term assessment.
Spring Term 2A
Identifying & addressing gaps.
Spring Term 2B
Identifying & addressing gaps.
Summer Term 3A
1. *Word families – non & neg.
2. *Word families – nov & numer.
3. *Word families – omni & para.
4. *Word families – per & pre.
5. *Word families – post & pro.
6. *Word families – re & reg.
Consolidation.
Summer Term 3B
1. *Word families – rupt & trans.
2. *Word families – sect & super.
3. *Word families – tele & terr.
4. *Word families – scribe/scrip.
5. *Word families – ver & verb.
6. *Word families – aud, vid & vac.
Year 6, summer term assessment.