A Writing Root for The Whale

Overview:

This is a three-session spelling seed for the book The Whale by Ethan and Vita Murrow.  Below is the coverage from Appendix 1 of the National Curriculum 2014.

Spelling Seeds have been designed to complement Writing Roots by providing weekly, contextualised sequences of sessions for the teaching of spelling that include open-ended investigations and opportunities to practise and apply within meaningful and purposeful contexts, linked (where relevant) to other areas of the curriculum and a suggestion of how to extend the investigation into home learning.

There is a Spelling Seed session for every week of the associated Writing Root.

Coverage:

Common Exception Words

attached, available, awkward, necessary, controversy

Spelling Rules and Patterns

Homophones and other words that are often confused

Words ending in –ent, –ence/–ency