Overview:

This is a three-session spelling seed for the book The Minpins by Roald Dahl.  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

child, children, clothes, find, hold, Mr, Mrs, only, people, told

Spelling Rules and Patterns

The /n/ sound spelt kn and (less often) gn at the beginning of words

The /l/ or /É™l/ sound spelt –le at the end of words