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Spelling in Year 1 (age 5–6)

In Year 1, your child will learn about the alphabet and will learn to spell some basic words.

Read on to discover the National Curriculum expectations for spelling in Year 1, and to find out how you can support your child at home.

What your child will learn

Take a look at the National Curriculum expectations for spelling in Year 1 (age 5–6):

Spelling words using the 40+ phonemes they have already learnt

Phonics is a way of teaching children to read and spell. English is made up of around 44 different sounds. We call these sounds phonemes. Like most languages, English has a code for how we write these sounds down. Each phoneme can be represented by one or more letters. Find out more about how phonics works:

When they start primary school, children will learn to use phonics to spell words that contain these sounds. English writing sometimes represents the same sound in different ways, so they might not always get it right every time (for example, they might spell ‘name’ as ‘naim’ or ‘naym’).

For a full list of the sounds that children will learn to spell in Year 1, take a look at the National Curriculum spelling appendix.

Spelling common exception words

In some English words, the spelling of the word doesn’t appear to fit with the phonemes that children have been taught so far. These are often called ‘common exception words’ or ‘tricky words’. In Year 1, children will learn to spell the ones that are used most often in writing. They include:

the, a, do, to, today, of, said, says, are, were, was, is, his, has, I, you, your, they, be, he, me, she, we, no, go, so, by, my, here, there, where, love, come, some, one, once, ask, friend, school, put, push, pull, full, house, our

To practise spelling common exception words, download our Year 1 common exception words worksheet.

Spelling the days of the week

Your child will learn to recite and spell the days of the week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Naming the letters of the alphabet

Your child will learn to:

• • name the letters of the alphabet in the right order
  • use letter names to distinguish between alternative spellings of the same sound (for example, to understand that ‘ceiling’ and ‘sea’ use different letters to show the same ‘ss’ sound).

Adding some prefixes and suffixes to words

Suffixes are morphemes (groups of letters that mean something on their own) that are added at the end of a root or root word to change the meaning. Prefixes are morphemes added at the front of a word. Over the course of Year 1, children will learn about some of the most common prefixes and suffixes to change the tense of a word:

• • using the spelling rule for adding -s or -es as the plural marker for nouns and the third person singular marker for verbs
  • using the prefix un-
  • using -ing, -ed, -er, and -est where no change is needed in the spelling of root words. For example, helping, helped, helper.

How to help at home

There are lots of ways you can help your Year 1 child with spelling. Here are our top ideas.

1. Practise phonics

Phonics is the main way your child will learn to spell at the start of primary school. You can use phonics by encouraging your child to spell a word by breaking it up into individual sounds and then matching those sounds to the letters of the alphabet.

Reminding children to segment ‘frog’ into its four sounds – ‘f’ ‘r’ ‘o’ ‘g’ – sounds like such a basic way of supporting spelling, but practising it is very important if it is to become second nature. Take a look at our phonics page to find out more.

Video: What is phonics?

Watch this fun animation to find out about phonics and understand the key aspects of learning to read using phonics.

2. Help with spelling homework

Some schools send spelling words home to learn in Year 1, while others just use phonics sessions at school to teach spelling. If words do come home as a list to learn (perhaps for a spelling test), then helping your child to learn them can be really helpful. If they are struggling to remember them, you might:

3. Play spelling games

Playing games can help children to learn about spelling in an enjoyable way. Watch grammar expert Charlotte Raby’s video ‘How can I help my child with grammar, punctuation and spelling?’ to see some fun and easy games:

Video playlist: How can I help my child with SPaG?

Charlotte Raby offers her expert advice for helping your child develop their grammar, punctuation, and spelling skills at home.

Online games such as Word Worm can be motivating, and so can more traditional games like hangman. Making silly sentences can be great fun too. Challenge your child to write a silly sentence, including as many of the words on their spelling list as possible.

For example, your child may have to learn ‘room took hoop foot book’. They could make up a silly sentence such as ‘The boy took his book across the room but got his foot caught in a hoop’. Why not draw illustrations to go with the sentences?

4. Find the right resources

Learning to spell is a gradual process and mastering English’s complex spelling system can take time. All children are different: some pick up spelling quickly, while others take longer. Whatever their level, we have lots of free spelling activities to support them.

Year 1 common exception words

Learn the common exception words children are expected to spell by the end of Year 1.

The Basic Spelling Vocabulary List

By: Steve Graham, Karen R. Harris, Connie Loynachan

This list was created to help teachers know which spelling words should be taught to kids in grades 1–5. The list contains 850 words that account for 80 percent of the words children use in their writing — the ones they need to be able to spell correctly.

This list was devised to help educators know which spelling words should be taught to children. The list contains 850 words that account for 80 percent of the words children use in their writing — the ones they need to be able to spell correctly.

Mastering this relatively small corpus of words yields a high rate of return. For example, the most common 1,000 words are used 13 times more frequently than the next most common 1,000 words. It also provides teachers flexibility in planning spelling instruction, providing an opportunity to give children the "basics" while supplementing with other spelling words germane to classroom activities.

Grade level for each word was determined based upon difficulty, pattern of occurrence in children's writing across grades, and grade placement on current vocabulary lists and spelling materials.

Words that children have difficulty spelling correctly are marked with an asterisk.

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Words and turns of business speech that do not require punctuation marks

The list contains words and expressions, the punctuation of which is often asked by visitors
It should be remembered that these words are usually not distinguished by punctuation marks:

What date should I put on the document?

The date of the document is the date of its signing, for the act - the date of the event, for the minutes - the date of the meeting, the decision.

When writing the date, Arabic numerals are used (a pair of digits for the number, a couple of digits for the month and four digits for the year), the separator is a dot:

• 27.08.2007,
• 09/01/2007.

An alphanumeric date is also possible: March 5, 1999, September 1, 2007

How to write, with or without a space: 1500; 150g. BC. / 1500, 150 BC e.?

Graphically, the presence of a space is a sign of a word. All abbreviations and figures should be separated: 2007, 2008-2014, from 2001 to 2008

Is it possible to write the date in the documents like this: 04/19/08?

The day of the month and the month are written in two pairs of Arabic numerals (with a dot), the year - in four Arabic numerals: 19.04.2008.

If the date is written in numbers (08/22/2007), is it appropriate to write “years” after 2007, and if appropriate, how to do it correctly?

If the date includes the day of the month (day), month and year, then different spellings are possible:

• in digits: 08/22/2007;
• in words and numbers: August 22, 2007; August 22, 2007;
• only in words: August twenty-second, two thousand and seven.

If the date is written in digits, the year word or abbreviation y is not required after the date.

How to write correctly: 2000-2002 or 2000-2002?

Accepted abbreviation of the word years - years.

Should be written: 2000-2002 Such an abbreviation is read as "two thousandth - two thousand two years."

Please note: there is a dash between the numbers, no spaces on either side.

When writing a statement, is the “addressee” centered on the right edge or on the left, but on the right side of the sheet?

The attribute "addressee" is usually left-aligned, but always located on the right side of the sheet.

When to use extensions?

Accretion (letter case ending) is used in writing ordinal numbers: 10th class "B"; 11th grade student; 1st car from the center; 5th level of difficulty; take 2nd and 3rd places; early 90-s, 12th route.

Accretion is not used:

• Recording cardinal numbers: dictionary in 4 volumes; work of 2 employees; a series of 12 exercises.
• When recording calendar numbers: March 22, 2003, April 1, January 10.
• If the number is indicated by a Roman numeral: II International Olympiad for schoolchildren in the Russian language; IX Congress, XXI century, Louis XIV.
• In the numbers of volumes, chapters, pages, illustrations, tables, appendices, etc., if the generic word (volume, chapter) precedes the numeral: on p. 196, in vol. 5, in tab. 11, in app. 1 (but: on the 196th page, in the 5th volume, in the 11th table, in the 1st appendix).

How to apply extensions?

The increment of the case ending in ordinal numbers indicated by Arabic numerals can be one-letter or two-letter.

According to the established tradition, the accretion should be one-letter if the last letter of the numeral is preceded by a vowel sound: 5th day (fifth day), 25th anniversary (twenty-fifth anniversary), in the 32nd edition (in the thirty-second edition), in 14th row (in the fourteenth row).

Accretion must be two-letter if the last letter is preceded by a consonant: 5th day (fifth day), to the 25th student (to the twenty-fifth student), from the 32nd edition (from the thirty-second edition), from the 14th row (from the fourteenth row).

If two ordinal numbers follow in a row, separated by a comma or joined by a union, the case ending is increased for each of them: 1st, 2nd cars; 80s and 90s.

If more than two ordinal numbers follow in a row, separated by a comma, semicolon or connected by a union, then the case ending is increased only for the last numeral: 1, 2 and 3 cars, 70, 80, 90 years.

If two ordinal numbers follow through a dash, then the case ending is increased:

b) for each numeral, if the case endings are different: in the 11th - 20th rows.

Source: Reference book of the editor and proofreader: Editorial and technical design of the publication / Comp. and general ed. A. E. Milchin. M., 1985.

How to punctuate the first sentence of a contract containing designations of contracting parties?

The correct punctuation in this phrase is: State Enterprise "Communication", hereinafter referred to as the "Enterprise", represented by General Director Alexander Mikhailovich Popovich, acting on the basis of the Charter, on the one hand and a citizen of the Russian Federation Babkin Ivan Vasilyevich , hereinafter referred to as the "Employee", on the other hand, have entered into this agreement as follows. ..

Please note that in this phrase, the words on the one hand and on the other hand act as a circumstance and are not introductory, and therefore do not require punctuation.

Do I need a comma after the words "Sincerely" at the end of a business letter?

It is customary to put a comma after the words “With respect”, despite the fact that the spelling rules do not regulate this case.

For example, correct:
Sincerely,
Chief Accountant of LLC "Sea Landscape"
D.O. Ivantseva

Do I need a period after the signature in a business letter?

Do not put a dot after the signature in a business letter. In documents, including business letters, the signature acts as a so-called requisite (mandatory element) that does not constitute a complete sentence.

It should be noted that in newspapers and magazines there is a tradition to put a dot after the author's signature if the signature is located after the main text of the article.

What to put after the address Dear Mr. Ivanov - an exclamation mark or a comma?

The first phrase of a business letter - an appeal - may end with an exclamation point or a comma. If there is a comma, the text of the letter starts with a lowercase letter. If there is an exclamation point, we write the first sentence with a capital.

what has changed in 100 years - Tatcentr.ru

On June 6, the Russian Language Day is celebrated all over the world. How did the “great and mighty” change?

On June 6, the Russian Language Day is celebrated all over the world. It is celebrated on the birthday of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, the great writer and poet, the founder of the modern literary language. The holiday was established in 2010 at the UN, and a year later - in Russia itself. TatCenter recalls how the “great and mighty” has changed over the past hundred years and what the Russian language of our recent past, the 20th century, was like.

Our modern alphabet, the same one that was taught back in kindergarten, is not at all what Cyril and Methodius once invented. In the original Old Slavonic Cyrillic there were 43 letters, while in our alphabet there are only 33.

The modern alphabet appeared only 98 years ago, when the newly minted Soviet government issued a decree "On the introduction of a new spelling" - this was the third major reform of the Russian language in its entire history.

According to this decree, the letters “yat”, “fita”, “and decimal” were forever excluded from the alphabet, somehow the “izhitsa” gradually disappeared by itself. But "ё" had just appeared there "officially", although back in 1797 it was unofficially recognized by Nikolai Karamzin .

handing: white, bluish, white b -b -b -b -b -b -baed -hung -bass.

In addition, in connection with the reform, the hard sign at the end of words (and parts of compound words) disappeared - this seriously reduced printing costs. And the endings in some cases of nouns also changed, which brought the sound of the speech of that time closer to ours - modern. Here , for example, several before and after pairs:

new — new

better — better

new — new

Thanks to the reform of 1918, learning Russian became easier. And in the conditions of that time, this was the most urgent task. According to the 1919 census, only 41.7% of the country's population aged 8 and over could read and write, and even less. That is, more than half of the country's inhabitants were totally illiterate, they could not write letters or statements, they could not read the name of their native city or even their last name.

It is natural that it was in the same year that the decree “On the Elimination of Illiteracy in the RSFSR” was issued, which marked the beginning of a large-scale educational program, so much so that we still use this word in everyday life. In 1920-1920, the USSR annually spent about 12% of the budget on education. The world was changing.

Brevity is the sister of Soviet word production

In the Soviet period of history, new realities burst into the culture of the country. Accordingly, new concepts appeared that were supposed to somehow explain these realities - Komsomols and pioneers, party cards and workers' schools ...

All this broke into the life of the people of that time, mixed with the usual "home" speech, with dialects, sometimes acquiring bizarre forms. A lot of everyday words appeared, even jargon, in which one could see the whole way of life of a simple Soviet person - string bag (mesh bag), denatured alcohol (denatured alcohol with additives of an unpleasant smell and taste), redneck (miser), waste paper (paper trash or low-grade literature), a defector (a person who went abroad and stayed there), a deviationist (a person whose views differed from the "general line" of the party), a hula hoop (a large light hoop), a chifir (a very strong brewed tea), a hit ( trendy pop song).

The main “feature” of the Soviet era so beloved by schoolchildren is the reduction of everything that can be reduced. Abbreviations and abbreviated phrases were firmly entrenched in the language of that time and swam into our 21st century. For example, words such as CU (valuable indication), university, wall newspaper, hydroelectric power station, thermal power plant and nuclear power plant are no longer associated with a specific historical period - we use them in our speech as independent and "full" words.

Climbing again looking at the night

to the top floor of a seven-story building.

"Did Comrade Ivan Vanych come?" -

"At the meeting

A-be-ve-ge-de-e-same-se-coma."

Mayakovsky's satirical poem "The Sitting Ones", ridiculing meaningless abbreviations

The letter Y is a story with a continuation

. In the same 19In 56, “double” adjectives began to be written with a hyphen, and before that everything was merged, just look: dark red, blue-green - that’s how it was grammatically correct until that time. The spelling of some other words has also changed - adequate / adequate, diet / diet, scurvy / scurvy, acorn / acorn, itti / go, etc.

The ice has broken, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the ice has broken!

Cinema has become a real outlet for Soviet life. Catch phrases from popular Soviet films, which the whole country watched on the first and second channels, quickly "flew" into Russian speech and language. This amazing phenomenon has become part of the original culture that now unites both Russia and the post-Soviet space. Let's just remember some of them:

- Shurik, maybe not?
- We must, Fedya, we must!

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Live well! A good life is even better!

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Komsomol member, athlete and simply beautiful!

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Sorry for the bird!

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Slow down, please, I'm writing down...

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What a nasty thing, your aspic fish. We stopped climbing out the window to our beloved women

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Black caviar! Red caviar! Overseas caviar, eggplant!. .

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Tsar, nice to meet you, tsar!

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Girl, what's your name, girl?
- Tanya.
- And I'm Fedya!
- What a fool!

Cleaning is not cleaning, an office manager is not a secretary

What is our modern Russian language? The dominance of foreign words, the replacement of simple Russian expressions with newfangled and foreign ones. Such a global trend. Many experts believe that this is a completely natural and not at all terrible phenomenon. The language should be flexible, reflect the culture and life of the people who speak it. And after all, about 260 million people now speak Russian, and only 166 million of them are native speakers. The Russian language is actively integrated into the global communication of people, it is one of the six official languages ​​of the UN. And it is quite clear that it cannot remain unchanged, primordial, language is a reflection of ourselves.

And if “fakes” and “looks”, “trollers” and “spoilers”, “startups” and “brandings” appeared in our realities, then this is only an indicator of the flexibility of our great and powerful, capable of carrying the culture of the past and “ absorb" the tendencies of the present.

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