Spelling – Term 2 – 5/6C

* Core list words are given to students as part of a morning routine. These will not be part of the homework spelling lists unless students are getting them incorrect and have them as their ‘my list’ words.

Week 2:

Skill Focus / Simpler Words / List Words / Extension Words / Year 5 / Year 6
Acronyms: blends; eponyms
Confusing pairs of words / bridal
bridle
bare
bear
yoke
yolk / heliport
saxophone
valentine
lamington
diesel
bikini
braille
pasteurized
silhouette
guillotine
accent
ascent
future
further
cemetery
symmetry
stationary
stationery
bizarre
bizaar
device
devise / pasteurisation
saxophonist
homogeonised
respectfully
respectively
presence
presents
compliment
complement / scuba
radar
sonar
laser
smog / excess
descent

ESL List:

bear / yolk / laser / smog / radar
scuba / she’s / he’s / it’s / fishes
wishes / hats / jumpers / shorts / dogs

Week 3:

Skill Focus / Simpler Words / List Words / Extension Words / Year 5 / Year 6
Digraphs aw, or, au
Affixes; suffixes –logy?? (Said this in the spelling policy) / pork
hawk
August
haunt
more
forest
conserve
save
extinct
waste / squawk
awkward
awesome
exhaust
authentic
orthodontist
audible
author
environment
rainforest
pollution
greenhouse
climate
atmosphere
deforestation / hoarse
leprechaun
caterwaul
autograph
ecological
pollutant
climate / ordinary
organise
orphan
orchard
ornament
pause
naughty / recycle
ozone
ecology
irrigation
conservation
flora
fauna
sustainable

ESL List:

pork / hawk / August / haunt / more
forest / save / waste / sunny / happy
naughty / healthy / hasn’t / wouldn’t / couldn’t

Week 4:

Skill Focus / Simpler Words / List Words / Extension Words / Year 5 / Year 6
Prefixes mis-, dis-, anti-
Letter patters –ion, -ian, -iar,
Suffix - ity / distract
distant
display
disobey
discuss
special
sequence
skeleton
series
benefit / disorganised
antiseptic
antibiotic
misadventure
mislead
disgust
anticlimax
antisocial
anticlockwise
exterior
posterior
opinion
occasional
peculiar
diarrhoea / disturbance
anticlimactic
disgusting
diseased
occasionally
rationally
inferiority
superiority
seniority / misuse
dismiss
disease
disguise
distress
disturb / tuition
rational
prior
senior
superior
inferior
posterior
median
alliance
radiant

ESL List:

distant / display / discuss / special / series
won’t / don’t / children / people / shouldn’t
school / rule / fool / pool / cool

Week 5:

Skill Focus / Simpler Words / List Words / Extension Words / Year 5 / Year 6
Prefixes im-, in-, ir-, il-
Letter patterns al, el, le; suffix –al; homophones / irritate
impress
improve
impulse
income
(words were same as last week in policy) / imperfect
impatient
insane
incomplete
irregular
irrelevant
illegal
illogical
optical
practical
beneficial
sequential
serial
cereal
metal
mettle
vehicle / impractical
immature
indirect
inappropriate
inconvenient
irresponsible
irresistible / skeletal
serial
gradual
especially
essentially
excel
rebel
parallel
particle

ESL List:

excel / rebel / parallel / income / usual
eleventh / twelfth / thirteenth / fourteenth / fifteenth
sixteenth / seventeenth / eighteenth / nineteenth / twentieth

Week 6:

Skill Focus / Simpler Words / List Words / Extension Words / Year 5 / Year 6
Adding multiple affixes
Etymology: nova, vox, notare, reminisce / belief
excel
fortune
behave
appear
note
remind
voice
remember
memory / disbelief
disappearance
responsibility
embarrassment
acknowledgement
sincerely
excitedly
unfortunately
inconveniently
extravagantly
novel
novelty
novice
innovate
innovation
vocal
vocabulary / imaginatively
misfortune
excitability
independently / excellence
fascination
misbehavior
imaginative
independent
innovative
provocation
annotation
reminiscing / advocate
invoke
provoke
notice
notify
annotate
reminisce

ESL List:

note / remind / voice / memory / novel
behave / vocal / concern / continue / decision
picture / interest / internet / thousand / hundred

Week 7:

Skill Focus / Simpler Words / List Words / Extension Words / Year 5 / Year 6
Non-English words
Suffix –c; word elements scope, meter / dim
sim
wok
won
ton
bangle
jungle
solve
dissolve
gas
mineral
heat / bouquet
camouflage
trek
spaghetti
kaleidoscope
yoga
bazaar
solution
toxic
method
experiment
acid
alkaline
temperature
evaporate / confetti
crescendo
ghetto
fiasco
toxicity
chemically / mandarin
tsunami
sushi
kimono
bonsai
karate
origami
kayak
moccasin
batik
corroboree
kiwi / thermometer
theory
equipment
chemical
microscope
hypothesis
laboratory

ESL List:

dim / sim / wok / won / ton
bangle / jungle / solve / gas / mineral
heat / stomach / hundredth / thousandth / further

Week 8:

Skill Focus / Simpler Words / List Words / Extension Words / Year 5 / Year 6
Letter pattern qu-
Suffixes –ion, -ition, -ation; abbreviations / quest
quick
quit
quiet
quite
satisfy
define
repeat
continue
notify / squash
liquid
require
request
frequent
tranquil
inquisitive
satisfaction
definition
repetition
conversation
alteration
variation
multiplication
application / queuing
queued
tranquillise
eloquently
quarantined
alternatively
continually
applying
notifying / aqua
acquire
adequate
eloquent
queue
quality
quantity
quarantine / continuation
declaration
cancellation
explanation
exclamation
identification
notification

ESL List:

quest / quick / quit / quiet / quite
define / repeat / continue / notify / careful
capital / secret / worrying / machine / scared

Spelling Lists – 5/6C – Term 2

Miss Emily Corcoran