Year 1 Term 2A Overview
Objectives that are in pink are a Y1 statutory requirement and individual words highlighted pink are from the Y1 non-statutory example words and their
exceptions. The additional words and sets (in black) either reinforce the rule/pattern being taught; revise previously visited spelling rules from lower year
groups; practise a spelling rule linked to a Y1 statutory requirement or practise the common exception words (with an asterisk). Each set of spellings contains
10 words linked to the objective. Please note that all of the common exception words are not covered in these lists.
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6
The trigraph ‘igh’ The vowel The vowel digraph The vowel digraph Adding –er and –est Days of the
digraph ‘ar’ ‘er’ (unstressed) ‘ir’ and ‘ur’ to adjectives where week/Common
‘er’ (stressed) no change is needed Exception Words
to the root word
right car better girl grander Monday
bright start under bird grandest Tuesday
light park summer shirt fresher Wednesday
night arm winter first freshest Thursday
fright garden sister third quicker Friday
tight artist rubber turn quickest Saturday
high star her hurt taller Sunday
I* are* term church tallest there*
by* were* verb burst slower here*
my* our* person burn slowest they*
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Common Exception Words
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