Is there anywhere I can get graded spelling lists?

[fuzzpig]

My 7yo DD is about to leave school as we will be homeschooling. She absolutely loved having spellings to learn every week though and it's really made her more aware of spelling when she is writing, so we are keen to continue this.

I am considering getting the Complete Graded Spelling List book (by Kit's Educational Publishing) as I remember similar from when I was at school and it seems easier than coming up with my own list every week! Although I can add in topic related stuff as and when. But if anyone has any similar books to recommend I'd be grateful.

Also though, she had been bringing home a sheet every week with the spellings, on one side it had a table for look cover write check (which she didn't use because that method doesn't work for her) but the other side had a wordsearch and various activities like writing other words with the same ending, choosing the correct spelling/word etc. Unfortunately she doesn't have any I can photograph but does anyone know what this might be? I tried googling to no avail so maybe it's from a book or software? I think it had things like "week two phase six" etc in the corner. If I could print that sort of thing it would be good just for the activities really (and for DS when he's older).

Can anyone help please? :)

(Sorry for ridiculously long post BTW... I'd better focus on helping DD to be concise in her writing! )

Spelling from 2014 English Curriculum
I don't think these link to new curriculum but I've used them in the past.

Ah thank you so much AsBright! Both links are fab, the first one will really help with DS especially and the second is exactly the kind of structure I was hoping for. Will save them all to my iBooks :)

Thanks chap that site looks brilliant, I will have a good browse!

I think I saw some twinkl signs/sheets etc at our infant school, it looks similar to sparklebox stuff, I guess because of similar font/style etc - it's not related though I assume? (As I would not use sparklebox obviously)

I quite liked these when I last used them (many a moon ago)
www.schoolslinks.co.uk/resources_spelling.htm

Some of these wordsearches and crosswords are good, but some of the terminology is very out of date so choose with care.

www.firstschoolyears.com/literacy/word/word.htm

Twinkl is unrelated to Sparklebox

Thanks everyone, so much to choose from! I have now figured out how to make a new folder on my iBooks PDF library so I now have lots of goodies saved that I can print as and when we need them :)

(And thanks Feenie for reassuring me re: twinkl!)

While I'm here... can I also ask a maths question? :o

DCs really like doing lots of arithmetic questions. Especially DD at bedtime as it helps her wind down - I tend to write 10-20 questions that I know she has a decent chance of managing. Some division, some adding etc.

I have seen lots of workbooks, and online maths tests, but they tend to vary more in content, when I think DD benefits from the repetition IYSWIM. Loathe to say it but I guess in a way she likes the Kumon style.

I'm wondering if there's anywhere I can get sheets like this for free or cheap, or maybe some way I could generate my own (either on a website, or Excel or something maybe?!) by choosing 'parameters' (?) of exactly what times tables she can do etc?

It addles my tired brain when I have to come up with endless "4 + [ ] = 20" etc...

We homeschool too (children age 8,6,2). For spelling we use Jolly grammar - this gives a spelling list for each week and a grammar lesson too. Each spelling list has a worksheet page and then I top up extra practice with fun spelling activities (using whiteboard, using window pens on our patio doors, child is teacher and I spell words wrongly etc). The grammar pages are good though I find they move on to something new quite quickly. We also use First Language Lessons for the well trained mind (scripted but very good as child gets a firm grasp).
Maths - we use collins mental maths work books and the schofield and sims maths workbooks (schofield and sims publish tons of different ones, some quite 'boring' and old fashioned, others presented in a more interesting way) Buy from amazon as really cheap on there.

plenty of maths worksheet generators available if you put that into google.

See, this is why I need MN. It didn't occur to me to type "maths worksheet generator" into google!

Thank you. Have been having a look and so far this one seems good for times tables as you can specify which tables:

www.math-aids.com/Multiplication/Multiplication_Worksheets_0-12.html

Take3 thanks for the recommendations! We have a large WHSmith in town so I'm planning to have a browse there too (but buy elsewhere! My mum has a wide selection where she works and can get them much cheaper so she has offered to do this :))

Interesting about the Well Trained Mind, is that based on the Wise Bauer book? I was planning to look at that, I'm not really sure what approach we will take to home ed so I want to explore a bit. :)

Possibly not exactly what you need, but something I think is invaluable for primary age children::

An inexpensive and easy to use book, that can encourage children with reading, spelling and writing, and really help them to understand Phonics, is reviewed in the MN Book Reviews section. Just search ‘Phonics’.

Thanks Ferguson I found the review you meant

www.mumsnet.com/reviews/books/books-for-5-8-year-olds/17722-oxford-phonics-spelling-dictionary

I'll look that up, I have a feeling I've seen it at the library :)

Me again

I'm making some sturdy letter/digraph/trigraph etc cards for DS to build words with, and I'm wondering how many there are? I know thanks to google that there are 44 sounds but there are loads of alternative spellings for some of them, so I'll need more than 44 presumably. Trying to work out how many packs of cards I'll need :o

Does anyone know offhand how many there are including alternative spellings please? :)

For list of phonemes (letter sounds) and their different graphemes (how they are written), maybe this might help?

www.syntheticphonics.com/pdf%20files/Letter%20sound%20correspondences.pdf

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1844141721/ref=pd_aw_sbs_b_2?refRID=1SP2T4HSEV7ZTN22X3FB

If you don't want to make your own & don't mind magnets instead...

Re maths - have you come across Bedtime Math (American)?

You can subscribe to their emails for a fun set of maths questions (one or two, aimed at different ages) sent each day. Quite interesting information in them usually too. The information part may in itself spark interest in a topic to learn about more.

bedtimemath.org/

(Sorry, Bedtime Math not quite what you're looking for, but thought it could be a useful extra. )

Fuzzpig there are 180ish common ways to spell the 44 sounds in English in class I use post it notes - one post it for each sound ( not letter including split digraphs)

I love the idea of writing on the patio doors! Brilliant!

180! Oh crikey that's more than I thought :o

What I was thinking was having a card for each alternative, so separate ones for ai and ay etc, then he can make words eg [t] [r] [ai] [n] and [p] [l] [ay], will have to make a few duplicates of common letters I guess.

But I'll have a look at the magnets too if it makes it easier! We do have letter magnets but I'd like having digraphs etc to play with. He does much better with physical stuff to play with (unlike DD who didn't need anything like that) - and they can double up for speech games (he's under SLT)

For split vowel digraphs I was going to stick two on a strip of cardboard, with a card's width between them so it makes a_e or whatever. Then he can put the middle letter in when he's building words.

Love the look of bedtime math thanks :)

And that list is great thank you :)