Spelling

Spelling Homework

﻿Our policy at Thorndon School is to minimise homework, allowing students to use their out of school time for recreation, play and relaxation. There are however three areas in which we encourage homework to be pursued.

These are reading, spelling and maths tables learning.

The school and government provide targets for students in relation spelling vocabulary. Standards have been set for year levels. Some students are natural spellers and achieve these goals with ease. Other students will find the whole process quite difficult. These students need to chip away at their spelling lists year by year.

By the end of Year 3 students should be able to spell 90% of //Spellwrite// lists 1-3 correctly.

By the end of Year 4 students should be able to spell 90% of //Spellwrite// lists 1-4 correctly.

By the end of Year 6 students should be able to spell 90% of the //Spellwrite// lists 1-6 correctly.

By the end of Year 8 students should be able to spell 90% of the //Spellwrite// list 1-7 correctly.

I have attached the list below as PDFs.



Spellwrite Lists 1-3.



Spellwrite Lists 4 & %



Spellwrite Lists 6 & 7



Spellwrite Commonly Misspelt Words