Stage 3

Year 5/6 Support English

Duration: 8 weeks

Syllabus Outcomes:
Indicators:
EN3-4A: Draws on appropriate strategies to
Understands how accurate spelling supports the reader to read fluently and interpret
accurately spell familiar and unfamiliar words
written text with clarity
when composing texts
Understands how to use banks of known words, word origins, base words, suffixes and
EN3-6B: Uses knowledge of sentence structure,
prefixes, morphemes, spelling patterns and generalisations to learn and spell new words
grammar, punctuation and vocabulary to
Begins to recognise some misspelt words in their own writing and use a variety of
respond to and compose clear and cohesive texts
resources for correction
in different media and technologies
Understand that language is structures to create meaning according to audience, purpose
and context
Understand that choices in grammar, punctuation and vocabulary contribute to the
effectiveness of texts
Week Spelling sound/rule
Focus Concepts
Vocabulary
Connectives
Openers
Punctuation
Sound Waves
4
Unit 2
Year 5 Homophones and
Introduction to
Introduction to
Introduction to
Introduction to
b bb
suffixes able/ible
VCOP
VCOP
VCOP
VCOP
Year 6 - synonyms
5
Unit 3
Year 5 rhyming, prefix
WOW word
Before or because
How (adverbs)
Dr Punctuation: fix
a
dia/anti
beautiful
Slowly, Playfully
this sentence
Year 6 - prefixes ante/anti,
synonyms
6
Unit 4
Year 5 synonyms, prefixes
WOW word
But or so
ing starters
Dr Punctuation: fix
k c q ck x (ks) ch
kilo, centi, milli
gigantic
Running too fast, Jim
this sentence
Year 6 dictionary definitions
fell over

Unit 5
e ea

Unit 6
d dd

10

11

WOW word
fierce

But or so

WOW word
prowl

Before or because/
and

Unit 7
i

Year 5 prefix in/ish

Year 6 principal/principle
uninterested/disinterested

WOW word
offend/ed

Because, so, if, then

Unit 8
f ff ph

Year 5 plurals - adding s or

es
Year 6 affect/effect, suffixes

WOW word
magic

But, so, and,

because, then

Year 5 dictionary definitions

Year 6 root words
ology/logos, antonyms

Revision/catchup

Unit 9
o oa

Year 5 antonyms, prefixes

deca/semi
Year 6 prefix/suffix
Year 5 dictionary definitions
Year 6 prefix/suffix

Revision/catch-up

Description starters
A thin, grey cat
stared at me
Where starters
At the end of the
lane
ed starters
Startled, the robber
ran out of the house

Full stops or
question marks?
Punctuation
sort/Exclamation
marks
Commas as
connectives and
punctuation

alliteration starters
The sneaky, slimy
snake slithered
under the door

Kung Fu Punctuation

Revision/catch-up

Revision/catch-up

Dr Punctuation: Fix
this sentence