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KS1 / KS2 Spelling Resources:

https://www.spelfabet.com.au/2014/03/free-spelling-book/
Spelling Sorted: Spelfabet’s free Sound-Spelling Book to download.

https://linguisticphonics.wordpress.com/
Advice and resources for teaching reading and spelling using linguistic phonics all through primary school.

Resources for a ‘no syllable-type division rules’ multisyllable word reading and spelling method:
https://www.ontrackreading.com/phonics-program/multisyllable-method-overview

https://www.spelfabet.com.au/2023/05/tier-2-word-structure/
Tier 2 words sorted by number of syllables for teaching kids to read and spell multisyllable words.

https://www.ontrackreading.com/phonics-program/reading-the-suffix-ed
Resources for teaching the suffix <ed>

The -tion Spelling Challenge’ which moves from 2 to 6 syllable words (KS2+).
https://thatspellingthing.com/tion-spelling-challenge/

https://www.spelfabet.com.au/2023/12/free-cheap-word-building-games/
Free and cheap word-building games.

http://www.ontrackreading.com/phonics-program/explaining-split-vowel-spellings
Explaining split vowel spellings avoiding silent, bossy or magic <e>, with resources.

https://www.phonicbooks.co.uk/advice-and-resources/advice-and-resources-for-teachers/learning-to-spell-with-phonics/
Free templates for ‘Read, Sound, Write, Check’: a better way to teach spelling lists, avoiding LCWC.

Free online booklet: Sounds~Write’s Spelling theory and a lexicon of English spellings.
https://sounds-write.co.uk/free-resources/

KS2. Morphology / Etymology / Latin and Greek layers of the spelling code:

£. http://www.sounds-write.co.uk/ online Vocabulary and Spelling course (with hardcopy manual) for whole-class teaching throughout KS2 (years 3-6) This course builds on KS1 linguistic phonics. It includes morphology, etymology and multi-syllable word building and is open to teachers who have completed
S-W’s KS1 phonics course.

Science Root word cards: all 100 cards are available to freely download here:
https://fabiodisalvo.com/2022/05/22/science-root-words/

http://www.spelfabet.com.au/2014/03/spelling-latin-endings/
Spelling Latin endings

http://www.valerieyule.com.au/v15babl.htm
Free to download: BABL Word Game – word analysis and Latin and Greek Vocabulary.

https://www.etymonline.com/
Online Etymology Dictionary

Spelling Resources for KS3, Teens and Adults:

£. That Spelling Thing Handbook. Tricia Millar.
Book with easy-to-follow lesson scripts and photocopiable resources to provide rapid spelling intervention. For secondary, college and adult education. SA 8yrs min.
https://thatspellingthing.com/

https://thatspellingthing.com/how-to-teach-spelling-infographic/
Infographic to print & display. 5 steps for spelling: a memory-friendly alternative to LCWC, for KS3 to adults.

English Alphabet Code charts showing spelling alternatives in real words: 

Phonics for SEN: vowel and consonant code charts plus a chart illustrating code overlap (different sounds represented by the same spelling)
https://www.phonicsforpupilswithspecialeducationalneeds.com/product-page/sound-maps-alphabetic-code-charts

Phonic Books: simple and complex code charts to download and print:
https://www.phonicbooks.co.uk/advice-and-resources/advice-and-resources-for-teachers/phonic-code-tab

This page includes an English Alphabet Code chart. The chart is a generic overview that includes examples of words with unusual spellings to show how they can be coded. It also illustrates the 4th characteristic of the English alphabet code, that different sounds can be represented by one spelling.
https://www.dyslexics.org.uk/high-quality-phonics-uk-style-synthetic-phonics-linguistic-phonics/