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Spelling Shed - Stage 1 - Lesson 1 - The /f/, /l/, /s/, /z/ and /k/ sounds are usually spelt as ff, ll, ss, zz and ck if they come straight after a single vowel letter in short words. FREE

Spelling Shed - Stage 1 - Lesson 2 - The /k/ sound spelled ‘k’ before e, I and y. The /nk/ sound found at the end of words usually comes after a vowel. FREE

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Spelling Shed - Stage 1 - Lesson 3 - The -tch This sound is usually spelled as ‘tch’ when it comes after a single vowel letter.

Spelling Shed - Stage 1 - Lesson 4 - Some words end with an /e/ sound spelled ‘y’. English words hardly ever end with the letter ‘v’, so if a word ends with a /v/ sound, the letter ‘e’ usually needs to be added after the ‘v’.

Spelling Shed - Stage 1 - Lesson 5 - Adding s and es to words (plurals) If the ending sounds like /s/ or /z/, it is spelled as –s. If it forms an extra syllable, then it is spelled as –es.

Spelling Shed - Stage 1 - Lesson 6 - Adding the suffixes – ing and –ed to verbs. If the verb ends in two consonant letters (the same or different), the ending is simply added on.

Spelling Shed - Stage 1 - Lesson 7 - Adding –er, –est and un- to words.

Spelling Shed - Stage 1 - Lesson 8 - Words of more than one syllable often have an unstressed syllable in which the vowel sound is unclear. Sometimes words can be joined together to form compound words.

Spelling Shed - Stage 1 - Lesson 9 - The /ai/ and /oi/ digraphs. These digraphs are virtually never used at the end of words in English.

Spelling Shed - Stage 1 - Lesson 10 - The ay and oy digraphs. These digraphs are used for those sounds at the ends of words and syllables.

Spelling Shed - Stage 1 - Lesson 11 - The long vowel sound /a/ spelled with the split digraph a-e

Spelling Shed - Stage 1 - Lesson 12 - The long vowel sound /e/ spelled with the split digraph e-e.

Spelling Shed - Stage 1 - Lesson 13 - The long vowel sound /i/ spelled with a split digraph i-e.

Spelling Shed - Stage 1 - Lesson 14 - The long vowel sound /o/ spelled with the split digraph o_e.

Spelling Shed - Stage 1 - Lesson 15 - The long vowel /oo/ and /yoo/ sounds spelled as u-e. These sounds are usually found in the middle or at the end of words.

Spelling Shed - Stage 1 - Lesson 16 - The /ar/ consonant digraph. This digraph may be used at the beginning, middle or end of words.

Spelling Shed - Stage 1 - Lesson 17 - Long vowel sound /e/ spelled ee. The letters ‘ee’ make a long vowel sound like in the word see. This is a common way of spelling the sound and is found in the middle of words and sometimes at the end.

Spelling Shed - Stage 1 - Lesson 18 - The long vowel sound /e/ spelled ea. Another common spelling of the sound which is often found in the middle and end of words.

Spelling Shed - Stage 1 - Lesson 19 - The short vowel sound /e/ spelled ea.

Spelling Shed - Stage 1 - Lesson 20 - The vowel digraph er. In these words the sound is stressed

Spelling Shed - Stage 1 - Lesson 21 - The vowel digraph er. In these words the sound is unstressed and found at the end of words.

Spelling Shed - Stage 1 - Lesson 22 - The digraphs ir and ur. Often found in the middle of words and occasionally at the beginning of words.

Spelling Shed - Stage 1 - Lesson 23 - The long vowel sound /oo/ as in Zoo. Very few words start or end with /oo/

Spelling Shed - Stage 1 - Lesson 24 - The short vowel sound ‘oo’ as in foot

Spelling Shed - Stage 1 - Lesson 25 - The ‘oa’ digraph can come at the beginning or in the middle of words but very rarely at the end. The ’oe’ digraph can be sometimes found at the end of words.

Spelling Shed - Stage 1 - Lesson 26 - The ’ou’ digraph. This digraph can be can be found at the beginning and in the middle of words. The only common English word ending in ‘ou’ is you.

Spelling Shed - Stage 1 - Lesson 27 - The ‘ow’ digraph. This digraph can make two different sounds like in ‘cow’ or in ‘blow.’

Spelling Shed - Stage 1 - Lesson 28 - The ‘oo’ and ‘yoo’ sounds can be spelled as u-e, ue and ew. If words end in the /oo/ sound, then it is likely that they will be spelled ew or ue.

Spelling Shed - Stage 1 - Lesson 29 - The digraph ‘ie’ making the /aɪ / sound as in pie.

Spelling Shed - Stage 1 - Lesson 30 - The digraph ‘ie’ making the /ee/ sound.

Spelling Shed - Stage 1 - Lesson 31 - The long vowel sound /i/ spelled ‘igh.’ This is usually found in the middle of words but sometimes at the end of words too.

Spelling Shed - Stage 1 - Lesson 32 - The /or/ sound. The vowel digraph ‘or’ and trigraph ‘ore.’ It is more likely that when at the end of a word then it will be spelled with an ‘e.’

Spelling Shed - Stage 1 - Lesson 33 - The /or/ sound spelled with the digraph aw or au. If it is at the end of a word it is more likely to be spelled with an aw and at the beginning of a word with au.

Spelling Shed - Stage 1 - Lesson 34 - The trigraphs ‘air’ and ‘ear’. These spellings are commonly found in the middle or at the end of words but can sometimes used at the beginning of words too.

Spelling Shed - Stage 1 - Lesson 35 - The /er/ sound spelled with ’ear’ or ‘are’

Spelling Shed - Stage 1 - Lesson 36 - Words with ’ph’ or ‘wh’ spellings.