Minimum Standards - Spelling
Spelling | Year 3 | Year 5 | Year 7 | Year 9
In Spelling, Year 3 students at the minimum standard generally identify and correct errors in frequently used one-syllable words and some frequently used two-syllable words with double letters.
Students can correct identified errors in:
- frequently used one-syllable words
- frequently used two-syllable words with regular spelling patterns.
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In Spelling, Year 5 students at the minimum standard generally identify and correct errors in most one- and two-syllable words with regular spelling patterns and some less frequently used words with double letters.
Students can correct identified errors in:
- frequently used one-syllable long vowel words
- frequently used one-syllable words with irregular spelling patterns
- common one-syllable verbs with tense markers
- high frequency two-syllable words.
Students can identify and correct errors in:
- frequently used one-syllable words
- high frequency compound words
- less frequently used multi-syllable words with double letters.
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In Spelling, Year 7 students at the minimum standard generally identify and correct errors in most frequently used multi-syllable words with regular spelling patterns and some words with silent letters.
Students can correct identified errors in:
- less frequently used one-syllable words
- less frequently used compound words with regular spelling patterns
- two-syllable words with irregular spelling patterns
- less frequently used multi-syllable adverbs.
Students can identify and correct errors in:
- one-syllable ‘soft c’ words
- one-syllable words ending with silent letters
- one-syllable words with irregular spelling patterns
- frequently used compound words with irregular spelling patterns.
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In Spelling, Year 9 students at the minimum standard generally identify and correct errors in most multi-syllable words with regular spelling patterns and some less frequently used words with irregular spelling patterns.
Students can correct identified errors in:
- less frequently used one-syllable words with
double or r-controlled vowels
- less frequently used two-syllable words
- multi-syllable words with the suffix ‘ance’.
Students can identify and correct errors in:
- multi-syllable soft 'c' words
- multi-syllable words with regular spelling patterns.
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