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Rules

Rules

Year 1

Plural Rule - add 's'
For students
- - Look and Spell - Plural Rule - add 's'
  - Practice
- - Test - Plural Rule - add 's'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Words and Pictures: taps, pins, dogs, cats, pots
  - Printable

Rules

Year 2

Rule: Double Consonants
For students
- - Look, Cover, Write - Rule: Double Consonants
  - Practice
- - Test - Rule: Double Consonants
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Rule: Double consonants "ff", "ll" "zz" and "ss"
  - Printable
Plural Rule - add 's'
For students
- - Look, Cover, Write - Plural Rule - add 's'
  - Practice
- - Test - Plural Rule - add 's'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Plurals -adding "s"
  - Printable
Rules: Suffixes 'add s, ed or ing'
For students
- - adding suffixes changes tense of verb
  - Tutorial
- - Look, Cover, Write - Rules: Suffixes 'add s, ed or ing'
  - Practice
- - Test - Rules: Suffixes 'add s, ed or ing'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Rule: adding suffixes 's', 'ing' and 'ed'
  - Printable
Rules: Suffixes - doubling final consonant to add 'ed'
For students
For teachers
- - Rule: Double the final consonant when adding ed
  - Printable
Y as a vowel
For students
- - y as a vowel long i sound
  - Tutorial
- - Look, Cover, Write - Y as a vowel
  - Practice
- - Test - Y as a vowel
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Y as a vowel - long "i" sound
  - Printable
Rules: Suffixes - doubling final consonant to add 'ing'
For students
For teachers
- - Double the final consonant before adding "ing" or "ed'
  - Printable

Rules

Year 3

Split Digraph Rule
For students
- - Look, Cover, Write - Split Digraph Rule
  - Practice
- - Test - Split Digraph Rule
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Rule: Bossy e
  - Printable
Plural Rule- add s
For students
- - Look, Cover, Write - Plural Rule- add s
  - Practice
- - Test - Plural Rule- add s
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Plural Rules: Adding s
  - Printable
- - Plural Rules: Add 's'
  - Printable
Plural Rule- add es
For students
- - Plural Rules add es
  - Tutorial
- - Look, Cover, Write - Plural Rule- add es
  - Practice
- - Test - Plural Rule- add es
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Plural Rule: add es
  - Printable
Rule 'two vowels'
For students
- - Look, Cover, Write - Rule 'two vowels'
  - Practice
- - Test - Rule 'two vowels'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Two vowels together rule
  - Printable
Rule: 'c sound- ck'
For students
- - ck after a short vowel
  - Tutorial
- - Look, Cover, Write - Rule: 'c sound- ck'
  - Practice
- - Test - Rule: 'c sound- ck'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Spelling Rule: Use 'ck' after a short vowel sound.
  - Printable
Rule 'c sound - k'
For students
- - Use k after two vowels reading
  - Tutorial
- - Look, Cover, Write - Rule 'c sound - k'
  - Practice
- - Test - Rule 'c sound - k'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Rule: Use 'k' after two vowels
  - Printable
Rule: Use 'k'or 'c'?
For students
- - Use k before i and e reading
  - Tutorial
- - Look, Cover, Write - Rule: Use 'k'or 'c'?
  - Practice
- - Test - Rule: Use 'k'or 'c'?
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Rule: 'c' or 'k'? Use 'k' before "i' or 'e'
  - Printable
Rule: 'g' can make a 'j' sound after 'e' or 'i'
For students
- - Test - Rule: 'g' can make a 'j' sound after 'e' or 'i'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - "g" is soft when followed by "e", "i" or "y"
  - Printable
Rule 'c says s'
For students
- - g and c is soft when followed by e i or y
  - Tutorial
- - Look, Cover, Write - Rule 'c says s'
  - Practice
- - Test - Rule 'c says s'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Rule: "c" says "s" when followed by 'e', 'i' and 'y'
  - Printable
Rule 'y as a vowel'
For students
- - y as a vowel long i sound
  - Tutorial
- - Look, Cover, Write - Rule 'y as a vowel'
  - Practice
- - Test - Rule 'y as a vowel'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Rule: "y" can make a long "i" sound
  - Printable
Rule- final 'l' sound is spelled 'le'
For students
- - final le reading
  - Tutorial
- - Test - Rule- final 'l' sound is spelled 'le'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Rule: A final 'l' sound is usually spelled 'le'
  - Printable
Rule: Adding suffixes 'ing' and 'ed'
For students
- - Test - Rule: Adding suffixes "ing" and "ed"
  - Practice
For teachers
Suffixes Rule: Drop 'e' before adding 'ing'
For students
- - Drop e before adding ing
  - Tutorial
- - Test - Suffixes Rule: Drop 'e' before adding 'ing'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Suffix Rule: Drop the final 'e' before adding 'ing' or 'ed'
  - Printable
Plural Rule- Word stays the same
For students
- - Plural Rules singular and plural are the same
  - Tutorial
- - Look, Cover, Write - Plural Rule- Word stays the same
  - Practice
- - Test - Plural Rule- Word stays the same
  - Practice
For teachers
Plural Rule- adding es
For students
- - Look, Cover, Write - Plural Rule- adding es
  - Practice
- - Test - Plural Rule- adding es
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Plural Rules: Adding s and es
  - Printable

Rules

Year 4

Rule 'ch or tch' after a consonant
For students
- - ch after a consonant
  - Tutorial
- - Look, Cover, Write - Rule 'ch or tch?'
  - Practice
- - Test - Rule 'ch or tch?'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Using "ch" or "tch"
  - Printable
Rule: 'ch' or 'tch' after a short vowel.
For students
- - Look, Cover, Write - Rule: 'ch' or 'tch'?
  - Practice
- - Test - Rule: 'ch' or 'tch'?
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Rule: 'ch' or 'tch'? Use 'tch' after a short vowel.
  - Printable
Rule 'ch or tch' after two vowels
For students
- - ch after two vowels
  - Tutorial
- - Look, Cover, Write - Rule 'ch or tch?'
  - Practice
- - Test - Rule 'ch or tch?'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - "ch" or "tch"? Use "ch" after two vowels.
  - Printable
Plural Rule- adding s or es
For students
- - Look, Cover, Write - Plural Rule- adding s or es
  - Practice
- - Test - Plural Rule- adding s or es
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Plural Rules: Adding 's' and 'es'
  - Printable
Suffix Rule: Adding 'ing' and 'ed'
For students
- - Add suffix and spelling stays the same
  - Tutorial
- - Look, Cover, Write - Suffix Rule: Adding 'ing' and 'ed'
  - Practice
- - Test - Suffix Rule: Adding 'ing' and 'ed'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - All letters are usually retained when adding a suffix
  - Printable
Rule: "a" sometimes makes an "o" sound
For students
- - Test - Rule: "a" sometimes makes an "o" sound
  - Practice
For teachers
- - The letter 'a' sometimes makes a short 'o' sound
  - Printable
Suffix Rule: Drop 'e' before adding 'ing'
For students
- - drop e then add suffix beginning with a vowel final
  - Tutorial
- - Test - Suffix Rule: Drop 'e' before adding 'ing'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Rule: Drop final 'e' before adding a suffix.
  - Printable
Rule: 'or' can make an 'er' sound
For students
- - digraph or as in word y3
  - Tutorial
- - Look, Cover, Write - Rule: 'or' can make an 'er' sound
  - Practice
- - Test - Rule: 'or' can make an 'er' sound
  - Practice
For teachers
- - The letters 'or' can make a 'er' sound
  - Printable
Rule: 'y' as a vowel
For students
- - y acts as a vowel
  - Tutorial
- - Look, Cover, Write - Rule: 'y' as a vowel
  - Practice
- - Test - Rule: 'y' as a vowel
  - Practice
For teachers
- - A 'y' acts as a vowel
  - Printable
Plural Rule - keep the 'y'
For students
- - Plural Rules Words ending in y preceded by a vowel
  - Tutorial
- - Look, Cover, Write - Plural Rule - keep the 'y'
  - Practice
- - Test - Plural Rule - keep the 'y'
  - Practice
For teachers
Plural Rule - change 'y' to 'i'
For students
- - Look, Cover, Write - Plural Rule - change 'y' to 'i'
  - Practice
- - Test - Plural Rule - change 'y' to 'i'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Plural Rule: Change 'y' to 'i' before adding 'es'
  - Printable
Rule: 'c' can make an 's' sound before 'e', 'i' and 'y'
For students
For teachers
- - A "c" can say "s" when followed by 'e' 'i' or 'y'
  - Printable
Rule: 's' says 'z' between two vowels
For students
- - s says z
  - Tutorial
- - Test - Rule: 's' says 'z' between two vowels
  - Practice
For teachers
- - The letter 's' sometimes makes a 'z' sound
  - Printable
Plural Rule - Change a few letters
For students
- - Plural Rules change a few letters
  - Tutorial
- - Look, Cover, Write - Plural Rule - Change a few letters
  - Practice
- - Test - Plural Rule - Change a few letters
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Plural Rules: Change a few letters when forming the plural
  - Printable
Plural Rule- Word stays the same
For students
- - Look, Cover, Write - Plural Rule- Word stays the same
  - Practice
- - Test - Plural Rule- Word stays the same
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Plural Rule: no change -singular and plural are the same
  - Printable
Silent 'w' in 'wr'
For students
- - Digraph 'wr'
  - Tutorial
- - Look, Cover, Write - Silent 'w' in 'wr'
  - Practice
- - Test - Silent 'w' in 'wr'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Words beginning with 'wr'
  - Printable
Silent 'k' in 'kn'
For students
- - digraph 'kn'
  - Tutorial
- - Look, Cover, Write - Silent 'k' in 'kn'
  - Practice
- - Test - Silent 'k' in 'kn'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Words beginning with 'kn'
  - Printable
Contractions using 'not'
For students
- - Look, Cover, Write - Contractions using 'not'
  - Practice
- - Test - Contractions using 'not'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Contractions: using 'not' to negate
  - Printable
Contractions using 'have'
For students
- - Look, Cover, Write - Contractions using 'have'
  - Practice
- - Test - Contractions using 'have'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Contractions using 'have'
  - Printable

Rules

Year 5

Rule: Adding 'y' to words ending in 'le'
For students
- - drop le then add ly
  - Tutorial
- - Test - Rule: Adding 'y' to words ending in 'le'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Adding the suffix 'ly' to words ending in 'le'
  - Printable
Rule: 'g says j'
For students
- - Look, Cover, Write - Rule: 'g says j'
  - Practice
- - Test - Rule: 'g says j'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Rule: 'g' says 'j'
  - Printable
Rule: 'ch' or 'tch' after a short vowel
For students
- - Look, Cover, Write - Rule: 'ch' or 'tch'?
  - Practice
- - Test - Rule: 'ch' or 'tch'?
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Rule 'ch' or 'tch'
  - Printable
Plural Rule: Change 'f' to 'v'
For students
- - Plural Rules Change f to v then add es
  - Tutorial
- - Look, Cover, Write - Plural Rule: Change 'f' to 'v'
  - Practice
- - Test - Plural Rule: Change 'f' to 'v'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Plural rule - change 'f' to 'v'
  - Printable
Plural Rule: exceptions 'f' to 'v'
For students
- - Plural Rules change f to v exceptions
  - Tutorial
- - Look, Cover, Write - Plural Rule: exceptions 'f' to 'v'
  - Practice
- - Test - Plural Rule: exceptions 'f' to 'v'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Plural Rule: Change 'f' to 'v' (exceptions)
  - Printable
Plural Rule - Words ending in 'o' - add 'es'
For students
- - Plural Rules words ending in o preceded by a consonant
  - Tutorial
- - Test - Plural Rule - Words ending in 'o' - add 'es'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Plural rule - ending in 'o' - add 'es'
  - Printable
Plural Rule- Words ending in 'o' - add 's'
For students
- - Plural Rules Words ending in o preceded by a vowel
  - Tutorial
- - Test - Plural Rule- Words ending in 'o' - add 's'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Plural rule -ending in 'o' - add 's'
  - Printable
Plural Rule - Words ending in 'o' exceptions
For students
- - Test - Plural Rule - Words ending in 'o' exceptions
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Plural Rule: words ending with 'o' exceptions
  - Printable
Rule: 'i before e'
For students
- - ie says long e
  - Tutorial
- - Look, Cover, Write - Rule: 'i before e'
  - Practice
- - Test - Rule: 'i before e'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Rule: 'i' before 'e' except after 'c'
  - Printable
Rule: 'i' before 'e' exceptions
For students
- - i before e exceptions
  - Tutorial
- - Look, Cover, Write - Rule: 'i' before 'e' exceptions
  - Practice
- - Test - Rule: 'i' before 'e' exceptions
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Rule: Exceptions to 'i' before 'e', except after 'c'
  - Printable
Rule: Suffix - adding 'ly'
For students
- - Add ly to create adverb
  - Tutorial
- - Look, Cover, Write - Rule: Suffix - adding 'ly'
  - Practice
- - Test - Rule: Suffix - adding 'ly'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Rule: Adding '-ly' can make an adverb
  - Printable
Rule: Suffix - change 'y' to 'i' to add 'ly'
For students
- - Test - Rule: Suffix - change 'y' to 'i' to add 'ly'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Suffix Rule: Change 'y' to 'i' before adding 'ly'
  - Printable
Rule: Suffix - retain the 'y'
For students
- - Retain y when adding ing to verbs final
  - Tutorial
- - Look, Cover, Write - Rule: Suffix - retain the 'y'
  - Practice
- - Test - Rule: Suffix - retain the 'y'
  - Practice
For teachers
Rule: Make an adjective by adding 'ful'
For students
- - Adding ful to create an adjective from a noun
  - Tutorial
- - Test - Rule: Make an adjective by adding 'ful'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Suffix: '-ful'
  - Printable
Rule: Make an adverb by adding 'fully'
For students
- - Add fully to create an adverb
  - Tutorial
- - Test - Rule: Make an adverb by adding 'fully'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Suffix Origins: 'fully'
  - Printable
Suffix Rule: 'er' for occupations
For students
- - er for occupations
  - Tutorial
- - Look, Cover, Write - Suffix Rule: 'er' for occupations
  - Practice
- - Test - Suffix Rule: 'er' for occupations
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Suffix 'er' (job titles)
  - Printable
Suffix Rule: 'or' for occupations
For students
- - or for occupations
  - Tutorial
- - Look, Cover, Write - Suffix Rule: 'or' for occupations
  - Practice
- - Test - Suffix Rule: 'or' for occupations
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Suffix: 'or' (job titles)
  - Printable
Suffix Rule: 'keeper' for occupations
For students
- - Test - Suffix Rule: 'keeper' for occupations
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Suffix Origins: 'keeper'
  - Printable
Suffix Rule: 'worker' for occupations
For students
- - Test - Suffix Rule: 'worker' for occupations
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Suffix Origins: 'worker'
  - Printable
Contractions: are and is
For students
- - Look, Cover, Write - Contractions: are and is
  - Practice
- - Test - Contractions: are and is
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Contractions: are and is
  - Printable

Rules

Year 6

Rule: Adding Prefixes
For students
- - Look, Cover, Write - Rule: Adding Prefixes
  - Practice
- - Test - Rule: Adding Prefixes
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Rule: Retain original spelling when adding a prefix
  - Printable
Suffix Rule: Change 'y' to 'i'
For students
- - Change y to i if preceded by a consonant final copy
  - Tutorial
- - Look, Cover, Write - Suffix Rule: Change 'y' to 'i'
  - Practice
- - Test - Suffix Rule: Change 'y' to 'i'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Suffix Rules: Change 'y' to 'i'
  - Printable
Rule 'i before e'
For students
- - i before e
  - Tutorial
- - Look, Cover, Write - Rule 'i before e'
  - Practice
- - Test - Rule 'i before e'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Rule: For the long 'e' sound, 'i' before 'e' except after 'c'
  - Printable
Rule 'i before e exceptions'
For students
- - Look, Cover, Write - Rule 'i before e exceptions'
  - Practice
- - Test - Rule 'i before e exceptions'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Rule: For the long 'e' sound, 'i' before 'e' (exceptions)
  - Printable
Suffix Rules: Retain the 'y'
For students
- - Retain y when preceded by a vowel final
  - Tutorial
- - Look, Cover, Write - Suffix Rules: Retain the 'y'
  - Practice
- - Test - Suffix Rules: Retain the 'y'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Suffix Rules: Retain final 'y'
  - Printable
Suffix Rules: Making adverbs by adding 'fully'
For students
- - Test - Suffix Rules: Making adverbs by adding 'fully'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Suffix Rule: Adding 'fully' to make an adverb
  - Printable
Suffix Rules -Retain silent 'e'
For students
- - Look, Cover, Write - Suffix Rules -Retain silent 'e'
  - Practice
- - Test - Suffix Rules -Retain silent 'e'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Suffix Rules: Retain silent e when adding 'ly'
  - Printable
Suffix Rule: 'ist or est'? Use 'est' for superlatives
For students
For teachers
- - Suffix: '-est' (for superlatives)
  - Printable
Suffix Rule: 'ist or est' Use 'ist' for occupations
For students
- - ist for occupations
  - Tutorial
For teachers
- - Suffix: 'ist' for names of occupations
  - Printable
Suffix Rule 'tion or sion'? (When to choose '-tion')
For students
For teachers
- - Rule: Using 'tion'
  - Printable
Suffix Rule 'tion or sion'? (When to choose '-sion')
For students
For teachers
- - Rule: Using 'sion'
  - Printable
Suffix Rule: 'mission'
For students
- - add mission
  - Tutorial
- - Look, Cover, Write - Suffix Rule: 'mission'
  - Practice
- - Test - Suffix Rule: 'mission'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Suffix: Use '-mission' for words ending in 'mit'
  - Printable
Suffix Rule: 'cian', 'tion' or 'cian'?
For students
- - cian for occupations
  - Tutorial
- - Test - Suffix Rule: 'cian', 'tion' or 'cian'?
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Rule: Use 'cian' for job titles
  - Printable
Suffix Rule: 'eer' for occupations
For students
- - Look, Cover, Write - Suffix Rule: 'eer' for occupations
  - Practice
- - Test - Suffix Rule: 'eer' for occupations
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Suffix Origins: 'eer'
  - Printable
Suffix Rule: 'maker' for occupations
For students
- - Test - Suffix Rule: 'maker' for occupations
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Suffix Origins: 'maker'
  - Printable
Suffix Rule: Retain silent 'e'
For students
- - retain e when preceded by a soft c or g final
  - Tutorial
- - Look, Cover, Write - Suffix Rule: Retain silent 'e'
  - Practice
- - Test - Suffix Rule: Retain silent 'e'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Suffix Rule: Retain e when preceded by soft 'c' or 'g'
  - Printable
Suffix Rule: drop 'e' to add 'able'
For students
- - Look, Cover, Write - Suffix Rule: drop 'e' to add 'able'
  - Practice
- - Test - Suffix Rule: drop 'e' to add 'able'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Rule: Drop final 'e' before adding 'able'
  - Printable
Suffix Rule: Drop 'e' to add 'al'
For students
- - Drop e then add al final copy
  - Tutorial
- - Look, Cover, Write - Suffix Rule: Drop 'e' to add 'al'
  - Practice
- - Test - Suffix Rule: Drop 'e' to add 'al'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Suffix Rule: Drop 'e' before adding 'al'
  - Printable
Plural Rule- Retain Latin spelling
For students
- - Plural Rules latin spelling change us to i
  - Tutorial
- - plural rules latin spelling change i to e
  - Tutorial
- - Look, Cover, Write - Plural Rule- Retain Latin spelling
  - Practice
- - Test - Plural Rule- Retain Latin spelling
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Plurals: Retaining Latin Spelling
  - Printable

Rules

Year 7

Suffix Rules: 'tion'
For students
- - Look, Cover, Write - Suffix Rules: 'tion'
  - Practice
- - Test - Suffix Rules: 'tion'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Rule: Add 'tion' to make a noun
  - Printable
Suffix Rules: 'sion'
For students
- - Look, Cover, Write - Suffix Rules: 'sion'
  - Practice
- - Test - Suffix Rules: 'sion'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Add 'sion' to make a noun
  - Printable
Suffix Rules: Retain 'e' then add 'ly'
For students
- - Test - Suffix Rules: Retain 'e' then add 'ly'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Spelling Rule: Retain final silent 'e' when adding 'ly'
  - Printable
Rule ' tricky doubles'
For students
- - Look, Cover, Write - Rule ' tricky doubles'
  - Practice
- - Test - Rule ' tricky doubles'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Tricky Double Letters
  - Printable
Rule ' tricky doubles'
For students
- - Look, Cover, Write - Rule ' tricky doubles'
  - Practice
- - Test - Rule ' tricky doubles'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Tricky Double Letters
  - Printable
Suffix Rules: 'able or ible'
For students
- - Look, Cover, Write - Suffix Rules: 'able or ible'
  - Practice
- - Test - Suffix Rules: 'able or ible'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Suffix Rule:'able'
  - Printable
Suffix Rules: 'able or ible'
For students
- - Look, Cover, Write - Suffix Rules: 'able or ible'
  - Practice
- - Test - Suffix Rules: 'able or ible'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Suffix Rule:'ible'
  - Printable
Suffix Rules: Drop 'e' then add 'able'
For students
- - Test - Suffix Rules: Drop 'e' then add 'able'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Suffix Rule: Drop 'e' when adding the suffix 'able'
  - Printable
Plural Rule: adding 'e' to words ending in 'a'
For students
- - Plural rules Latin spelling add e after a
  - Tutorial
- - Test - Plural Rule: adding 'e' to words ending in 'a'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Plural Rule: adding 'e' to words ending in 'a'
  - Printable
Suffix Rules: 'ate'
For students
- - Look, Cover, Write - Suffix Rules: 'ate'
  - Practice
- - Test - Suffix Rules: 'ate'
  - Practice
For teachers
- - Rule: Add 'ate' to make a verb
  - Printable