How it works
- Type or paste the spellings, one per line or separated by commas.
- Name the list (for example “Week 5” or “Year 2 ‑tion words”) so it prints on every page.
- Tick the activities and choose print or your state’s handwriting style.
- Download one PDF with every activity, then the answer sheets at the back.
Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check
Children look carefully at the word and say it, cover it by folding along the dashed line, write it from memory, then unfold and check it letter by letter. The sheet gives two tries per word, so a word spelt wrong the first time gets a second go straight away.
A week of spelling practice
One activity a day keeps practice short: tracing and writing on Monday, Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check on Tuesday, the scramble and alphabetical order mid-week, letter boxes as a quiet task, and the test on Friday. Your list is saved in this browser, so next week you only change the words.
In the Australian Curriculum
- FoundationUsing letters and sounds to spell words (AC9EFLY13), and reading and writing some high-frequency words (AC9EFLY14).
- Year 1Spelling most one- and two-syllable words with common letter patterns.
- Year 2Spelling words with regular patterns, and using knowledge of sounds and word parts to try less common ones.
- Year 3Spelling longer words with several syllables, using knowledge of sounds and word parts.
Australia has no national spelling list. Schools choose their own words, often from their phonics sequence, a spelling pattern of the week or a high-frequency list, so paste whatever your school uses.
Lists built around one pattern work best with these activities, because the scramble, letter boxes and Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check all make children notice the shared pattern as well as each word.
Summarised in our own words from the Australian Curriculum: English, Version 9.0 (ACARA).
