Year 1 Common Exception Words Taster

A free Year 1 common exception words weekly taster with five morning activities, mirrored homework and editable classroom worksheets.

This practical eight-page resource provides one complete week of meaningful spelling practice focusing on five Year 1 common exception words:

• school
• friend
• house
• our
• love

Each short activity revisits the same words in a different way, helping pupils move from recognising the correct spelling towards accurate, independent retrieval and use.

The resource includes:

• Teacher guidance and suggested weekly routine
• Monday word-recognition activity
• Tuesday look, cover, write, check practice
• Wednesday missing-letter and word-building tasks
• Thursday sentence and contextual application
• Friday independent spelling check
• Pupil self-assessment and next-step reflection
• Mirrored homework for family practice
• Information about the planned complete half-term booklet

The five-day sequence follows a simple progression:

• Read and recognise
• Notice and remember
• Build the word
• Use it in context
• Retrieve it independently

The repeated activity structures reduce explanation time and allow pupils to concentrate on spelling. Tasks are suitable for morning work, early-finisher activities, spelling practice, literacy interventions, homework or short lesson starters.

The mirrored homework uses familiar classroom routines so pupils can practise confidently at home without families needing to learn a completely different format.

Activities include:

• Identifying correctly spelled words
• Spotting common misspellings
• Finding focus words within sentences
• Look, cover, write, check
• Completing missing letters
• Unscrambling words
• Selecting words to complete sentences
• Writing original sentences
• Independent spelling retrieval
• Pupil reflection and correction

The resource is suitable for Year 1 pupils, KS1 spelling practice, SEND support, EAL learners, teaching-assistant interventions and pupils who need additional repetition.

Provided as both an editable Microsoft Word document and a print-ready PDF.

This free resource offers a sample of the Blue Print Education approach to a future six-week Year 1 Common Exception Words Morning Work and Homework Booklet.