Year 5/6 Handwriting Statutory Spellings

Handwriting and spelling practice in one book, built on the exact Year 5 and 6 statutory word list from the national curriculum in England (English Appendix 1). Every one of the 100 entries is included and written out in full: equip, equipped and equipment, immediate and immediately, sincere and sincerely are all there (104 words in total).

What is inside (56 A4 pages):

• Warm-up letters a-z in 7 small families of similar shapes, each with a numbered start point and a direction arrow, to tidy up letter formation before the long words.
• 5 joins pages: up to a small letter, up to a tall letter, across from o, r, v and w to a small letter and to a tall letter, and letters with tails.
• All the statutory words, 5 per page: trace the word, trace a paler copy, then cover it and write it from memory on the line below (look, say, cover, write, check). The tricky ones (accommodate, embarrass, mischievous, rhythm, yacht) get the same careful treatment as the rest.
• 94 short sentences to trace and copy. Every word on the list appears in at least one sentence.
• A progress tracker with two circles per word (traced / can write it from memory).
• A how-to page with teacher notes and contents.

Made for the photocopier:
Every tracing grey, dotted line and guide line is darker than mid grey. We tested every page as a 1-bit black-and-white copy (the harshest photocopier setting): nothing a child needs disappears. Print on A4, black and white is fine.

Clear four-line guides: the top line, a dashed midline, the baseline and a dotted line for tails.

Letter style: a clear, fully joined style with exit flicks. Letter shapes vary between schools, so please download the FREE sample first and check it matches the style you teach.

Good for: Year 5 and Year 6 handwriting and spelling, SATs-year spelling revision, homework, interventions and home practice.

Also available: the Year 3/4 book (the 100 Year 3/4 statutory words).

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.