Year 1 Autumn Term Spellings - PowerPoint

The Year 1 Autumn Term Spellings PowerPoint is an educational resource designed to help young learners improve their spelling and sentence writing skills. In this activity, students are challenged to listen carefully as their teacher reads out simple sentences, which they must then write down from memory. The sentences include words and punctuation that the students have been taught. To motivate the pupils, the activity is structured as a points-based game, where they can earn up to three points for each sentence by correctly using a capital letter at the beginning, a full stop or question mark at the end, and spelling one of their statutory spellings correctly.

The PowerPoint presentation guides the teacher through a series of dictated sentences, ranging from "The rocket blasted off." to "The rabbit ate the carrot in its hutch." After each sentence is read out twice, students write what they have heard, trying to remember as much as possible. To add an interactive and collaborative element to the learning experience, there is an activity where students work in pairs. One student memorises a sentence shown by the teacher and then repeats it to their partner, who writes it down. This exercise not only reinforces spelling skills but also encourages teamwork and communication among the pupils. Points are awarded for each sentence, and students are prompted to reflect on how many points they've earned, fostering a sense of achievement and progress.