Stage 6: Spelling CCVC and CVCC Words guidance - Resource

Stage 6 of the All Aboard Phonics Plus Manual focuses on spelling CCVC (consonant-consonant-vowel-consonant) and CVCC (consonant-vowel-consonant-consonant) words. It is recommended that these sessions last between 10-15 minutes and include writing practice to reinforce the learning. The lesson plans are structured with engaging activities like 'Word Breaker', where children break words into sounds, 'Word Builder', which involves creating words from grapheme cards, and 'Phoneme Frame', where children write graphemes in boxes to form words. These activities are designed to help children understand the structure of words and the sounds that make them up, ultimately aiding them in their spelling proficiency.

Further activities include 'Grapheme Match', where children match letters to pictophones, and 'Climb The Mast', a game that combines spelling with a fun movement up a mast after correctly writing a word. 'Find, Build & Write' tasks children with finding words in decodable books, then building and writing them with grapheme cards. The manual also provides Teaching Notes that suggest using a Spelling Aid to assist children in choosing the correct spelling for words, and for those in Phase 5 of the main SSP programme, additional support is offered for dealing with multiple grapheme-phoneme correspondences (GPCs). To ensure comprehension and retention, the lesson plan includes daily guided reading sessions with phrase rereads for fluency.