Phonic and English Diction Scheme of

Work for Pre Nursery, Nursery and

Primary school – Lessonplans/Notes

This phonics and English Diction scheme is

a guide into achieving the basics of Phonics
and Diction for Pre – Nursery, Nursery and
Primary school.

AGE 2+ FIRST TERM

S/N                                    TOPICS

Week one Sounds a – d

Week two Sounds e – h

Week three Sounds i – l

Week four Sounds m – p

Week five Sounds q – t

Week six Sounds u – x

Week seven Midterm break

Week eight Sounds y – z

Week nine Activities a – z

Week ten Activities a – z

S/N                                    TOPICS

Week one Revision on a – z

Week two Revision continues

Week three Sounds a – e

Week four Sounds i , e , o

Week five Five special friends a, e, i, o, u

Week six Rhymes/song on the special friends

Week seven Midterm break

Week eight Blending vc

Week nine Blending vc

Week ten Blending vc

THIRD TERM

S/N                               TOPICS

Week one Revision a – z

Week two Blending vc

Week three Blending vc/cv

Week four Matching vc – cv

Week five Matching cv – vc

Week six Must know (sight words)

Week seven Midterm break

Week eight Must know (sight words)

Week nine Blending pre-words

Week ten Activities

NURSERY ONE FIRST TERM

S/N TOPICS
Week one Revisions on a –z

Week two Blending cv/vc (activities)

Week three Blending cv/vc (activities)

Week four Matching blends (activities)

Week five Blending cvc (pictorial & flashcards))

Week six Blending CVC (pictorial & flashcards)

Week seven Midterm break

Week eight Blending CVC

Week nine Blending CVC

Week ten Activities on blending

SECOND TERM

THIRD TERM

S/N                             TOPICS

Week one Revision a – z

Week two Blending cvc – ub, ud

Week three Blending cvc – ug, um

Week four Blending cvc – un, up

Week five Blending cvc – ut

Week six Must know (sight words)

week seven Midterm break

Week eight Must know (sight words)

Week nine Intro to reading

Week ten Reading simple sentences

NURSERY TWO FIRST TERM

S/N TOPICS

Week one Revision a – z

Week two Short vowel sounds (a,e,i,o,u)

Week three Long vowel sounds (A,E,I,O,U)

Week four Long sound A –activities/pictures

Week five Long sound A – activities/pictures

Week six Long sound E – activities/pictures

Week seven Midterm break

Week eight Long sound E – activities/pictures

Week nine Sight words reading

Week ten Long sounds A & E

SECOND TERM

S/N                                      TOPICS

Week one Revision on long sound A – U

Week two Long sound I – activities/pictures

Week three Long sound I – activities/pictures

Week four Long sound O – activities/pictures

Week five Long sound O – activities/pictures

Week six Activities I & O

Week seven Midterm break

Week eight Long sound U – activities/pictures

Week nine Long sound U – activities/pictures

Week ten Reading challenge

THIRD TERM

S/N                                       TOPICS

Week one Revision on long & short sound vowel sounds

Week two Digraph ai & ay

Week three Sight words/matching

Week four Digraph ee & ea

Week five Digraph ie & uy

Week six Assessment

Week seven Midterm break

Week eight Digraph oa & ow

Week nine Digraph ue & ew

Week ten Activities

PRIMARY ONE FIRST TERM

S/N TOPICS OBJECTIVES

Week one Short a Worksheet Reading – Hats and caps Sight words

Week two Short e Words to know Reading – less the hen Sight words

Week three Short i Words to know Jim is six Sight words

Week four Short o Words to know (activities) Reading – lot’s job Sight word

Week five Short u Words to know (activities) Reading – bud the bug Sight words

Week six Long A Words to know Reading – Jake and Kate Sight words

Weeks seven MIDTERM BREAK  

Week eight Digraphs SH & CH Words to know Reading Inflectional ending – ing

Week nine L blends CCVC words Review

Week ten Activities  

SECOND TERM

S/N TOPICS OBJECTIVES

Week Words to know Reading – Mike at camp Inflectional endings

Long I
one (ed,ing) Long i & short i

Week
Long O Words toknow CVCC words Short o – long O Activities
two

Week
Long U Words to know CVCC words Short u – long
three

Week
Long E Words to know Long E – Short e Reading – The mean queen
four

Week R – controlled
Short a Long A ‘ar’ words
five vowel ‘ar’

Week six ASSESSMENT  

Week seven MIDTERM BREAK  

Week eight R – controlled vowels ‘or’ Words to know

Week nine Digraph ‘ou’ & ‘ow’  

Week ten Digraph ‘au’ & aw”  

THIRD TERM

S/N                       TOPICS                             OBJECTIVES

Week one Digraph ‘oi’ & ‘oy’ Words to know

Week two Digraph ‘ee’ & ‘ea’ Words to know

Week three Digraph ‘ai’ & ‘ay’ Words to know

Week four Final y  

Week five Digraph ‘ew’ & ‘ue’  

Week six ASSESSMENT  

Week seven MIDTERM BREAK  

Week eight Hard and soft C  

Week nine Hard and soft G  

Week ten Syllabic words  

PRIMARY TWO FIRST TERM

S/N                         TOPICS

Week one Short a and i

Week two Short e, o and u

Week three Short a and long A

Week four Short e and long E

Week five Short i and long I

Week six ASSESSMENT

Week seven MIDTERM BREAK

Week eight Short o and long O

Week nine Short u and long U

Week ten Activities

SECOND TERM

S/N                        TOPICS

Week one Consonant blends

Week two Consonant blends

Week three Digraph ‘ai’ and ‘ay’ – LONG A SOUND

Week four Digraph ‘ie’ , ‘igh’, ‘I’ – LONG I SOUND

Week five Digraph ‘ow’, ‘oa’, ‘o’. – LONG O SOUND

Week six ASSESSMENT

Week seven MIDTERM BREAK

Week eight Digraph ‘ea’, ‘ee’, ‘e’. – LONG E SOUND

Week nine Long E

Week ten Digraph ‘th’, ‘sh’, ‘wh’, ‘ch’.

THIRD TERM

S/N                        TOPICS

Week one Initials – ‘str’, ‘scr’, ‘spr’.

Week two Digraph ‘ar’, ‘or’.

Week three Digraph ‘er’, ‘ir’, ‘ur’.

Week four Digraph ‘oo’, ‘oo’, ‘ou’.

Week five Digraph ‘oo’, ‘ue’, ‘ui’, ‘ew’, ‘oe’.

Week six ASSESSMENT

Week seven MIDTERM BREAK

Week eight Digraph ‘au’, ‘aw’.

Week nine Digraph ‘ou’, ‘ow’.

Week ten Digraph ‘oi’, ‘oy’.

PRIMARY THREE FIRST TERM

S/N                         TOPICS

Week one Revision on the short vowel sounds

Week two Short vowel sounds – activities

Week three Review on the long vowel sounds

Week four Long vowel sounds – Magic E

Week five Long vowel sounds – Digraph mode

Week six ASSESSMENT

Week seven MIDTERM BREAK

Week eight Long A

Week nine Long O

Week ten Long I

SECOND TERM

S/N                         TOPICS

Week one Long E

Week two Words with ‘ch’, ‘tch’.

Week three Initials ‘th’, ‘thr’.

Week four Initials ‘spr’, ‘scr’, ‘str’.

Week five Silent letters – wr, kn, gn.

Week six ASSESSMENT

Week seven MIDTERM BREAK

Week eight Digraph ‘ar’, ‘or’.

Week nine Finals ‘ere’, ‘are’.

Week ten Digraph ‘ur’, ‘er’, ‘ir’, ‘or’.

THIRD TERM

S/N                         TOPICS

Week one The U sound – ‘oo’, ‘u’, ‘ue’.

Week two Digraphs ‘oi’, ‘oy’.

Week three Digraphs ‘al’, ‘aw’, ‘ough’.

Week four Digraphs ‘ou’, ‘ow’.

Week five Soft C and G sounds

Week six ASSESSMENT

Week seven MIDTERM BREAK

Week eight Homophone

Week nine Plurals

Week ten Compound words

PRIMARY FOUR FIRST TERM

S/N                        TOPICS

Week one Hard and Soft C – G

Week two The sounds of ‘S’

Week three Review (1-2)

Week four Consonant digraph

Week five Consonant digraph

Week six ASSESSMENT

Week seven MIDTERM BREAK

Week eight Silent consonants

Week nine The sounds of TI and CI

Week ten Review (8 – 9)

SECOND TERM

S/N                         TOPICS

Week one Vowel sounds (ai, ay, ei, ey)

Week two Vowel sounds (ee, ea, ie, ey)

Week three Vowel sounds (oa, ow, old, oll, ost)

Week four Review (1 – 3)

Week five Vowel sounds (oo, ew, ou, ui)

Week six ASSESSMENT

Week seven MIDTERM

Week eight Vowel sounds (au, aw, al, all)

Week nine Vowel diphthongs

Week ten Review (8 – 9)

THIRD TERM
 S/N                         TOPICS

Week one The schwa sound

Week two The sounds of Y

Week three R – controlled vowels (ar, er, ir, or, ur)

Week four R – controlled vowels (ar, er, ir, or, ur)

Week five R – controlled vowels

Week six ASSESSMENT

Week seven MIDTERM

Week eight R – controlled vowels

Week nine R – controlled vowels (ar, er, ir, or, ur)

Week ten Review on schwa, sounds on y, R-controlled vowels

PRIMARY FIVE FIRST TERM

S/N                         TOPICS

Week one Silent consonants

Week two Sounds of C and G

Week three Use of IE and EI

Week four Vowel spellings (digraph)

Week five Diphthongs + R shifts

Week six ASSESSMENT

Week seven MIDTERM BREAK

Week eight Common plural forms

Week nine Uncommon plural forms

Week ten Review (8 -9 )

SECOND TERM

S/N                     TOPICS

Week one Doubling final consonants

Week two Soft final syllables

Week three Suffixes and silent E

Week four Review (1-3)

Week five Suffixes and final Y

Week six ASSESSMENT

Week seven MIDTERM BREAK

Week eight Suffixes –ance, -ence, -ant, -ent

Week nine Suffixes –ize, -ise, -yze

Week ten Review (suffixes)

THIRD TERM

S/N                     TOPICS

Week one Possessive

Week two Homonyms

Week three Synonyms

Week four Antonyms

Week five Antonyms

Week six ASSESSMENT

Week seven MIDTERM BREAK

Week eight Words often confused

Week nine Words often misspelt

 Week ten Review

PHONICS AND SPELLING PROGRAMME

The phonics and spelling Programme helps to develop and

students reading and writing skills.

GUIDANCE FOR USE

SPELLING LIST

Reception (phase 2)

1. ad 2. ag 3. am 4. an 5. ap 6. at 7. ut 8. c

bad bag am an cap at but Can

dad gag dam can lap bat cut cap

had nag ham fan ma cat gut cat

lad rag jam man p fat hut cod

ma sag ram pan nap hat nut cot

d tag yam ran rap mat rut cup

pad wag Sa van tap pat   cut

sad   m Dan zap rat   car

    Pa   sap sat    

    m   yap      

9. as, ax 10. ed, eg 11. en, es 12. et 13. id, i 14. ig, im 15. k 16. P

as Bed den bet bid big kid Cat

ga fed hen get did dig kit s

s led men jet hid fig Kim hats

ha red pen let kid pig   nets

 s wed ten met lid rig   nuts

Reception: Phase 3

5. ff.
1. ck 2. ck 3. all, ell 4. ill 6. ss 7. bl, fl 8. cl, pl
ft

Back Lock ball bill cliff hiss black Clap

pac rock call fill sniff kiss bless cliff

k sock fall hill stiff miss blob click

rack duck hall kill huff bless block cling

sack luck tall mill puff dress blot clip

kick muc wall pill stuff less flag cloc

lick k bell sill off mess flap k

pick suck fell till drift press flat clot

sick tuck hell will gift cross flick club

tick   sell   lift acros flip plan

dec   tell   swift s flock plot

k   well   left moss   plum

neck   yell   soft fuss   plug

pec             pluck

k              

9. gl, 11. fr, gr, 15. 5 16. c,

10. br, cr, dr 12. tr tw, sw 13. st 14. st
sl pr sk sc

Glad brick frill track stack list Kent Clap

glum bring frog trap stall mist kept click

slap crab from trick stamp best kill cling

slim crack frost trip stand nest king clip

slip crisp grab trot stick test kiss club

slot drag grill truck stiff vest skid crak

slum dres grin twig still west skill crisp

  s drill grip twin sting cost skin scab

  drip pram twist stink lost skip  

  drop prick swam step dust sky  

  drum prod swim stop just    

      swell stuck must    

      swop   rust    

17. 18. sm, sn, 20. ast, ass, 22. nd,

19. lp lk,lt 21. nd 23. ng 24. ing
mp sp ask pt

camp small help blas and second ban Bring

dam smell yelp t band spend g fling

p lap snag pulp cast grand send fang cling

stamp snap talk last hand pond gan king

      past     g  

            hang  

tramp snip walk mast handbag fund rang ring

limp snu stalk fast land crept sang sing

dump g belt brass sand kept long sling

jump spa felt class wind slept song sting

lump n melt glas windmill swept hung swing

plump spat smel s bend wept lung wing

trumpet spill t halt gras end   sung  

  spin salt s lend      

  spit   pass mend      

  spell   ask        

  spot            

  spun            

25. nk 26. nt 27. y 28. ch 29. sh 30. sh 31. th 32. ee

Bank Ant by chop Shaft ash than See

blank pant cry chat shed cash that deed

plank plant dry chess shell crash the feed

sank bent fly chest shift flash them need

stank dent fry chicken shin slash then seed

tank lent my chill ship mash there weed

blink rent sky chin shop rash thin feel

drink sent sly chip shock smash thing heel

ink spent sty chuck shop dish think seem

pink tent try arch shun fish this been

sink went   bench shut wish bath seen

stink blunt   drench shy brush path deep

wink grunt   rich   crush with keep

  hunt       hush both peep

  invent       rush cloth feet

          selfish clothes meet

33. ee 34. oo 35. oo 36. qu 37. ai      

free too Good quit wait      

 three food stood quiz gail

tree mood wood quins hail

bleed root book quell nail

speed cool brook quilt pail

cheek fool cook quick sail

steel pool hook quack again

look squat
between green brain drain pain
room broom spoon shook squid
queen sheep sleep grain paint plain
moon soon boot took squint      
sweep sheet sleet rain saint train
shoot wool foot liquid
sweet faith
soot Quentin

he  she  we  me  be

was you   they  all  
Tricky words
are  my   her one
two

PHONICS AND SPELLING

SPELLING LIST

Year 1 – Phase 4

1. –a –e 2. –a –e 3. –i -e 4. –i –e 5. – o –e 6. – o e

mad Shade tide Smile coke broke

e brake wide stile joke broken

cage flake bike while poke choke

page shake hike chime woke smoke

cake flame like crime hole spoke

lake sham time slime dom spoken

make e fine shine e woken

take plane line spine home stone

care grape mine fire cope throne

cam shape pine hire hope close

e plate wine shire pope those

gam grave pipe spire rope chose

e shave wise tire hose chosen

name slave bite wire nose froze

sam care kite alive roe frozen

e fare size drive vote  

date share wise live    

gate squar inside prize    

late e        

mate stare        

gave          

save          

wave          

7. –u –e 8. a/ a-e 9. i/ i-e 10. o/o-e u/u-e 11. or 12. igh

Cube mad, made Rid, ride rob, robe for High

tube can, cane slid, slide cod, code cord sigh

rude man, mane slim, rod, rode fork might

duke pan, pane slime tin, cop, cope form night

tune cap, cape tine spin, hop, hope worn right

cute scrap, spine pin, pop, pope fort sight

 chute scrape pine win, not, note deform slight

use tap, tape wine pip, cub, cube storm tight

abuse at, ate pipe rip, tub, tube born bright

fuse fat, fate ripe bit, us, use corn brighten

  hat, hate bite spit, cut, cute morning flight

  mat, mate spite   torn fright

        horse frighten

        north lighten

port tonight

short  

snort  

sort  

sport  

cornet  

Year 1: Phase 4

13. ck 14. ke 15. old, ild, ind, nt 16. ay 17. air 18. ea

back take bold Always air beach

crack cake cold away chair each

lack flake fold clay fair peach

mack lake gold day hair reach

rack make golden display lair teach

stack rake hold gay pair lead

track stake old hay stair read

flick bike sold holiday cairn speak

kick like scold may   weak

lick pike told pay   deal

pick spike mild play   real

sick strike wild say   clean

block joke behind stay   cheap

clock bloke blind today   beat

cock broke find tray   eat

rock choke kind way   cheat

shock smoke mind     heat

smock spoke wind     meat

duck coke pint     neat

stuck smoke       seat

truck duke       treat

19. ow 20. aw 21. ew 22. er 23. ar 24. ir

bow claw blew her car fir

allow draw chew after far stir

brow flaw crew paper star bird

cow in-law dew water hard third

how jaw drew herb card girl

now law few verb barge swirl

brown outlaw flew term large twirl

clown paw grew stern dark firm

crown raw Jew verse mark chirrup

down saw new under market first

drown straw renew over park thirsty

town lawn screw never shark birth

crowd yawn stew silver spark birthday

powder awkward threw river arm dirt dirty

towel awful   nerve farm shirt

owl     serve harm skirt

growl     sister part thirteen

flower     another start thirty

power     brother target  

shower     mother    

tower     father    

      together    

25. ea 26. oa 27. oa 28. ow 29. oi/ oy 30.. er/est

Ease Load approach below coil colder

speak road poach blow coil longer

steal toad coach flow coin older

steam loaf goal follow foil richer

cream cloak groan glow join smaller

dream oak loan grow join smoothe

screa soak moan low oil r sweeter

m soap boast own point taller

team boat coast show soil braver

mean coat roast slow toil closer

 please float toast snow boy riper

east gloat   throw coy safer

beast goat   yellow joy wider

feast oat     toy wiser

dear throat       coldest

ear         longest

fear         oldest

hear         richest

near         smallest

spear         sweetest

year         bravest

easy         safest

31. ed 32. s-r/ thr 33. double 34. double 35. le 36.ou

dusted ended funded grunted handed hunted landed lifted listed melted
mende d planted rusted testedscrape shrimp shrink shrug shred splash
splice spring straight stream string strip stripe stroke thrash three
throat throne throttle thrushbetter butter button collect common daddy
dinner hammer happy ladder letter lolly lorry mummy puppet puppy
rabbit rubber sudden summer supper tennisscribble cuddle daddy
middle muddle puddle paddle riddle saddle juggle smuggl e apple battle
bottle kettle little dazzle drizzle puzzlebundle candle dawdle handle
needle noodle poodle chuckle prickle tickle uncle angle ankle grumble
able cable fable sable table sample simpleproud around found ground
pound round sound surround wound count flour hour our sour house
mouse out outside about shout mouth south
Year 1: Phase 4

After, because, blue, could, don’t give, going, how, know, live, more, Mr,
37.Irregular Mrs, now, only right, should, these, their, they want, when, which, who,
would
 38. LH Balloon, can’t, coming, didn’t door, knew, lady lived, love, money, often,
Irregular place, school, sometimes, something, stopped, until, whole, write

Tricky said  have  like     so  do   some  come  were there  little   one when   out
words what

SPELLING LIST

Year 2: Phase 5

1. P-s 26. P-es 3. s/ es 4. ing 5. d 6. ed

Boats Benche boasts beating amaze enjoyed

books s cooks boiling d joined

chairs lunches thinks coaching closed moaned

coins beache sweets fishing lined nailed

goals s screams floating named opened

rooms peache speaks joining saved played

seeds s gases waves looking smiled sailed

shops buses hopes painting tuned looked

teams brushes hates preaching used cooked

bikes bushes slides reading waved soaked

games crashes likes sailing baked booted

homes fishes coaches shooting hoped floated

shapes wishes teaches sleeping joked heated

tubes classes preaches teaching liked invented

cages dresses reaches thinking shaped noted

noises glasses fishes   smoked painted

pages kisses rushes   fated pointed

prizes boxes wishes   hated shifted

roses foxes crushes   mated waited

sizes sixes hisses   stated  

  taxes fizzes      

  buzzes        

7. ck, ke 14. ur 9. y 10. ed 11. compounds 12. al, de

back disturb apply asked bedroom almighty

lock church deny blocked blackbird almost

chick murder rely called bonfire alone

click murmur reply campe cloakroom along

crack burn supply d clockwise already

flick burnt carry crosse cupboard also

lick return hurry d killed database altogethe

pick Saturn marry packed football r

shock turn scurry passed goalkeeper always

smack surprise tidy pecked goodnight demist

stuck purpose vary picked grandfather deflate

      pressed    

track curse   puffed handbag de-ice

trick nurse rocked household defrost

take purse sacke joystick decode

bake burst d outside debug

brake Thursday sniffed paintbrush  

flake Saturday tricked playground  

coke hurt walked popcorn  

choke further   sandwich  

broke urgent   tablecloth  

smoke     upstairs  

spoke     waterproof  

like     weekend  

pike     windmill  

13. re, non 14. dis 15. un 16. mis, anti 17. y 18. ly

refill disable unable misbehave Bony blindly

reform disagree unbeaten misdeal flaky bravely

refresh disarm unblock misfire greasy correctly

refuse disclose uncover mishear lazy fairly

repay discover uncut mislead nosy hardly

replace disease undo misplace prickly kindly

replay disgrace unfair misread rosy lively

return dislike unfit misspell scary lonely

reuse disobey unfold mistake shiny loudly

revisit disorder unhappy misunder slimy proudly

non-drip disown unkind s tand smily sadly

non- displease unload misuse smoky shyly

smoker disrepair unlucky antifreeze sparkly slightly

non- distrust unpack antibody spiky slowly

starter disuse unselfish anticlockw stony suddenly

non-stick   unwell ise tasty sweetly

non-stop   unwilling anti-virus wavy weekly

nonsense   unwind     wisely

19. ful 20. less 21. ness 22. er 23. er 24. est

boastful ageless braveness brighter baker brightest

careful careless childishness farmer braver fastest

faithful endless darkness faster closer kindest

forgetful fearless fairness fighter dancer neatest

handful helpless foolishness lighter driver slowest

grateful homeless kindness neater larger stronges

harmful hopeless lateness prouder later t

hateful lifeless suddenness reader liner weakest

helpful painless wickedness slower maker wildest

hopeful powerless willingness starter nicer bravest

mouthful seedless   stronger rider closest

painful shameles   teacher riper largest

playful s   tighter ruder latest

powerful smokeles   weaker shaver nicest

spiteful s   worker smiler ripest

thankful speechles     timer rudest

useful s     wider  

  thankless        

  timeless        

  useless        
planningcarriescarriedincreasedplannedrunning shoppin g skipping
spinning stepping wetting winning slipping stoppinghurries marries
scurrie s tidies varies worrieshurried married scurried tidied varied
worriedmeasured practised refused treasured whistled wriggled
wrinkledpopped rubbed skipped slapped slipped stepped stopped
trapped wrapped

Year 4
Consolidate all
spelling from
previous years
Learn words
from different
subject areas

6.
1. ph 2. ci 3. cc, xc, cqu 4. ious 5. mixed, ti
unstressed

agoraphobia ancient accelerate anxious foreign alcohol

arachnophobia artificial accent conscientious champagne assistance

cacophony commercial accept conscious sovereign business

claustrophobia conscious access delicious spaghetti camera

hydrophobia delicious accident furious describe chocolate

paragraph efficient eccentric glorious description consonant

pharaoh especially success gracious remembered definite

pharmacist financial exceed infections antique diamond

pharynx musician excel luscious cheque different

phenomenon official excellent luxurious grotesque interesting

phlegm optician except mysterious stationary jewellery

phobia politician exceptional obvious confidential journalist

photosensitive precious excite previous essential listening

photosynthesis racial exclaim rebellious influential margarine

h i l i l l d ti i iti l th ti
physical social exclude scrumptious initial mathematic

physicist special excursion serious partial s

physiotherapy sufficient acquaintance surreptitious patient miniature

symphony suspicious acquire suspicious torrential mystery

xenophobia   acquisition tedious   parliament

    acquit victorious   prisoner

          secretary

          separate

          signature

          temperatur

          valuable

          vegetable

10. mixed 12. foreign

7. dis 8. im 9. in 11. un
prefixes prefix

disadvantage imbalance inaccessible illegal unaccompanie circumferen

disallow immature inaccurate illegible d ce

disappear immeasurable inactive illiterate unachievable circumnavi

disappoint immobile inadequate illogical unannounced gate

disapprove immoral inarticulate irrational unappealing circumspec

disassemble immortal inattentive irregular unarmed circumstan

disbelief immovable inaudible irresistible unashamedly es

disbelieve impartial incapable irresponsive unattached circumstan

discharge impassable incomplete irreversible unattainable ial

 hypocaust
unattractive
inconsiderate antibiotic hypochond
unaware
discolour impatient inconvenient antiseptic r iac
unbeaten
discomfort imperceptible incorrect anticlockwise hypocrite
unbelievable
disconnect imperfect incredible misadventure hypodermic
unbreakable
disease impermanent indecent miscalculate hypothermi
uncertain
disembark impermeable indefinite misfortune a
uncomfortable
disembowel imperturbable independent misinform hypothesis
unconscious
disfigure impervious indigestion misinterpret hydraulic
undisturbed
dishearten implausible inedible misjudge hydroelectri
ungrateful
dishonest impolite inefficient mismanage c hydrofoil
uninterested
disinfect important inexcusable misunderstand hydrogen
unmistakable
disinterested impossible inexpensive co-education hydroplane
unofficial
disjointed impractical insignificant coincidence dehydrated
unpleasant
disobedient imprecise insincere co-operate co- audible
unpopular
disqualify improbable insoluble ordinator co- audience
unqualified
dissatisfy improper invisible starring co- audition
unsociable
involuntary writer auditorium
unusual
auditory

13. ary 14. able 15. ible 16. ly 17. al 18. ally

adorable accurately
anniversary advisable anxiously accidental
accessible
centenary agreeable arguably comical accidentally
audible
dictionary avoidable conscientiously critical actually
credible
estuary capable definitely electrical annually
destructible
February breakable entirely eventual automatical
edible
January changeable immediately exceptional ly brutally
flexible
library comfortable inaccurately fatal final coincidental
horrible
military disposable inconsiderately individual ly critically
impossible
missionary employable indecently logical equally
indestructible
necessary enjoyable insensitively magical eventually
invincible
 invincible
ordinary fashionable insignificant medical exceptionall
legible
primary identifiable insincerely musical y fatally
possible
revolutionary inexcusable necessarily national finally
responsible
salary manageable patiently natural normal logically
reversible
secondary miserable secretively occasional magically
sensible
secretary noticeable separately original mechanicall
susceptible
stationary portable strangely ornamental y medically
terrible
summary probable sufficiently personal mentally
visible
voluntary reliable surreptitiously practical
remarkable suspiciously

replaceableregionalmusicall y

naturally
normally
respectabl e occasional
sensational
sociable originally
      several
valuable personally
traditional
vegetable physically
practically
traditionall

19. fully 20. ment 21. plurals 22. ing 23. d/ed 24. lling/le

beautifully achievement accidents accelerating accepted appalling

carefully advertisement amusements arranging acquired cancelling

cheerfully amusement anniversaries concentrating acquitted controlling

forgetfully arrangement antibiotics damaging answered excelling

gratefully document apprenticeship disembarking calculated labelling

hopefully employment s dissolving disadvantaged levelling

painfully encouragement businesses escaping disappeared patrolling

powerfully enjoyment championship evaporating disappointed quarrelling

respectfully environment s excelling discontinued rebelling

skilfully excitement consequences exciting disqualified shovelling

it f ll t l i l i i di ti fi d i lli
spitefully government exclusions exclaiming dissatisfied signalling

successfully management excursions exercising dissolved totalling

thankfully movement government including escaped travelling

thoughtfully ornament management manufacturing excelled tunnelling

truthfully replacement movement noticing exclaimed cancelled

usefully statement ornament orienteering exploded labelled

wonderfully   replacement persuading inquired marvelled

    statement rehearsing invaded patrolled

      requiring invented quarrelled

      separating manufactured rebelled

      surprising misinformed signalled

      unearthing misinterpreted totalled

      volunteering mismanaged travelled

        organised  

        shrieked  

Year 5 Consolidate
all spelling from
previous years
Learn words from
different subject
areas

1. ch 2. ex 3. dge 4. ph 5. gh 6. c

Chaos exams badge alphabet bought celebrate

character examine badger autograph brought cemetery

chemist example edge autobiography caught centigrade

choir exchange hedge biography daughter centimetres

Christmas exclaim ledge cellophane fought certificate

chemistry exercise sledge elephant naughty cigarette

chemical exhale bridge geography slaughter coincidence

chord exhume ridge graph plough concert

chorus exile lodger nephew through cylinder

chemotherapy exit budget orphan though cynical

chrysalis expel fudge paragraph although absence

chronic expire judge phantom thought advance

ache explain nudge phase thoughtless apprentice

anchor explode trudge pheasant through capacity

architect exploit sludge phrase laugh deceased

echo explore smudge photocopy cough difference

mechanic export   photograph enough electricity

orchestra extend   physical rough innocent

scheme exterior   sphere tough magnificent

stomach external   telephone trough specimen

technology         vacancy

7. or 8. our 9. ure 10. tion 11. tion 12. sion

author armour adventure action affection collision

calculator colour capture addition caution confusion

collector endeavour creature addiction celebration conclusion

conductor favour figure ambition circulation corrosion

dictator favourite furniture attention composition decision

director flavour future competition conversation division

doctor glamour manufacture condition conservation erosion

horror harbour mixture devotion description exclusion

inspector honour nature education direction explosion

inventor humour picture fiction examination extension

mirror journal premature fraction exhibition inclusion

navigator journey puncture information indigestion intrusion

operator labour signature investigation precaution invasion

professor neighbour temperature multiplication prescription occasion

radiator odour vulture prediction promotion persuasion

razor rumour   question protection repulsion

quotation sensation
reflector reaction revision
vapour separation
sailor reflection supervision
behaviour   subtraction
solicitor relation television
saviour ventilation vibration
tractor visitor station transfusion
refraction

13. ssion 14. ie 15. cei, sc 16. ous 17. trans, bi 18. foreign

admission achieve ceiling adventurous transaction aerobatics

aggression belief conceit carnivorous transatlantic aerobics

depression believe deceive dangerous transfer aerodrome

discussion brief perceive enormous translate aerodynamic

expression chief receive fabulous transmit aeronaut

impression field receipt generous transparent aeroplane

mission fiend conceited herbivorous transport aerosol

oppression fiery scenario humorous bicentenary aerospace

passion friend scene jealous biceps octagon

percussion grief scenery luminous bicycle octahedron

permission lie science marvellous bifocal October

possession mischief scientist miraculous bigamist octogenarian

procession niece scissors mischievous bilingual octopus

profession piece conscience nervous bimonthly aquaplane

progression pier   ominous binoculars aquarium

session relief   omnivorous biopsy aquatic

succession review   perilous biplane aqueduct

suppression shield   poisonous bisect  

  shriek   ridiculous    

  siege   scrupulous    

  sieve   tempestuous    

19. gk
20. ic 21. ly 22. suffixes 23. suffixes 24. plurals
prefixes

telegraph angelic accurately biology beautiful calculators

telepathy athletic conceitedly geology delightful characters

telephoto atomic consequently physiology doubtful competitions

teleport electric correctly zoology fanciful directions

television energetic dangerously genocide pitiful exhibitions

autograph epidemic friendly insecticide plentiful ghosts

autobiography gigantic incorrectly suicide resentful investigations

automatic heroic negatively brotherhood respectful mechanics

autopilot historic positively childhood sorrowful musicians

autopsy horrific prematurely fatherhood successful professors

  metallic quickly knighthood thoughtful reflections

  organic quietly motherhood truthful adventures

  poetic sincerely neighbourhood wonderful earthquakes

  specific strangely partnership colourless pictures

  supersonic comfortably membership thoughtless knives

  volcanic probably ownership emptiness celebrities

    suitably friendship happiness emergencies

    terribly fellowship heaviness photocopies

    hungrily dictatorship hungriness vacancies

    necessarily craftsmanship laziness echoes

    guiltily championship loneliness predictions

    noisily apprenticeship tidiness neighbours

Directing,
explaining,
knowing,
laughing,
photocopying
achieving
Believing,
celebrating,
cycling,
25. ing deceiving,
decomposing,
describing,
deserving,
exercising,
exploding,
investigating,
pausing,
practising,
receiving

Applauded,
calculated,
coloured,
conceited,
digested,
endeavoured,
exclaimed,
exhibited,
flavoured,
26. d/ed knocked,
 ,
laboured,
numbed,
pictured,
received,
researched,
signed,
telephoned,
whistled,
wrapped

PHONICS AND SPELLING

English Diction Curriculum for Primary

School

This English Diction scheme can be

followed to teach from primary one to five.

Teachers are advised to get enough contents, create stories,

and use word vocabularies in sentences and role play to
achieve the aim of this overview.

PRIMARY ONE FIRST TERM

WEEKS               TOPICS

Week two Greetings

Week three Introducing myself

Week four Food etiquette

Week five Naming family members

Week six Naming things around {home, school…}

Week eight Simple request

Week nine Letters naming (words associated)

Week ten Role play

SECOND TERM

WEEKS               TOPICS

Week one Settling/revision

Week two Intonation(question)

Week three Intonation (listing, Wh)

Week four Naming countries

Week five Dicta (Incorrect/correct expressions)

Week six Naming Professions

Week eight Role play on professions

Week nine Reading Pattern

Week Ten Reading Drive Competition

THIRD TERM

WEEKS                                                      TOPIC S

Week One Settling in

Week two Days of the week\months

Week three Casual week

Week four Naming food and fruits

Week five Naming animals

Week six Counting numbers (one, two)

Week eight Spelling pattern 1

Week nine Spelling pattern 11

Week ten Spelling bee competition

PRIMARY THREE FIRST TERM

WEEKS TOPICS

Week One Letters of the English Alphabet

Week Two Dictionary and its uses

Week Three Objects in the home and environment

Week Four Food vocabularies

Week Five Di – Syllables(sentences)

Week Six Tri – Syllables(in sentences)

Week Eight Stress labelling

Week Nine Simple request

Week Ten Role Play

SECOND TERM

WEEKS             TOPICS

Week One Settling in

Week Two Silent Letters

Week Three Food and Vegetables(Vocabularies)

Week Four The Pairs SH and CH

Week Five Objects in the classrooms

Week Six Digraphs

Week Seven Spelling pattern I (Abbreviations)

Week Eight Spelling Pattern II (Abbreviations)

Week Nine Spelling Bee Competition

THIRD TERM
 WEEKS              TOPICS

Week one Settling in

Week Two Speech on Myself

Week Three The /Ju:/ and the /ʌ/ Sound

Week Four Intonation I

Week Five Intonation II

Week Six Role Play

Week Eight Shopping Vocabularies

Week Nine Reading Pattern

Week Ten Reading Drive Competition

English Diction Curriculum

PRIMARY FOUR FIRST TERM

WEEKS TOPICS

Week One Letters of the English Vocabulary

Week Two Syllables

Week Three Stressed Syllables I

Week Four Food Etiquette (Vocabulary)

Week Five Stressed Syllables II

Week Six The /i: / Sound

Week Eight Past Form Markers

Week Nine Plural Form Markers

Week Ten Role Play

SECOND TERM
 WEEKS              TOPICS

Week One Random Mispronounced words

Week Two Syllables (Tetra Syllabics)

Week Three Casual Week (Clothing vocabularies)

Week Four Stress Labelling I

Week Five Stress Labelling II

Week Six Phrasal Verbs

Week Eight Spelling Pattern 1

Week Nine Spelling Pattern II

Week Ten Spelling Competition

THIRD TERM

WEEKS             TOPICS

Week One Random Mispronounced words

Week Two Affixes

Week Three Affixes in conversation

Week Four Intonation

Week Five Intonation (Intro to public speaking)

Week Six Speech on random topics

Week Eight Group debate

Week Nine Reading Practice

Week Ten Reading Drive competition

English Diction Curriculum

PRIMARY FIVE FIRST TERM

WEEKS              TOPICS

Week One Letters of the English Alphabet

Week Two Syllables (Di)

Week Three Syllables (Tri)

Week Four Food Etiquette (Vocabulary/Practical)

Week Five Dicta (Right Expression)

Week Six Phrasal Verbs

Week Eight Past Form Markers

Week Nine Plural Form Markers

Week Ten Role Play

SECOND TERM

WEEKS TOPICS

Week One Revision/Pronunciation drill

Week Two Affixes

Week Three Syllable(Tetra)

Week Four Stress Labelling

Week Five Silent Letters

Week Six Comparing SH and CH

Week Eight Spelling Pattern I

Week Nine Spelling Pattern II

Week Ten Spelling Bee Competition

THIRD TERM
WEEKS             TOPICS

Week One Revision

Week Two Dictionary

Week Three Reading Passages with the /3:/ Sounds

Week Four The ‘th’ sounds

Week Five Homophones

Week Six Rhyming Words

Week Eight Group Debating

Week Nine Reading Practice

Week Ten Reading Drive Competition

English Diction Curriculum