Yellow Level Overview
Studyladder Spelling Program The Studyladder Spelling program is a sequential whole school program catering for primary students between the age of 5 and 12. Each Level in the Studyladder program provides grade appropriate activities for teaching and learning. Areas covered across the Whole School Spelling Program include: Phonics, Vocabulary Enrichment, Language Rules and Conventions, Word Usage and Etymology. Studyladder Levels are arranged by colour in the following order: Yellow Level, Red Level, Orange Level, Blue Level, Green Level, Brown Level, Black Level. The Yellow Level program consists of the following features: 1) Introductory Videos that demonstrate skills and introduce new knowledge. Videos demonstrate sounding out techniques to assist student under standing of phonics. 2) Online Practice activities that include Word and Picture Matching to help students understand vocabulary and Look, Cover, Write techniques to help students recognise and use correct spelling. 3) Printable Activity Sheets that allow students to practice writing correct letter formations while practising correct spelling. 4) Online Test Activities that allow teachers/parents to keep records of student progress. Order of Teaching: The Yellow Level program is sequential, introducing phonic relationships in the following order: 1) Letter groups s, a, t, p, making CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) pattern words with these letters. 2) Letter groups I, n, m, d, making CVC pattern words with these letters. 3) Letter groups g, o, c, k, making CVC pattern words with these letters. 4) Letter groups e, u, r, ck, making CVC pattern words with these letters. 5) Letter groups h, b, f, l, making CVC pattern words with these letters. 6) Letter groups ff, ll, ss,, making CVC pattern words with these letters. 7) Letter Groups j, v, w, x, z, making CVC pattern words with these letters 8) Word Families using CVC combinations of letters above and introduction of basic High Frequency Sight Words Recommended Supplementary Class Activities: Tactile activities such as writing letters on chalk boards, manipulating letters on magnet boards to form words, making playdough letters to form words, playing alphabet flashcard activities. Oral Games that encourage students to hear rhyming words, playing games that require students to listen for the middle sound, beginning sound, final sound in CVC words.
List 1- s,a,t,p List 2- i, n, m, d pin, sit, pan, pad, mat pit, tin, sad, pad, pin Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word tap sheet Let s Make Words online Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word sit sheet List 3- i, n, m, d did, sat, pat, pit, tap Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word sad sheet 1
List 4- i, n, m, d List 5- i, n, m, d did, sat, pat, pit, tap pan, mad, pad, man, nap Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word pat sheet Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word man sheet List 6- i, n, m, d nap, nip, pan, pin, dip Word and Picture Matching online Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word pan sheet 2
List 7- Names Dan, Pam, Tim, Sam, Dad Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The names Dad and Mum List 8- introducing: g, o, c, k pod, pot, dot, got, dog Word and Picture Matching online Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word dog sheet List 9- introducing: g, o, c, k cat, sat, mad, pop, pot Word and Picture Matching online Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word cat sheet 3
List 10- introducing: g, o, c, k List 11- introducing: g, o, c, k mat, pat, sad, cap, cog cot, top, dig, pig, got Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word cog sheet Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word pig sheet List 12- introducing: g, o, c, k dip, sad, gap, kid, gas Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word kid sheet 4
List 13- g, o, c, k Plural Rule- add s kit, cap, map, tag, dig taps, pins, dogs, cats, pots Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word kit sheet Making Plurals online sheet List 14- e, u, r, ck peg, get, rat, run, ten Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word rat sheet 5
List 15- e, u, r, ck List 16- introducing: e, u, r, ck met, rag, up, rug, cup rip, run, men, net, get Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word cup sheet Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word net sheet List 17- introducing: e, u, r, ck mud, mum, pet, pen, ram Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word ram sheet 6
List 18- Names Kim, Ken, Meg, Sam, Tim sheet List 19- introducing: e, u, r, ck pack, back, pick, sick, sock Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word sick sheet List 20- introducing: h, b, f, l beg, fin, bug, fun, lot Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word bug sheet 7
List 21- h, b, f, l List 22- h, b, f, l fog, hop, hat, big, bag fat, bin, fin, lid, hat Let s Make Words online Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word hat sheet Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word lid sheet List 23- h, b, f, l bad, lit, fit, bit, had Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word lit sheet 8
List 24- h, b, f, l List 25- h, b, f, l bat, hut, hug, lot, leg lap, let, bud, but, him Let s Make Words online Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word bat sheet Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word bud sheet List 26- h, b, f, l bun, hot, hit, bed, bus Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word bus sheet 9
List 27- h, b, f, l List 28- h, b, f, l fig, bin, fan, has, bug tug, ran, rat, bug, bit Let s Make Words online Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word fan sheet Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word ran sheet Double Consonants ss mess, fuss, hiss, less, kiss Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word mess sheet 10
Double Consonants: Word Family all Double Consonants ll all, ball, call, fall, tall doll, tell, bell, sell, fell Let s Make Words online Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word ball sheet instructional video Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word doll sheet Double Consonants ff huff, puff, cuff, off, of Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word puff sheet 11
Double Consonants ss ll ff hill, mess, kiss, doll, cuff Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word cuff sheet List 34- introducing: j, v, w, x jam, jet, jog, Jack, Jill Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word jam sheet List 35- introducing: j, v, w, x vat, web, fox, jam, win Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word fox sheet 12
List 36- j, v, w, x List 37- j, v, w, x mix, fix, wax, six, box van, vat, vet, Val, Vic Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word mix sheet Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word vet sheet List 38- j, v, w, x, z zip, zap, yum, yap, zigzag instructional video Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word zip sheet 13
List 39- j, v, w, x, zz Word Family it yell, yes, yet, buzz, jazz hit, sit, lit, fit, bit Let s Make Words online Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word yell sheet Word Family it online Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word hit sheet Word Family ap cap, gap, map, tap, lap Word Family ap online Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word cap sheet 14
Word Family in Word Family op bin, fin, win, tin, pin hop, mop, top, pop, lop Word Family in online Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word win sheet Word Family op online Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word mop sheet Word Family ig big, dig, fig, pig, wig Word Family ig online Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word dig sheet 15
Word Family ug Sight Words: List 1 hug, jug, mug, rug, bug is, it, in, at, and Word Family ug online Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word jug sheet Learn These Words online Trace, Write and Draw 2 page sheet: Sight words in sentences. Word Family ag bag, rag, tag, wag, nag Word Family ag online Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word bag sheet 16
Sight Words: List 2 the, I, am, go, to Learn These Words online Trace, Write and Draw 2 page sheet: Sight words in sentences. Word Family id did, hid, kid, lid, rid Word Family id online Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word hid sheet Sight Words: List 3 if, am, on, up, an Learn These Words online Trace, Write and Draw 2 page sheet: Sight words in sentences. 17
Word Family am Sight Words: List 4 dam, ham, jam, ram, Sam he, she, we, me, be Word Family am online Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word dam sheet Learn These Words online Trace, Write and Draw 2 page sheet: Sight words in sentences. Word Family ut but, cut, nut, rut, tut Word Family ut online Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word cut sheet 18
Sight Words: List 5 was, my, you, they, are Learn These Words online Trace, Write and Draw 2 page sheet: Sight words in sentences. Word Family un bun, fun, gun, sun, run Word Family un online Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word sun sheet Sight Words: List 6 his, her, all, said, so Learn These Words online Trace, Write and Draw 2 page sheet: Sight words in sentences. 19
Word Family ip Sight Words: List 7 tip, hip, rip, dip, lip have, like, some, come, all Word Family ip online Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word tip sheet Learn These Words online Trace, Write and Draw 2 page sheet: Sight words in sentences. Word Family og log, bog, dog, fog, jog Word Family og online Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word jog sheet 20
Sight Words: List 8 was, were, there, they, are Learn These Words online Trace, Write and Draw 2 page sheet: Sight words in sentences. List 34- j, v, w, x jam, jet, jog, Jack, Jill Listen and Say online instructional video Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word jam sheet List 35- j, v, w, x vat, web, fox, jam, win Listen and Say online Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word fox sheet 21
List 36- j, v, w, x List 37- j, v, w, x mix, fix, wax, six, box van, vat, vet, Val, Vic Listen and Say online Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word mix sheet Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word vet sheet List 38- j, v, w, x, z zip, zap, yum, yap, zigzag Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word zip sheet 22
List 39- j, v, w, x, zz Word Family all yell, yes, yet, buzz, jazz ball, fall, wall, call, hall Cut, Paste and Trace sheet: The word yell sheet Word Family all online Word Family sheet Word Family ell tell, bell, well, fell, sell Word Family ell online Words Family sheet sheet 23
Word Family ill fill, hill, will, bill, pill Word Family ill online Words Family sheet Double Consonants ll wall, ball, fill, pull, tell Double Consonants ll online Double Consonant ll sheet 24