How it works
- Type or paste the spellings, one per line or separated by commas.
- Name the list (for example “Week 5” or “2nd Class ‑tion words”) so it prints on every page.
- Tick the activities and choose print or Irish cursive.
- Download one PDF with every activity, then the answer sheets at the back.
Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check
Children look carefully at the word and say it, cover it by folding along the dashed line, write it from memory, then unfold and check it letter by letter. The sheet gives two tries per word, so a word spelt wrong the first time gets a second go straight away.
A week of spelling practice
One activity a day keeps practice short: tracing and writing on Monday, Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check on Tuesday, the scramble and alphabetical order mid-week, letter boxes as a quiet task, and the test on Friday. Your list is saved in this browser, so next week you only change the words.
Irish curriculum links
- WritingSpelling and word study: children use sound-letter links, spelling patterns and word parts to spell correctly in their own writing.
- CheckingThe same outcome asks children to check and correct spellings independently with reference materials, such as a dictionary.
- ReadingWord study in reading, such as prefixes, suffixes and root words, supports spelling in the middle and senior classes.
Ireland has no national spelling list. Schools choose a spelling programme at school level, and many weekly lists add words from the class novel or a topic. Paste whichever list your class uses.
Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check is a familiar routine in Irish classrooms, and it works just as well for the litriú (spelling) list in Gaeilge as for English words.
Summarised in our own words from the Primary Language Curriculum (2019, NCCA).
