How it works
- Type or paste the spellings, one per line or separated by commas.
- Name the list (for example “Week 5” or “Primary 2 ‑tion words”) so it prints on every page.
- Tick the activities and choose clear print.
- 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.
In the MOE curriculum
- Primary 1–2Using spelling skills and strategies to write age- and level-appropriate words accurately.
- Primary 3–4Spelling often-misspelled and multisyllabic words.
- VocabularyVocabulary is one of six areas of language learning, so words should be used as well as spelt.
Weekly spelling or dictation is common in Singapore primary schools. The EL syllabus does not publish a national word list, so use your school’s list or words from the class reader. In Primary 1 and 2, keep the list short and sounded out: a few words that share a pattern teach more than a long mixed list.
From Primary 3, give extra time to multisyllabic words such as “environment” or “temperature”: clap the syllables, spell each part, then put them together. The letter boxes page shows the shape of a long word, which helps children spot a missing syllable.
Summarised in our own words from the MOE English Language Syllabus 2020 (Primary).
