Spellings of /s/
Spellings of /sh/
Spellings of /ks/
Long Spelling Right After a Short Vowel
Lucky Dip!
100

The spelling of the /s/ sound word that means 'frozen water'.

What is I-C-E?

100

The spelling of a /sh/ word that means 'a person who leads a restaurant kitchen'.

What is C-H-E-F?

100

The two ways we learned how to spell the /ks/ sound this week.

What are 'x' and 'cc'?

100

The five short vowel sounds.

What are /ă/ /ĕ/ /ĭ/ /ŏ/ and /ŭ/?

100

The places we have gone on excursions this year.

What are Box Hill Council precinct, The Shrine of Remembrance and Royal Botanic Gardens, and Scienceworks?

200

The spelling of the /s/ word that means 'a very small mammal that traditionally eats cheese'.

What is M-O-U-S-E?

200

The most common way to spell the /sh/ sound.

What is 'sh'?

200

This 'x' /ks/ word means 'a red mammal with a pointy nose and bushy tail'.

What is a fox?

200

The three 'long spellings right after a short vowel'.

What are '-ck', '-dge' and '-tch'?

200

The name of the camp we went to this term.

What is Camp Arrabri?

300

This /s/ spelling rule has a special name and is used at the end of single syllable words, after a short vowel sound.

What is '-ss' / the FLoSS rule?

300

The language origin of the 'ch' spelling of /sh/.

What is French?

300

This 'cc' /ks/ word means 'achieving your goals'. 

What is 'success' or 'succeed'?

300

The spelling of a LSRASV word which means 'a thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree'.

What is S-T-I-C-K?

300

The product of 12 and 12.

What is 144?

400

A /s/ spelling choice that appears at the end of words after consonants or vowel teams and prevents readers from confusing words for plural nouns. 

What is '-se'?

400

The three ways to spell the /sh/ sound when followed by -on or -an.

What are -ti, -si and -ci?

400

The spelling of a /ks/ word that is a substance that prevents the spread of disease.

What is V-A-C-C-I-N-E?

400

The spelling of a LSRASV word which means 'a structure built over a river to allow people to cross from one side to the other'.

What is B-R-I-D-G-E?

400

The name of the information book award we voted for.

What is the Eve Pownall Award?

500

A less common /s/ spelling choice that appears before 'e', or 'i' and is Latin in origin.

What is 'sc'?

500

The spelling of a /sh/ word that means 'a sweet, white granular substance'.

What is S-U-G-A-R?

500

The spelling of the /ks/ word which means 'activity requiring physical effort, carried out to improve fitness'.

What is E-X-E-R-C-I-S-E?

500

The spelling of a LSRASV word which is the place a chef works.

What is K-I-T-C-H-E-N?

500

The number of students currently in Grade 3 at Kerrimuir Primary School.

What is 79?