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Year 5 Spelling Resource Pack – ei after c

Year 5/6 spelling pack focusing on ei after c. Includes differentiated activities, sentence-writing, and practice tasks. Perfect for SPaG lessons, revision, and SATs preparation.

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Give your Upper Key Stage 2 pupils the tools to tackle tricky spelling patterns with this Year 5/6 Spelling Resource Pack, focusing on the ‘i before e except after c’ rule. Designed to meet statutory spelling requirements, this pack provides engaging, differentiated activities that help children understand, apply, and remember this common but often confusing rule. Through a variety of structured, interactive tasks, pupils explore how this spelling rule applies when the /iː/ sound is spelt using ei after c. With examples such as deceive, receive, receipt, ceiling, perceive and conceit, children gain clarity on when to use ie or ei, strengthening both their spelling accuracy and vocabulary skills. Suitable for whole-class teaching, small-group work, or independent practice, this versatile pack saves planning time while providing everything you need to teach this important KS2 spelling rule. What’s Included in the Pack? ✔ Teaching slides introducing the ‘i before e except after c’ rule with clear examples ✔ Word investigation and sorting tasks for pupils to categorise correct and incorrect spellings ✔ Pick-and-fix activities where children spot and correct common mistakes ✔ Sentence-writing challenges using key words to reinforce understanding in context ✔ Word searches and sound hunts to identify ie and ei patterns in texts ✔ Answer sheets for easy marking and self-assessment Why Teachers Love This Pack: ✔ Covers statutory Year 5/6 spelling requirements with confidence ✔ Differentiated and flexible—ideal for class teaching, groups, or individual practice ✔ Combines spelling accuracy with grammar and vocabulary development ✔ Perfect for SPaG starters, homework, SATs revision, or intervention Curriculum Links: This pack supports the Upper Key Stage 2 National Curriculum for English by helping children: ✔ Apply the ‘i before e except after c’ rule accurately in spelling ✔ Recognise exceptions and patterns within root words ✔ Use key vocabulary confidently in writing WRead more

Give your Upper Key Stage 2 pupils the tools to tackle tricky spelling patterns with this Year 5/6 Spelling Resource Pack, focusing on the ‘i before e except after c’ rule. Designed to meet statutory spelling requirements, this pack provides engaging, differentiated activities that help children understand, apply, and remember this common but often confusing rule. Through a variety of structured, interactive tasks, pupils explore how this spelling rule applies when the /iː/ sound is spelt using ei after c. With examples such as deceive, receive, receipt, ceiling, perceive and conceit, children gain clarity on when to use ie or ei, strengthening both their spelling accuracy and vocabulary skills. Suitable for whole-class teaching, small-group work, or independent practice, this versatile pack saves planning time while providing everything you need to teach this important KS2 spelling rule. What’s Included in the Pack? ✔ Teaching slides introducing the ‘i before e except after c’ rule with clear examples ✔ Word investigation and sorting tasks for pupils to categorise correct and incorrect spellings ✔ Pick-and-fix activities where children spot and correct common mistakes ✔ Sentence-writing challenges using key words to reinforce understanding in context ✔ Word searches and sound hunts to identify ie and ei patterns in texts ✔ Answer sheets for easy marking and self-assessment Why Teachers Love This Pack: ✔ Covers statutory Year 5/6 spelling requirements with confidence ✔ Differentiated and flexible—ideal for class teaching, groups, or individual practice ✔ Combines spelling accuracy with grammar and vocabulary development ✔ Perfect for SPaG starters, homework, SATs revision, or intervention Curriculum Links: This pack supports the Upper Key Stage 2 National Curriculum for English by helping children: ✔ Apply the ‘i before e except after c’ rule accurately in spelling ✔ Recognise exceptions and patterns within root words ✔ Use key vocabulary confidently in writing W

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