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Spelling Practice Sheets

Free spelling worksheets for ages 5 to 13, with a look-cover-write-check column and space to use each word in a sentence. Twelve sheets per age band, printable straight from the page.

Reading level 5 to 7 8 to 10 11 to 13
Sheet 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Spelling practice — Ages 5 to 7

Sheet 3

Look at the word, cover it, write it, then check. Write it a second time, then use it in a sentence of your own.

Word Write it And again Use it in a sentence
PHONE
KICK
TRIP
BOOK
WHO
CAN
BED
CALL
Name Date

How the Spelling Sheets Work

  1. Look, Cover, Write, Check

    The method schools have used for decades, laid out as a table. Read the word, cover it, write it in the next column, then uncover and check. Write it once more, and the last column asks for it in a sentence of your own.

  2. The Sentence Column Is the Point

    Copying a word twice proves you can copy. Using it in a sentence proves you know what it means, and it is the column that catches a child who has learned the shape of a word without the sense of it.

  3. Words for the Reading Age

    Eight words a sheet for five to seven, twelve for eight to ten, fourteen for eleven and up, drawn from the same dictionary the games use with a reading age on every entry.

  4. Twelve Sheets in Each Band

    No sheet repeats a word from another, so a term of spelling practice is thirty-six sheets that never double back.

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Spelling worksheet questions

Can I use my own spelling list?

Not on these sheets — the words are fixed so the same link gives the same sheet. If you need this week's list, the table is simple enough to rule up, and the blank guessing grids take any words you like.

Are these KS1 spelling worksheets?

The five to seven band covers the same ground as KS1: everyday words a child of that age meets in books, with room to write each one twice. The bands above it run to about year six.

Can I get the spelling worksheets as a PDF?

Print to PDF from your browser. It is the same sheet, and it means what you print is what you were looking at rather than a download that has drifted.

How many words should a child do at once?

One sheet is a sitting. Eight words for the youngest is about right for a session; doing more in one go tends to mean less of it sticks.