What kind of words (English) should a child of 10 years (11 in September) be able to spell?

Question

It would really help a young lady aged 10 to know this. Maybe you have kids of a similar age. I would love to know what words they can spell comfortably

Answer 1

I think all children are different but they should be able to spell basic words by 10 if you are concerned go into the childs school and ask them what they think

Answer 2

I'm not sure what country you are from. I'm a year 6 teacher (age 10-11) in the UK. Follow this link to see a list of medium frequency words which the government believes your child should be able to spell, please note the framework only provides lists for up to year 4 (ages 8-9) as after this stage pupils should be able to more or less spell anything or be competent enough to know how to use a dictionary: http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primary/publications/literacy/nls_framework/486193/919381
This framework does not make allowances for pupils who have learning difficulties or who have English as an additional language (EAL). All children work at different levels and please only take this as guidance only! If your really concerned talk to your child's class teacher, who can give you a list.
Hope this helps

Answer 3

If the young lady concerned is in the UK, the list below will help. These are words that have appeared in previous Sats papers for Y6 i.e. children who are in the last year at Primary School aged 11 going on 12. So these are the sort of words that they are expected to be able to spell and she should be aiming for.

http://rossa.blogs.com/weblog/files/sats_spellings_list.pdf

For help to practise spelling go to:
http://www.saintambrosebarlow.wigan.sch.uk/upperjuniorspelling.htm (For Year 5 and Year 6)

For online spelling activities try:

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/word_builder/level5/5_01.html

and

www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy2.htm#wor

Answer 4

'Official' UK lists and spelling skills by age available in National Literacy Strategy Spelling Bank booklet (web address below). It's a bit daunting because it covers everything, but it does also contain some useful games and activities.
Worst thng you can do is panic and apply too much pressure.
If your child has a problem, talk to their teacher.

Answer 5

i can say things like : negative. something not to short not to long. but i dont realy knnow cos i finished all the junior spellings early when i was just 10 so im geussing that and my teacher when i was 9 gave me necessary for a 10 year old so im giving a guess sorry

Answer 6

bi two bicycle biped binoculars binary
aqua water aquarium Aquarius aquatic aquaplane
super greater supernatural Superman supernova superpower
port carry transport portable import export
trans across transport transplant transfer transaction
auto self automatic autograph autobiography automobile
phobia fear claustrophobia arachnophobia agoraphobia xenophobia
ology study archaeology biology geology zoology
tele far off telephone television telepathy telecom




here are a few taken from the spelling bank year 6

Answer 7

now-a-days children are so shrewd and active. so they are able to spell almost all the words. for eg my son is only 20 months old. he used to spell most of the words in english and hindi. so it depends upon only coaching.

Answer 8

My 11 yr old (5th grade) grandson can spell most any word that an adult can spell.

Answer 9

A few websites that may give you an idea of what a ten year old is required to spell.

However, I'm sure her teacher could give you list, or your county schools office may be able to help also.

Good luck.

Answer 10

they should be able to spell most words very comfortably