These beautiful common exception word shapes can be used to make a fantastic autumn display tree. They could also be used as flash cards or writing frames (in our wipe clean folders). They have been cleverly colour coded and contain all of the common exception words from our colour mapped system.
Common exception words are words in which the English Spelling code works in an unusual or uncommon way. They are not words for which phonics ‘doesn’t work’, but they may be exceptions to spelling rules, or words which use a particular combination of letters to represent sound patterns in a rare or unique way.
red = phase 2
orange= phase 3a
green = phase 3b