A short, explicit spelling intervention for teaching learners to spell all seven days of the week accurately and independently.

Rather than treating each day name as a separate word to memorise, this resource teaches learners to recognise the stable <day> element and focus on the distinctive spelling at the beginning of each word.

The unit combines phonology, orthography, word structure, multisensory practice, retrieval and selected word-origin cues to support accurate spelling and retention.

The unit explicitly teaches
Monday — Mon + day
Tuesday — Tues + day
Wednesday — Wednes + day
Thursday — Thurs + day
Friday — Fri + day
Saturday — Satur + day
Sunday — Sun + day

Learners identify the less predictable “heart” parts, practice these through tracing and explicit attention, then write each word from memory rather than copying from a model.

Included

• Teacher reference slide resource
• Detailed Teacher Guide
• Step-by-step teaching sequence
• Suggested delivery and teacher language
• Multisensory practice
• Word-origin memory cues
• Independent spelling worksheet
• Heart-part sorting activity
• Sentence dictation
• Cold spelling check
• Answer key

The unit is designed to be taught for approximately 10–12 minutes per day across one school week.

Suitable for

• SEND/SEN spelling intervention
• earners with persistent spelling difficulties
• some learners with dyslexia
• one-to-one teaching
• small-group intervention
• learning support
• homeschooling

This resource is designed to support learners who benefit from explicit, systematic spelling instruction. It is an educational resource and is not a diagnostic or clinical tool.