12 October 2018
This week, spelling will continue to focus on one of our must dos: apostrophes for contractions. This is due in on Thursday 18 October. There will be a test on contractions on Friday 13 October.
Practise contractions by completing the expanded/contracted table below. Don’t forget to use the apostrophe where letters have been omitted!
Challenge: write a sentence for each contracted word.
| Expanded form | Contraction |
| I will | I’ll |
| she has | |
| they are | |
| didn’t | |
| wasn’t | |
| couldn’t | |
| will not | |
| he has | |
| you are | |
| do not | |
| they’ve | |
| isn’t |
We are learning the 3 times tables.
05 October 2018
This week, spelling will focus on one of our must dos: apostrophes for contractions. This is due in on Thursday 11 October.
Practise contractions by re-writing these sentences into your books, changing the underlined words for its contraction. Don’t forget to use the apostrophe in the right place. Use the list at the bottom of the page to find the spellings of the contractions you need.
- I am having an amazing day today.
- I do not want to play that game.
- I will help you.
- She did not like my cake.
- There is not any butter left.
- We can not find it anywhere!
- You should not go in there!
- I was not able to go to her party.
- You are too late.
- I could not help it!
- They have got a large house with a swimming pool
- If you leave, there will not be enough people to play.
can’t/won’t/wasn’t/I’ll/don’t/they’ve/isn’t/I’m/didn’t/shouldn’t/ couldn’t/you’re
We are learning our 3 times tables.
28 September 2018
This week’s spelling list is formed with words that have the prefix un- or dis-. If you don’t know what any of the words mean, find out! Think about the root word and how the prefix changes the meaning.
- Can you show your words in a creative way?
- Can you write them in your own sentences?
| appoint | honest | tie | happy | appear |
| own | wrap | able | like | comfort |
We will share our sentences in class on Friday 05 October.
We are practising a tines table we already know: our 3 times tables.
21 September 2018
21 September 2018
This week’s spellings are all words which need you to drop the ‘y’ for an ‘i’. Then, you add either ed or es to make the past tense or a plural noun. If you’re not sure what any of them mean, find out. Children may be asked to spell similar words which follow the same spelling pattern:
| carry/ied | fly/ies | family/ies | hurry/ied | copy/ied |
| try/ied | daisy/ies | worry/ied | puppy/ies | story/ies |
We are learning our 3 times tables.
21 September 2018
This week’s spellings are all words which need you to drop the ‘y’ for an ‘i’. Then, you add either ed or es to make the past tense or a plural noun. If you’re not sure what any of them mean, find out. Children may be asked to spell similar words which follow the same spelling pattern:
| carry/ied | fly/ies | family/ies | hurry/ied | copy/ied |
| try/ied | cherry/ies | worry/ied | puppy/ies | story/ies |
This pattern is to be learnt preparation for the test on Friday 28 September.
This week, we are learning our 3 times tables.
13 July 2018
| alien words |
| This week’s spelling activity is to make up ten of your own alien words using our three spelling rules: double up for a short vowel sound, drop the y for an i and drop the e for ing. You must know how to pronounce your alien word, come up with your own definition and write it in a sentence. |
For example:
treeve (treeving) verb
To move around vigorously and quickly, as if being chased by bees.
“I wonder why Mrs Burgess is treeving over there. There aren’t any bees nearby,” said Miss Wilson.
06 July 2018
This week’s spelling activity is to make a word search with the following words:
| consider | enough | extreme | famous | history |
| increase | library | often | strength | women |
Children should then write sentences underneath that contain these words. We will share our sentences in class on Thursday 12 July.
29 June 2018
This week’s spelling list is formed using words that contain the letters ou. Some words have a short vowel sound like rough and some have a long vowel sound like proud.
- about
- amount
- ground
- house
- proud
- country
- double
- rough
- trouble
- young
Children should learn these in preparation for a test on Friday 06 July.
22 June 2018
This week’s spelling activity is to come up with a list of words that you find tricky to spell. Once you’ve finished, write each word in your own sentence.
- Can you write them in a silly story?
- Can you draw a picture to represent the word?
- Can you think of a way to teach others how to spell it?
In class, we discussed a few tricky spellings you might want to make a note of:
- school
- laugh
- rough
- quiet
- does
- cough
15 June 2018
This week’s spelling list is formed using our Must Do homophones for Year 3. Children should practise listening to a sentence read aloud and writing the correct word. For example:
“I use my ears to hear what you’re saying.”
Can you think of any fun ways to remember which word is right? Can you write some silly sentences? Can you show your words creatively?
- your/you’re
- its/it’s
- of/off
- of/have (shouldn’t have)
- which/witch
Children should learn these in preparation for a spelling test on Friday 22 June.