25 January 2013
For the next couple of weeks, we’ll investigate words which contain silent letters. This week, they are mostly at the start of the word. Can you spot the one which isn’t?
| 1. | know |
| 2. | knee |
| 3. | knock |
| 4. | knife |
| 5. | write |
| 6. | wrong |
| 7. | wreck |
| 8. | answer |
18 January 2013
All the spellings this week contain the letter string ough. It’s important to practise reading these words as well as writing them down as there are a variety of sounds that the ough words can make.
| 1. | rough |
| 2. | cough |
| 3. | enough |
| 4. | tough |
| 5. | though |
| 6. | dough |
| 7. | although |
| 8. | thought |
Children will be tested on all eight words on Friday 25 January.
11 January 2013
All the spellings this week contain a long i sound which is spelt igh. Children could also think of other words which contain igh or make other words from one of the spellings. For example: fright, frightening, frightened, frightful.
Children will be tested on all eight words on Friday 18 January.
| 1. | might |
| 2. | sight |
| 3. | height |
| 4. | flight |
| 5. | night |
| 6. | slightly |
| 7. | lightning |
| 8. | frightened |
It’s Christmas…
…so enjoy the break.
We don’t give homework or spellings and tables to learn during holidays. Instead, we hope you all enjoy the break and spend some fabulously festive family time, whether it’s playing board games, enjoying a book or two or simply relaxing in front of the telly for a treat.
14 December 2012
This week’s spellings are contractions: words which use apostrophes to shorten or contract two words into one word. I’ve noticed that children are struggling to read these words and/or write them correctly.
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1. |
do not |
don’t |
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2. |
can not |
can’t |
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3. |
is not |
isn’t |
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4. |
does not |
doesn’t |
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5. |
will not |
won’t |
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6. |
there is |
there’s |
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7. |
it is |
it’s |
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8. |
I will |
I’ll |
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9. |
I have |
I’ve |
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10. |
I will |
I’ll |
Just noticed that I’ve listed I’ll twice. Sorry!
07 December 2012
This is the final week of doubling up for short vowel sounds and is a review of the last few weeks of spellings. The words have either an ing, le, ed or er ending.
| 1. | rammed |
| 2. | shuffling |
| 3. | winner |
| 4. | stepping |
| 5. | wobble |
| 6. | dressed |
| 7. | slapped |
| 8. | spilling |
| 9. | scribble |
| 10. | travelled |
30 November 2012
We are revisiting one of our key spelling rules again this week: double up for short vowel sounds. This week’s spellings all have le endings as well.
| 1. | puddle |
| 2. | bubble |
| 3. | meddle |
| 4. | puzzle |
| 5. | battle |
| 6. | pebble |
| 7. | shuttle |
| 8. | middle |
| 9. | shuffle |
| 10. | impossible |
23 November 2012
We are revisiting one of our key spelling rules this week: double up for short vowel sounds. This week’s spellings are all in the past tense so have ed endings as well.
Children will be tested on eight out of the ten spellings on 30 November 2012.
| 1. | snapped |
| 2. | trapped |
| 3. | stepped |
| 4. | flipped |
| 5. | slammed |
| 6. | dripped |
| 7. | stuffed |
| 8. | slipped |
| 9. | popped |
| 10. | plodded |
16 November 2012
This week the spelling chant to practise with your child is ‘drop the y for an i’. The adverb of these words is modified by adding either an er added or est at the end which changes the meaning. Children should learn all these words and see if they can come with some of their own.
| LO: drop the y for an i. | ||
| funnily | funnier | funniest |
| nastily | nastier | nastiest |
| crazily | crazier | craziest |
| greedily | greedier | greediest |
| angrily | angrier | angriest |
| cheekily | cheekier | cheekiest |
There’s another spelling rule used in the spellings this week. Can you spot which one it is?
09 November 2012
We are revisiting one of our key spelling rules this week. The spellings are all words where you have to drop the y for an i when adding ly.
Children will be tested on eight out of the ten words on Friday 16 November.
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1. |
moody |
moodily |
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2. |
nasty |
nastily |
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3. |
easy |
easily |
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4. |
giddy |
giddily |
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5. |
greedy |
greedily |
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6. |
hasty |
hastily |
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7. |
cheeky |
cheekily |
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8. |
noisy |
noisily |
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9. |
hungry |
hungrily |
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10. |
stealthy |
stealthily |
