08 July 2011
The spellings this week are all words that have an ‘ed’ ending. Nouns and verbs practise numbers 1-8. Adjectives and adverbs practise numbers 1-10.
- asked
- looked
- showed
- stopped
- dragged
- explored
- touched
- travelled
- bewildered
- abandoned
The spellings will be tested on Friday 15 July.
01 July 2011
The spellings this week are a mixture of ‘ing’ words.
- Some follow the ‘double up for a short vowel’ sound rule.
- Some follow the drop the ‘e’ for ‘ing’ rule.
- Some just need ‘ing’ adding to the word.
The spellings will be tested on Friday 08 July.
1. trail trailing
2. crave craving
3. love loving
4. drop dropping
5. admit admitting
6. brave braving
8. complete completing
9. decide deciding
10. convince convincing
24 June 2011
The spellings this week are all words which require a letter to be doubled up because of a short vowel sound just before.
For example: hopping. The short ‘o’ (different to the ‘o’ in ‘hope’) sound means that the ‘p’ must be doubled up. (If it was a long ‘o’ sound the word would be hoping and wouldn’t need a double ‘p’.)
Nouns and verbs should practise numbers 1-8. Adjectives and adverbs should practise 1-10.
- follow
- happy
- banning
- swimming
- batter
- spinner
- trigger
- different
- accommodation
Spellings will be tested on Friday 29 June. Practise hard!
17 June 2011
The spellings this week are all words that end in ‘ch’, ‘sh’ or ‘ss’ and take ‘es’ endings. For example, the plural of witch is witches.
Nouns and verbs practise numbers 1-8. Adjectives and adverbs practise 1-10.
1. church churches
2. touch touches
3. wash washes
4. clash clashes
5. class classes
6. watch watches
7. miss misses
8. scratch scratches
9. embarrass embarrasses
10. approach approaches
The spellings will be tested on Friday 24 June.
10 June 2011
The spelling rule for this week is an old but important spelling rule that we are practising again. It is drop ‘e’ when adding ‘ing’. Nouns and verbs practise 1-8 and adjectives and adverbs practise 1-10.
1. smile smiling
2. drive driving
3. shine shining
4. time timing
5. write writing
6. like liking
7. come coming
8. arrive arriving
9. believe believing
10. amaze amazing
Practise hard and you will get full marks.
13 May 2011
The spellings this week are all words that have silent letters within them. Nouns and verbs practise 1-8. Adjectives and adverbs practise 1-10.
1. knife
2. write
3. when
4. could
5. would
6. should
7. knock
8. know
9. wrinkle
10. honest
The spellings will be tested on Friday 20 May.
06 May 2011
The spellings this week are all words that we can shorten using an apostrophe (these are called contractions). We’ve done these spellings before, but it’s still an objective we need to practise.
Nouns and verbs practise 1-8. Adjectives and adverbs practise 1-10.
1. do not don’t
2. can not can’t
3. is not isn’t
4. does not doesn’t
5. will not won’t
6. I have I’ve
7. I am I’m
8. I will I’ll
9. here is here’s
10. could have could’ve
Spellings will be tested on Friday 13 May.
28 April 2011
The spellings this week are all high frequency words. Nouns and verbs should practise numbers 1-8. Adjectives and adverbs practise 1-10.
1. across
2. almost
3. could
4. next
5. should
6. where
7. thought
8. although
9. important
10. through
The spellings will be tested on Friday 06 May.
21 April 2011
The spellings this week are all high frequency words. Nouns and verbs should practise numbers 1-8. Adjectives and adverbs practise 1-10.
1. about
2. because
3. before
4. every
5. think
6. knew
7. might
8. would
9. thought
10. suddenly
The spellings will be tested on Thursday 28 April.
25 March 2011
The spellings this week are all words that have the prefix mis… or non…
Nouns and verbs should practise numbers 1-8. Adjectives and adverbs practise 1-10.
1. mistake
2. misfit
3. mischief
4. misfortune
5. mistreat
6. nonsense
7. non-stop
8. non-fiction
9. mischievous
10. non-violent
The spellings will be tested on Friday 01 April.
