Holidays approaching…
…so there are no spelling lists, tables or other homework this week.
Enjoy reading, writing (and possibly making?) Christmas cards, reflecting on this term’s topics and other activities.
06 December 2010
All the spellings this week are commonly used words.
Spellings 1-10 should be practised by the Nouns and Verbs. 1-13 should be practised by the Adjectives and Adverbs.
1. there
2. really
3. going
4. because
5. were
6. about
7. coming
8. believe
9. when
10. angry
11. happening
12. scared
13. shivering
Spellings will be tested on Friday 10 December. Good luck!
26 November 2010
This is our final week of spelling words with prefixes. The spellings this week all have prefixes which change the meaning of the word to convey the opposite (synonyms). For example, tidy and untidy.
You will only be tested on the word with the prefix (words in bold). Nouns and verbs practise 1-10. Adjectives and adverbs practise 1-15.
1. well unwell
2. tidy untidy
3. usual unusual
4. certain uncertain
5. friendly unfriendly
6. selfish unselfish
7. agree disagree
8. comfort discomfort
9. appear disappear
10. obey disobey
11. pleasant unpleasant
12. approve disapprove
13. trust distrust
14. necessary unnecessary
15. appealing unappealing
Good luck!
19 November 2010
This is the second week of learning words with prefixes. This time we are learning words with the ‘pre’ and ‘re’ prefix.
Nouns and verbs practise numbers 1-10. Adjectives and adverbs practise 1-15.
1. recycle
2. rebuild
3. retreat
4. rewrite
5. replace
6. prefix
7. previous
8. prepare
9. predict
10. precaution
11. recede
12. prevent
13. prearrange
14. presume
15. reappearance
Spellings will be tested on Friday 26 November. Good luck!
12 November 2010
For the next couple of weeks our spellings will all be words with prefixes. This week we are learning words with ‘dis’, ‘de’ and ‘un’ prefixes.
Nouns and verbs practise numbers 1-10. Adjectives and adverbs practise 1-15.
1. unable
2. decode
3. unwell
4. dislike
5. defuse
6. untidy
7. disagree
8. unpopular
9. disappoint
10. unusual
11. decompose
12. disappear
13. untrained
14. dishonest
15. unenthusiastic
Spellings will be tested on Friday 19 November. Good luck!
05 November 2010
We are back to our ‘le’ spelling rule this week, so all the words this week will end in ‘le’.
The first ten spellings are for everyone. The last five (11-15) are just for the adjectives and adverbs.
- able
- horrible
- candle
- vegetable
- possible
- needle
- sensible
- bicycle
- reliable
- table
- abominable
- dawdle
- terrible
- unbelievable
- agreeable
As always, good luck!
15 October 2010
We are taking a break from our ‘le’ rule this week to practise spelling the months of the year.
A word of warning – capital letters are a must for all of this week’s spellings and will be marked as incorrect on Thursday if they do not have one!
1. January
2. February
3. March
4. April
5. May
6. June
7. July
8. August
9. September
10. October
11. November
12. December
Good luck.
08 October 2010
For the next few weeks, the spellings will all be words that end ‘le‘.
This week we are looking at words that end in ‘ckle’.
1. chuckle
2. prickle
3. tickle
4. cackle
5. trickle
6. pickle
7. buckle
8. tackle
9. crackle
10. Find one of your own!
Spellings will be tested on Friday 15 October 2010.
Good luck!
01 October 2010
This week’s spellings are all verbs. They are a combination of the two rules we have learnt so far.
1. meeting
2. amazing
3. slimming
4. raising
5. driving
6. kicking
7. rolling
8. splitting
9. considering
10. Think of one of your own!
Spellings will be tested on Friday 8th October. Good luck!
24 September 2010
This weeks spellings are all verbs. The rule we are learning this week is:
Double the last letter to verbs with a short vowel sound before adding ‘ing’; for example: shop becomes shopping
hopping
chatting
winning
shopping
spinning
clapping
running
hugging
beginning
Remember to try to come up with one of your own as well!
Spellings will be tested on Friday 1 October 2010.
Good luck!