03 February 2012

Friday 03 February 2012

This week’s spellings are, again, all words that end in a ‘shun‘ sound.

Unlike last week, this week’s words end in :

Some of the words might be unfamiliar to children, so they should learn their meaning as well. This is a great opportunity for children to learn impressive new words to then put into their writing. Practising writing them in sentences will obviously help with this process and should be part of spelling learning at home.

shun endings (A)

We’re still learning about words that end in a shun sound.

percussion

exclusion

extension

corrosion

electrician

musician

magician

politician

 

  shun endings (B)

We’re still learning about words that end in a shun sound.

mansion

mission

confusion

explosion

ocean

magician

electrician

musician

Group C should look out for country and place names – they have capital letters.

shun endings (C)

We’re still learning about words that end in a shun sound.

mission

explosion

Asian

Russian

ocean

musician

magician

electrician

High Frequency Words

cough

laugh

tough

rough