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.
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.
The homework this week is talk time and is due in on Wednesday 15 June.
If you had to move to a different country where would you move to and why?
I will look forward to our discussion next week!
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.
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.
The homework this week is creative and is due in on Wednesday 11 May 2011.
My family
LInking with our SEAL theme of Relationships, this is your opportunity to tell me and our class all about your family.
Ideas for what you could tell us about are:
I’ll look forward to finding out all about your families!
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.
The homework this week is a talk time homework and is due in on Wednesday 4 May.
If you had just married a prince or princess what would you do with your time?
Would you:
I’ll look forward to hearing about your views on Wednesday.
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.
The homework this week is practice makes perfect and is due in on Wednesday 27 March.
I can find examples of solids and liquids at home.
Try to find about five different solids and liquids. You can record the information however you like. You could use a table, draw or take pictures and annotate (label) them.
Also, consider the different properties of the different liquids and solids. Do all the solids have the same properties? Do all the liquids have the same properties?
I will look forward to discussing your findings with you on Wednesday.